I’ve been playing with my recently finished burnt-orange skirt, styling it up for a variety of seasons and the different degrees of formality that my lifestyle requires. When I bought this silk hessian I knew its autumnal shades would go with a lot in my wardrobe. But I had such fun putting together outfits based on this skirt… OK, sure I always have a lot of fun playing in my wardrobe, but this time was an easy breezy spoilt-for-choice kind of a fun; because this skirt really goes with just about everything I own! I could have had twice as many outfits as I have pictured here… either a sign that I have far too many clothes (a distinct possibility), or that I am getting a lot better at colour matching my fabric purchases to each other, and to myself and my own colouring. The latter can only be a good thing; the former… hmmm, well we won’t go there…
I made this little skirt during the tail end of winter and styled it then with charcoal grey and black here, and I thought the colour of the skirt added a nicely rich yet still citrus-y zing to those sombre winter-y shades. Naturally the orange will also look fresh and tangy with a pure white top during the warmer months, so I avoided that obvious choice here, with just one exception which I’m guessing will be a much harder item to mix-and-match in my wardrobe…
namely this avant garde white dress, at left. It’s quite short on its own so really needs at least a little skirt underneath. To be honest, I’m already re-thinking this white dress (it’s pretty ….er, voluminous) and have a few new plans… watch this space. But in the meantime, wouldn’t this be a good choice for a half-way glamorous, semi-formal summer do? Just imagine the champagne glass in my hand… yes?
At right; for a more casual kind of a summer’s day, well my top here is of shot silk, with an orange warp and a blue weft, so its resultant drab pink colour is actually a mixture of the other two colours in the skirt and scarf of this outfit… how’s that for painterly colour analysis of an outfit? Sorta impressive…huh?
For days of middling temperature:
At left; Casual required? I would wear this outfit, and thus serendipitously be sorta colour-blocked. The current fashion buzz-word.
At right; going somewhere nice? Mixing the burnt orange with milk chocolate brown, khaki and rich brown leather; and getting into those toasty autumnal sorts of shades here.
Going winter-y:
At left; I wore these denim-y blue garments with my rusty red skirt during SSS11, and I really like them with the burnt orange skirt too. Will definitely wear this on a cold and casual day next year… hopefully these tights will hold out that long, fingers crossed :S
And lastly at right; for a semi-smart winter’s occasion, the burnt orange colour works beautifully with the rich jewel shades of ruby red, purple-y red and with the chocolate brown in my tights, boots and bag… well rugged up, and these colours are psychologically half warming me up already!
What am I wearing today? well I met with a friend for her birthday lunch, and I wore the “brown” outfit with my slouchy boots. It was perfect for visiting a cafe, and for these pleasantly warm but not hot days that we are getting now.
Which outfit here do you like the best?
I really like it with the other warm colors – the bordeaux long-sleeve shirt and the scarf 🙂
Hurray! I love orange, and you've shown it is versatile. I really like every outfit.
I like the last look the most!
All of those looks are wonderful – it really shows how versatile that skirt is!
I like the last two the most :O) I couldn't decide between them so yep I pick two!
All the outfits are lovely. Favourites – the first two and the last. Love your idea of "prethinking" outfits.
My favourite is top right although all of them are fun.
I love the outfit with the color blocked tee. It looks so fun and casual All others are great too, though I prefer the skirt mixed with warm colors.
Yes, I see 'color blocking' everywhere right now here in the states. We are heading into fall and the very last out fit is my favorite colors and I love the scarf.
I want to say though I love your white dress too! I would not ever attempt something that out of the norm but its so chic on you!!! Best wishes for your weekend, and as always everything you do is so awesome!!!
It looks great with the white dress, love the accent of colour it gives! I also really dig it with the chocolate cardi. 🙂
And can I say I'm totally jealous of that awesomely huge lemon tree? 🙂
I do like the orange skirt but being a 'winter' orange really isn't a happening thing for me.
I LOVE it with the color blocked tee. Such an unusual color combination.
What a great skirt. It's a basic cut, but the color makes it unusual.
Me, I love them all but my favourites are the one with the colour blocked tee and the one with the white dress.
Pre-thinking your outfits is a great idea to see where the gaps are. Maybe I should be doing this then I might have more things that work together 😉
Good reference point for playing with my own burnt orange skirt. I like all the looks.
I'm really loving the burnt orange – such a beautiful rich shade! Your skirt looks fabulous and it is so interesting (and inspiring) to see that in the right hands (yours!) an orange skirt can be a wonderful 'neutral' that goes perfectly with so many other garments. I love every outfit!
This is an amazing colour skirt! So versitile. I also love the styling ! xx
my favorite is #5 🙂 you could always do burnt orange skirt 6-ways round 2. 🙂
I love the 1st one!
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