The downside of limiting my palette...

nemosmom

...is not realizing you are dressed like a pickle until AFTER you return home....

I had to change coats (from a black and cream patterned one to my olive parka) last minute this morning. I didn’t think to stop and look at it as a whole until I got home and went to hang my coat.

Green coat+forest green cords+olive and forest Vans=pickle

Oops.

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5 years ago

What I Wore

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Gretchen

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Or, perfectly camoflauged for a walk in the woods?

I love all the green together!

5 years ago

Katerina

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Ha, ha, you are hilarious :-))
I think it is a nice tonal green outfit though, why not?

5 years ago

The Cat

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You look great! And what a gorgeous hair colour--it's really emphasized by the greens!

5 years ago

Helena

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Tonal column of color. Fab!

5 years ago

LaPed

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I think there's enough variation between the three pieces that it does not come off as a pickle costume. And green is so perfect with red hair, I can understand having a wide variety of greens in your closet.

If I'm not careful, I end up in head-to-toe black and navy and I hear my dear grandmother's voice in the back of my head saying, "You look like a bruise!" I think the solution is building very intentional little colour complements so that you always have an accent colour at the ready. I keep meaning to write a post about that but haven't had time.

5 years ago

Sal

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I don't see a pickle........

You look great, I love olive green and forest green- neither are my best colours sadly.

5 years ago

SarahD8

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Another vote for lovely tonal color combination, not pickle. And oh wow, yes, this ensemble sets off your auburn hair beautifully! (It's actually as if your hair becomes the pop of contrast.)

If the head-to-toe green bothers you, what about seeking out an everyday bag in a color that contrasts but harmonizes with your outerwear? That's what I did with my teal cross-body: with my black coat, it looks more intentional than navy and less blah/blobby than black would; it harmonizes with my periwinkle puffer; and it forms a bright but fun combination with my tomato-red summer rain trench. Maybe cognac or rust for you?

La Ped, I'd LOVE to read your thoughts on small/intentional color complements. I've found myself unwilling to limit my palette as severely as some folks here do, but my intuition is that color complements don't necessarily need to be extensive (at least not in every case) for me to feel like a color has a "presence" in my wardrobe. That's as far as I've gotten though so I'd love to hear what you've worked out.

5 years ago

rachylou

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I don’t know: I think Pickle may be the New Thing. Totally awesome.

5 years ago

Anonymous

I don't see a pickle. I think you look fabulous.

5 years ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Pahaha! You look great. I just refreshed (without posting) my browser after writing what would've been another long post agonizing over the difficulties of building a mix & tonally matching wardrobe, and here you are, doing it by mistake! But I don't want to look like a pickle. I want to look like fruit salad.

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5 years ago

nemosmom

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You guys are ALL too sweet, thank you.

LaPed - yes! My grandmother and her 'wise words' have stuck around long after she passed... I DID wear an ivory pullover sweater to coordinate with the cream and black fleece jacket, so I *should* have been in green only from the waist down, but it was raining and cold so I grabbed the waterproof coat as I dashed out. The best laid plans, I guess...
I too would LOVE to read your thoughts on building intentional colour complements.

SarahD8 - I always forget about a bag! I'm not much of a bag fan, preferring deep or interior jacket pockets for valuables. I normally would have grabbed a patterned scarf or something to break up the green, but I don't wear a scarf with the intended fluffy jacket and so, I dashed out without one.

FashIntern - you will be a lovely fruit salad!

5 years ago

Joy

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No pickle to be seen. Olive looks wonderful on you. Why not wear it?
The different shades of green make a cohesive outfit that is still interesting.

5 years ago

Angie

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Pickles are delicious and so is green with your gorgeous red hair, nemosmom. You look fab!

La Ped, I hereby crown you Queen Bruise

5 years ago

Suz

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Pickles, bruises, fruit salads...I love them all, at least in sartorial form.

I didn't snap a photo but here's what I just wore for my walk, Nemosmom. I am not sure if it qualifies as "bruise" or blueberry, but either way....

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Taos Women's Crave Boot

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5 years ago

Alicewonderland

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Haha, I like it! I think you look great.

5 years ago

Brooklyn

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Thumbs up from me too. You can never ever wear too much green.

5 years ago

Jaime

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Nothing wrong with pickles! But you don't look like one at all, looks great to me.

5 years ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Suz, love the way you've got the blues!

5 years ago

Anonymous

Oh my god, your hair! Stunning . And I love a good martini, so olive away . Looks great to me. Suz with her blueberry outfit - so great too .....I feel like a lump of black coal

5 years ago

Anonymous

Nope, not seeing pickle either, especially with your hair! I like the sound of blueberry and fruit salad outfits too

5 years ago

April

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You are funny!

I love greens but I too would hesitate to mix a bunch of them (that says more about my approach to colors than it does about whether this works.)

5 years ago

karen13

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I wouldn’t have thought olive and forest work together but yo have proved me wrong. I like it! Happy accident..

5 years ago

Jules

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In addition to being tonal, all the pieces are reading as neutral to me. I do also occasionally wear tonal olive/kale (slightly greener than olive) columns of colour and I’m happy with that too, although I will more often choose not to wear olive footwear but rather brown or burgundy if feeling like some colour.

5 years ago

Stagiaire Fash

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Speaking of arboreal fashion...I have a Halloween costume planned for one of these years. A bright green dress with horizontal ribs 1" apart all the way up/down. The ribs are perfect for clipping sparkly things on. Tall brown boots and my hair in a bun on top of my head so it fits into the spiraling base of a Christmas tree topper!

5 years ago

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