Most everyone agrees that black and white are a classic combination. But, to my eye, black pants and a white blazer can read less "classic style" and more "classic waiter." To avoid being asked for water refills, I added some navy and a bright scarf to my look:
And, it seems to have worked; not a single person asked me for today's specials.
As is often the case with my outfits, the scarf is the best thing about this look:
It's vintage, silk Vena and it is, of course, thrifted. I couldn't resist the colors or the mix of graphic patterns.
The navy shirt though; I'm not sure that was necessary:
You can hardly tell it's navy and I'm skeptical that it's bringing anything to the outfit. I think a black shirt would probably have been fine. Huh, I wonder if I thought this was a black shirt? Hell, probably.
Oh, and although you can't tell from the above photos, I am also wearing shoes:
Cap toe wedge pumps, to be exact. Remember when cap toes were all the rage? Are they no longer? Do we care? I have to say, I don't think I do. How about you?
Full disclosure. I am not wearing this today. I did not wear this yesterday. I actually wore this last week before the rains came. But, I forgot to post it so I'm doing that today because I'd hate for you all to miss my clashing shoes:
Top: LOFT Skirt: thrifted vintage Sandals: Cole Haan via DSW
Now, personally, I feel like poppy and magenta are complimentary colors but several of my co-workers informed me that not only did I not match, I didn't even "go" and my shoes in fact clashed with my skirt:
Nonsense, right? Seriously, I think you'd hear fewer "but I don't get it" comments trying to explain geometry to first graders.
And maybe they're right and this look is clashing and not complimentary, but it's such a good clash, how could I resist?
I guess I just figure that if you're going to clash you should do so in the brightest, happiest colors you can. Otherwise, you've confused your co-workers for nothing. And we wouldn't want to do that, would we?
Happy Tuesday, All!
Gracey
Ooh, I almost forgot! Linking up (late) with Patti for Visible Monday because, well, of course. (ETA: Or not. Apparently Visible Monday is on a break this week. Oops!)
So, Emma, from Behind the Leopard Glasses is having the best month-long challenge and link party ever. It's all about prints and patterns! The idea is to wear a different pattern every day (you can see the challenge calendar on her site). I missed the first couple of days due to lack of appropriate patterns and general laziness, but today, today I'm participating.
The featured pattern for today is chevron. As it turns out, I don't have a lot of chevron in my closet, but I was determined to participate in this fun challenge and after a bit of scrounging around I found this top:
It's technically lace, but it has a few lines of chevron running through there.
In addition to being lace, the top is also sleeveless so, because our mornings are a bit chillier now, I paired it with my olive cardigan:
At first I wasn't sure about the combination of coral, olive and navy, but I figured that coral and navy look good together and olive is basically a neutral so it'd be fine.
See? That color combination totes makes sense.
Also, I realize that in all of the above pictures, my left earring is turned around so it looks like I'm just wearing gold earrings. I'm not. I'm actually wearing even more color:
Are any of those colors in my outfit? Of course not! But I wore the earrings anyway. Because they go.
So, there you have it. Chevron lace, a possibly weird color combination and non-matching, but totally-going earrings:
All part of an outfit that's so wrong, it's right.
In retrospect, perhaps the combination of double light-wash denim & four-inch heels wasn't a good idea. Except that I like this outfit.
I know that you're supposed to mix shades of denim when you do double denim, but I've been feeling pretty matchy-matchy lately. Obviously:
But, hey, if being matchy-matchy is a crime, lock me up; I'm already wearing my prison blues.
Actually, I was hoping the layered necklaces kept this outfit from looking too institutional:
I'm not sure if I was successful in that endeavor but I am pretty sure I don't care. Seriously, I know this outfit is reminiscent of prison, of scrubs, of Britney & Justin at the VMAs, all of it, but I'd still wear it again.
It probably has the least structure of anything I've ever worn. The pants are draped and pleated (and possibly doing unkind things to my crotch). The top is made of a loose-fitting silky fabric. And the vest is also draped.
The only place there is any real structure are the shoes; the shoes are sort of structured:
Sort of, I guess.
But, really, this outfit is a flow-y, drape-y free-for-all. A flow-for-all if you will:
I blame the vest. This thing, while lovely, doesn't have any real structure at all. Especially from the back:
It's just chiffon drape in the back. Which, awesomely, looks like a cape when one is riding one's bike. You know, if one's into that sort of thing.
I do not know how better to describe the print on this blouse than botanical shadows and painterly splotches:
I mean, really. What is that? Yeah, I don't know either.
But, whatever the print on the blouse is, it pairs well with my dark skinny jeans and that's enough for me:
In addition to the blouse (Nordstrom) and the jeans (Banana Republic) I wore my neon link necklace (Target) and my cap toe wedges (bandolino via DSW). I wear these shoes and this necklace a lot with these jeans. I think that's okay; some days it's nice not to have to think too hard.
I've often yammered on about how I love animal and green together because something something jungle. I continued that "jungle theme" with my new (to me) parrot brooch:
So green. And parrot-y. (Not parody, parrot-y; if it were a parody of a parrot, it'd be Conan O'Brien in a parrot mask or something).
I found the brooch in my favorite local vintage shop, Lil' Gypsy Vintage, and thought it would be perfect with my animal spotted cardigan (Anne Taylor via Goodwill) and green dotted pants (LOFT). I also added a vintage Monet bracelet (via Red Fox Vintage) and my cap toe wedges (Bandolino via DSW).
Yay! Jungle! Sort of!
Happy Thursday, Everyone!
Gracey
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