Summer Black-Out Challenge, Day 3

[breakinglight11]

Today I decided to go for something kind of weird. I wanted to wear a brightly colored skirt, but most of my brightly-colored skirts are a wee bit short to wear to work. So I turned to one of my favorite versatile accessories-- scarves. The color of today is RED.



Red pashmina as wraparound skirt
Off-white lace camisole
Fluffy red scarf
Garnet and silver shield earrings
Brown wedge sandals

I just wrapped the pashmina twice around my waist and tied it at one corner so the fringed edge drapes along the front. It's a beautiful vibrant color, though it's so wide it makes for a slightly-beyond-knee-length skirt. I wished it stopped above the knee, but it still looks nice.

The fluffy red scarf I was a little less sure about. I knew I needed something red up on top to sort of tie things together, and the only other red accessory of this kind I have is this one, which I thought would look odd because it's so clearly intended for warmth in winter. But I decided to take a chance, knotted it in an interesting way around my neck, and let one end drape down each side of my shoulder. I actually think I like it.



There. That doesn't look too weird, does it? My hair over it makes it subtler, which helps.

Sometimes I think it would be easier to put together outfits if I were more comfortable throwing different colors together, but I like a little bit of coordination. Even my earrings today have red stones in them Still, one must never become too matchy-matchy or else you start to just look silly. Maybe if I'd been able to use black, or if I had a scarf in a color that complimented red more. But this turned out pretty cute. Tomorrow I will try to mix up the colors a bit. 

Comments

[nennivian.livejournal.com]

When I move in to Elsinore, I think we'll have fun talking about matching and outfit coordination (not coordination between outfits but within outfits, as you speak of here). I've always been a bit more "out there" with my styles and I'm looking forward to having someone to bounce ideas off of. Maybe my weirdness can encourage you to be more comfortable with your own non-black style weirdness (which is but slight, my dear - I wouldn't have thought twice about it). There are times when scarves as skirts is a terrible idea, but a pashmina is perfect for that arrangement. :-) You look lovely, as always.

[breakinglight11.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! And I would love to talk about this stuff with you. It's still a relatively new thing for me to put any real thought into, so I welcome alternate perspectives! In fact, as I was getting dressed this morning, I thought of you wearing that pretty scarf of yours as a skirt between scenes of Romeo and Juliet, which, I might add, looked very cute. :-)