Bo's Bodacious Blog: vegan leather shacket

Wednesday, 18 October 2023

Ageless Style: Birthday Party Attire

Welcome back to our monthly Ageless Style! After taking last month off from blogging, I am back with the ladies of Ageless Style and this months prompt is brought to you by our October baby, Marsha Banks of Marsha in the Middle. Happy birthday to Marsha! I don't know about you but for the most part we and our friends keep birthdays pretty low key nowadays unless its a milestone birthday. We usually get together for a dinner/appies and drinks, which for most of us in the parenting years is a night out with the adults! Woot, woot!

A night out with adult friends is a treat and I always like to put a little extra effort into looking and feeling good. I wore this outfit this past weekend when we went out. Full disclosure, I've wanted to wear it since last winter but feel self-conscious. Am I too old? Should I be showing my midriff? Does it seem like I am trying too hard? Is it appropriate? And on and on go the questions. My 16 year old was like, yes it's cute. I don't understand why you are so unsure. She honestly had no idea what was going through my head. Isn't that AWESOME?!? I love that she confident! That she is sure of her clothing choices. Something I didn't have at her age and am still working on at 41. Regardless I took the chance and went for it and the longer I wore it, the more it felt like me. Sometimes we have to go through the uncomfortable for it to feel more comfortable.

Anyways you can see this crop top paired with it's matching knitted skirt here, which I had not doubts about and absolutely LOVE!!! I paired it up with pleather pants from my teens closet, and decided to throw on my vegan leather shacket over top to play with the browns and textures. Top it off with bold red lips and you look confident and I am of the mind 'fake it, 'till you make it" and by the end of the night, I made it. 😉

Shop This Post:

Tinsley Fuzzy Tank (sale)

Leather Pants (sold out; Shein similar)

Vegan Leather Shacket (sold out; Dex similar)

Maybelline Red for Me Lipstick

Now off you go to check out what other ladies are wearing!

Joanna ~ My Slice of Life

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Jodie ~ Jodie’s Touch of Style

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Amy ~ Amy’s Creative Pursuits
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Marsha~ Marsha in the Middle
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Bo ~ Bo's Bodacious Blog

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Rosemary ~ Distinctly Southern Style

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Leslie ~ Once Upon a Time and Happily Ever After

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Mireille ~ Chez Mireille Fashion Travel Mom

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Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Ageless Style: Layers for Fall & Link-Up

Welcome to the Ageless Style monthly link-up! We always gather on the third Thursday of the month and this month Joanne from Slices of Life prompted us to think about essential fall layers. As you can see, fall has left and winter has arrived in Saskatchewan. Currently my main layers are my winter coat, toque and mitts, LOL. Although I have some really nice wool coats and a warm parka, today I am focusing on layers that I use indoors during work hours. I love me a good duster cardigan or a blazer, but I decided to go a completely different direction this year when I was choosing to invest my $. I decided on a vegan leather shacket. Right off the hop I wasn't drawn to black this season, but as soon as I saw this shacket in cognac I was in love. The leather jacket is super soft, and is lined with a soft, almost fleece like material, on the inside. It's an oversized fit, which I always have to get used to, and I find I like to wear with a more fitted bottom, skinny/straight leg jeans or a fitted dress, to create shape and dimension in my look. For reference I am wearing a small and honestly if they had an XS I would have been tempted to try that on, but sometimes you just have to try a different style on a few times so you get comfortable seeing a new silhouette on yourself. Overall I love my newest fall purchase and am happy that I stepped out of my comfort box and bought something new and different.

Since we are chatting about leather, I also want to draw your attention to the best backpack I've ever owned! This is the prefect size for work and it comes back and forth with me 5 days a week. It's in mint condition, a year after I purchased it, and it fits my laptop, journal, agenda, pens and a few other things. I absolutely love that it's not too big and keeps me limited to carrying only the work essentials. It's also awesome as a carry on when we travel.

Your turn, what are your essential layering pieces for fall or winter?