The Outfit:
(in an "ensemble cube")
First of all, I should like to apologize for the rubbishy photo-quality. Sarah is the photographer and Sarah is gone (with her new camera) which leaves me with a mirror, my tablet, and selfies. C'est la vie. Like I said, this outfit is a casual one and not terribly creative but it shows what one can do with a limited wardrobe:1.) The jeans are medium-wash straight-leg jeans that are impossibly long. I mean, I am 5'6 and I once upon a time thought I couldn't wear them. Started rolling up the bottoms for a cozy-prep feel and there you are.
2.) Shoes are just brown ballerina flats. Bor-ing.
3.) This green top is of the baby-doll variety that can look impossibly maternal if you aren't really careful. What's fun about the addition of this brown small-ribbed corduroy jacket is that it gives the green shirt a bit of a waistline (always leave your bottom button un-done) while still allowing the flattering flow of the top to show up.
4.) You can't see it terribly well in the photo but I am wearing a triple-necklace with accents of gold, pink, and green. You know the ones: they always somehow manage to get in an intricate bungle by the end of an hour? I'm also wearing tiny genuine amethyst/gold/diamond drop-earrings which you can't see because I'm not that cool with a mirror and my tablet.
5.) I swear the makeup picture is not over-exposed by any black art of my own. It's the weird effect of these halfway-snowing skies and my bedroom light. Que sera, sera, people. If you happened to be able to see anything, you would realize that I am wearing eye shadow in purple hues to pick up the amethyst earrings and help the shirt bring out the green in my eyes. And then I have Revlon "Stormy Pink" matte lipstick on to pick up the pink in the necklace and the pink in my face. It's a nice lipstick.
That is the whole of my ensemble today, Jenny! Sarah comes home this evening so let us hope she will help me next time so you won't have to succumb to a crazy tablet photo-op next time. :) Cheers!
This is absolutely splendid. The jacket really jumped out at me because, one, you know you're not supposed to fasten the bottom button (props!), and you know it works super well to raise the waistline; that and a baby-doll shirt work well on curvy bodies. You've got a rough-chic style going on, glamoured-up just a little by the gold highlights of the jewellery. Very nice! And don't worry about the flats: you've got enough going on up top already so you wouldn't want to jerk people's attention down toward your feet. Your agreeing colour scheme is very nice: the greens are just offset enough to work together without looking like you were trying to match them (big no-no), and the subtle addition of purples is excellent.
ReplyDeleteOne last comment: if you want to cut back on some of that hem-roll, hemming a pair of pants is really easy. I would be willing to bet a lot that you already know how to do that. If I'm wearing a pair of high heels, I'll turn up the hem of my skinny jeans, but with a flared leg like that you might want to consider hemming it a little so that any artistic rolls are not too chubby around your shapely ankles.
Thanks for posting! ^.^
I like this outfit, but I love anything with jackets. I love jackets. I think they are the best thing ever. I can feel like a Ranger, and yet still look stylish enough to not have my parents stop me on my way out the door and go, "You're wearing THAT out?"
ReplyDeleteAnd jeans. I don't love jeans, but when I am in a hurry, or don't feel like spending time getting dressed up, I've found the wonderfulness of them. I can look nice without all the work. (I'm a lazy dresser sometimes, especially while I am editing.) And with a jacket I can wear one of my comfy tee shirts, button the jacket, and no one knows I have Tweety Bird on my front.
Thanks for sharing this outfit. I love your outfit posts. (You have the same body shape as me, curvy, and I don't know how to dress for my body shape. So it is nice to have references of someone who does know.)
Cute outfit! I like how you slimmed the top with the jacket.
ReplyDeleteCa-UTE! Loving the brown of the jacket with the green shirt. And your necklace is heavenly. ^.^
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