For tomorrow, I would like to wish all of StyleWhipped's readers a very happy, healthy Thanksgiving! Also for tomorrow, I have to wish my husband a happy birthday (which he is perfectly happy to share with turkey and football this year)!
Second, I have to admit that I have never been a huge fan of the color orange. With clothing, it alternately makes me feel like a traffic cone or a pumpkin (which is why, on the eve of Thanksgiving, I started thinking about it...). I have no problem with it for a bikini (totally cute with a tan), for shoes (adorable poking out from beneath denim), or in jewelry (who doesn't love a bright orange topaz cocktail ring?!). Last New Year's Eve I wore a rust-colored satin mini dress...and actually really liked it. I wore gold stilettos, lots of gold jewelry and had a satin mauve clutch that complimented the dark orange just perfectly. But since then...only traffic cone or pumpkin...
Until just now. I did a quick search on Net-a-porter.com for "orange" (by now, you all realize that Cindy and I are absurdly obsessed with that site) and found this fabulous dress from 3.1 Phillip Lim. Now, of course most of what he produces is fabulous, but this would work year-round (strappy gold sandals in summer or dark brown suede boots in winter), has an almost universally flattering shape, and provides enough interesting details that you don't feel like just a wall of orange (or, um, a traffic cone!).
So on that note, go buy yourself something orange...and have a wonderful holiday!
~ Alison
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