A Pop of Neutral: the rare, dressed-for-dinner edition

Went out for a spontaneous dinner with an age-old friend. Afterward, he asked me to take a pic of the outfit he wore with his new scarf (it's totally contagious). Of course I obliged - and then naturally had to take an outfit pic of my own! Exposure provided by some very brightly-lit street advertisements.

I know the warm, brown booties with the cool-toned outfit are going to make some teeth itch out there. However, I really like the look and feel it is the equivalent of a pop of color (without having to wear color).

PS: I need a hair trim so bad it hurts! How do you fellow short-tressed ladies keep up? I feel like my cut goes from great to meh to argggg! in just a couple weeks.

Dark teal moto - Ebay

F21 navy turtleneck - $1 at flea market

Gap jeggings - Gap

Timberland booties - Sierra Trading Post

Brahmin satchel - Nordies

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10 years ago

Alexandra

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Cute outfit! The brown boots don't bother me, but I think it's the bag that supplies the pop, at least in this picture.
I get my hair cut every four weeks. My hairdresser cuts it short enough that it still looks good the fourth week even though I can tell it's getting long when I run my hands through it.

catgirl

My hair starts to look mangy at 5 weeks and its not even that short. I can go a lot longer but the roots would kill me.

Deborah

I like this a lot. The contrasts while low and tonal actually work well. On the hair front, I am ready to cut my own lol. Mine goes from fab to yuck in 24 hrs. I really can't go longer than 6 weeks;)

CocoLion

I do like the silhouette and layering here! But, count me as one of the ones who wants to see a cool black or grey pair of booties with this outfit. (Sorry.) Maybe I'm just too much on team match. (Auto-correct won't let me write "match-y" -- what up Apple? Surely match-y is getting up there with "OMG" or "WTF" right?)

RunswithDolphins

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Your teal leather jacket is such a great fit. I love the way you've mixed the cool and warm tones so effectively and the bag really pops the outfit. YLF!

Debra

I think this looks great and I am really loving this little bag

Anonymous

You look good! I think the Uggs would have looked good here.

Lantana

If I block out the brown boots and imagine black that satisfies my matchy-matchy urges but actually I really like the warmth of the brown in this context. It suits the streetscape.
I echo Alexandra word for word on tending short hair. Best to get in to your stylist a wee bit sooner and get it cut before it blows out.

Vildy

No teeth itching here. I often look to purposely add a pop of warm or cool.

Jjsloane

I love this look and the brown booties are a nice surprise. That's another reason for me to keep my hair long.

Karie

I like the brown booties, and I'm glad to see that someone else does this in an outfit. I do it for the same reason, to add a pop of (neutral) color. Sometimes I feel all black can be boring, and I like to mix things up!

Jules

When I was on top of things I made my next appt when leaving the salon. Now I have a slightly longer lower maintenance 'do and one big reason is that I didn't want to be at the salon that often, both financially and purely for time management.

Janet

I like the brown booties for a change of pace from black or grey. I did something similar yesterday with black top, jeans and tan cowboy boots.

I hear you about the haircuts. I am already feeling scraggly and I have a few more weeks before I'll be back home where I can get my hair tended to. I'm worried what my roots will look like by then!

Transcona Shannon

Love that jacket in you Rae and although I probably would have gone with black boots the brown ones don't make my teeth itch!

I get my hair trimmed every four weeks religiously. Seriously, in 5 weeks it loses its shape and starts to get bulky.

shemarie

I've really started to love brown + black. For me it started with a love affair with cognac + black, and then was a quick slide into brown + black! And that moto is fantastic - fit, color, style are perfect. And from ebay. How do you do that?! Love it!

carter

Fantastic outfit. I love the brown boots with it.

Marmee

Love the outfit, especially the jacket but I might be one of the dental scratchers. It's the brown with the handbag that I find difficult.

What a fun night! You look great here, all lit up by the street lights.
I love the way you combined the neutrals. To my eye, it's very modern to mix cool and warm neutrals, it provides some nice contrast. Like that fabulous bag does!

Shirley

I as like the brown "pop of color".
As a short haired person I do not go the my hair dresser often enough and she always gripes at me for that. However I think a good hair cut really helps. I can go for two month and still get compliments on my hair. Also I have high lights in my black black hair and it makes the style more polished. I think.

Joy

My teeth don't itch. I like your analogy to the warm neutral as color.
My hair is longer and I try to go eight weeks to save money, but 6-7 would be better, depending on how well the last cut is growing out.

deb

I like the brown booties. When my hair was short I had to have it cut every 4 weeks. I had a standing appointment.

annagybe

Sorry, teeth itcher here. It reminds me of this well dressed guy I once saw on the bus, grey suit, purple-blue striped shirt and brownish tan dress shoes it did not go at all.
Also everything is low key and rugged, a bit distressed and the bag is so stark, clean and optic.

karymk

Cool, warm, whatever! It's all neutral and it works beautifully!

Sveta

Count me in the team "love the brown boots here" ! Actually if your moto is teal it is actually warmer that cooler in color and teal and brown work very well together.
As for the hair: I think it depends how good your cut is and how fast your hair grows. Mine grows like crazy! If it is all short I can go 5 weeks between cuts but no more until I feel sloppy. If I have longer part of it even 5 weeks is too long!

Dee

I think your bag is also a lovely pop of (sort of) color!

The need for more frequent cuts is my only downside in going to short hair. I've finally found a good hairstylist that cuts it a wee bit shorter than is ideal that first week but in a way that grows out well, so I can stretch the usual 4-5 weeks to every 6 or so.

Scarlet

You look lovely. I feel the same way about the boots and the other neutrals. I think of my rust brown boots as almost like wearing orange when I pair them with blues or grays. That is so funny that your friend wanted to "record" his new scarf

Angie

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Killer

One of your best for 2013.

lyn67

Love ths bag a lot, and boots are also fab!! I actually also think the bag is what pops in fact!:-)

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