Comments on: Mid-season rant

By: Antje

Antje — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 04:50:21 +0000

Here is one more thing I love about this spring season: the prevalence of dark blue (ink blue and navy). I have always liked dark blues, and they are flattering on me, but in the past I’ve found that dark blue was mostly reserved to classy/conversative items, which is not my style. Now it’s a trendy color and you can actually dress it up funky, very nice!

By: amanda

amanda — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:09:16 +0000

I saw a nice A line denim skirt at jcrew…

http://www.jcrew.com/catalog/p.....=cat301216

well its technically ‘chambray’, but it’s denimy enough.

By: lisa

lisa — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:07:12 +0000

about 2 weeks ago i went to Nordstom looking for straight white jeans. The sales girls (and yes, they were girls) looked at me as though i was hopelessly out of touch. Even in the other departments, all i could find was wide. what gives?

By: Alison

Alison — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 15:56:03 +0000

I like trouser styles but when all I could find was a wide leg pair of jeans, I altered them by taking about 6 inches of width out of ea leg. It took a few hours of work with a yardstick and a pencil to mark them and resew the seams.

By: Ana

Ana — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 05:12:34 +0000

I am not a fan of wide leg pants, I much prefer a trouser cut for denim (this is as “wide leg” as I’ll go). Skinny jeans just don’t work for me unless they are tucked into boots (with heels) and worn with something that is substantial, like a sweater. I have short legs and tunic length tops just emphasize this. I do agree though, a voluminous top needs to be balanced with a skinny leg. Because of this, I stay away from those as well.

By: dcrmom

dcrmom — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 03:09:11 +0000

Yes, you are right about ALL that. And I have still not found a regular jean in a decent rise. The trouser jeans have a higher rise, but not the straight legs and skinnies. I WANT a higher rise. Hmph!

Also. The voluminous tops do NOTHING for me. Fortunately t-shirts are still to be had. But I wish I could find something that is NOT a t-shirt that is flattering. Sigh…

By: Angie

Angie — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:55:37 +0000

Yes, Antje. I will blog about cream vs beige. Cream is NOT beige. Beige is hard to wear unless you are dark skinned, or it’s contrasted perfectly with another colour.

By: cathy

cathy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 02:36:51 +0000

I’m feeling better about the color selection in the stores so far. I’m a low end shopper and have been having a great time shopping at Target lately. They have a lot of great flat sandals this year, though I am too short for that and am sticking to 3″ wedges. Old Navy is carrying skinny jeans if anyone cares to look at them. Their skinny “Diva” jean is not perfect but it’s pretty good for me. The dark rinse fits better than the light one.

By: m

Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:31:59 +0000

i completely agree with you on the high hems. everything is too low cut and high hemmed these days — one of my favorite small boutiques is shabby apple (shabbyapple.com) whose mission is to make dresses you don’t need a cami for. i love that prints, florals, and bright colors are in.

i’m loving the bright colors and prints in shoes too but there is a total lack of comfortable closed-toed shoes. but spring is still too cold and rainy to be wearing open toes all the time. i honestly don’t have a single pair of closed-toed shoes that i would walk around in for a couple of hours without tears, bruises and/or blisters.

By: Antje

Antje — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:40:05 +0000

I love the many bright colors this spring, it’s such a joy to see. I also like that patent is still very much en vogue for shoes. Nothing like a ballet flat in bright patent leather to signal that spring is here

Angie, regarding your comment about cream pants, would you blog about the color cream someday? I have trouble distinguishing the colors cream and beige and would love to see some examples. I also would love to figure out whether one of these colors is wearable for me. I have always shied away from anything in the whole wide spectrum of white to beige and everything in-between, but I like those colors on other women, especially in spring and summer. What makes cream wearable near the face?