Morning folks. The Aussie Curves ladies are venturing into pink week this week and it’s a place I’m certainly not as comfortable in as I was last week in all my stripe clothing! That’s FOR SURE. But pink is pink and I’m dedicated to playing along every week this year so here I am. What’s a plus-size outfit challenge without pushing your buttons a little. And for me, pick pushes a couple.
You see my sister was THE PINK ONE in our family.
I always opted for blue or yellow. She loved pink almost as much as she loved her Barbies and ruffles on her clothes. She’s the girlie girl. The little lady. The pink one. Me? Not so much. I was the smart one, the always reading one, the blue one {later it became black, I’m okay with black}. It’s funny how these roles sort of land on you as a child and stick.
Obviously these days I’m a little more flexible and have a number of pink items in my wardrobe. I had hoped to share the pink moto jacket again from this old post but seriously it’s been a million degrees here most days {with random, almost cold days between}. There was no way I was dragging a jacket on. Maybe if you paid me. But no one was offering, so I went to plan b with this dress borrowed from a friend.
For me, this dress told me to pair it with my spiky red heels and red lippy.
It was practically essential. The dress had this beautiful fiery orange in it that lends itself beautifully to red. In these photos, you’d almost swear it DID have red in it. It doesn’t. And I love the clash of the red that is almost perfectly matched colour tone-wise. It makes for something interesting, I think, rather than the same old, same old of my wearing a complementary shade. Say orange or pink. I’m not sure if everyone would agree with this as a strategy but I love it.
Give it a try.
Sometimes I like to wear my green wedges with orange or mint green flats with peach. It’s about trying different things and finding what you like. Sure it’s easier to find a good colour match when you go all matchy-matchy {and you KNOW I’m a fan of that} but it can get same old same old. I’m a big fan of maximising your wardrobe to get the most wears out of any one item of clothing so this is a fun tip to add to the trick type hiding place. What would you call that, like a playbook or how-to guide or something? Meh. Who knows.
Pink & red, do you wear it?
Now let’s talk about this dress for a moment. It’s brand new with tags {except, of course for these photos} and it’s FOR SALE. The dress was originally purchased by my friend Desiree. It’s from City Chic and is a size XL. But as you can see it’s got a little flexibility to it. I normally wear a large, sometimes a medium. We just pulled the straps tighter thanks to a back tie and went from there. The material feels beautiful against your skin and the colours are just as gorgeous in real life. It’s selling for $50 + postage. Please inbox me on the Facebook page or email me if you’re interested {both links are in the sidebar at the top right corner}.
Hi! I’m Melissa Walker Horn. Around here, they call me Suger. I’m the Chief Blogger and doer of all the things here at Suger Coat It. Blogging since 1901; I love a casual ootd, taking photos, and writing about things that irk or inspire me. I love wine and cheese, long days at the beach and spending time with my family. I make stuff for the internet over at Chalkboard Digital. You know, living the sweet life.
Gorgeous dress!
Thank you Sam. 🙂
I LOVE colour clashing! The red shoes and lip look brilliant with the dress! (And helllloo legs!)
Thanks Nat! There is certainly more leg on display than was the idea. Lots and lots of wind. Red and pink HAS to be one of my favourite colour clashes.
Totally love this dress and you look glorious xx
Thank you Lisa. Glorious is such a beautiful compliment. x
Gorgeous!!! The perfect summer holiday dress!
Thank you. It really is. Light and breezy and wee bit sexy.
Love this dress on you! I have just parted with the same dress but always felt amazing wearing it.
Thank you Sam. It’s a beautiful dress to wear.
GIRRRRRL you wearing that dress!!!! Pink and red looks great on you! I never say no to anything….well I try not to anyways!!!
Haha. Well thank you muchly. And that’s a pretty good fashion rule {and general too really}. It leads to THE BEST stuff.
pink orange and red together is all kind of fabulous, i really like this combo! you look gorgeous x
Thank you. And YES it is SUCH such a fun colour combo.
Melissa!
You got me onto stripes and it looks as if you’re doing the same with pink.
I love this dress on you and the red shoes are perfect.
SSG xxx
Haha. Love it. Thanks SSG. And just look how well stripes worked out for you! 😉
p.s. I hope your return to work wasn’t too painful. x
this is such a flirty cute outfit I love it.You look amazing
Ooooo flirty. I like. haha. Thank you! x
Girl! Why don’t you feel comfortable in pink? It looks amazing on you! Particularly in this pink/orange/red combo. I love it!
xo
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I wear it. A fair bit these days. It’s just not really a go-to colour for me. Hot pink {surprisingly} is my favourite. Thank you. I appreciate that. x
I think that the tones match your skin beautifully. They give you a porcelain like quality.
Thank you Nadine. 🙂
Great Dress 🙂
Thank you Lisa.
I like this look a lot. It screams spring to me.
This post made me wonder what the inside of your wardrobe looks like. I had this boss once who refused to provide more than one filing cabinet per employee because he said that paperwork expands to fill the available space. Is your wardrobe overflowing? I know mine is packed to the gills and requires a lot of maintenance, culling and organising to stay on top of keeping within the space available. Do you have a system Suger?
I think you’re right! SO spring.
Actually you’ve inspired a post, I’ve scheduled it into next week and plan to do a peek into my wardrobe and talk about how I maintain it. I’m similar to your former employer, even though my wardrobe is one of our spare rooms {I know, HA!} I like to run a tight ship. Clothes I don’t wear are gone. Fast. Sometimes too fast, but meh, life’s too short. So yes, keep an eye out for that one!
Super! I will be reading with great interest.
I love this dress on you Melissa, the red shoes are a perfect pairing… Such a cute dress
Thank you Wendy! These shoes are THE PERFECT red in my books.