Build Budget-Friendly Outfits From Inspirations Ones

Happy Sunday, ladies!  Thought I'd try a bit of an experiment today.  I've been getting a lot of readers writing in and requesting that I offer more budget-friendly options for the inspiration outfits I share on Thursdays and Sundays.  Given the current socioeconomic conditions, this makes sense.  So, today I'm going to show you how to build budget-friendly outfits from inspiration ones.

Before jumping into those outfits, though, I wanted to share a bit of context on how I approach the blog that you might find useful.

• Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays I share OOTDs and do my best to link exacts, assuming they're still in stock.  Price points can range dramatically depending on what I'm featuring.
• Wednesdays are a bit of a wild-card day, where I talk about anything and everything from fashion to health & wellness and beyond.
• Thursdays and Sundays are when I share topical inspiration outfits.

A few notes on "inspiration outfits":

• Inspiration outfits are always taken from my archives over the past 8 years of the blog.
• They're intended to demonstrate that classic style really never goes out of style.  And that what I wore a few years ago is still relevant today.
• I mostly build those outfits from retailers I've been shopping and sharing for years:  Talbots, Ann Taylor, J.Crew, and the like.

So how should you approach the inspiration outfits I share?  Maybe you hate them, in which case, you can skip right over them.  Or maybe you like the look and want to recreate it.  Here are a few tips:

• By all means, shop the similar outfits I build exactly.  Full transparency:  the links I share are affiliates, which means I get a commission on the sale.  (I will say, though, if I am working directly with a retailer, I always note that at the beginning of the post.)
• Or, use the inspiration outfits to shop your closet.  So many of the outfits I share involve classic essentials you most likely already have in your closet!  I'm a huge believer in shopping your closet and advocate for it regularly on the blog.
• Use the inspiration outfits to shop your favorite retailers or even 2nd hand stores.  Poshmark is a great, growing online resource many of us, including myself are turning to.  Highly recommend it!

So, now to my little experiment. Today, I went back to our most popular post this month---5 Spring Essentials Every Woman Should Own---and recreated the inspiration outfits in 2 ways:  a) the way in which I normally do, and b) a more budget-friendly version.

My goal here is to show you that you can take any outfit I share and build it from your favorite retailers---from any price point, really.  It does take a bit of work, but it can be done.  So, let's get right down to it.