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How to Mix Brown and Black Like a Pro
For years, I would not mix black and brown in my outfits. It was a fashion no-no, and I was going to play by the rules. But as time went on, breaking the fashion rules became the cool new thing and mixing black and brown became chic and on trend. So I slowly gave in with a few baby steps. A brown pair of shoes with an all black outfit was probably my first toe dip into mixing these two former foe colors. Now, I love the pop of color brown adds to an all black look. What once seemed so wrong, now seems so right.
I thought I would share a few tips on how to mix brown and black in your outfit in case you are still holding on to the days of keeping them separate. First, consider brown your pop of color. Choose a black top and bottom and then accessorize with a brown bag, belt, or shoes. If you want to add in multiple brown pieces try to make them all similar shades. In this look, I opted for the tan/cognac brown coloring. You could also add in a brown jacket.
Second, add some depth with a dark gray to ease yourself into the color combo. This charcoal gray sweater provides a little break from a full all black look, plus the earth tone dark charcoal color works well to balance the lighter brown pieces.
Third, own the look! When tiptoeing outside of your fashion comfort zone, the most important thing to bring with you is confidence. When breaking old fashion rules, you may occasionally be met with a person who is still following the old fashion book. If you own and love your look, you may give someone else the confidence to try out this style and throw that old fashion rule book out the window.
Last, play around with your jewelry. I paired this brown and black outfit with a pair of tortoise earrings that contain both colors. It helps bring the color combo together with one unifying piece. You can make this work with a tortoise necklace too.
| OUTFIT DETAILS |
c/o Charcoal Gray Sweater | Black Jeans | Similar Brown Booties | c/o Brown Crossbody Bag | c/o Tortoise Earrings
Photography By: LA Photography
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December Reader Favorites
Happy 2020!!! How was your New Year’s Eve? We enjoyed a very relaxing evening at home. We watched You on Netflix, cooked a nice meal, and had our own private champagne toast at midnight. After a busy holiday season, the chill night in was the perfect way to end one year and begin a new one! My boyfriend’s birthday is this weekend, so we are heading back in to party mode for a little birthday celebration. His party will be the first time we have brought our separate friend groups together. It should be a really fun night out!
Since the start of the year, I’ve been working on some of my goals for the year. I choose to set goals and ambitions over resolutions. This year, I thought it would be fun to share with ya’ll. So stay tuned for that coming soon!
As I looked back on your December favorites, I saw two themes – comfy casual and holiday party ready! That was pretty much my theme of many of the outfits I wore last month so it was fitting. I added a few bonus favorites at the bottom of the list this month to include the most viewed blog post and most liked outfit of the day pic from Instagram.
Scroll on down to see if your favorite made the list for December!
STRIPED BATEAU NECK CIRCLE HEM SWEATER | ORIGINAL POST
C/O JUST KNITTED OPEN COAT IN LINEN | ORIGINAL POST
C/ O MADISON CROSSBODY | ORIGINAL POST
RUMPLE FABRIC BLOUSE | ORIGINAL POST
**REPEAT FAVORITE**
FOIL PRINT CHIFFON TOP | ORIGINAL POST
TOP BLOG POST OF THE MONTH
CHIC OFFICE HOLIDAY PART OUTFIT
MOST POPULAR INSTAGRAM OOTD OF THE MONTH
check it out on the gram HERE
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What I Wore This December
Hello friends! Welcome back from our Christmas break! I hope your holidays went fabulously. I really enjoyed my mini-blog break to really be present and have plenty of time to get to know my boyfriend’s family better. It was a week filled with travel, really good food, and of course lots of conversation and a little football. I did miss you guys, and I’m so ready to kickoff 2020 in style on the blog!
For my last post of 2019, I’m rounding up what I wore this past month. We finally had some good sweater weather here in Houston, so I was able to start wearing some of my winter outfits and create some layered looks. With some travel and busy errand days on the books this month, leggings made more than one appearance. I also included some of the outfits I wore to holiday parties and of course a few casual work looks.
With it being the end of the year, many items are currently on markdown. YAY! I also tried to include some similar items for those that have sold out, in case you want to try and recreate any of these looks.
We have a pretty low key New Year’s Eve planned. We had a pretty busy week, and next weekend, we will be celebrating the bf’s birthday. So we both agreed a cozy night in with champagne and some yummy food sounded perfect! What are your NYE plans? Will you be putting on sequins or all the cozy things?
See you in 2020 friends!
sweater | leather leggings | suede boots | c/o crossbody bag | earrings
green satin blouse | dark wash jeans | similar red heels | c/o red earrings | c/o crossbody bag
black & gold metallic top | black jeans | black boots | c/o necklace | earrings
c/o ivory sweater | c/o blue maxi skirt | c/o similar earrings | c/o similar necklace
c/o purple floral blouse | bootcut jeans | tan suede heels | c/o tassel earrings
c/o dark gray sweater | dark wash skinny jeans | tan suede heels | c/o earrings
similar black vest | leggings | similar black sneakers | c/o crossbody bag | sunglasses
similar gray pullover | black tank top | leggings | similar slip on sneakers
c/otravel bag | similar gray pullover | black leggings | similar gray sneakers | sunglasses
olive green sweater | high waist jeans | brown booties | c/o crossbody bag
similar denim jacket | black dress | c/o white sneakers | c/o brown crossbody bag | sunglasses
long maroon cardigan | black tank top |similar gray jeans | similar sneakers | c/o necklace
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Striped Tunic Sweater
Can you believe we are about one week away from Christmas?!?!? My shopping is done, but now the task of wrapping all the gifts! I like to pick a night, put on a Hallmark Christmas movie, pour a glass of wine, and make a fun night of it. I then put all the wrapped gifts away in my closet, so my dog will not chew on them while I’m at work. LOL. She’s so good and doesn’t chew on furniture or shoes, but she does love to chew on boxes.
My friends and I hit up a fun Christmas Light Walk this weekend. It’s a really fun event to attend. A local neighborhood shuts down a couple streets and all the houses do it up with lights, and we walk around and check them out. This week is filled with Christmas parties all around, so it’s going to be very festive week!
I’m kicking off this blog week with a simple casual outfit idea, perfect for those of us in warm winter climates. This striped tunic sweater is perfect with both jeans and leggings. I paired it with my leather leggings and boots for Thanksgiving! For today, I’m going with jeans and a few tan add ons. The top is a bit more ivory than white, so it works perfectly with the brown shades.
Also, I’m kind of madly in love with my new crossbody bag! It’s the perfect size for carrying on weekends. It holds all my weekend necessities – wallet, keys, sunglasses, phone, and lipstick. It comes in a few different color options, but I chose this tan one. This color will work year round and goes with tons of colors. I have another bag in this shade that I carried so much, but it was just a bit bigger. I really wanted a slightly smaller one, and this one is perfect!
Next week will be a busy week of holiday festivities and travel, so I’m doing something I haven’t done in forever – I’m taking the week off from blog posts! I love putting all the posts together, so it’s always hard for me to force myself to take a break. With lots of holiday plans on the schedule next week, I really wanted to be focused and present. As hard as it is to take a break, I am excited for the mini vacation. I will be doing some behind the scenes tech updates too. So if you are checking out the blog next week, and something seems off that might be why.
The rest of this week will be filled with my best of posts from beauty favorites to my favorite, the top posts of 2019. Then, I will be back December 30th with a look back at what I wore over the past month. I can’t believe it’s almost 2020! Hope you have a great week ahead!
| OUTFIT DETAILS |
Striped Sweater | High Waist Skinny Jeans | Tan Suede Heels | c/o Tan Crossbody Bag | c/o Stud Earrings | Similar Gold Bangle | Similar Pave Links Bracelet
Photography By: LA Photography
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