Hello friends, new and old. If you are new, welcome. Make yourself at home. If you are old, oh hey — what’s up? Why didn’t you bring the wine this time? No, it was your turn. I’m pretty sure it was. That’s fine, but you owe me.
So I made my photos bigger. Possibly too big. I’m still feeling it out. What do you guys think? Too much Kendi in your face? Did you open up your window and gasp? Did I scare you?
Sorry about the fuzziness of the photos. We have been taken pictures so late at night (like 8, not midnight, I’m dramatic, ok?) that my husband has to push his ISO up really high. What is ISO, Kendi? I don’t know. We have a deal — I don’t ask questions about his photography, and he doesn’t ask questions like why doesn’t your belt match your shoes?
Let’s be honest here, I wanted to wear a t-shirt to work today. How do I get away with this was the first thought that went through my head this morning. I tried to sneak out in pajama pants but my husband said no. So I put on a loose pencil skirt, threw on a belt and here I am, in all of my t-shirt glory. Who knows? I might even sleep in my t-shirt, I’m just that crazy. Actually I’m just that tired.
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I love, love, love this outfit! The color combo is amazing, and I'm totally obsessed with mustard and dark purple lately. You look awesome!
I love the title of this. Can we have wine and play Clue?
I like the size of the pictures. I think it looks good!
Great outfit. and great What I Wore post. Two Kendi's in one day! …and is there an evil twin lurking somewhere?
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I think you look fabulous in these colors:) and…I LOVE the larger pics….the bigger the better I say:) You look great!! Get some rest….:)
I don't want to gush because I don't want you to question my authenticity, but you are absolutely my online style idol! Every time I read your blog I find something I just HAVE to copy. Love it!
sometimes i wear my teeshirt from bed to work the next morning… yeap, i didn't shower. threw on a vintage necklace, cardigan, hair in a high bun, denim trouser pants and i'm out the door <3
Bigger photos = better. I often try to click on yours to get them larger only to learn they aren't larger at all. Very disappointing.
I just love the color of your skirt! Also, I think the big pictures look good.
Oh no, Colleen don't be disappointed! I size them in photoshop because the raw files are humongous. But lately I've been feeling like they are too small. I see your point — the bigger the better, right? 😉
I don't mean to be disappointed because it has been the same daily but sometimes when you are smaller and the picture has more background I definitely want to be able to click on the photo and get a larger view. I know in flickr for some people I can enlarge the photos but for yours it seemed that I was viewing the largest option. But I am crazy and love when a picture can take up the entire page and I can analyze it.
Also do you have to do anything to get your belts to stay put? I have issues with mine sliding up in the back when i sit down.
i ADORE this color palate!
lovelovelove!!!!!!!!
I totally understand. I like the bigger size too and when I can see the whole thing as well.
Yes, my belts slide up as well. I haven't figured out a trick to that yet, except make them a bit tighter which hurts sometimes! If you figure this out, let me know. Haha.
Well I posted my issue on my blog for the last day of my 30 for 30 http://scrapandrun.blogspot.com/2010/08/30-of-30-august-30-im-done.html and one person said dress tape (which I have never owned, purchased, or used) and another said safety pins. I may have to try out safety pins because I own those already. If you try one of these let me know.
Have you ever used dress tape? I really don't even know what it is. As you can tell I'm no fashion expert.
I LOVE this outfit! Mustard yellow and plum are my two individual favs and I love them even more together! Great outfit!
p.s. I like the larger photos. They make it easier to see your awesome outfits.
I'm relieved I'm not the only one with the same camera problem. I feel like my photos are all grainy and gross, and not in the cool kind of way either. 🙁 The only way I've combated this is to take pictures in the morning, but I suppose I'll ultimately have to get a better camera.
You look great! The color combo is fantastic and reminds me of fall. I also like the new picture sizes. Hope you get some rest!
Just want to let you know that I am probably going to copy this color palette and outfit! I too worked a t-shirt into my work wardrobe today – if I could have worn the pajama pants, I just might have. 🙂
I like the bigger picture format! Great guest post on "What I Wore" today! Loved it!
Small Time Style
love the outfit and new sizing!
It's already dark here at 8pm. I think. Actually, I am pretty sure of it because at like 8:15pm while I was suppose to do my hw, I looked out the window and I saw darkness! Then I was like OH no! I am working so slow! Then I looked at a clock, 8:XXpm only.
I like the bigger picture. More Kendi. =]
Just Better Together
This might be my favorite outfit yet!! I'm also a huge Clue fan so that might be biasing me a bit. And the larger photos actually feel more pleasing to my monkeyeye (and will probably even more so when the ISO's back down)!
I LOVE that belt! I've been looking for a big pink belt lately… did you get that recently?
Thanks <3 Stef
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I love the mash up of colours here (plus it lead to the post name, which I also adore) I'm now going to be on a hunt for anything mustard to pair with well, really any other colour!
p.s getting away with wearing a t-shirt at work is the best! I did it the other day and felt like such a rebel (as you can tell, I'm quite the delinquent!)
The color palate is amazing! Yay for breaking the dress code.
I totally wore a t-shirt to work today, too (mine was of the embellished variety). I felt like such a bad-ass. But then one of my coworkers one-upped me by wearing muddy sneakers. I'll never win in my office.
I would have never thought that those colors would go together so wonderfully but they really do. Inspiration for the next time I look in my closet.
love the colors. looks like you got a little ms. scarlett on your waist too- nailed it.
Love this outfit, post, title, and your larger pictures. NEVER enough Kendi. 🙂
I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts. They make me giggle and smile. I aspire to have a fun blog like yours.
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I thoroughly enjoy reading your posts. They make me giggle and smile. I aspire to have a fun blog like yours.
afloraladdiction.blogspot.com
Utterly fantastic colours. Utterly.
This is my absolute favorite color combo. Eggplant + mustard + robin's egg is the color palate for the living room in my new apartment and I think it's just stunning. You pulled the combo off superbly here!
I'm gonna go ahead and agree with everyone by saying that I love the color combo! And I flurve that skirt. I need more mustard colored items in my wardrobe.
Great look! Watching you get ready for autumn with all your nice warm clothes makes me a bit jealous… we're just starting into our crazy hot australian weather! Some how I dont think woolens are condusive to comfort in 107 degree weather 🙂
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Sometimes I wish you weren't so funny because usually your posts make me laugh out loud and I get funny looks from the other people in the room (but please don't stop).
I love this outfit, you mixed the two colours so perfectly!
X
great colour combination! i love how its so unexpected and at the same time so perfectly matched
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hooray for new followers! i'm so glad i found your blog! this look is absolutely adorable! so beautiful.
katie
I love the complimentary colours, mustard and plum are so perfect together.
I would never thought to combine the colors you did, but I must say, I love them. Also, I totally feel you on the want to wear a tshirt to work thing!
Very cute outfit, Kendi! Who wouldn't want to go to work in a t-shirt hehe I think you pulled it off!:) Love those shoes, too!
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those shoes just keep getting better and better!
Love that color combination!
(And I like the larger images – I click through to see them bigger a lot of the time, anyway.)
I love the big photos! They enable to me to more fully admire the awesomeness of your shoes and belt.
Love it, love it, love it- great colors 🙂 (Oh, and I don't know what ISO is either)
i thinkkk the pictures is justt in a greatt size :DD i love it,, n i love ur clogs and mustard skirt!!
xoxo
What a cute outfit! I love those shoes! Who knew clogs would be so in?
So, I am not digging the sun going down earlier. Evening photos are going to be the pits. I try to get my photos down by 6:30 but sometimes that's just impossible. What will we do when the sun is going down at 5?
Loving the mixing of colors! Very nicely done. And I love resorting to a t-shirt and my pencil skirt. There is nothing wrong with that.
Hey there! So glad, that Jessica is getting married, since that made me find your blog. Wish I had known about the wine – well, next time, alright? Anyway, your blog is awesome (there ya go, 1996). Love your style, so much more creative than my beloved "classic look", which I feel most comfortable and secure in. 😉 But what ever works, right? You look superchic and your sense of humor is sooo appreciated! Thanks for the great pics and the laughs I had today.
I like the bigger photos! I really didn't even notice until you mentioned it… and really, is there such a thing as "too much Kendi"? 🙂 I really like the color mixing here!
Dress tape works in theory but the belt will eventually pull free from it because it's a heavier object than, say, a dress hem- leaving you with an embarrassing looking piece of tape stuck to your clothing.
Love the mustard and plum but not so sure if I would be comfortable with that belt although that's a personal preference. Looks great on you, adventurous Kendi!
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Thanks for the dress tape information. I guess I was right to be scared of it.
I'm not new, I just almost never comment. Shame on me, I know! But I wanted to let you know I like the bigger pictures, especially since they are always so good!!
Hello!!! I'm from Spain and i've discoverd your blog! i pass over here only to tell you:I love your blog and how I miss USA and how i like reading things in your blog like "I smell the fall". I've living in Nebraska and I miss smell this weird fall and winter, the snow, the people…the country.
I wish I can come back!
So sorry for my english!=D
Besos desde España!!!
Love your color palette revolving around Colonel Mustard! 🙂 I love that you dressed up a t-shirt with a pencil skirt…take that Corporate. I've tried this trick a time or two myself!
Cutie cute color combo and like the bigger pics! Don't forget to enter my Closet Clean-Out Giveaway, a new giveaway every day this week!!
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t-shirts at work are the greatest. i love embellished ones tucked into pencil skirts, and did a tutorial for making my own on my blog. you can check it out here:
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those shoes are awesome. i can't believe you got them from target, because i've seen some identical-looking ones for well over $100. well done!
Kendra
On some pictures you really remind me of Melanie Lynskey. Maybe it's just the pictures but as I haven't seen you in real life, I would say you're sisters. 🙂
Anywho, I really enjoy your blog. The size of the pictures is better than before, in my opinion. Your humour makes your posts pleasant to read 🙂
gorgeous. i love the colors you chose. very fall and yet not too heavy. and i like the bigger photos. bigger is better for sure!
awesome outfit! Just wondering, is the gap tee the new vintage v neck in "purple candy" as listed on their website or something else? Here's the link http://www.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=17082&vid=1&pid=751156
and p.s. love the new sizing!
Bigger is always better! Happy Thursday!
Carla
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I love your fearlessness of color mixing, my kind of gal.
I would wear a t-shirt to work every day if I could, but I just feel like I would be getting a bit too far on the the casual side of business casual. Sometimes it is just one of those kinds of days though.
I really like your larger photos! Also love the belt with your outfit – it adds an exciting pop of color.
It was great to meet you the other night at Mamacitas!! If only you had a post for us PREGGO's out here!! I am finding it harder and harder to look cute! LOL!! I am in serious need of something ADORABLE for my shower on September 11th!!
Is that the new J Crew Double-serge pencil skirt in Bronzed Ochre? Or is it from a past season? I have it in my shopping cart and trying to decide if I should get it for full price…Thanks! Also, I've never commented but have stalked your blog for awhile now. Your outfits and poses always keeps me coming back, and of course your humor.
i love how you've played with the color here. ignore your hubby, the pink is so unexpected and fun!
Betty Noir
you're making me want those shoes.
has the height gotten any less terrifying? i'm nervous.
totally digging this outfit. i love your play with color!!! an totally keep the bigger pictures!
bigger photos, it is! And i love the color mix!
I LOVE THIS! Great combo of colors. Very transitional/fall-ish. I will use this as inspiration!!!
The colours in your outfit look great! I love that skirt and the clogs!
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Your writing is so funny, I love it! I love this colour combination too! And also, the cluedo reference 🙂
I'm obsessed with your target clogs!! I just saw them pop up online and I'm wondering did they run true to size for you??
Whoa, so many comments! I have nothing new and exciting to add, but I love the colour combination.
i luurrrve the purple and yellow together. in fact, that skirt always looks fabulous on you–pretty much can't go wrong with it.
love professor plum & colonel mustard! Such a great pair.
what you write everyday also makes me chuckle 🙂
p.s. i totally feel you on the tired part..i might sleep in my clothes tonight haha
My friends Liz & Laura got me hooked on your blog. Liz said she sometimes more looks forward to what you are going to say than what you are going to wear! So true!! Ur Funny!
Love the color combo, wearing t-shirts to work is the best =D
Your blog cracks me up 🙂 I love your title to this one, and I LOVE that skirt.
I always love reading your blog, it's so funny! And the outfit is so cute, love the clogs
<3 Alison
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love it!
love those colors together! So great!
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I love the titles of your posts–they always make me smile. And plum and mustard look great together. Love your outfit!
My b/f has been dabbling in photography the last few weeks and just bought himself a basic DSLR–those cameras are neat but kinda complicated. I did sorta understand the ISO reference though!
u look great – as usual!!
cute outfit i totally love your clogs
I love the simplicity of the solid colors. Simple and not quiet.
I love your belt! The bigger pictures are great but now your page takes longer to load. 🙁
I love your belt! The bigger pictures are great but now your page takes longer to load. 🙁
Finally, bigger photos! 🙂
love this outfit. the yellow is perfection.