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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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Best of 2019: The Fashion
Well here we are, closing out another year here on the blog. I cannot believe I have been writing this blog for 5 years now! I celebrated my blogiversary back in October. It’s crazy to think of how far this little blog of mine has come since those early days 5 years ago. I still love every minute of putting content together too. From creating outfits, sharing style tips, offering beauty advice, and other little life peeks, it’s been a fun 5 years.
This yearly recap is always one of my favorites to put together. I love looking back through all my posts from the year and seeing which ones you all loved the most. My overall thoughts, we all love cardigans all year round! This maxi dress was one of my favorite posts and this springtime color combo ranked high on my list too.
Thank You – Thank You – Thank You
I have to give a few huge thank yous to the people who help me keep this blog running and make my life a little easier. First off, a MAJOR Thank You to my two photographers, Yash of Banavenue and Lauren of LA Photography. They are both amazing people who make the photo taking process so easy. I show up, walk and twirl, and they turn out the fabulous outfit photos you see here on the blog. These two have huge parts in helping me keep turning out fashion content every week.
To my family, friends, and InstagramBoyfriend 😉 , thank you for always taking time to stop and take my outfit photo for the ‘gram, telling everyone you know about my blog, sharing my posts, and cheering me on in all of my blog endeavors. I’ve had an amazing support system from the day I mentioned to a few friends over a glass of wine about this crazy idea I had to start a blog. I’m so grateful to have them cheering me on and supporting me!
And to all of you who come share part of your day with me. THANK YOU! I love reading your comments and inspiring you to put together some fabulous outfits. My blog continues to grow and thrive because of each one of you and your amazing support, so from the very bottom of my heart, THANK YOU!
I hope you all have a very happy holidays! I will be taking off from blog posts next week to celebrate the season with friends and family, but I will be back 12/30 for a look back at my December outfits. And of course, I’ll be posting my holiday outfits over on the ‘gram too. If you don’t make it back to the blog before the new year, I hope you have a fabulous time ringing in 2020!
Now, let’s look back at your favorite posts of 2019! At the end, I’m also sharing the top 5 fashion items of the year!
JANUARY
HOW TO BALANCE WORK AND BLOGGING- view original post
FEBRUARY
RODEO OUTFIT WITH COWBOY BOOTS – view original post
MARCH
CASUAL FLORAL TOP FOR SPRING – view original post
APRIL
LAYERED OUTFIT FOR SPRING – view original post
MAY
CORAL TOP + WHITE DENIM – view original post
JUNE
AN EASY OUTFIT FORMULA FOR SUMMER – view original post
JULY
NSALE TRY ON SESSION – view original post
AUGUST
FLARED BOOTCUT JEANS FOR PETITES – view original post
SEPTEMBER
EASY FALL OUTFIT FORMULA – view original post
OCTOBER
HOW TO WEAR OLIVE PANTS IN THE FALL – view original post
NOVEMBER
CHIC OFFICE HOLIDAY PARTY OUTFIT – view original post
DECEMBER
HOW TO WEAR WINTER WHITE – view original post
MOST POPULAR FASHION ITEMS OF 2019
STRAW CIRCLE CROSSBODY BAG
GRAY SKINNY JEANS
BASIC TANK TOPS
BOOTCUT JEANS
TWIST FRONT TANK TOP
