I picked up this awesome bright striped wrap skirt during my consignment store visit last weekend and today it gets its debut! I was looking for a great top for it when I remembered seriously coveting an outfit from one of my new favorite style bloggers, Kendi of KendyEveryday.blogspot.com. She used a safari style shirt-dress as a top with a pencil skirt:
Kendi's Safari + Pencil Skirt outfit
I love the whole outfit, the colors, the blousey unstructured top with the clean line of the skirt. And then I remembered my blue LOFT dress that I splurged on in March has a similar shape, plus the color matches one of the stripes perfectly. Thank goodness for fashion tape because otherwise the skirt on the dress would have been too long, but 5 minutes and 6 strips later and voila!
Putting that together with the necklace I bought a few weeks ago after seeing it on another of Kendi’s outfits, it all started coming together.
Kendi's Wise Necklace
The necklace was an odd purchase for me because I don’t usually like oranges and yellows, but it looked great against the magenta in Kendi’s shirt and it was so inexpensive I couldn’t resist. I’ve been surprised that I’ve already worn it twice now considering it’s not “my colors”, but it works!
I threw on a thrifted belt that I had yet to wear, to break up the lines of the skirt a bit. I added a wrist-full of mixed bangles and decided that even though I have some magenta pumps that really matched the skirt, toning it down with the neutral brown leather sandals was the best choice. Though, I think I need to find some nude sandals… that’s one staple I don’t yet have in my wardrobe that would probably do well to reign me in since I love bright colors so much.
I really like how it turned out: thank you for the inspiration, Kendi! AND LOOK: I have a different pose today! It wasn’t easy, folks… I am still so self-conscious in front of the camera, even though it’s just me and the timer. Maybe one day we will make friends.
