I really love the colour red, but I don't like having it close to my face. I long to wear red clothing! We've all seen the pictures of the fall 2009 Built By Wendy collection, with its charming pops of red through all the black (above). I have fire all through my astrological chart (Leo rising, moon in Sagittarius). Maybe it's time for a new transformation: maybe once I embrace red and start wearing it, I will become a more confident version of myself! Let that Leo roar, etc. I truly think I am a red girl underneath it all. I really am a funny sort of intro-extrovert!
I have made attempts. You may have noticed the red skirt I was wearing under my coat: that skirt is my red skirt from Minimarket that I bought at Robber this summer. It is my favourite skirt, which is high praise from a girl who wears skirts almost every day.
This coat is from Built By Wendy fall 2008, and it's the same pattern as the one I made. When I found this picture recently I did wish I had picked red wool over charcoal.
Incidentally, persimmon is the shade for next spring! Remember it.
i love red coats, but i've never owned one. for me, pops of red will have to satisfy. and i think your charcoal coat is wonderful, and the red skirt, the perfect touch!
ReplyDeleteI love the colour red and I think red would suit you very nicely actually!
ReplyDeleteI love your red skirt- "red with envy." I also REALLY love that BBW coat, and probably should own it.
ReplyDeletei don't wear red either. I just don't like the way it looks on me.
ReplyDeleteyou'll love red once you start wearing it! start wearing a red bracelet or scarf with a black dress maybe? It would add so much more to the outfit! I love red :)
ReplyDeleteWhenever I see other people wearing red I really like it
ReplyDelete(I loved the way your red skirt + new coat looked). I just can't wear red, it never looks right on me....
PS. I had a similar red lipstick experience in my early-teens
....never again will I wear it.
i rarely wear red either, but i do like red nail polish! cherries in the snow is the name of a red polish from revlon by the way.
ReplyDeletei almost never wear red, but i think it would suit you really well! it seems like a tricky shade to pull off, but there's something so invigorating about a few well-chosen flashes of red in an outfit.
ReplyDeletei've yet to try red lipstick, but i do like red nail polish.
Thank you so much for posting the link to the Guide to Red Lipstick. I've been on a search for the perfect red lipstick, and this will definitely be a huge help!
ReplyDeleteyou should wear red lipstick. I am still too shy as well.
ReplyDeleteBut those red tights, *love*!
wearing red lipstick is scary! but kind of empowering, as well.
ReplyDeleteoh emm gee!
ReplyDeletelove the sally jesse raphael reference glasses reference; it gave me quite the chuckle. Boy was it tough to grow up in the early nineties.
Now SJR was a woman who didn't mind having the colour red near her face.
Red is one of my favorite colors - especially during the colder months. It just makes me so happy :)
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