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Daily Outfit: Social No-no's

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.

Dress: Ella Moss
Shoes: Clarks Apple Sky
Shawl: Target
Belt: Thrifted
Headband: Anthropologie
Necklace: Kira Ferrer

Tags: anthropologie, clarks, ella moss, Etsy, target

Daily Outfit | Diana | November 9, 2009 7:00 am

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By Clare, November 9, 2009 @ 7:19 am

I really like this. You look so classy!
By ShopKim, November 9, 2009 @ 9:11 am

That dress is fabulous! I love the detail on the neckline. I like the take on the color combo too. Sometimes I laugh at myself too when I wear colors like this together too because it was something I would never have done 10 years ago.
By Cindee, November 9, 2009 @ 10:38 am

I think this turned out great! Love it with the shawl!! The shawl really gives it a special touch.
By katrina, November 9, 2009 @ 11:55 am

I really like this outfit, especially your dress. The diagonal stripes compensate for the lack of color.
By Kimberly/Fab Finds, November 9, 2009 @ 4:34 pm

I’ve never done the neutral combo either and keep trying to think of something for tomorrow that pairs black, navy and brown togehter without looking like I got dressed in the dark and goofed!
By WaterGirl, November 9, 2009 @ 7:15 pm

Love how you paired brown, black and navy together…bravo! Love the details of the dress too!
By sraikh, November 9, 2009 @ 8:52 pm

I think its looks very stylish.
And I need to try the belted shawl look again.