Wool Cape + Striped Pencil Skirt + Fedora

By Avec Amber
On Oct 29, 2015

This post appears in the Statement-Making Accessory: Hats campaign.

If you follow me on Instagram, you already got a peek at this outfit when I posted a layout the day before Thanksgiving. I have worn variations of this outfit to work a few times already this winter, because my office feels like an old drafty building and layers are essential for dealing with meeting rooms on different floors with completely different temperatures. I am sure I am not the only person who finds the temperature variance within the same office building annoying. However, this problem is easy enough to fix with the right layering pieces. I found this black wool cape several years ago at Nordstrom Rack, and it is perfect for layering because it is the weight of a wool sweater rather than a coat. For today's outfit, I wore this wool cape over a lightweight turtleneck sweater, then added a striped pencil skirt, faux leather trim fedora, DVF tall boots, and a leopard fold-over clutch for a perfect winter day to night look.

Cape: Cullen (old)
Sweater: old, similar Merona "Women's Long Sleeve Turtleneck Sweater" in black, $8.40 (on sale!) at Target here
Skirt: The Fifth Label "Hey Blondie Skirt" in black/white, $34.97 at Piperlime here
Boots: DVF via Poshmark, currently loving the Tory Burch "Sullivan 85mm Boot" in coconut/coconut (also available in black), $550 at Zappos Couture here or budget option B.P "Transit Tall Boot" in chocolate (also available in black & taupe), $97.96 at Nordstrom here
Clutch: Express (no longer available online), check out the "Faux Leather-Paneled Leopard Clutch" in brown/black (also available in light grey/black, $5.90 at Forever 21 here
Fedora: BCBGeneration "Pleather and Flannel Panama" hat, latte and pebble grey colors available for $42 at Zappos here
Rings: "Hammered Ring Set" in gold, $2.73 at Forever 21 here
Lipstick: Sonia Kashuk "Satin Luxe Lip Color SPF 16" in very berry, $9.99 at Target here

How would you style a cape this winter? Thank you for visiting my blog today, and I hope you have a great rest of your week!