Back to school, back to school to prove to Mom that I’m no fool. Does anyone remember Billy Madison? For whatever reason, I associate back to school with a movie about a man-child chanting that rhyme as he attempts to actually complete the school he never had. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s classic Adam Sandler. So if you like him, you’d like the movie. If not, probably skip it, haha.
We’ve also been talking about it recently, but we also think back to school is synonymous with Fall fashion. It goes back to shopping with our Mom in preparation for school. We’d accumulate some key new pieces and then debut them at school. With that in mind, I definitely made the switch myself this week and wore a Fall outfit I’d been holding out on until now. The weather also encouraged me, considering the specific briskness felt in the air this whole weekend. Then waking up Tuesday morning to it being super dark and stormy outside, it felt like Mother Nature was approving of the shift to Fall.
Some of you are probably elated about that, we know a lot of people are one hundred percent about anything Fall. Don’t misconstrue us, we love us everything about Fall as well. It’s always just difficult mourning the loss of summer and then looking ahead to some ridiculously cold weather. But that’s why we buck up and plan a vacation to keep our heads up!
One thing I don’t feel excited about (unpopular opinion alert) is Pumpkin everything. I’ll eat some pumpkin pie on Thanksgiving, and I’ve enjoyed a pumpkin bar with cream cheese frosting, but you won’t catch me hunting down pumpkin spice lattes. I am intrigued by the Cold Brew version, but we’ll see if I ever feel swayed enough to grab one! What are your favorite drinks at Starbucks?
But back to Fall fashion. What we are clearly super pumped about is animal print! It’s not surprising, considering we’ve long embraced some leopard print. That specifically has been around forever and can safely be considered a classic. A lot of retailers bring back an “updated” version yearly that always tries to lure us in. So having a lot of that in our closets is nothing new. But the rest of the animal prints are having a moment and we’re all about it!
I wore a cow print top to State Fair because what better way to represent Wisconsin and our Dairy State than cow print! I also recently wore a zebra print sundress I snagged for $10 at H&M that we posted on Instagram. Can’t forget about the leopard print pants I wore to Summerfest either. So it sounds like I’m the one doing the loving of the animal print thus far, but just stay tuned. Caitlin has some seriously incredible pieces to debut this Fall that show her animal print devotion.
Starting today with this snakeskin print dress! This is kind of a stretch for her to choose, mainly because she’s always being pragmatic about her approach to buying dresses that she will get a lot of use out of. So she was initially hesitant about this dress being work appropriate. The colors being more neutral, and the print not being crazy loud make this work approved by us! She just makes sure she either pins the wrap top to an appropriate height or wears a cami underneath to be comfortable and modest.
So what do you think? Are you all about some animal print? Do you find yourselves avoiding specific animal prints or are you embracing each of them like we are? This is one of the prints that we unabashedly like and find no hesitancy in grabbing for. Let us know in the comments below!
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