I have been meaning to post some WIWs for a while, but somehow I never got to it, life has been very busy. This morning's ensemble post have me the push to actually do it.
The interesting thing is that neither of these three colors is very good on me, they are all too warm for my Summer color type. Since I like them all, I try to find a way around it. For cognac, I stick to accessories. Olive is probably the best next to my face out if all the three, and I tend to look for cooler olive versions. Citron I can sort-of pull off if it is more lemon than chartreuse and if I add a scarf.
It turned out that I had all the pieces in my closet for the first version of the ensemble, with blue jeans. I went for tall cognac boots because it is too cold for my cognac booties, which are cutout and perforated. And I found the perfect silk scarf in my closet too- mainly olive and chartreuse with a touch if much more flattering turquoise which hopefully makes it wearable next to my face. It was a present, as I would never buy those colors for a scarf myself.
In the end, the outfit turned out very close to the one Angie showed on the blog. It consists of olive military BR sweater jacket over citron-ish Gap sweater and faded AG jeans. I added cognac accessories: belt, bag and tall boots; then the patterned silk scarf and silver watch. For the outside I topped it with black puffer, and black hat and gloves- need some black to ground all these colors.
I like the outfit on its own, but I am not sure if the colors are JFE next to my face. I am also not sure about the metal mix: all the three cognac accessories have brassy/ gold hardware while the buttons on the sweater jacket and watch are in the silver family. I guess I am going to see how I feel in this throughout the day. If anything, at least I tried something new.