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And as a result, for this week’s #iwillwearwhatilike, I bring you A LOT of orange, a fair amount of red, some snakeskin print and a bit of “what was I thinking?” green.
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To explain…
I think this season my new obsession is with boldly-coloured trouser suits. I already have a patterned pyjama trouser suit, an emerald green trouser suit and a pale pink trouser suit. It seemed only natural that in my orange-obsessed world I move onto an orange trouser suit, don’t you think?
(I also have a red corduroy trouser suit, the blazer of which I’m wearing here. I bought it last year and could only get my usual size in the trousers – I couldn’t fit in them at the time so “put them away” till I’d got fitter. Now I’ve gone down a dress size and want to wear them, I can’t find them, can I?! The hunt continues…)
SHOP THE LOOK:
What I’ll be adding to my collection very soon is an orange trouser suit, but I only have half of it so far. I was gifted the trousers* by JD Williams but they couldn’t get me the blazer, so I ordered it myself on a lead time of several weeks. Hopefully I’ll have it in time for Christmas.
In the meantime, I created an orange suit of sorts but decided to add red. Luckily orange is my no.1 favourite colour so it wasn’t hard to colour match a sweater to the orange trousers*, then for some serious warm-colour punch I added the red cord blazer and my old red leather tote.
Accessories: Lots of gold jewellery (the best colour choice for red and orange). Snakeskin print boots that I’ve worn loads – they are this week’s “5 ways to wear” choice (scroll down to see more outfits that feature the boots).
And finally – a green headband. I think I was having a funny five minutes, because I actually meant to wear the red headband I have. I tried different colour headbands with this outfit, decided on red, and somehow the green one stayed on my head. I didn’t even notice in the hallway mirror before we left the house. It’s not really a biggie but it just ANNOYS me that I wore the wrong one…!
Are you into the whole ‘one bold colour’ trouser suit thing? Have I convinced you to try two bold colours together? Tell me in the comments…!
P.S. Do add your outfits to this week’s link up – and if you’ve added a link to here or my button to your post you may be featured in my bi-monthly Women Who Wear What They Like post!
Jacket: Topshop (similar)
Sweater: Mango
Trousers: JD Williams*
Boots: Mango (similar)
Bag: Brenda Macleod (similar)
Headband: Asos
Earrings: Asos
Necklaces: & Other Stories (similar) / & Other Stories (similar) / notonthehighstreet.com
OTHER SNAKESKIN PRINT BOOTS YOU MIGHT LIKE:
Here are some of the other ways I’ve worn my snakeskin print boots so you can see the different ways they can be styled:
Original posts: Top middle / Top right / Bottom middle / Bottom right
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This started as a campaign on Instagram in August 2015 where women over 30 wore everything on a journalist’s list of “inappropriate” items for 30+ women (including leopard print, short dresses and oversized sunglasses. Yes, really). It was so popular that I decided to carry it on weekly where women of all ages link up their fabulous style, never mind what anyone tells them not to wear!
The link up goes live every Tuesday at around 3pm UK time and will stay open for a week. Whilst the original article was of course aimed at the 30+, you can be ANY age to link up. The only prerequisite is that you’re wearing whatever you damn well like!
CLICK HERE to read the rules of linking up (and to grab the #iwillwearwhatilike button). Basically it’s just good manners to link back to here – to leave a comment is even nicer!
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PLEASE NOTE: This is for linking up WHAT YOU’VE BEEN WEARING ONLY. Non-outfit links will be removed! Also: by linking up you’re saying it’s okay for me to drop you an email to say the link up is open – you can unsubscribe at any time.
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