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You guys are going to laugh at this, but I thought that my tights were black today. I thought I was being so unpredictable with my blue dress and my black tights. I was going to write about how I cleverly paired my black tights with my navy blue dress.
Turns out they are navy. So very predictably navy. Sigh. I’ve got to stop getting dressed in the dark.
Do you ever do something awesome to your hair on accident and think “I’ll never be able to do this again?” And so you try not to touch it or even move very much so that it will stay awesome? That’s my bun today. I’ve never had this type of volume before; it’s never cooperated like this before. I’m considering putting on a neck brace just for extra security. I don’t know why my hair has decided to cooperate today. However, I have been using extra conditioner lately and I’ve been laying off of the backcombing and teasing. Those are two different things mind you. To backcomb: run your comb along the backside of your hair, creating volume. To tease: make fun of your hair for being flat. See also: pointing and laughing.
One more thing before you go. During the shoot it became clear that something in the woods had died and was fragrantly offensive. This is me grieving the smell of death.
Thank you dear husband for capturing this moment. I had no idea you could read my face like a book. Must work on being less transparent.
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adorable look, that jacket has been on my list of "needs" for some time. i think i just might treat myself after turkey day. you make it look so darling.
much luv, bex
navy and navy is not boring…it's still really fun since the navy's don't exactly match! i love the color of your jacket with the navy dress! this outfit is divine. and the bun is quite perfect.
Love how you styled this dress–even though the tights match 🙂
Awesome hair accidents? yeap..and what I hate the most is that they usually happen to me when I'm at home with no plans to go out! So I try to recreate them the next day and lets say is a 50/50 (ok more like a 30/70)…
Oh gosh, simply adorable! I can never get my buns to look right if I'm trying, it always has to be not looking, in a rush, and when I'm doing something boring like getting ready for bed early.
haha, love that face! and the outfit is grand as always.
hello. recent follower here. your blog is very inspiring and i was wondering about layers? i live in MD and it's getting COLD. i've an infinity for jeans and long sleeve shirts. how can i make that pretty?
too cute! i am going to try to do a bunner tomorrow. wish me luck!!
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rockin' outfit today. Big fan of the jacket and bun. Stay classy!
e @ http://comeandseewithjande.blogspot.com/
I love your bun!! I actually put an "s" on the end there by accident and thankfully caught it before things got really weird. Your welcome.
gotta love that last shot.
almost as much as your hair styled that way. cute!
Silly question, but where's the headband from? Is it comfy? It looks so cute in your hair!
I have zero volume in my hair as well, but the curling iron helps me to achieve this look! Love the whole outfit. I'm not brave enough to pair black and dark blue, so I love this combo.
THAT IS A GORGEOUS BUN. i need to grow my hair out first. but that's just wow.
and navy or not, you look pretty as always <3
Looks like you might be having cooler weather than we are in College Station!
Anon — It's the Goody brand that I got from Target. It's just a huge rubber band really! I kind of have a small head, so I have to secure it with bobby pins but it's pretty comfortable for a headband.
best bun, ever! i am so jealous, as i just chopped off so much length from my hair and can no longer tie it up in a ponytail without the assistance of ten million bobby pins!!
the last photo is all sorts of amazing! haha
The jacket is great! I saw this at Target, but it looks REALLY good on you. May have to go back and get one. The navy tights are still nice even though they aren't black.
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Hahah that last picture actually made me laugh! I love the pattern on your dress. Your hair looks so great in a bun!
So sorry that you were subjected to such an offensive smell – as someone who has experienced the smell of dead rats or mice in the walls at my office, I know how unpleasant that can be – ick.
Love this outfit – predictable tights and all! You totally have the whole rocker-feminine thing going on here :). And the color pairing is fantastic!
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I am in love with that dress and so mad at myself for not buying when I saw it in stores! Could you tell me the brand of it – I'm franitcally searching ebay 😉 Love your style – it's adorably chic! ~MKR
love the shoes and jacket and how it all goes so well with the dress!
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I love your shoes!! Your hair is adorable too 🙂
Best. Facial expression. Ever.
I love how you're on your tippy-toes ready to run from the stinky smell… I'm probably going to attempt a bun today too, thanks to needing to wash my hair but not being able to.
the navy tights still go really well with the navy dress and i love your hair in the bun! the headband is a nice addition too to keep the flyaways at bay.
and that last picture is too cute!
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You look so chic! I really like the combination of navy and brown. And I LOVE your bun! Gah, now I wish I had long hair again so I could have a cute bun too.
This dress is lovely, I love how you paired it with the brown jacket.
haha I love your humour 🙂
Never mind the tights, navy looks great with the dress too (and even if you had mistaken brown for black it would have look good ^^).
I love the print on the dress! If I ever make it to travel to the USA I'll raid Target 🙂
I love hair day when my hair turn out awesome. cute dress.
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I love that jacket!
I laughed out loud, you are hilarious! How you find something funny to say about every outfit, I will never know.
Love the hair! and the last picture is priceless 🙂
seriously, this is your best 30 for 30 series. you are like a master. like a remixing master.
I have this Target jacket as well! I'm wearing it today 🙂 It's the best, non? Just found your blog and am in lurvveee with it already!!
Your bun came out great! And that last picture for all that it smelled is adorable!
MKR — It's Tucker for Target. I got it in September or October maybe? Not too long ago so you should be able to find it!
Kendi, I love this look! the jacket pulls it together so well and LOL at the last pic!
Love the print of your dress. Great outfit 🙂 I was sort of surprised by the colour of my tights once it got light tody 😀
I never fail to be baffled on the rare occasions where my hair does what I want. 🙂 I never thought you might be familiar with that feeling hehe 🙂
If it makes you feel better – I think you rock the blue tights! I love the dress as well.
Love, Hannie
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Woww you're outfits are looking way adorable! You can't even tell you've been remixing. So awesome. You have such a versatile wardrobe! Btw. that's really funny about the dead "something" in the woods…I guess it shows your dedication as a blogger =D
Salwa
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Woww you're outfits are looking way adorable! You can't even tell you've been remixing. So awesome. You have such a versatile wardrobe! Btw. that's really funny about the dead "something" in the woods…I guess it shows your dedication as a blogger =D
Salwa
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you really have cute clothes … 🙂
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Hi Kendi! I bought the jacket you are wearing in this post but mine is SUPER wrinkled. Is yours that way and do you have a suggestion as to how to get rid of some of the wrinkling? Thanks!
Beth
Hi Kendi! I bought the jacket you are wearing in this post but mine is SUPER wrinkled. Is yours that way and do you have a suggestion as to how to get rid of some of the wrinkling? Thanks!
Beth
If it's any consolation, I thought the tights were black too. I was even going write a comment about how well that particular shade of brown goes with everything.
Kendra
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navy tights! they're cute, not too predictable! i'd like to see more people wearing navy tights!
🙂
i wander, i wonder
check you out remixing your hair! that jacket is too cute <3
first, love this look. second, thank you for sharing that last picture. your smell of death face is adorable.
love the outfit, especially that skirt! it's amazing! i can't believe it's from target!
Very cute outfit
I have eyed that jacket several times while in the store. I am sure that by the time I convince myself it is okay to guy buy it It will be gone. lol
Had a tight incident the other day.
Still not sure if those tights were brown, black or dark green.
There are some weird smells out there in the wild. I really like the jacket, and dress.
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love those oxfords!!! and that's okay about the tights – you look great as always!!
Hi! Loving the hair and how your styled with the jacket. Very rocker meets the sweet side 🙂
Hiya Aunt Kendi
When I saw the 'True Blue' title, I assumed you must've had a thing about Australia…see here for the perhaps the most full on of Aussie accents and perhaps our most patriotic song…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceWKrsJX9N4….
Oh, no, you don't have to thank me.
Love the jacket!
Great blog, and I adore this post! Your outfit is so cute – forever 21 is great, and I wish we had Target in Canada.
Just the other day I put on black tights with my jean skirt and brown booties, but it turns out they were also navy. Which is weird since I don't even remember buying navy tights, ever. Hmm.
Also, what you said about hair is so true, sometimes my hair works out really well and I've no idea what I did to it, so it's hard to repeat.
Adorable! I'm a new fan of your blog and I'm loving those shoes more and more each day 🙂
Seriously loving your blog.
So much, that I, um, blogged about how much I loved it.
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Love your jacket! =)
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Wuteva. There's nothing wrong with a little tone on tone. Especially since you're kind of doing it double here with the reds/toffee browns and the blues.
Also, the dead animal smell face is MAGIC.
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Hey!
I discovered you through ModCloth, and I just wanted to let you know that you're the only other fashion blogger (besides myself) I've ever seen that puts the labels right on the photographs. That was pretty nerdy, but I genuinely got excited about it. 🙂
Cheers,
-Chloe
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YES! The neck brace idea is amazing! I've had a few updo gems that I've tried to keep just so all day without moving, but alas it never works. And I've yet to re-create them. It's like a visit to the salon. You can never re-create the look you leave with. Anyway, you look great as usual. Love the updo and the dress with the jacket.
Katie
You never wear your hair up! You look great! Also really like your jacket in combination with your dress.
Emily//TheLesserPanda
i think this outfit is adorable! your hair looks incredible!
I can't believe that jacket is from Target! It's so cute and the fit is great!
I LOVE your hair. I want long hair again. Sigh.
hahaha oh my goodness. that happened to me too. darn those black tights that really are actually navy. 😛
you look so cute anyways though! love love love the jacket and might get it for myself. 😛
Love the outfit. Target is the best store!
Iris
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Dear Kendi
awesome outfit again. Am loving the tan jacket on you.
When I read the title of the blog entry, I immediately thought of the iconic Australian song True Blue by John Williamson. It's usually played on Australia Day or when heroes save lives in the Aussie bush.
Here are the lyrics, and definitions of slang.
'Hey True Blue, don't say you've gone
Say you've knocked off for a smoko
And you'll be back later on
Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue
Give it to me straight
Face to face
Are you really disappearing,
Just another dying race,
Hey True Blue.
True Blue, is it me and you?
Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo?
Is it standing by your mate
When he's in a fight?
Or will she be right?
True Blue, I'm asking you…
Hey True Blue, can you bear the load?
Will you tie it up with wire,
Just to keep the show on the road?
Hey True Blue, Hey True Blue, now be Fair Dinkum
Is your heart still there?
If they sell us out like sponge cake
Do you really care?
Hey True Blue.
True Blue, is it me and you?
Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo?
Is it standing by your mate
When she's in a fight?
Or will she be right?
True Blue, I'm asking you…
True Blue, is it me and you?
Is it Mum and Dad, is it a cockatoo?
Is it standing by your mate
When he's in a fight?
Or will she be right?
True Blue … True Blue.'
# Fair Dinkum
Virtually the same as True Blue – honest, reliable, trustworthy, dinki-di; someone who has embraced the Aussie attitudes to everything, especially mateship. 'Are you fair dinkum?' means 'are you telling the truth?'
# True Blue
Steadfast loyal Australian who displays the Aussie ideals of a fair go for all, mateship, having a go, and solving problems.
# Smoko
To 'knock off for a smoko' is to have a break for a coffee, tea or cigarette.
http://www.johnwilliamson.com.au/music/true_blue_21.html
OMGLMAO – Kendi! Your facial expression in the last pic is PRICELESS! This post reminds me I have to wear this Tucker dress. It deserves some more love and maybe I should get some navy tights. Now THAT would be unpredictable for me! The hair accident that is wondrous and you try to relish and salvage as long as possible? It comes by about as often as leap years! LOVE the volume of your bun!
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🙂 The volume in your hair DOES look impressive! It makes me wish I still had hair to play with. 😉
I wish I could get my buns to look like that (heh). I covet that dress, for realsies.
I am in total love with that jacket. Seriously.
And your hair does look fantastic! I typically blowdry my hair and then leave it at that. I wish I coudl be at least a little creative in ways to wear my hair differently.
The accidental awesome hair! That is the best and the worst. It's a nice surprise but I can't ever get it back again. After a fantastic hair day two weeks ago, I am STILL trying to create that same look again. With disastrous results.
i love those accidentaly hair days, but i hate when I can't repeat Oh hair….
Love the last picture!
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Interestingly enough, it's your hair that I noticed first. It's fabulous. Very Breakfast at Tiffany's. I swear I am not calling you a high-class escort. This must be one of my favorites of your ensembles. And it's okay that the tights are navy. Because you have that awesome hair, see.
i really like the leather jacket paired with the dress and the booties!
~Ally
http://modestlyfashioned.blogspot.com/
Just found your blog through Sterling Style and absolutely loving it and feeling so inspired by all your gorgeous outfits!