2011 Work Outfit Recap

I have done yearly reviews and recaps of my outfits over the past couple of years (check then out here - 2008, 2009, 2010) and just had to do it again this year.

I randomly selected one outfit from each month that I wore to work (during the "business casual days" - I'll share a casual recap next week). 2011 was a year of changes for me - - my hair got longer, I lost quite a bit of weight and I changed jobs. It was a great year - one filled with lots of fun outfits and all of you fabulous readers!

Let's take a look:




Next up, my statistics for the year. These numbers are calculated on the 190 daily outfit pictures I took in 2011 (as of the time I typed this up).

I wore a belt 33% of the time (-11% from 2010), a scarf as a belt .10% of the time (-4.9% from 2010) and utilized built in belts on dresses and tops 5% of the time (-3% from 2010) for a grand total of 39% of the days having some sort of waist definition (-14% from 2010). I still love waist definition, but I lowered my percentages greatly from 2010 which was my lowest year previously. Belts are still a great accessory, but I am glad to see that I haven't relied on them so much as years past.

I wore black or charcoal gray as the base color in my outfits on 77 days for a total of 41% of the time (-15% from 2010). Glad to see that I am becoming more colorful!

I wore a skirt or dress 56% of the time (-4% from 2010)! I realize I still don't wear a lot of pants during my Monday - Thursday "work wear". The percentage drop probably stems from still having "Casual Fridays" and thrifting some great pants this year.

And a couple of more categories that I introduced in 2010:

I wore a scarf 16% of the days (not as a belt) (-2% from 2010).

I wore a cardigan with 32% of my outfits (such a great layering piece throughout the year) (-4% from 2010).

I added a trendy necklace 35% of the time (-20% from 2010). Necklaces really are my favorite accessory despite wearing them less than in 2010.

All in all, I feel I had a successful year wardrobe wise. My entire wardrobe had to be replaced this year due to going down a couple of sizes. I am thankful that I was able to thrift so many great pieces to make this transition so much easier on my wallet!