Orange YOU Stylish: Spring Preview

Hello Readers,

I hope you all are having a wonderful week! I know that I did! The college I work for didn't have classes on Wednesday, which meant that I was able to take a little vacation, which meant spending time with family and celebrating the life of our late family mascot, Meeka, who passed away at the end of August.

On a lighter note. . . I was looking for orange clothing to add to my pinterest board "Orange You Stylish: Wearing Orange" and I noticed that orange clothing is hard to find! I did a bit of research on style.com, and I noticed that many 2012 Spring/Resort designer collections featured this elusive but bold color.

Would you like to see? Here is a handful of delightful examples:

This collection from DSquared2. . .

. . . Marc by Marc Jacobs. . .

. . . Rebecca Minkoff. . .

. . . Badgley Mischka. . . 

. .  Rachel Zoe:

And Donna Karan:

Orange YOU Stylish: Orange in Nature

Hello again Readers!

When it comes to mixing colors, I often look to nature for inspiration. Not always, but most of the time, what "goes" together in the natural world also "goes" together in fashion in decor. Let's think about that for a moment. . .

Delicate peachy oranges, sunset pinks, and dark greens

When we go to the ocean (my favorite place of inspiration) we find a variety of colors that combine and create portraits of that particular place. Normally, the portrait of an ocean is painted with shades of blue, green, grey, and tan. It isn't a surprise, then, that these colors coordinate easily with the clothing and artifacts we choose to wear in an outfit or the furniture and paints we choose to place in a room.

The color orange is a bit more difficult for me to place or understand because it isn't a color I see, or pay attention to at least, on a regular basis. Well. . . until I embarked on this project. Here are some examples:

An O'ahu sunset of orange, grey, violet-grey, and dark blue

Various shades of orange and brown in an array of fall leaves

A monarch butterfly- white, black, dark orange, light orange, and white.

The outcome of the oxidization process- orange, brown, mint green, aqua, turquoise, and green. For more details, see www.whydoes.org/why-does-copper-oxidize, where I found this photo

Later this week we will look at examples such as these to understand what to wear when sporting the color orange. Stay tuned!

*PS- for those of you on twitter, if you see something orange, or something that would look great with orange, please tweet about it! To share it with me, and to look at what others have found, include the hashtag #OrangeYOUStylish.

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Orange YOU Stylish!: I Wish I Knew. . .

Hello Readers,

Recently, I've been trying to be a bit more adventurous with my wardrobe. Nothing crazy, just a bit more color. In the past, more color has meant more purple, green, or blue. Lovely colors, but nothing out of the ordinary for me.

Woah!

In my quest for adventure, I purchased one dress in two colors with the intention of choosing one and returning the other. (I wrote a post about this, enlisting help in this decision). Of the two colors, despite my readers' recommendations, I chose pink (well, more of a fuschia) over orange. Although bright pink/fuschia  is a brave addition to my wardrobe, I admit that orange would have been the braver choice.

The primary reason I did not choose orange was because I wasn't sure how to style this color. In a reply to my post regarding this decision, my friend Mary asked for recommendations on this matter. I don't have an answer, yet, but I hope to find and make recommendations over the next few days.

What do YOU wear with orange?

Join me in this adventure! If YOU have any suggestions, please feel free to leave a comment on this or future posts. (I love comments!)