Stripe Up

 

Today's outfit is probably one of my favorite March looks as well as of 2024. First of all, the real MVP of this post and outfit is my best friend, Mina. As I've mentioned it before, she surprised me last year with lots of birthday gifts, including also the earrings, the sunglasses and this cardigan. 

I was in the hunt for a cardigan like this or something similar, I remember even loving one (it was striped too) when I was at a store but quality-wise, it was not approved by me so I saved up my money. I had also spotted another one (in black) where I've been currently shopping online from but I wish I had looked up earlier their cardigan's section, so I could've grabbed it with what I bought back in October, it was all black and I loved it so much to the point I had even imagined it wearing it with that black pleated midi skirt, I really had the whole outfit planned but your girl was broke and it then went out of stock too. 

So, when I got all of my happy mails/packages, this was the last one to arrive, I loved it and her very kind gesture too and I told her, how I wanted something like it. I checked it minusciously and it's very thick. Barranquilla is not that cold city, we have this very 'chill' breezes but it's a warm city throughout the year with its usual rain seasons, so I was waiting to wear it during those 'chill' breezes or somewhere with air conditioner, other wise, I would fry myself up and just like dad even said, it's snowing. . . but snowing hot flames, yes, it's been really hot lately. 

The cardigan was stored in my closet for a long while (just around 3 months), and I tried playing around with my digital capsule wardrobe to create different outfit options, and this one was the best I could come up with. I honestly am not a huge fan of white or stripes, but I felt comfortable wearing it as I have this black and white striped top too, so slowly adding that color into my wardrobe, even if it's just on prints. 

🖤ೀ HOW DID IT WEAR IT? 🤍ೀ

I wore a v-neck spaghetti strap top, very basic too which I then tucked in on my black jeans, then added the cardigan as a second layer, wore my black block heeled sandals and my crossbody bag which has some gold details to it as well as the cardigan buttons were gold too, so I opted for my gold watch and gold earrings plus the sunglasses were just for the photos. Also, I wanted to add a belt, but I don't know why these jeans - which are high waisted btw - are now too tight on me. So, wearing a belt would mean, it would be a lot tighter and to be honest, I didn't want that, maybe it's time to upgrade and get new jeans? I don't know. I really can't wait to style it different ways. I've got these cream/beige jeans, and would love to give it a try yet again they're also too tight on my waist area, haha. We shall see. :') 

Outfit details

Cardigan: *gifted - aliexpress (similar options: here) | Top: Stradivarius *old season | Jeans: Stradivarius (wearing Jeans mom slim - the original) | Shoes: Calzacosta | Earrings *gifted (aliexpress) | Sunglasses: *gifted (aliexpress) | Crossbody bag: bebe *gifted 

PS: I was meaning to share this post last Sunday (March 31st) but I got sick, thankfully I had this in my drafts and it just needed some tweaks here and there. Feeling a lot better as I write this. 

Also, excuse my photos. As I mentioned it before, I have  a hard time now taking my own photos, so you should expect selfies or headless shots in these posts aka not your typical outfit post. ;)

Last but no least, as always, if I don't post here, you can find me on Instagram, I tend to be a little bit but not too active in there as well. Hope you all have a wonderful day and weekend! Until next time! xx