theme week: anyone up for a fasion challenge? EDIT: character schedule added!

i was going to do this for my blog, but i thought it would be fun to open it up to the forum and see what everyone would come up with!

i love me some board games, and since i'm going to have a stressful week, i thought next week would be a great time to have some fashion fun. so next week i'm basing my outfits off the characters in the board game 'clue' (cluedo, depending on where you're from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluedo). those characters are:

Colonel Mustard
Miss Scarlet
Reverend Green/Mr. Green
Professor Plum
Mrs. White
Mrs. Peacock
Dr. Black/Mr. Boddy

your challenge, should you choose to accept it is to come up with seven outfits based on these characters/colors. be imaginative! it's a fun way to break out off a color rut :).

i hope some of you may be interested in joining in, but if not, i'll post my own photos pretty soon!

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EDIT: this is the order i'll be doing the challenge in - feel free to follow along, or go in whatever order you like! i will be posting a daily outfit thread for this, as per kristen's suggestion :):)

week beginning monday, 4/27:

monday: miss scarlet
tuesday: mrs peacock
wednesday: colonel mustard
thursday: mr green
friday: mrs white

(take the weekend off!)

monday: mr black
tuesday: professor plum

last day of challenge = tuesday, 5/5

have fun everyone!

15 years ago

Sihaya

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Re-posting, sorry if duplicate. What a great idea Hanna. If I can find enough pieces in my closet that fit me now that I've gaines some weight :-(, I'm up for the challenge. Or I might just post with one outfit.

crwilson

Oooh...that sounds like fun! I'll have to see what I can find in my depleted closet. I'll try it out, though. Do you mean this week (as in starting now?) or next week?

hanna

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yay, i'm glad i got some people to hop on this crazy train!

i'll be going all out starting next monday, but feel free to start whenever you like! i'm not going to hold anyone to any hard and fast rules - well, except for the fact that while your outfits don't have to be monochrome, the character should be your dominant color. just make sure to post your pics, because i really want to see them!

chewyspaghetti

What a fun idea!
Unfortunately, I don't have most of those colors in my wardrobe, but I'm looking forward to seeing what people come up with.

Vani

hanna, what a wonderful idea! This is exactly what I need to force me to rethink the colors in my closet. I have a feeling I might be able to find something for each character but let me shop my closet tonight and confirm.

LoP

I'm up for it. I don't think I have some pieces that would fit in my limited closet away from home. It is even more fun this way. Are you going to assign colors to days?

i'm so glad there are people up for the challenge! i just feel like 'challenges' and 'theme weeks' like this would make it easier for all of us to put into practice what sites like ylf and academichic, etc try to teach us - just in a fun, no-pressure kind of way.

legacyofpearl, i'm not making this too hard-and-fast where rules are concerned - to truly stick to the challenge you'd just have to make sure you try to cover all 7 characters, back-to-back. if that's too difficult, at least try accomodating as many of them as possible! i'll start a thread with my pics once the challenge is over, and we can all share our pics then

Louise

Ooooh sounds like fun will have a go, though i might struggle with a couple of them x

Kristen

I LOVE this idea! I'm in -- although I might have to stretch it for a couple of colors.

Hannah, if I may suggest: instead of waiting until the end of the week, what if you posted a daily thread where each of us participating could post links to our photos in the comments. That way we can all enjoy it as it goes on!

ooo, good idea kristen! i was planning on a daily blog post that week anyway

hmm, if some of us would prefer a guideline per day, here's the schedule i will be following - and posting photos accordingly, of course.

i'm editing the original post to include this!

I'm excited about this. I'm not sure I will be able to follow the exact day per character since it will depend on the weather. Some colors I only own in cooler outfits and some others in warmer outfits. While I can probably cover all over the span of a week or so, I'm not sure I will do so in that particular order. In addition to weather, it will depend on what I'm doing that day (mom stuff, formal client, less formal client, etc.).

Very much looking forward to this!

Maya

That sounds like fun! I'll sit out since I don't have either either the colors or the opportunity but it's fun to think about dressing this way

I'm with Sihaya; the weather dictates the clothes right now so I don't think I can stick to a strict color schedule, but I will do one of these per day!

Ariadne

This is awesome, Hanna! I'm going to give it a try.

Anonymous

What a fun idea. I will not be participating because I don't go someplace everyday. I will however really enjoy watching the thread to see how it goes.
Thanks Hanna for putting some spice into the week.

have fun with it, everyone! you're welcome to participate, or just be a spectator to this week-long color experiment, LOL.

Sarah

I'm up for the challenge! I may not have everything, but I'll do what I can. How fun.

bella

I may give this a try, although I am pretty sure I don't own anything in mustard.

Kari

That sounds like fun! I'm thinking about joining the party. Hanna, out of curiosity, are you mostly aiming for color themes, or are you pushing this farther to try to capture the characters, too? I doubt I'll have quite that much creativity/versatility, but I might give it a shot.

kari, i thought this would be a great way to push ourselves with color, considering all the theories we've learned - but i think another way to go about it, if you're looking for inspiration, is to look at the various ways the characters have been interpreted - in the board game, then and now; in the movie - and see if you can translate the essence of their style as well.

for instance, the first thing that pops to mind when you look at pictures of miss scarlet is that she is clearly the sexy, sassy, seductive type - how would you convey that appropriately through your everyday clothes, while still incorporating her signature color? that makes it a double challenge of course!

the theme is entirely open to your own interpretation - that's part of the fun! can't wait to see what everyone comes up with

Rosie

This is such a fun idea! I think I will give it a try!

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