Friday, October 28, 2011

Epiphany

Remember how I was looking for tips for taking indoor photos? So, the most obvious solution presented itself to me as I descended the stairs of my condo building. Our stairwell has the very same exposed brick as the outside wall where I have taken most of my pictures, and adjacent to it is a giant window, so there is plenty of natural light. All I have to do is stand on one of the landings and the pictures turn out similar to my old outside pics. I tried it for the first time for the Petite Fashion Challenge post, and am pretty happy with the results (I had already scheduled Wednesday's indoor post). Big bonus: the stairwell is heated. Whew...How did I not think of that sooner?


I wore this outfit to go on a dinner date with my favorite boys, Peter and Luke. I used to think that it was weird to wear brown and black together, but since they are both neutrals, they are a great match. I mean, who is going to tell a leopard that he is clashing?


This might be the best lighting I have found yet!


By the way, I am trying out tinted moisturizer for the first time today. So far I like it, as it does a good job smoothing out my complexion. We'll see whether it feels more oily at the end of the day than my regular moisturizer...


I broke down and bought these wedges after I was still thinking about them a week or so after I first tried them on. I was so glad they still had them in my size. Wow, I am so surprised at myself that I am wearing animal prints these days...


Dress: Gap Outlet (recent)
Necklace: Forever 21 (recent)
Belt: Banana Republic Outlet (recent)
Shoes: BCBGeneration (via TJ Maxx)


Do you wear brown and black together?

8 comments:

  1. I love the shoes with the dress because the necklace ties it together. Who EVER thought you'd wear animal prints????

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  2. Love the outfit and LOVE the shoes!!!

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  3. I love it obviously :). It's a nice combo of elegant and wild.

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  4. Black and Brown are nice but you need to try light gray and dark gray - very festive!!!

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  5. Well, Anonymous (ahem, Dad), I will have to dedicate a festive gray outfit to you one of these days...

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  6. What makes you think this is me?? Maybe there is an untapped world of gray color lovers out there? Could be a vast untapped market...maybe

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  7. I went to TJ Maxx and looked for those shoes, they didn't have them :(

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