What to Wear With Your Sorels
Last night we got over 4 inches of beautiful new snow. Today I have a parent meeting for a youth theatre group my daughter is in. What to wear?
Normally I would wear the uniform: nice jeans and sweater, topped by a blazer. But I don’t have any “everyday” boots (long story, perhaps another post).
For Christmas this year my hero asked for these boots, to match mine that I’ve had for several years. How romantic!
Long story short: I’m wearing a brown merino wool turtleneck, topped by an oatmeal heather cashmere v-neck “boyfriend” sweater; jeans tucked into my Sorels, puffy down coat.
What’s it like in your neck of the woods today?
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The Perfect Valentine’s Day Handbag
Lesa Wallace Handbags and CoutureCandy have joined forces to help raise awareness about breast cancer. 20% of all proceeds for the Medium Prosperity Bag in Pink will be donated to the National Breast Cancer Foundation.
No, I don’t really expect you to buy this bag for $425. But it’s beautiful, isn’t it? Researching purse trends at the request Jennifer at Snapshot, I ran across this one (click the picture if you would like to buy).
Paranthetically: this blog needs some pink, doesn’t it? Well, re-design will have to wait, at least until I am done with categorizing.
What are your thoughts on handbags?
Update (January 23, 2007):Â Designer Lesa Wallace’s boyfriend Richard was kind enough to drop by here with great news:Â This bag comes with or without pockets! How romantic is that?
See comments for discount info and more.
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What I’m Wearing to MOPS Tomorrow
Just in case anyone’s checking, I will be wearing this sweater tomorrow. With jeans, though. And maybe my red (platform wedge) clogs.
Sorry, I spent too much time on the wedding post to get a picture in the entire outfit.
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What to Wear: Formal Wedding
Jenna asks a challenging question:
What do you wear to a formal wedding that’s both modest and gorgeous? Oh, not to mention I’m still nursing and none of my really nice clothes fit me right now.
When I was a kid, before the casualist coup, formal meant long. Since then, we have had the mini-skirt revolution, two fashion cycles of pantsuits, and a whole bunch of new invitation designations have been invented.
The wedding is the beginning of March and in NC. The time is 5pm with a following sit down dinner and dancing with a band. When we asked the groom what the attire was, he came back with formal and defined it as a suit for my husband and a dress for me.
(Coutorture photo, Lyn Devon dress.)
Upon googling the term “formal wedding guest”, I see that, technically the groom is correct. Certainly Jenna’s husband should feel under no obligation to rent a tux. Jenna has several ways she could go:
- A simple dress, color or print, is always good. This is the option for someone whose priority is keeping the ultimate frugal wardrobe.
- A cocktail or party dress. See this article on wedding guest attire, with picture. And here’s a nursing mom who went with this concept to a gala event last October.
- When nursing, sometimes only a skirt and top will do. Do you have something a little festive and flowy, or embellished?
You’ve all got to admit, this is one of the harder questions we ladies have to face. What would you wear?
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WFMW: When Sweaters Shrink
Try this when, after several years of machine wash/dry flat, sweaters begin “creeping up on you”.
Remove sweater from washer, hang carefully on curved shoulder dress hanger, and gently pull down on hem and sleeves.
Oh yes, it’s that simple. Using this technique, I have gotten years more wear out of my merino wool turtlenecks. Also works with t-shirts; teach this to your teens!
More great ideas at Shannon’s place.
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Fashion Lab: The Column Effect
Yay! Once again, trial conquers error.
The concept here is to illustrate how to create a slimming “column effect”.
Since it’s taken me so long to figure out how to do the pictures and get this up, I think I’ll just hit “publish” without any commentary.
What comments do you have?
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Now Appearing at One Weigh or Another
Announcing my first guest blogging gig:
Style Challenge for the Weigh Down, appearing at One Weigh or Another.
That was fun!
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Rated PG-13
So in Dress Your Best: The Complete Guide to Finding the Style That’s Right for Your Body
93% of men, if asked, would say their shirt size is a large.
To which my hero replies, without missing a beat:
I wonder if that explains why condoms don’t work.
LOL
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Optical Effects with Color from Style Bites
Style Bites (a real, live fashion stylist!) has a post up about using color to effect the general silhouette of your outfit.
My favorite tip:
- your lightest color will draw attention, so make sure that it creates a flattering optical shape.
Check it out. (Thanks for the tip, Wendy!)
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Shoes For the Hip Young Mom
Charity Grace asked about shoes that don’t look too old-ladyish. My dd chose the first pair, I like the second. (We all like both.)
Both of these come in black also, but obviously the detailing doesn’t show up as well. Either style for less than $50.
Excuse the mess, here, the new blog is still “under construction”.
