5 February 2009, originally uploaded by academichic.
Sources:
(In order of layering:)
- black dress – Banana Republic
- pale yellow tank top – TJMaxx
- purple dress – TJMaxx
- black cardigan – Old Navy
- yellow belt – J. Crew
- black boots – Banana Republic
- yellow bracelet – gift
Endnotes:
This is outfit two of the Complimentary Color Challenge, a.k.a. Module 1 of How to Combine Colors. This outfit was largely inspired by A.’s outfit yesterday,in which she also layers a purple dress over a black dress, so I can hardly take creative credit. Since I teach in this outfit and the purple dress is too short for an appropriate teaching ensemble, I took my cue from A. and layered it over a black dress to add length. I love how the yellow pops against the purple and black and think I will definitely do this color combination again! -S.
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