Tuesday’s Workwear Report: Metallic Tweed Jacket
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If you're on the hunt for a good gray tweed jacket, Rebecca Taylor always seems to knock them out of the park — this particular one has a deconstructed look with the frayed ends that's quite cool. I like it as styled here (column of color!) with the scarf in the tie-neck blouse being a nice additional element. The jacket is $495 at Nordstrom. Metallic Tweed Jacket
Two lower-priced options are at Nordstrom and Amazon, and Nordstrom also has a plus-size option.
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Sales of note for 2/7/25:
- Nordstrom – Winter Sale, up to 60% off! 7850 new markdowns for women
- Ann Taylor – Extra 25% off your $175+ purchase — and $30 of full-price pants and denim
- Banana Republic Factory – Up to 50% off everything + extra 15% off
- Boden – 15% off new season styles
- Eloquii – 60% off 100s of styles
- J.Crew – Extra 50% off all sale styles
- J.Crew Factory – 40% off everything including new arrivals + extra 20% off $125+
- Rothy's – Final Few: Up to 40% off last-chance styles
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – 40% off one item + free shipping on $150+
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Challenge Post
Today’s Challenge: Clashing Colors
Whereas our “Shades Of…” challenge involved analogous colors for a calming effect, this one is going to be a bit more challenging for you: put two colors that are contrasting, aka clashing. (The technical term is complementary, which I find a mite confusing.) We already did this a bit with red and blue; another favorite combo here is purple and olive. You can also pair olive and cobalt, pink and red, purple and red, mustard and burgundy, or others for a fun play on this. For a bit of a challenge, try adding a darker or lighter shade of one of your colors (e.g. olive pants, lavender cardigan, deep purple camisole) — or for even more of a challenge add a totally new third color (possibly in a triadic color scheme). As with our Day 1 challenge, a bridge piece can be great, so keep an eye out in your closet for prints and patterns that seem to have two clashing colors in them already, like the blouse in this work outfit from Putting Me Together. Remember: you can go big here (entire outfit!) or little (pink camisole under black cardigan with olive pants). The goal is to push your boundaries (and your closet!) and try out some new combinations.
My first outfit was so perfect for this- I really felt like I was pushing my comfort level in a way that looked great. Grey and yellow leopard print shift dress from Gap, bright purple cardigan from Loft I picked up this weekend at Goodwill, black tights, black boots. But I quickly realized I could not breathe in the dress and that it had become too tight under the arms (I think because it was too tight over my stomach, it was riding up, it’s never been like this before). So, I had to change.
Thirty five minutes and a lot of frustration later (and a number of additions to the donate pile), I came up with an outfit I like. Burgundy pants (if anyone is paying attention to my outfits, notice a trend- I like burgundy…), a dark coral scoop neck tank top with a diagonal seam down the front from Gap I got like 6 and a half years ago that’s held up remarkably well, and a Merona cheetah print cardigan with a cream base and the print in dark purple, coral, dark red, and brownish black, with black riding boots. I should have just worn a coral sweater and these pants, which is a combination I’ve worn a lot and know I like, but I like this combo, too.
What are you wearing?
I love this! I copied one of the inspiration pics (this one: https://corporette.com/splurge-mondays-tps-report-low-rise-skinny-leg-wool-pants/?awt_m=3iCXATyrSKV3ULm&awt_l=7N9ve ) and am wearing my fuschia BF pants, navy short sleeved lighweight sweater, and olive jacket. With Ted Baker black bag with a botanical photographic print that has all those colors in it. I am a happy camper today!
Sloan, as usual your outfit sounds amazing! I followed the advice from the post and picked a blouse with clashing colors (white with a floral in colors of teal, chartreuse, pink, burgundy and yellow) and am wearing burgundy pants and a pink sweater. Nude-for-me heels, gold pendant, gold drop earrings and a garnet ring. I am feeling pretty stylish today!
Thank you!
I have decided burgundy is, for the most part, a neutral. I will wear it with almost anything. Jewel tones, other neutrals, leopard, bright shirts…
Bless her heart, Kat doesn’t understand words sometimes.
“…contrasting, aka clashing. (The technical term is complementary, which I find a mite confusing.)”
Complementary colors are those we were taught in school: red and green, purple and yellow, blue and orange. They are opposite each other on the color wheel because the primary color (red, blue, yellow) does not show up in the secondary color (green has yellow and blue but not red).
Contrasting has nothing to do with being complementary. You can contrast in all kinds of ways. A deep dark red does not contrast with a deep dark green, the values (light to dark) are the same even though the hue is complementary. Contrast is a general term implying difference, so if you have a bright sunny butter yellow you can contrast it with a deep yellow ochre even though the two colors are in the same family.
And clashing is a purely subjective term.
Violet and olive are not complementary, nor do they clash. They are both secondary (not primary) colors and as such may be an unusual combination but definitely not unheard of.
Hope this helps, Kat! You’re “a mite” confused because you’re using the terminology incorrectly.