I love the orange/pink combo, those are the perfect shades!
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That cardigan is ENORMOUS, but I love the colour and knit pattern of it so much that I’m trying to embrace the extreme oversizedness.
I believe in loud colours.
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Enormous knits are my favorite
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Maroon jeans, printed blue and white top, beige slingbacks and black cardigan. I might wear this with my mustardy cardigan next time. The black seemed ok, but it definitely toned down the look.
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Imagine floppy boobs in a nursing bra, a giant comfy sweater …now pull the sweater over your head so it’s a lumpy Bolero jacket.
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One of my coworkers stopped me on my way in today, commenting about my colour combos. You mean to tell me not everyone would pair seafoam green with mustard yellow? But they look so bright and cheerful together!
Also my new shoes have a delightful little bow above a toe cutout. Wearing them brings me joy because a few years ago I worked under a boss who felt that “toe cleavage” was unacceptable in the workplace so all my shoes had to be cut higher so not one hint of toes could be seen. If she could see my shoes today. MUHAHAHAHAHA.
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I do not own a single item in either seafoam green or mustard yellow. I recently bought a camel colored sweater and that was a Thing for me. This thread is very educational for me. I would not be able to wear your outfit because I’d be perpetually anxious that I’m doing it wrong somehow (especially the skirt, I never wear skirts so I’d constantly be aware of my legs and afraid of accidentally flashing someone).
On toe cleavage - 
My feet are very conservatively covered right now but that’s entirely because my feet would be blocks of ice otherwise in my over-air conditioned office. I can’t imagine pearl-clutching over toe cleavage.
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Easy fixes for that: wear leggings or tights under skirt, switch out skirt for slim cut black slacks for similar work feel, be brought up in a Catholic finishing schoolesque environment so you are trained from a very, very young age on how to wear skirts with no flashing. (My mother’s and grandfather’s lessons on deportment have made it so I can properly climb a tree in a skirt with nothing untoward showing)
I’ve found that the best way to put together clothing without “doing it wrong” is to choose a few things to go out of the normal with. In the outfit above, my skirt is a conservative black a-line, my top is a simply cut work blouse and my shoes are fairly conservative as well (excepting the scandalous toe cleavage, of course). I can go a bit wild with the colours because the outfit’s bones are typical office wear. I do keep a couple more boring blazers in the office in case I end up in a meeting where I have to look more traditional.
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I always wonder about people like this. Do they have webbed feet? No toes at all? Do they never take their own socks off? If we’ve all got them why be so strict about it, especially given all the other things society polices about women’s bodies that we’ve got to worry about to be “acceptable”
I understand when it’s a safety policy for something like no open toes in a lab or whatever, but that’s functional.
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No kidding. Worrying (or being offended?) over “toe cleavage” (something I’d never heard given a name before) seems truly bizarre.
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That is so ridiculous!
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I love the color combo! I would never wear it because I don’t wear yellow, but it looks great on you.
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I found out about it the first time we were headed over to a meeting with this person and my boss pulled me aside and asked if I had other shoes I could change into. Much like @CalBal, I had never heard the term toe cleavage before either, much less been that aware of how my toes were presenting themselves in my shoes. The funny thing is, I was considered old fashioned at previous positions because I don’t like wearing open toed shoes at work.
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I can’t wear butter yellow or any of those pastelly colours, but I can rock the heck out of obnoxious ones like mustard. Also I can’t wear brown.
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This color conversation is making me want to sew some mustard yellow dresses…
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A mustard yellow dress sounds fantastic! I now own a mustard sweatshirt and and mustard pants and mustard shoes, thanks to my Billie Eilish Halloween costume. But I decided I liked it enough keep them in rotation (I don’t wear them all at the same time on non-Halloween days) and I’ve added a mustard, long-sleeved v-neck shirt and a mustard sweater with white polka dots to my wardrobe. It has crept into my wardrobe as a color I like. Thanks, Billie! Haha. Also, I kind of like it because I know it’s a color not everyone can pull off, but I think it looks good with my coloring. So I’m kind of embracing it.
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Family Day (aka liberal bribe to reelect them a few elections ago) outfit. Aka I reject the 1C forecast and want it to be spring already.
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That outfit looks extremely comfortable.
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