Fashionably Limited, A 15:30 Update

For those following along in my 15:30 fashion challenge (that’s wearing only 15 pieces of clothing ALL MONTH) I suppose you might like an update. Now that we are halfway through the month, I can honestly say I’m tired of this challenge. I do look longingly at the rest of my closet full of color. But it is sometimes nice to have limited choices. I can get ready for things faster and generally feel pulled together.

For instance, this is what I wore last Friday to the Houston Social Media Breakfast. I liked how the shoes looked with this outfit a lot, but I didn’t realize how bad they are for walking on broken, jagged sidewalks in the city.

An aside: I can’t believe how big and old my child looks in this photo. The babyhood is entirely gone. He turned six this week and lost his first tooth. While I was gone at a conference for the day, I might add. *sob*

Also I did kind of cheat twice so far. Once was for a photoshoot I was doing for my friend’s band. I knew we’d be working in kind of a dirty location and as a photog I’d be getting down on the ground, so I needed jeans but not my good designer jeans. And I didn’t want to ruin any of my tops either, so I just grabbed a t-shirt. Then the next day I did a charity walk and my team was wearing purple. I did use the shorts from my 15 pieces but naturally I had to add in a purple shirt.

This is what I wore to church last week, as a futile attempt to usher in fall.  It is, in fact, mid-September and so I figured whites and pastels were over and it was time to break out the black. Alas, I was extraordinarily toasty in this.

Then there was this slightly more casual ensemble, which I think I just wore to Target. Complete with the purse I made myself when I had a momentary flash of craftiness. Love these shoes, but they are not as comfortable as they appear. 

Yesterday I went to the incredible Interactive Strategies Conference here in Houston. It was great and I’ll say more about that in another post. At the end of the night my sweet friend Maggie pointed at me and said she wanted to steal my whole entire outfit. I was wearing the black patterned top shown above, the gray Michael Kors pants shown above, the same black heels shown above, and my awesome new Stella and Dot necklace. So that was a nice compliment and made me feel a bit better about the whole 15:30 project. 
For more fashion inspiration, check out the daily 15:30 outfits of my friend Pam and the originator of the project, Felicia. 

And find more Fashion Friday posts over at Musings of a Housewife and Girlymama.

Author: Sarah

Mom of three. Triathlete.

8 thoughts on “Fashionably Limited, A 15:30 Update”

  1. Very nice! I don’t think you cheated – the rules for that original “wear 5 items of clothing for a month” challenge or whatever it was said that your workout clothes and hanging around the house clothes didn’t count. So it was really just for what you wear to work or going out for the day. (I don’t know if the 15:30 rules are different…)

    I keep wanting to try this every time I see someone mention this or a similar project/challenge, but I just feel like it’ll illustrate how little of my wardrobe I actually do need, and then I’ll feel guilty about the overflowing closet…

  2. Very nice! I don’t think you cheated – the rules for that original “wear 5 items of clothing for a month” challenge or whatever it was said that your workout clothes and hanging around the house clothes didn’t count. So it was really just for what you wear to work or going out for the day. (I don’t know if the 15:30 rules are different…)

    I keep wanting to try this every time I see someone mention this or a similar project/challenge, but I just feel like it’ll illustrate how little of my wardrobe I actually do need, and then I’ll feel guilty about the overflowing closet…

  7. Thanks for visiting and commenting on Carolina Herrara’s collection. And 15 pieces??? Oooh that sounds tough!!

  8. Thanks for visiting and commenting on Carolina Herrara’s collection. And 15 pieces??? Oooh that sounds tough!!

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