09 | November | 2009 |

Inspired by Kimberly’s Inspiration Calendar, I decided to try a color combo that I’ve never ventured into before: navy, black and brown. I usually shy away from all-neutral combos, because I really love color. But I still found this a fun experiment.

The funny thing is, the entire day, I kept thinking about a character I performed in a play in high school. She was Estelle, leader of the popular clique. My main line was this: “Oh my God, did you see what Becky was wearing at the party last night? A brown belt and black shoes. Ugh. That is such a social no-no”. This made me smile, since I was totally breaking that rule today.

I think that this look might have worked better with a short black cardigan, but since my only black cardigan didn’t really work with this dress (because it’s a crew neck) I had to improvise. I think it would have looked fantastic with a cropped black blazer as well.