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Orange Pants and a Red Coat


Didn't even realize that my bracelet was a bow, which totally mirrors my bow tie, scary how that just happens sometimes.

Okay, enough showing off my lack of a butt, time to put on a coat.






coat/gloves-Target (old)(similar here and here), shirt-Ralph Lauren, sweater/pants-Jcrew(similar here and here), bowtie-American Apparel, heels--Banana Republic(similar here), bracelet/rings--JewelMint



Playing more with color here, mixing green, orange and red so I kept the shoes very basic, just a plain beige heel.  The bowtie keeps things fun, but again color wise doesn't compete with what is already going on. I wore this to work (on a day that I didn't have any meetings) and got a lot of compliments on being so colorful after such gloomy weather.  This does push the edge of office appropriate, at least in my job, but this would definitely be something I'd wear to a gallery or play.  And that my folks is a segue into talking about the location of this outfit shoot.  We shot this outside of the Brewhouse in the SouthSide:

The Brew House Association is an artist collective established in 1991 located in a multi-story building that once housed the Duquesne Brewing Company. The lower floors of the building have been converted to gallery and theater space, while the upper floors have become studio and living areas for resident artists, and shared workshops for welding and pottery. The Brew House and the abandoned industrial lots around it have been the site of performance art, theatre and sculpture exhibits. AND back in 2009 or so I used to take Zumba classes here.   Anyway for contact and event info check it out:  http://sites.google.com/site/thebrewhouseassociation/


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