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Chocolate brown and dulce de leche gelato

October 9th, 2011 Kristi Leave a comment Go to comments

One week into the Project 333 (read about it here), I have a revised clothing list and plan to stick to it for the duration. Despite my goal (and resolve) not to purchase new clothing items during this six months, I fell in love with a little turquoise top at a garage sale and for $1 added it to my arsenal, replacing the cabernet red tee from Stylemint, which was just too difficult to incorporate into my wardrobe.

Also, let me apologize if the photos appear stretched out on your computer. They look distorted on my laptop, but fine on my desktop, so go figure.

I included the close up of my outfit (above) even though I have a goofy look on my face!!!!

So here is one of my favorite outfits from my 33 items. I am wearing a brown top I bought at the garage sale where I found these super comfy Adriano Goldschmeid velvet jeans. My garage sale outfit cost about $7. I am also wearing my non-garage sale Madden Girl sandals and toting my Army bag, which is still stamped with the name of the guy who used it during Vietnam. I have a real love for this bag, which I picked up at the local Army Navy surplus store and brings me back to Los Angeles in the 1990s when my super, uber chic Danish friend and I both used these types of bags while attending L.A. City College and taking Spanish classes even though we both already had college degrees.

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  1. Stephanie
    October 9th, 2011 at 10:13 | #1
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    Chocolate brown really suits your skin tone. I love the whole outfit especially the pants, cuff and bag, they are so original, and so “you”. Where are you in this shot? The building behind you is so pretty. The pictures look like something from The Sartorialist. Very chic!

  2. aaonce
    October 12th, 2011 at 16:25 | #2
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    Hey Lady,
    I am a little behind on my blog reading-but noticed that you are doing project 333. I have found this challenge interesting since I heard about it. I am interested in it for the same reasons-I really want to nail down to a science my style and trim down my closet a bit. As soon as I select my items-I will send an update. Good luck!

  3. Kristi
    October 15th, 2011 at 08:53 | #3
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    Aaonce … nice to see your comment.hope you are well. keep me posted on project 333. It’s been fun so far. I have already learned a lot about my style from it — what works right now and what doesn’t.
    K

  4. Rebekah
    October 18th, 2011 at 18:12 | #4
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    Gorgeous. I think chocolate brown should be the new black. I’m incorporating more chocolate in my wardrobe, and now that Fall is finally in central Texas, I can focus on wearing more brown as I put my 333 list together.

  5. Kristi
    October 27th, 2011 at 18:52 | #5
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    Rebekah, I agree. Looking forward to seeing your 333 list. Please let me know when you start so I can link to you.
    xoxo
    K

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