OOTD twins: Breezy Ride Cardigan

Ever felt like you had a style twin? Someone who owns many of the same items you do and seems to wear them around the same time? That’s just how I feel about Anjali, the wonderful and stylish mind behind goldenmeans. After more than a year of joking about it we got our project management minds in gear and picked 5 items we both own to showcase in OOTD looks. We each stuck to our own style and the goal here is to illustrate how one item can fit into two different styles. One new OOTD twin outfit will run from now through Thursday, alternating between Effortless Anthro and goldenmeans. This collaboration joins similar features in the community like Little Girl, Big Closet‘s Friends in High Places series and the Traveling Mullany feature on In Pursuit of Pretty Things.

Day 1: The Breezy Ride Cardigan (aka the Breezy Polkas Cardigan).

This cardigan has been a favorite of mine to pair with crisp white blouses and sundresses during summertime, but I haven’t really pulled it out too much as the weather has started to cool. When recently thinking of how to style it for fall and winter, I reverted to an easy shortcut of mine: think about the other colorways Anthropologie has released a piece in. For some reason, more often than not these other colors often coordinate quite well with the original item. (Try it some time! The trick has rarely failed me.) In the case of the Breezy Ride, I immediately searched out my Amarena Dress from last winter, whose maroon shade was a good match to the Breezy Ride’s second wave red colorway. I was pleased with the warmth in the resulting outfit’s color palette. I finished things off with a pair of of black ribbed tights that echoed the dress’s pleated skirt and a pair of shoes whose shiny satin ribbon laces gave a finishing pop of coordinating red color.

In Anjali’s outfit:

Cardigan: Breezy Ride Cardigan (similar here, here and here)

Dress: Amarena Dress (similar here, here and here)

Tights: Shades-of-Grey Tights (similar here, here and here)

Shoes: Peppermint Swirl Spectators (similar here, here and here)

Necklace: Translucent Initial Necklace (similar here, here and here)

It was preppy love at first sight for me when I saw the Breezy Polkas Cardigan in-store! Something about the components of this cardigan, from the darling little bow to the small coin pockets on the front told me to pair the navy version of this cardi with jeans. As I so often do, I fell back on a tonal look here by mixing shades of blue. The shiny blouse underneath adds some visual depth to keep me from looking like a blue blob.

I owe a huge thanks to Alana, who sold me the Tiger’s Eye Necklace earlier this year. It has a turquoise chain and a few turquoise beads which made it a great option for this outfit. It’s such an eye-catching piece that I can’t wear it too often but it always draws compliments when I do. A pair of sky-high heels finish off this look. I don’t know when prep will come back into style but let there be no doubt that it’s my natural look. I’ve previously worn the red version of the cardigan here, and the grey version of the blouse in this look.

In roxy’s outfit:
Sweater: Breezy Polkas Cardigan (similar here, here and here)
Top: Top: Gap Floral Applique Top in constellation blue ($60)
Jeans: AG Premiere ($225)
Shoes: Miss Sixty Sakura II ($99)
Necklace: Tiger’s Eye Necklace — 2007 (similar here, here and here)

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