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mustard cardigan, Regina Spektor, silver knot kitten heels, yellow reversable tube dress, yellow scarf
Hello all! Happy…Wednesday? I had to think for a second. It’s been a long week for me, but luckily, tonight is my Friday. Whoohoo. That’s all I have to say about that.
Anyway. Welcome to day four of our monochromatic THEME WEEK. I’m a regular rainbow this week, as I create my outfits using only one color at a time.
Today things got a little tricky. Enter yellow:
See what I mean? I’m a little disappointed by today’s getup. Mostly because I adore the color yellow. It’s a happy color, no? I used to be obsessed with anything and everything yellow. It was around the time I started dating The Husband and he used yellow trinkets as a way to win me over. Yellow keychains, yellow flowers, yellow cookies (yellow and frosted. BONUS!) Creepy yellow smiley face dolls that he pulled out of claw machines. He even painted his car yellow. Now that’s love.
So my feeling about yellow are quite concrete. And yet, despite my high hopes, Yellow Day fell a little short.
Two reasons. One: I own less yellow items than I initially thought. To be more precise, I own three or four yellow dresses, this scarf and my mustard cardigan. And three yellow coats. What? You can never have too many yellow coats. Can you? Don’t answer that. But alas, it wasn’t jacket weather today. I tried layering the dresses but it just looked really stupid. So then I was left to pick one dress and accessorize accordingly.
Which brings me to reason number two: Not all shades of yellow meld well together. Yellow is unique in this way, I think. Whereas cool colors and really bright primaries can vary in shade and still look good together, these yellows just don’t get along. They don’t want to be friends. They’re just standing around at the party awkwardly. Pale yellow is looking at her watch. Mustard yellow is texting cyan at some other party and wondering when it might be polite to peace out. Bright yellow has had too much sangria and is staggering around somewhere out in the garden. What a lush, that bright yellow.
Um. I had a point. I think. But anyway. Live and learn, I say. To better luck with green! See y’all tomorrow.
Dress – Thrifted
Cardigan – Target
Scarf – Vanity
Shoes – Work
Title courtesy of Regina Spektor – “Samson”
I quite like all these yellows together. I think mustard, even if he would rather be hanging out with cyan, does a good job at grounding the other yellows – he’s a bringer-together.
Did you ever see my attempt at all yellow? http://interrobangsanon.wordpress.com/2010/05/25/katie-daily-style-faking-it/
Yes! I remember it! And I loved it! I even commented!
I really like this yellow getup! Perhaps I’m a little jealous even…I’m blond and fair skinned, and yellow is simply atrocious on me.
I want to like yellow because it’s so bright and fun and sunny, but it doesn’t always love me back. You, however, look fantastic in yellow! I think you did a great job pairing it all together. And I love the little story about the yellows a t the party! I laughed out loud!!! 
You’re hysterical. Did he really paint his car yellow?
So while the two shades may not play quite as nicely, the shape still looks great on you and YOU are still gorgeous, as always.
I love this yellow all together! Not sure why you thought differently. The scarf is just gorgeous and especially on you.
You have such a wonderful sense of humor and portray it so well in your writing. I was cracking up about the ‘yellow party’.
The taking of the picture by the sunflower was just perfect, by the way!
You know, honestly, I think all these shades of yellow go together wonderfully! It gives the whole outfit a sense of sass and depth.
“these yellows just don’t get along. They don’t want to be friends. They’re just standing around at the party awkwardly. Pale yellow is looking at her watch. Mustard yellow is texting cyan at some other party and wondering when it might be polite to peace out. Bright yellow has had too much sangria and is staggering around somewhere out in the garden. What a lush, that bright yellow.”
OK I just had a HUGE LOL over that paragraph!
But I disagree- I think they are all getting along well, even if they might not be singing cumbaya just yet. A little more booze will solve that problem
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