{Trend Alert: Classic Chambray Shirt}

I think it's pretty safe to say that the chambray shirt has officially moved from a “trend” item to the new basic. It can literally be worn with just about anything - I wear mine with leggings, black jeans, white jeans (any colored jeans - really), skirts, over my dresses, thrown under a sweater with the sleeves rolled…and I could go on. How do you bring your own style to your chambray shirt (and don't tell me you don't have one)? Below are a few of my favorite styling ideas:

{Trend Alert: Mixing Patterns}

How comfortable are you mixing patterns? It used to make me nervous as it was one of those things that seemed to look good on others but hard to pull off on myself. I’ve been told the key to mixing patterns is to have a base color, one color found in both of the patterns. Plus, mixing different types of patterns that won’t compete too much with each other, like stripes with florals, or plaid with polka dots works really well.

In an attempt to encourage myself to mix patterns more often I tried on a bunch of different outfits from my closet above sticking to those two rules as much as possible (even if my instinct was telling me it wouldn’t work). 

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What do you think? Have you mixed patterns? Or are you afraid of the stares from the peeps that just don't get it? I'd love to hear how you mix and match!