Auntie Kate The Resale Expert

Move those left-over summer clothing items by turning them into transitional outfits!

This great photo, from Your Best Friend’s Closet in Denver, got me thinking.

Here’s how:

• Add heavier accessories like the chunky chains, neck and waist, in the photo.
• Scarves can loop around necks, be turned into a weskit as above. And remember leather belts too.
• Tights, bike shorts, leggings, skinny jeans: layer them beneath a summer dress or top/mini combo.
• Add dark, suede sandals, pumps, ballet flats, boots.
• Cardigans. Jackets. Pair them insouciantly with denim cutoffs, a floral dress, or the all-purpose chino crops.
• Do it up big…start that word-of-mouth. PIle on the layers, the bangles…make it showy!

Here’s a basic outfit you can pull together in two secs: it’s from Fringe, a consignment shop in Alabama.What makes it work? The surprise of the turquoise belt, the scarf worn as an epaulet.

The pros multi-layer like this from style.com