Two years after its purchase, I still like my burgundy sleeveless tunic, but I still have trouble finding ways to wear it. We've been having a heat wave, with temperatures hitting 90° almost every day for the past 2 weeks, and I have no interest in wearing tight pants—my usual companion to an extra-long blouse. The other way I usually wear this top is over a short ecru skirt, but I'm tired of that look.
Today, I decided to step out of my comfort zone and try it tucked into my blue paisley skirt. The skirt originally came with
an ornamental waist tie, but over several wears, I found that I usually
layered the skirt under a shirt, and the waist tie just created
unnecessary bulging. So I removed the tie, but kept it around because
you never know when you might need something like that again. Today, I
needed it!
The blue of the skirt
and the wine-red of the shirt were similar enough that they complemented
each other, but the large blocks of color didn't really create a
cohesive whole. So I attached the tie to the collar of my shirt to help
create unity between the two disparate elements.
Repeat It Again.
Wearing a solid-color top and a different-solid-color bottom can make your outfit look incomplete. It can help to replace one of the solids with a neutral or a pattern—even if it is a monochromatic pattern. But it helps even more to repeat the color somewhere else in your outfit! This is similar to one of my oldest style tips – break it up, tie it together – but, since it's all about the virtues of repetition, I don't feel bad mentioning it again.
I paired
it with navy blue boat shoes (I tried beige ones first, but all the
dark colors in the outfit called for dark-colored footwear) and blue
earrings to continue my efforts at color matching.
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