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
Hi and welcome! I'm Diana, and this is my blog, Smiles Go With Everything. As the title suggests, I write about a little bit of everything, but the majority of my focus is on style and sustainability and how the two interconnect. In between are sprinklings of baking, gardening, crafting, and whatever I feel like sharing.
I really like this. You look so classy!
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.
I think this turned out great! Love it with the shawl!! The shawl really gives it a special touch.
I really like this outfit, especially your dress. The diagonal stripes compensate for the lack of color.
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!
Love how you paired brown, black and navy together…bravo! Love the details of the dress too!
I think its looks very stylish.
And I need to try the belted shawl look again.