Color Coordinated

Blazer (Zara- similar version here) Blouse (Forever 21 - old); Bottoms (Banana Republic - similar version here); Shoes (DSW - similar and much cooler version here); Necklace (Accessory Concierge); Bracelet (Purchased at Thread)

What She Says:

Given that I was in middle school in the 80's, I have lived through the neon fad once before.  If you weren't wearing neon then you just weren't cool.  The trend is all the way back and huge for Spring (see a few of my style icons rocking neon here and here).  This time around I won't be rocking my old turquoise blue Keds, but I can justify pops of neon for the office when it is stylishly tamed with navy blue.


What He Says:

When I was a kid, "neon" was an adjective used to describe Deion Sanders.  It was also the color of your fat shoelaces.  Maybe a neon color or two appeared in your Jams or...God forbid...your Zubaz.  Girls were a little more into "extreme neon."  In middle school, I distinctly remember some girls sporting a neon sweatshirt/socks/hair bow combo, and the only "stylish taming" was a jean skirt.  Pretty hot stuff, right?  Compared to that memory, I didn't even realize that Allie's look incorporated any neon colors.  Then again, I'm not very observant.  Otherwise I'd have cropped that little pine tree out of the background of these pictures.