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Daily Outfit: Wear Something that Scares You

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Sarah Ward

For Freckles in April‘s 10th day in the Winter Challenge, she challenged us to wear something that scares you. It took me a long time to figure out something that freaked me out in my closet but this is what I came up with:

I’m scared of wearing:

white pants for fear they’re going to get stained
the same thing two days in a row
precious pieces of jewelry
overly tailored jackets because it makes me look too corporate
high heels because of what they do to my ankles

Today I threw caution to the wind and wore all of these things.

Outfit Breakdown

Rust blazer – thrifted
Multi-strand necklace – gift from Grandma
Paisley tunic, transformed into a tube top – Nordstrom Rack (I wore this yesterday, but differently)
Nude layering tee – modbod
Braided belt – F21
Watch – fossil
Bracelet – Annie M. Jewelry
Nail polish – Deborah Lippmann @ Nordstrom
White pants – Gap
Nude heels – some shoe store I can’t recall

One thing I am not scared of is orange. It’s my favorite color and wearing it gave me courage so wear all these other things that scare me.

Fill in the blank: Wearing ________ scares me.

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Daily Outfit: Jacket, Embellished

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Sarah Ward

For the last few days I have been participating in Freckles in April‘s 10 Day Winter Edition Blog Challenge (which let me tell you, has built such a great sense of community — I’m eating it up!) and today’s challenge was to dress up a jacket. I decided to embellish my jacket with a scarf, worn as a necklace, and a matching head warmer… for lack of a better description.

And can I just say? This was my first time taking my own photos with a tripod and self timer — I think they turned out pretty darn good!

Outfit Breakdown

Headwarmer – The Powder Room
Jacket – Eddie Bauer
Scarf – Van Hausen
Ivory tunic – The Powder Room
Watch – Fossil
Velvet leggings – Kohl’s
Suede purple flats – Born Shoes

What’s your favorite way to embellish a jacket? (See more ideas here!)

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Daily Outfit – Seeing Red | The Rule of Layering

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Sarah Ward

I have been wearing a lot of red lately since it is a color that grounds me. The idea of layering the turtleneck for warmth ended up working wonderfully! If you want to try a similar look, this is the layering rule of thumb:

Every layer to the outside must be visually or actually heavier.

In other words, you won’t be wearing a light chiffon blouse over a thick wool sweater, it would just look ridiculous. But you could wear a silk turtleneck underneath a wool sweater, for example.

Outfit Breakdown

Red dress - Shabby Apple (also worn here and here)
Black turtleneck – Gap
Belt – RW&Co.
Tights – Kohl’s
Ankle booties – Naturalizer

What’s your favorite way to layer?

PS: Today’s blog was inspired by Freckles in April, a blog that’s doing a 10 day winter challenge. Today’s challenge was to wear something bright!

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Daily Outfit: It Was All Olive

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Sarah Ward

I admit, when I was told during my image consulting training that the color olive was flattering on me, I was immediately resistant. Maybe because it was boring. Maybe because it was too old lady. Whatever the case, I didn’t like the idea of wearing olive. But when I found this dress, olive was non-negotiable. The angular print won me over and olive was part of the package. And now olive and me, we’re just fine.