(Photograph on left by Géraldine Dormoy of Café Mode // Photograph on right by Vicki Adamson)
>> If you see me wandering out and about, I'm more often than not covered up by a sea of beige… a bit of 70s alpaca beige to be exact. This nifty coat that I bought for ¬£20 from Camden Passage the weekend before I left for Paris quite literally saved my cockles as any person who survived the big freeze during Paris Fashion Week will tell you. At one point, I think my face was physically flapping about in the wind. You could see flesh rippling about…
I always thought my go-to foundation colours consisted of a lot of shades of grey and a bit of navy. I'm now finding beige, camel and tan slowly creeping in too which is also incidentally falling in line with what's going on (scroll to the below…). Oh dear… I'm trying not to make fun of my own on-trending tendencies…
I suspect more of this stuff will come seeping through but I'm hoping on the other side of the battle line, there'll be colours, prints and froth fighting to show through exemplified by the bit of pink peeking out in the outfit above courtesy of Preen. I promise top to toe cameldom won't be imminent… that's wearing camel from top to toe by the way… not looking like an actual camel.
1970s vintage alpaca jacket // Vintage cashmere sweater stolen from mother // Vintage tan leather rucksack from Brick Lane // Jas M.B. shoulder bag // Vintage leather gloves
There are a TON of beige bits and bobs to reference but these are coming out top notch for me… namely Delvaux's clever showing on the catwalk was surprisingly refreshing…
Yeap, camel is the new black (or grey). Still struggling a bit with this, on the other hand I always liked nude (especially as a shoe colour), so it’s just one step further…
Pink! Gorgeous, an interesting pretty!
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JL
i have a vintage cardin cardigan camel, but i wasn’t sure about the color. this winter it’ll be on me all the time
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Gorgeous colour! That coat is beautiful, as are the backpack and the gloves… I basically want all of this post in my wardrobe…
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Love it! Love the gloves too!!! Evey shade of beige can be exciting!
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That first bag is just so awesome.
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All this monotone inspired by Chloe?
Catherine: Actually I DELIBERATELY avoided Chloe in my collage because of all the examples of beige/camel/tan on show for A/W 10-11… Chloe didn’t really rock my boat…. might be the fact that it all reminded me too much of an old Maxmara show or something… not that, that is a bad thing… or maybe I was just eager to see something other than beige coats…still, that show will probably stick in most people’s heads due to the monotone palette…
Gosh, I love that alpaca coat of yours so much!
leather rucksack -AWESOME FIND. Germoline pink and camel such a striking pairing <3
Always such great posts. thankyou.x
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I wouldn’t have thought to pair pink and camel together but they look so good! Personally I love the pairing of nudes/beiges/greys/monotone colors with brights instead of just layer upon layer of color, it’s a nice balance and I don’t think you look like you’re just following trends.
LOVE your outfits with your beige peacoat! Such a fab find! I particularly love it accented with that bright pink!
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I’m loving your beige-ness!
But you make it exciting by teaming it with other stuff!
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You look lovely! I Like your color combs ;D!
B kiss,
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Fantastic! You look gorg!
i LOVE your pink and brown look 🙂
featured you on my blog today! keep up the amazing inspiration lady!
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I like your coat it looks warm very suitable in winter season.
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I really like camel color and the way you wear it with pinkish tones… I too have just done a post with the colors of camel and a canvas fishing bag that has something in common with the style of your backpack … my outfit is more sporty, but some details are in tune with this post of yours … this is really a satisfaction to me! :-))
super cool
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My winter coat is of a similar sort of colour, I love it :o)
I’ve loved camel/beige for a looong time – still never thought to team it with pink though! I love it with grey – whether fashionable or not 😉 Thanks again Susie for the inspiration!
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Ruthie
the camel suits you really well, you look gorgeous on the left picture.
wow, love the glove
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Your alpaca coat is like really pretty and comfortable! but yes this coat is not so hot to wearing for this cold time.)
I like your new white bag. the leather seem like be a really vintage. I like this.
I also want to find a bagpack now. it’s one of my priority now)
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What a great blog!
I love those distressed leathers you’re showing!
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Oh no!! Could always count on you to never stay in neutral. Miss Suzie…colour was made for you, this is not a sepia toned world.
…although I do like that bubblegum pink ensemble.
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where did you get that sheer black skirt? it looks amazing!
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