sometimes you must admit defeat: an outfit mistake

i pick my clothes out at night so that it's one less thing to worry about in the morning, but come a new day, my taste may have changed completely. i'm not above laughing at myself, and i've learned that if your outfit...

-makes your legs look jaundiced
-makes you look like you're concealing a secret pregnancy
-makes people think you're elton john
-makes you look like you're wearing a tent fit for a southwest circus

..it's a good time to admit defeat.

i like each part of this outfit individually, but together? it looks like colors and patterns threw up on me. next time i wear this dress i'll be sure to do it without tights and with a simple pair of tan leather wedge sandals (which means i won't wear it again until april). also, i don't actually wear those glasses in public! they were a funny gift from auntie amy brought back from her recent trip to hong kong.

do you ever wear an outfit that you think looks okay, only to look back at it later and realize it wasn't so okay?

19 comments:

  1. You just make me laugh.. if your outfit makes you look like you're wearing a tent fit for a southwest circus...hilarious!!

    http://stylewithoutlimits.blogspot.com/

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    1. hahaha, all i could think all day was, "this would be the perfect outfit if i were a navajo clown"!

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  2. ummmm i definitely do this. it's esp bad when you're out in public w/ friends who decide to take photos. then your bad style day is forever documented by someone other than you. :/

    btw, love that dress!

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  3. i think you look great! i love a the dress and the tights! i love bright outfits like this <3 last night as i was trying on an outfit , he said he was gonna have a show called "put a belt on it", where he simple tells people that an outfit would look better with a belt! i laughed so hard because he is always telling me to add a belt. someone has a fetish! haha
    xo,
    cb

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    1. that's classic! i think you should make a video of the skit!

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  4. i think it's cute! and i love those tights!

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  5. Haha yes! I walk out in outfits I think are so "hot" only to come home later and think OH MY GOSH, I looked like THAT all day?! In my defense I wake up and pick out my clothes at 5 in the morning, obviously I'm not awake enough to be fashionable!

    http://ahopelessnotebook.blogspot.com/

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    1. 5am?! i think you're safe to wear pajamas if you have to get dressed that early

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  6. i dunno i like that outfit together! maybe a brown belt around the dress to ground it more. that dress is really awesooommmee

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  7. you make me smile!!! i had an outfit mistake last month. i have a fabulous thrifted gray leather skirt that i paired with silver leggings and black wedges and a gray top. at the time i thought i was rocking it but when i saw pics the grays did NOT work together. oh well!

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  8. Haha - your comments about the outfit made me laugh, especially the one about Elton John. But just because I laughed doesn't mean I don't really like this outfit - I think it's so cute - and love the yellow tights with it :)

    Annie
    The Other Side of Gray

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  9. "Makes people think you're Elton John" led to suppressed laughter in the library this morning. I really love that dress. And you should totally wear those glasses out :D

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  10. Haha. I actually really like the print on that dress!
    Luckily my fashion disasters are few and far between these days as I tend to just wear black or grey!

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  11. Yes! all the time... and I feel like I am at work and i am like ugg I just want to go home and change.

    I love this dress though! Cant wait to see it in April.

    http://seventwentysomethings.blogspot.com/

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  12. Holy crap, thanks for the laugh, made my morning :D
    Thank you so much for adding those glasses in the second photo, too. AMAAAZING!!

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  13. I think you're being hard on yourself...you still look better than I do 110% of the days I roll out of bed!

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