My first reaction to this outfit was that I would never have thought of pairing those two colors together and I didn't know if I liked the result. But my second reaction was that for a blonde, Diane Kruger looked very nice in that bright plum color. I have always thought that bright plum (or that shade of fuchsia) was a color reserved to brunettes (not that I am as blond as Diane Kruger but I am definitively not a brunette).
So yesterday, when I was in a store and I found the same cashmere cardigan in that same color for the incredible price of $34.99, I picked it up over the same one in black (now of course I regret not picking up BOTH for that price). If Diane Kruger can do bright plum, so do I, I thought.
I thought that it would be fun to try to recreate a similar look with this cardigan and something that I own. I don't have the Surf tweed charter skirt so I have paired it with the Drapey Drexel plisse skirt. And let's be honest, what really takes that outfit from preppy to a whole new level are the Lanvin heels (I immediately recognized the shoes when I saw the pic because my favorite shoe store had them in the window for a long time and I was swooning over them each time that I went grocery shopping, as the shoe store is on my way to the grocery store).
I happen to have a pair of similar heels from Zara that I bought in Italy just before getting pregnant. When I found out that I was pregnant I freaked out and decided not to wear the shoes until the baby was born, out of fear of falling over my heels and hurt the baby or worst (my husband agreed). In the end I never got around to wear them, because after having a baby you don't really feel like going around in a 4' heel.
But maybe, thanks to Jcrew and miss Kruger, they will have a second chance to be worn:
I have to say that this color doesn't photograph very well. If you have seen it in person you know that it's much more vibrant (and I hope that washing the cardigan won't change this) and I really like it with black, it's a nice alternative for the evening.
Here is a pic of the Lanvin-esque Zara shoes:
What do you think? Which look do you like better (you are allowed to say that you like Diane's look better, no problem)? Do you think that bright plum is for brunettes?
