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Home » Visualizing French Chic: olive, and young, and casual

Visualizing French Chic: olive, and young, and casual

 

Jacket – Virginie Castaway, vest – Humanoid, cardigan – Manestrale,
dress – Go Green M by M, Rolled capris – Dorothy Perkins, jeans – J Brand,
shorts – D&G

 

Black tee – Uniqlo,
sunglasses – Lacoste, athletic shoes – Nike, White tee – Fat Face, bracelets –
1928, boots – Cordani

 

Tank top – Madewell, fedora – Forever 21, Sandals –
Mulberry, flower earrings – Lord & Taylor, gold clutch – Style & Co.,
gold sandals – Sam Edelman

 

Short-sleeved shirt – Old Navy, cross
body bag – 9 West, sunglasses – Wetseal, tee –
Nike, espadrilles – Mad Love, woven flats – Blowfish

 

Tee shirt – J. Crew, scarf – Tillys,
ballet flats – Aldo, earrings – Inc International Concepts, Blouse – Frenchtrotters, espadrilles – Toms

 

 
 

 

 

Bracelets – Fantasy Jewelry Box, Tank –
American Vintage, Scarf – Julie Fagerholt,
orange sandals – Michael Antonio, ring – Miss Selfridge, tan sandals –
Gabriella Rocha

 

Sandals – Modcloth, bracelets – Dorothy Perkins, Tank top –
Buckle, gold earrings – Panacea, ballet flats – CL by Laundry

 

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05.26.12 12 Comments

Tags: casual, green, olive, pastels, warm weather
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  1. French Girl in Seattle says

    May 26, 2012 at 2:39 pm

    You just reminded me of a favorite color of mine (and millions of other French women) while I still lived in Old Europe… Funny, I just realized I never wear olive here, in the US. I wonder why… It is so versatile, looks elegant with black or white, and positively smashing with orange! Great post. Bon weekend to you! Veronique (French Girl in Seattle)

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  2. Frugal Scholar says

    May 26, 2012 at 2:44 pm

    Sadly, I can't wear olive, but this may be–stylewise–the closest to how I dress. (Though I don't wear shorts or sleeveless or other under-25 type items).

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  3. Anonymous says

    May 26, 2012 at 4:10 pm

    Fabulous!!! You have broken away from your own preferred style and excelled for us bohemians.

    Deb from Vancouver

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  4. Kare says

    May 26, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Fun to show my daughters! Have a great Memorial Day weekend!

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  5. Pam @ over50feeling40 says

    May 26, 2012 at 7:19 pm

    I think you just gave me a bunch of inspiration ideas from my own closet!! Thanks so much!

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  6. Anonymous says

    May 26, 2012 at 8:04 pm

    Yayyy olive!!! Thank you! Great outfit ideas!

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  7. Amanda says

    May 26, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    I really like the clothing items you've picked, but as with a lot of your sets, I think the overall look is more 'matchy' than I would wear, or even what I see people wearing. The second outfit, for example–olive pants and an olive jacket AND olive boots and bangles? Too much of a good thing! I know the sets are meant to be illustrative, but ugh, too much of the same color for me.

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  8. Lost in Provence says

    May 27, 2012 at 7:53 am

    Definitely don't agree with Amanda as I see women here in France dressing exactly this way "tone on tone" everyday. It something that took a while to click for me but now that I 'get' it, I love it! Such an easy way to look pulled together, even with casual looks such as these.
    I love this selection, very fun–merci!

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  9. Sam @ My Carolina Kitchen says

    May 27, 2012 at 10:06 am

    Love all of the outfits you've created with olive, especially the coral and also the bright orange. It's surprising, but some shades of olive look good on me with my fair skin and blonde hair. Thanks for showing us how to keep olive from looking dull.
    Sam

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  10. Joni James says

    May 27, 2012 at 4:24 pm

    I just love this post you did. such nice work and I love everything you've chosen to showcase!

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  11. Anonymous says

    May 28, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    I couldn't pull off olive because of my coloring. But I do like the look. Tone on tone reminds me of the most elegant woman at my work. She wears up to 4 different shades of very muted or grayed-out colors (cream, taupe, pink, etc) at once. None of it ever exactly matches, but the pieces are high quality and often have a sort of luster – like pearls. It looks effortless and gorgeous.

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  12. journalofplacestobe says

    May 29, 2012 at 3:57 am

    I love that Frenchtrotters shirt.

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