Styling a Colorful Print Skirt with the Thrifty Six: Geometry

I have been welcomed into a wonderful group of fashion and lifestyle bloggers that focuses on styling preloved clothing and accessories in themed monthly posts (third Monday of the month). I hope that this showcase of secondhand items and outfits provides some shopping and style inspiration for anyone who is interested in creating great looks in a way that is sustainable for our planet and our pocketbooks.

Today's topic is Geometry...and I immediately knew what secondhand piece I wanted to create my outfit around!

This Lularoe branded knit skirt is a crazy mishmash of colors and prints that I love. Although there is bit of floral print in there, it's mostly a patchwork of various geometric prints, featuring rectangles, squares, triangles, diamonds, dots, bars, and mosaics. While the Lularoe company is a dumpster fire of an MLM pyramid scheme that bankrupted women trying to make money, I don't think there is anything wrong with thrifting this brand; the company gets no money/support from me purchasing it secondhand, and it keeps a piece of clothing out of the landfill.

This outfit was a bit experimental! I picked out a pretty blue top and a thrifted polka dot scarf to pull those colors from the skirt...and perhaps I really should have stopped there. But I was curious how my new-ish navy linen vest would look layered over the volume of the pleated A-line skirt. The vest definitely adds drama, but the silhouette it creates with the skirt is not great. I think the silhouette looks better when I'm wearing it and moving around vs. in a still snapshot, so I wasn't totally disappointed by it, but next time, I'd try a shorter layering piece or skip it altogether. That said, I'm still glad I gave this combination a shot because you never know for sure until you try it.

OOTD 10/4/26

Even though the silhouette isn't the best, I do love the play of colors, prints, and textures in this outfit. For shoes, I went with the old standby of the nude-to-me option because I already had so much going on in this look.

My daily bracelet stack features the debut of a paper bead bracelet set I made to go with this skirt in a color palette of green, aqua, blue, red-orange, and silver. All bracelets except the top silver one are handmade by me. {stretch bracelet tutorial} {bicone paper bead tutorial} {tube paper bead tutorial}

The top paper bead bracelet (2nd bracelet in the stack) was made using this colorful full-page illustration in an alumni magazine. This is the kind of page that when I see it, I am delighted at the thought of seeing what kind of paper beads it will make. The only thing I did to the paper was add silver to the edge of the strips to cover the white paper core, which gave the final beads a fun striped effect (perfect for the Geometry theme).

The middle paper bead bracelet (4th bracelet in the stack) started out with less promising paper that did ultimately make some great beads. I liked the combination of orange, peach, and the white-with-orange-stripes in this Lands End catalog. I just added silver marker to cover the black text on my strips before rolling them.

The bottom paper bead bracelet (2nd-to-last bracelet in the stack) also came from a wonderful full-page illustration, this time from an Audubon magazine. I gave it the silver edge treatment as well, resulting in another colorful bead with silver striping.

My earrings are one of the seed beads on pre-made hoop types (see design #1 in this post) that I sometimes call the world's easiest DIY earring. I made these to coordinate with a print scarf in my collection with the color scheme of black, white, blue, and orange. Even though my outfit uses navy rather than black as the dark neutral, I thought these earrings were a fun addition to my outfit, continuing the Geometry theme with a round shape. In this photo, you can also see the seed bead wrap necklace and paper pendant that I did make specifically to wear with my geometric skirt. I chose the binary code side of the pendant that has colorful squares along with the numbers, curves, and squiggles, and I wore it on a sterling silver chain necklace that my mom handed down to me. The whimsical winter owl will look cute on a scarf in the cold weather.

Outfit details:

-Green/blue/orange geometric skirt (thrifted Lularoe from ThredUp), $13.76, 7/2020, 15 wears, current CPW $0.92

-Splash blue boatneck T (retail CJ Banks), $8.10, 7/2020, 11 wears, current CPW $0.74

-Navy linen vest (retail Woman Within), $8.98, 9/2025, 6 wears, current CPW $1.50

-Green/navy polka dot scarf (thrifted at ThredUp), $4.99, 5/2020, 6 wears, current CPW $0.83

-Silver/blue/aqua beaded chain necklace (retail CJ Banks), $6.59, 2/2021, 10 wears, current CPW $0.66

-Nude wedges (retail Cole Haan), $119.90, 11/2013, 138 wears, current CPW $0.87

The cost per wear for this outfit (excluding the earrings and bracelets, which I do not track) was $5.52...which is close to my <$5 CPW goal for outfits. Because the linen vest is still relatively new, it has a bit higher cost per wear, but I expect that over next summer, the CPW will come down to below $1.

Now let's review the Geometry outfits that my thrifty friends have styled...

The Thrifty Six:

• Emma of Style Splash

• Jane of Preloved-Vintage-Handmade

• Jodie of Jodie's Touch of Style

• Nancy of Nancy's Fashion Style

• Sally of Within a World of My Own [me]

• Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge

Emma of Style Splash

Emma is skipping this month.

Jane of Preloved-Vintage-Handmade

"'Geometry' is the T6 theme for October; when I think of geometry I think of angular shapes and straight lines…

…but this dress has 'Curvilinear Geometry' - a geometric framework of curves in a linear flow.

The flow of these curves is doing wonders for the flow of my curves – OH WOW! I feel sexy in this dress!!!"

Jodie of Jodie's Touch of Style

"While the overskirt isn't thrifted, the tassel skirt under it is, as well as the tank top, shoes and purse. Each of us wore a different item that was a graphic print just to show how versatile it can be."

Nancy of Nancy's Fashion Style

“To be honest, I had a skirt in mind, but then I realized I had already used it for the 'graphic' theme. So, I chose this top instead. And although I really liked it, it’s a Diane von Furstenberg top, after all, I tend to get bored with prints quite quickly. Still, the print and the use of colour were remarkable, it looked almost three-dimensional. Top bought on Vinted.”

Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge

“I found this crazy plaid shirt dress on a recent thrifting adventure and it was the perfect piece for our Geometry theme with all the lines and angles in the print. I wore it as a duster layered over another thrifted dress in a beautiful shade of caramel. Keeping with the autumnal color palette, I wore my brown thrifted cowgirl boots, a preloved brown floral scarf, and a thrift store necklace.”

And me...

“I created my outfit starting with a thrifted print skirt that combines a multitude of geometric shapes then supplemented it with dots (thrifted scarf), circles (handmade seed bead earrings), stripes (handmade paper bead bracelets), and squares/curves (handmade paper pendant).”

Next month's topic is Moody Maroon...because I am eager to see how everyone styles this fashion trend for FW 2026 using thrifted pieces. (Color trends are perhaps the very easiest ones to shop secondhand!)

In the meantime, visit these lovely bloggers for the details of their thrifted Geometry outfits and more style inspiration:

• Emma of Style Splash

• Jane of Preloved-Vintage-Handmade

• Jodie of Jodie's Touch of Style

• Nancy of Nancy's Fashion Style

• Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge

When you think of geometry for clothes/accessories, do you think more of prints featuring geometric shapes or the shapes of the items themselves? What do you think of geometric prints for your wardrobe? How about for your home decor? Do you have a favorite geometric shape for your wardrobe?

Blogs I link up with are listed here.