Here’s an easy rule for making sure your outfit is always tasteful – even when you’re spread too thin
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ome days inspiration strikes, and it feels fun and soul-nourishing to invest energy creating something fabulous for dinner. Other days, there’s a lot going on so you make a sandwich. And here’s the thing: both are fine. It’s a long game we’re playing here, folks.
Which is a roundabout way of saying: the sandwich rule, which I am about to share with you, is not style done the cordon bleu way, but it sure is useful for days when you want to look nice but don’t have time for drama.
The rule is simple. A sandwich has bread at the top and bottom, and something different in the middle. Applied to an outfit, it works like this: white jeans with a black jacket and black shoes. Or a black top and skirt, but with a pale coat and pale shoes. It is an easy, logical way of bringing visual harmony. Think of it like this: if you picture those white jeans with, say, a pale pink top and then add black shoes, the balance feels off, right? It’s bottom heavy. But when you mirror those black shoes with something darker up top – it doesn’t have to be a black jacket, it could be a navy jumper, I’m not an ogre – harmony is restored.
