Hallelujah! It is FINALLY starting to feel like fall in north Texas. My husband hauled my crate full of fall clothes out of storage for me and I’ve started my quarterly closet cleanse to decide what stays, what goes and what needs to be replaced or updated.
Pulling a past season’s clothing out makes me a wee bit nostalgic. I start thinking about ways that I’ve paired up those pieces into outfits and where I wore them the previous year. It’s a fashionable trip down memory lane!
Today, I’m showing you nine of my favorite fall outfits from years past featuring pieces that I’ll be wearing again this year. I’d love it if you would copy them and try them yourself. If you do, be sure to snap a selfie and tag me on Instagram.
What I Love About This Outfit: The teal shoes are just the right pop of color and I love how they complement the mustard yellow in the cardigan. The plaid scarf ties it all together.
What I Love About This Outfit: Besides being the ultimate in comfort, it features one of my favorite combos – cobalt blue and leopard. The leather look leggings add just the right amount of trendy edge.
3. Striped T-shirt + Quilted Vest + Leopard Scarf + Black Jeans + Riding Boots
What I Love About This Outfit: Everything! The stripes, the leopard, the quilted vest, the riding boots. This is one of my go-to favorite outfit combos for everything from fall festivals to football games.
What I Love About This Outfit: This is my first pair of cowboy boots I’ve ever owned and now I try to wear them as much as possible. The plaid puffer vest is perfect for cool days in Texas that aren’t yet cold enough for a winter coat.
What I Love About This Outfit: This wrap is one of my favorite ways to add a layer of warmth to my outfits. I love the neutrals in this outfit and the pattern play.
What I Love About This Outfit: White jeans after Labor Day are a-ok. Mustard yellow paired with fall floral in the scarf make this look totally fall appropriate.
What I Love About This Outfit: These coated jeans add a little bit of edge to the look. Plum is great paired with light gray and a scarf to tie it all together.
What I Love About This Outfit: Borrowed from the boys, this menswear inspired look features light layering with a t-shirt under a lightweight v-neck sweater topped off with a navy blazer. It’s finished off with a pair of boyfriend jeans and oxfords.
What I Love About This Outfit: The fabulous fall scarf is the star of the show. This outfit is great for warmer fall days when a top layer is not necessary.
My Fall Shopping Wish List
Although I’m pretty happy with the state of my closet right now, there are a few things I’d like to pick up. Here are some of the things on my fall shopping wish list.
This open front wool blend poncho comes in four different colors but I’m kind of partial to red. It looks great layered with a chambray button down under it.
The right blouse can be a game changer. Every woman needs several printed blouses to be her go-to’s for anything from date night to Thanksgiving dinner. Pair this one up with jeans, dress pants or a skirt to instantly make an outfit.
If you’re not on it yet, then it’s time to hop on the flared jeans bandwagon. They’re back in a big way this fall. Pair them with a slight heel for mile long legs.
This pretty harvest hued necklace makes a great substitution for a fall scarf. It perfectly ties together the colors in your autumn outfits.
Fall Style Challenge News
If you didn’t get a chance to participate in the Fall GYPO Style Challenge, then I have great news for you. Because the weather has been unseasonably warm, we’ll be starting our fall outfits all over again next week. Sign up now to get your fall shopping list and 21 days of mix and match outfits immediately. Get more info HERE.
Today’s post is a two-fer because I’m dishing on my five favorite fall trends and showing you ways that you can turn them into everyday real world outfits. But first, I have a quick little video for you.
One of the questions I get asked most often is “How do you decide which trends to include in the GYPO Style Challenge?”
The honest answer is, it’s somewhat of a process.
In this video, I’m giving some insight into the process that I use to translate runway trends into real everyday wearable outfits for moms (like you and me!) and how I pick which trends get included on the list.
Here are five of my favorite fall trends and ways that you can turn them into everyday real world outfits.
Five Fall Fashion Trends + How to Wear Them
1. Tone on Tone
Wearing tone on tone is a beautiful way to stay on trend and it’s easier than you think. Let the color wheel be your guide. Choose a top and bottom in lighter and darker shades of the same color. For instance, burgundy with blush pink, violet with lavender or peacock blue with baby blue.
Try the Trend: Tie your tone on tone look together with a pretty scarf.
Plaid is a perennial fall favorite and a classic way to add some pattern to your outfit. If the thought of wearing plaid conjures up images of lumberjacks, just remember a dash is all it takes to spice up your look. Try the trend with a plaid scarf, shoes or a belt.
Try the Trend: Jazz up your chambray shirt and black jeans with a fun plaid scarf in an unexpected color like orange.
Pattern and print mixing has been all the rage the past few years. This fall it’s all about texture mixing. Combine different textures to add interest to your outfits.
Try the Trend: Pair up a gray cable knit sweater with skinny cords in off-white. Finish it off with a pair of burgundy ankle boots.
Typically a spring and summer trend, florals are now making their mark on fall.
Try the Trend: Look for a scarf with autumnal tones like rust, burgundy, mustard, vermillion, plum or ochre. Use it for inspiration to pair up unlikely color combinations.
It’s Your Turn: What are some of your favorite fall trends that are totally wearable? Share them in the comments.
Finally feeling like fall in your neck of the woods? Then now’s the perfect time to join the Fall 2015 GYPO Style Challenge. You’ll get your seasonal trends shopping list plus 21 days of mix and match outfits including some of the outfits in today’s post. Get more info and sign up HERE.
Hey pretties! It’s time for another Pretty Fix but first a quick story behind this month’s inspiration. Craig and I just got back from a little getaway to Mexico last week. I had some business meetings there and we tacked on a few extra days for some R&R. Here’s a pic of us before dinner one night.
As we were walking through the Cancun airport on our way home, Craig spied a colorful Mexican poncho and joked that he was going to buy one. My first thought was that it could be great for fall – just not on him!
So, of course when I got home, I started researching ponchos to find one for this month’s Pretty Fix.
The Pretty Fix is a monthly feature at Get Your Pretty On that features my top five picks for the month that you can shop for on your own to stay in style at a price you’ll love. The idea for it was born out of frustration that some of you have had with other monthly box services that you feel “miss the mark” or are too pricey.
Each month, the Pretty Fix includes five affordable items that I personally recommend to stay on trend.
Want to know the best part? You can buy everything in the monthly fix for around $100.
Consider me your budget-minded personal shopper. Here’s your October Pretty Fix.
So it’s not exactly colorful like the Mexican versions but this one is really versatile. Ponchos and wraps are my favorite way to add a layer of warmth when it’s not quite cold enough for a coat. If you’re looking for more color, here’s another option.
There’s a good reason why a burgundy purse is on the shopping list for the Fall 2015 GYPO Style Challenge. It looks great with everything! If burgundy is not your thing, this bag comes in six other colors including red, black, brown, coffee, beige and olive green.
We’re heading into the time of the year where bare ankles need some cozy socks. Printed pairs are perfect for peeking out above your favorite ankle boots. This five pack has some great colors/patterns.
If heavy lipsticks aren’t your thing, color your pout with this lightweight translucent gel lip color in this season’s hottest color.
It’s Your Turn: What will you be adding to your wardrobe to stay on trend this month?
If you loved these pieces, then be sure to join me for the Fall 2015 GYPO Style Challenge. We’ll be styling items on this list and many more in our 21 days of mix and match outfits. Wake up every day this fall knowing exactly what to wear with your fall trends shopping list and capsule wardrobe. Sign up HERE.
What are some ways you jump start your day? I have a daily routine that gets me going every morning. My coffee brews at 6:00 a.m. I brush my teeth then sit down to have two cups while planning out my day. After that, I wash my face and apply an SPF moisturizer to get prepared for my morning walk with our golden retriever Bailey. Bailey refuses to allow me to skip her favorite part of the day! Lately I’ve been adding in one extra step to my skincare routine. I already know what you’re thinking, “one more step, am I not already doing enough?” I don’t know about you but I’m willing to go the extra mile and applying another product first that boosts the effectiveness of my other skincare products is totally worth it! OK, so you know that the surface of your skin is directly linked to how radiant, healthy and youthful your skin looks, right? When your skin’s surface layer is damaged, it loses its natural defense to protect itself. It also loses its ability to retain moisture and renew itself. Each morning when I’m out in the sun and elements for our daily walk, you better believe defending my facial skin is always on my mind. Recently I’ve been using a new product, Elizabeth Arden’s SUPERSTART Skin Renewal Booster as my first step before applying any moisturizer or serum. It works holistically to restore the healthy look of your skin’s surface layer by helping its natural ability to repair and renew. You can use it before ANY moisturizer or serum and it helps to boost the effectiveness of your other skincare products.
Here are a few great reasons to try SUPERSTART:
1. It boosts your skin’s natural defenses. A probiotic complex optimizes skin’s microflora to strengthen its natural defenses.
2. It boosts your skin’s ability to renew by enhancing moisturization and hydration.
3. It boosts the effectiveness of your skincare products. By optimizing your skin’s surface layer it ultimately ensures the skin is more responsive to all products in your regimen, and your skincare delivers stronger results. 95% of women agree that SUPERSTART boosts the effectiveness of their skincare products.* 92% of women agree that SUPERSTART helps repair the look and feel of damaged or irritated skin.** 82% of women agree that SUPERSTART makes their skin more resilient and resistant to irritation and damage.**
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It’s Your Turn: What’s one way you jumpstart your day? Tell me in the comments for a chance to win a bottle of SUPERSTART Skin Renewal Booster!
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Last week marked the third anniversary of Get Your Pretty On. Three years have flown by and so much has happened both personally and professionally in that time. Our oldest child graduated and moved off to college, I got laid off from corporate America and received the blessing of being able to pursue my passion full-time, and this little fledgling “hobby” blog grew from nothing to a combined 38,000 subscribers on e-mail/social media and over 1.5 million page views per year.
Not only that but it’s gone from a space created for my own accountability – where I shared my daily outfits and journey out of my mom rut – into a resource for women everywhere who are rediscovering style. GYPO now has readers in over 200 countries. Over 6,000 women have participated in the GYPO Style Challenge from all over the world including Canada, Finland, Germany, UK, New Zealand and Australia. We have a global community of style sisters who are the kindest women I’ve ever encountered anywhere.
Honestly I’m totally blown away when I stop to think about it.
But a lot has stayed the same too. I still do all of the blogging here and it’s been one of my favorite things to do since day one. Plus I get to do one of my other favorite things which is share advice and the things that I’ve learned along the way. The GYPO Style Challenge is just the icing on the cake. It gives me another opportunity to be creative but more importantly to make a difference in the lives of other women – something that humbles me on a daily basis.
Year One was all about figuring out blogging and my place in what felt like a foreign land. Year Two was the beginning of the Style Challenge, a huge amount of growth and being behind the 8 ball trying to keep up with it all. Year Three has been about getting the right systems and support in place to properly take care of everyone.
I’m starting to finally feel like I can breathe.
One of the biggest changes over the past three years is that I no longer go it alone. I now have the amazing support of Team GYPO for all of the growth and change that’s taken place and there’s no better feeling. The girls on my support team allow me to free up my time to focus on creativity and community building.
I’d love to introduce you to them today.
Customer Concierge/All Around Assistant – Kathryn
Kathryn is my right hand girl and primarily handles admin, technical and customer support. Her job is to keep customers happy, manage my inbox and make sure nobody falls through the cracks. She’s known to log in after hours and on weekends to help get issues resolved because she shares my belief that our customers should always feel taken care of. If you didn’t get a style challenge e-mail, Kathryn finds out why and fixes it. If you can’t log into the membership site, Kathryn gets you in. If you need to change your e-mail address or have a billing question, Kathryn’s got you covered.
Kathryn is my front line with customers, which means I can relax knowing they’re well cared for. In addition, she handles our affiliate program, assists with loading social media content, manages the Pretty Strong program and is your girl when it comes to all customer-facing issues. In short, Kathryn is the Wonder Woman behind GYPO. She’s a hard worker, very motivated and always willing to learn something new.
Community Manager (Facebook) – Bebe Walder
Each GYPO Style Challenge includes a private Facebook group of up to 1,800 women to manage. As you can imagine, this could be a very daunting task for me to handle on my own. Thankfully, I have my Super Woman Bebe Walder to assist with this.
Bebe is the heart and soul of our Facebook community. She communicates and enforces our community guidelines, coordinates giveaways and fun weekly themes, reviews, responds to and moderates comments, engages our community, adds new group members and coordinates and attends local live events like Girls’ Nights Out and media appearances. Bebe is the perfect combination of honesty and directness combined with love, support and encouragement.
GYPO Style Challenge Launch Team
In addition to Kathryn and Bebe I have four talented tech experts that are members of the “behind the scenes launch team” for the GYPO Style Challenge. These girls take care of everything from technical issues on the membership site to graphic and web design, web development and advertising.
The New GYPO Headquarters
Want to know a secret? For the past three years, I’ve been working from my kitchen table. I made the decision that Year Three was the year that I deserved an upgraded work space that allows me to be more organized and creative.
I’m happy to say that I now have a space that’s a true reflection of me and a joy to work in. My new home office is girly, serene and comfortable with just the right touch of glam.
Welcome to my new office. Come on in!
Thank You
Thank you for being a part of the GYPO journey, whether you’ve been here since day one or just recently found me. These past three years have been nothing short of a dream. I get to do what I love with people that I love. There’s honestly nothing else I’d rather do, this is truly my dream job.
I can’t thank you enough for being here and making this dream a reality.
Do you struggle to put outfits together? Are you stuck in a yoga pants rut? Not sure if you can make the latest trends work for you? You’re in the right place!
I’m Alison, a mom of three and recovering yoga pants addict on a mission to make getting dressed and feeling pretty the easiest thing you do all day! Learn more about my story HERE.
I am so glad I was part of the Fall 2019 Style Challenge. It gave me confidence and so many great outfitt ideas. The ladies in the group were very supportive and I will defintetly be doing another challenge in the future.
Betty Weyandt Lamont December 20, 2019
I’ve been participating in the GYPO Style Challenges for three years now and I’ve loved it. I’ve always loved clothes, but I didn’t know how to put outfits together. My closet is now full of mix-and-match outfits, I have learned how to dress myself, and there is no more stress in figuring out to wear. The private FB group is full of wonderful ladies that build each other up. It’s so fun and is seriously the best group on FB.
Kirstin Rasmussen McFarlane November 20, 2019
Get Your Pretty On has changed my life, seriously. I have always chased what is trendy but found from season to season, that things go out of style and I was wasting money on items that I would only end up wearing a few times. GYPO has enabled me to simplify my closet, helps me make smarter purchasing decisions, and I feel so put together and confident using the outfit formulas that are provided. This program is a GAME CHANGER. I've been following GYPO for a few years now and my only regret is not jumping on board sooner.
Michelle Kline November 20, 2019
Great community of ladies, helping each other look stylish, without breaking the bank, and using much of what you already own.
Chosen Faith November 19, 2019
GYPO challenges have been one of the best things I have done! It had taught me so much more than just creating a closet of clothes that I love but also to have confidence in myself, how to pick and choose colors that work for me instead of against, and had given a wonderful community of Pretties who are so special.
Maraline Freeman October 16, 2019
I love GYPO!!! I finally feel put together and stylish! The shopping lists and outfit combinations make shopping and getting dressed effortless.
Krista Probst October 16, 2019
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If you didn’t get a chance to participate in the Fall GYPO Style Challenge, then I have great news for you. Because the weather has been unseasonably warm, we’ll be starting our fall outfits all over again next week. Sign up now to get your fall shopping list and 21 days of mix and match outfits immediately. Get more info HERE.
