Well, MY history 🙂

Welcome to the monthly edition of Match Made in Seven! We are an international group of fashion bloggers who meet virtually once a month. One of us chooses a theme each month, and that can be anything: a book, music, a color, a movie. And then we all style an outfit based on that theme.

This month’s theme was chosen by Emma of Style Splash and is “Animal Motif.” See my post about the theme below…and be sure to take a look at my fellow bloggers to see how they have interpreted the theme this month.

Nancy of Nancy’s Fashion Style 

Debbie of https://www.debbiestyleslife.com/

Darlene of https://aquamarinastyle.com/

Sonja of https://www.yustsome.nl/

Anna of https://www.muttonstyle.com/

Emma of http://www.style-splash.com/ 

Rather than showing one outfit today with an animal motif, I thought I’d go back through the FashionSchlub archives and share all the animals I’ve worn over the past four years. Don’t worry, there’s not that many!

Technically, an animal motif is a depiction of an animal in design. Like a lion-head door-knocker…or a French Bulldog graphic tee…or a bird wallpaper…or a ring in the shape of a turtle.

So, in no particular order, I give you Animal Motifs Through (my) History.

The Penguin Dress

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I thought this dress was So Fun. And I wore it all year-round: in the summer on its own as a sleeveless dress or under a light cardi…and in the winter as a jumper over a blouse. You saw this look here. There are also a bunch of helpful pattern mixing tips there.

From a distance the dress can just look like a graphic pattern of pink, black and white. But they are definitely penguins!

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The Tiger Skirt

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Really, what else is there to say? Tiger skirt rocked (you might have seen it here). That was a very adventurous style year for me. Gwynnie Bee was still new to me and I was trying All the Things!

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The Butterfly Dress

A look that pre-dated the blog, but was worn on my “30 days of No Repeat Outfits” challenge in 2015. Yet another Gwynnie Bee find.

The Butterfly Shirt

Not my proudest fashion moment. I bought the shirt because it FIT. Those baggy stretchy pants? There Are No Words. And if I remember correctly, the shoes were some sort of grey suede mocassin things. Overall SCHLUB. Ha. BUT…butterflies.

And of course, no list of mine is complete without the Junarose dress, which is actually…

The Bird Dress

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It may just look like a pastel abstract mish-mosh but there are actually birds in there. Mostly feathers, but a couple birds. You might have seen this here.

Here are some other cute animal motif items:

Make to sure to check out the other Match Made in Seven ladies for their take on Animal Motif!
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