13 February 2009 – With Coat, originally uploaded by academichic.
Sources:
- Orange fleece coat: Forever 21
- Gray sweater: Forever 21, remixed
- Jean skirt: Old Navy, remixed
- Orange bauble necklace: Forever 21, lengthened and remixed
- Sweater tights: Target
- Boots!: Steve Madden, via eBay, remixed
End Notes:
In the latest issue of Lucky Magazine, the editors were raving about orange-and-gray as an unexpected take on neutrals with a pop. While I clearly love gray and I have several orange pieces that I adore, I really have never paired them together as the foundation of an outfit. And then I saw Jean C’est Quoi’s fantastic outfit earlier this week and I was completely sold. Orange and gray. I’m in.
My favorite bit in this outfit is my orange bauble necklace, a bargain treasure from Forever 21. I added an extra necklace chain to lengthen it for today and I love how it completely changes the entire shape.
Tangentially, my bangs look like another pop of orange here. I wish they wouldn’t.
13 February 2009, originally uploaded by academichic.

The necklace is FAB!
love the necklace…..and those boots are what i’m looking for….i’ll have to check ebay…hope i have the same luck as you
Thanks for the inspiration on the necklace – I have almost the same one in red and I have not worn it very often due to the length. I tried your trick and wore it yesterday to rave reviews. Okay, the rave was from my grandmother, but she doesn’t give compliments lightly!