I’m kicking off the new “Outfits” series with one of my favorites that I frequently wear when the weather is cool or cold. As the title mentions, it features three colors that fit my body type well: tan, blue and black.
In this particular outfit, I have combined a long-sleeved, tan, button-down shirt from the men’s department with my blue skirt from Engelbert-Strauss. Sometimes I exchange this skirt for a blue denim skirt or even my blue A-line skirt from Anna Field.
If the weather is cooler, these are paired with black tights or leggings and my tan, high-heeled boots from Anna Fields. Depending on the temperature, I might add a black cardigan, sweater or hoodie depending on how cold it is and how casual I want to be. I particularly like the black cardigan as featured in the photo below because it stays open allowing you to see the tan shirt underneath. It also adds a nice “feminine” touch to an overall pretty masculine outfit.
I call this outfit “masculine” because it features traits that are typically seen in the men’s department such as bold, solid colors and straight, harsh lines. In my duology of posts, “How To Dress Masculinely in a Skirt“, I discuss what makes an outfit more “masculine” in the eyes of most observers.
The outfit as shown below consists of the following components:
- A long-sleeved, tan shirt made from 100% cotton
- The blue skirt from Engelbert-Strauss
- Generic, black, fleece-lined thermal tights
- Tan high-heeled boots from Anna Field size 45 in Germany (12 US)
- A black cardigan from EMP
What do you think of the outfit? Since this is the first outfit I’m posting, is there any more information you would like to know about it? Let me know in the comments below! Any feedback is much appreciated!
Nice new concept, Alex. While not a big fan of black and blue together, I do like either with blue. I would have liked to see a more complete and naturally angled view, of course. Eager to see more. Thanks.
I’m glad you like the concept! I am in the process of convincing my wife to help take a few pictures of me in some of my favorite outfits so that we get better quality photos to upload. These are recycled Instagram photos. There are a few more photos from Instagram to come though because I just wanted to get started with the series. 🙂
Good look, Alex.
I often wear a blue kilt with black leggings and a tan top. However, I’m more likely to have flip flops on my feet and (because we like in a beach resort area) seldom have/need a sweater or jacket.
Thanks! I love the blue, black and tan combination. Living in a beach resort area certainly has its benefits, although I have to admit, I would miss my heeled boots! Living in Central Europe, you can heeled boots and other closed shoes almost all year round.
Photos taken from a tripod would be better
I agree. These photos were quick photos for Instagram, but I’ll make sure the next photos are better quality.
Cool outfit, most of my tops that I wear with skirts are “very white” or “very black” so having something in between is definitely useful. Cardigan gives this “I feel comfortable” vibe to it, as without it you might be looking quite formal given it’s supposed to be kind of “worker look”.
Aside from my local football team jerseys that are yellow+red, I have one rather short yellow top – https://archiwum.allegro.pl/oferta/k12684-top-secret-zolta-koszulowa-bluzka-_36-i14715515944.html – that has to be worn with skirt going over the waist, but it’s quite comfortable.
And tights, yeah, it’s just a kind of trousers isn’t it? I prefer the thinner ones but since you wrote somewhere that you don’t shave your legs, then 20den tights on a “haired” leg doesn’t look good (although this is a subjective opinion and if one wants to wear tights on unshaven leg, there’s no restriction for that).
Thanks! I like having a little bit of color in most of my outfits, but I’m also not the type of person to go with a lot of color. They also tend to be more bold, muted colors like seen in this outfit. I love the yellow top though!
Yeah, I don’t shave my legs, so if I wear tights or leggings, they need to be thick enough to hide the hair. I also don’t care much for the look of hairy legs in tights (personal preference).