Growing up a Georgia fan my father taught me to hate all things orange. Florida, Tennessee, Auburn and occasionally Clemson. It wasn't until recently that I discovered Clemson's colors were Orange and Purple. For some reason I always thought they were Orange and Blue. But no that's a deep purple those boys have painted on their chests.
And I also recently discovered that their stadium holds the same name, "Death Valley," as another purple, Southern tiger stadium in Louisiana. Who knew?
Needless to say, I have tried to stay away from most things orange. However just this past week, I got both my March
Lucky magazine and
Real Simple issue and discovered that this Spring- orange is the new black. Even last February's
Lucky magazine had cover girl, Nicole Richie, sporting the orange and purple combo.
I tried finding that exact skirt she's wearing online but alas it is nowhere to be seen. If you have an extra $385 to spare you can find something similar
here.
Real Simple even did a whole fashion feature "Orange Crush" and paired orange with navy, hot pink and purple. Just a little sneak peak into the issue-page 99 for those of you following along at home.
And just so you can get a better look at this AH-MA-ZING
Tory Burch dress, here is another photo below. Sadly, its $350 and currently sold out.
Even the homepage of
Saks had the orange/purple color combo as Spring's "see-worthy" trends. That is, if you can stomach the price tag of these Fendi color block sandals. Just a mere $740. Rent Schment
So how can a girl afford the trend? Don't worry.
OPI has you covered with their Texas Collection. Check out this little color, Y'all Come Back Ya Hear!, for only $8.50.
If you are feeling a little gutsy,
Victoria Secret has a sexy spin on the color combo. The top will run you around $24 and the bottoms will only set you back $16. I posed for this picture by the way that's just a different person's head-S'weird.
Or you can go vintage and purchase this fab dress for only $40 from
etsy seller
OneRareBird.
Either way there are several opportunities for this Spring's hottest trend to be affordable. Personally for me, maybe I could
redesign that color combo of orange and purple into a pretty little trendy Save the Date.
Okay okay, I still twitch a little when I see too much orange but maybe I can start slowly and paint my nails this week and pair them with a great purple dress.
Oh and please note that if you have something that you want me to redesign, I will. Just drop me a comment below. My pricing is totally affordable and I'd love the chance to
redesign that!
