My 30x30 week ( I will add Friday when I get a photo) was built around my 30x30 pieces and the July 4th holiday. I especially need input on the Long sleeved topper on Saturday and Sunday. It is a perfect weight for summer but I don't want to keep it if it is too short. I invision more high waisted bottoms in the near future and hope that it will work with those. I bought it thinking of Sunday's striped skirt outfit, it is a very similar fabric but wider stripe. Does this work? The same piece is worn on Saturday as a topper over a column of navy and as a "scarf" as the day got warmer. Does this look ok?
Saturday: (1-4) EF midnight (navy) pants and silk she'll with EF striped top as topper. 3 is just pants and shell. 4 is black linen dress worn as a topper.
Sunday: EF linen stripe shell and skirt with tomato red cardi, white flats, red bag, narrow white with black dots scarf, white web belt. Please look at #7. Does the stripe topper work?
Monday: (8/9). Tomato red knit top with EF navy ankle pants, white jean jacket, athletic white flats.
Tuesday July 4th: (10) EF navy ankle pants, Tahari silk top in red, white and blue, white D'Orsay flats.
Wednesday: (11/12). Denim shorts with EF black linen assemmetrical top, silver sneakers, sun hat
Thursday: (13-15): Gap wide leg crops, tomato red tee, white web belt, polka dotted scarf, white athletic flats.
Your comments and suggestions are welcomed!
ETA: Friday: (16-17). The butterfly patterned top and released hem jeans, black ankle strap flats. 17 is not what I wore but included to get your opinion. I have on an open shirt waist dress as a duster over the outfit. Does it work or have possibilities? I wear the dress buttoned up over skinny pants as a casual outfit. The dress is not part of my 30 items. I will add musings separately.
What I have learned this week: (1). I have been tracking wears and have seen some surprises. By far my most worn shoes are the silver sneakers, then the white athletic flats. I thought it would be the black ankle strap flats but they are the least worn. I think this is because the ankle straps are fussy to put on and take off and are not as casual as the most worn. We are often in houses, including ours, where outdoor shoes are not worn inside. I would slap rather wear more casual shoes for walks ( usually on gritty gravel trails). I need quick off and on to empty out sharp stones that get inside the shoes. Before the challenge, I was planning to add more ankle strap flat. Now I don't think so.
(2.). I really do need color and pattern to be happiest. Adding the bright tomato red tee last week, I see that it was worn 5 times! It is the color, not that it is a tee. My white one was not worn at all in this time. I also used a red bag once.
(3). I hesitate to wear white/bone pieces in my 30/30 and seem to want to save them for events. Most of these have not been worn at all. I am glad that I have them but may remove them from the 30/30. Maybe event clothing should be exempt for me. I am not even wearing them smart casually, I think to keep them clean.
(4). I am missing a third piece on these warm days and have been using some jewelry or small scarves exempted from the 30x30, but am trying to use only a couple in the spirit of the challenge.
(5). With the changes I made last week, I am not yet bored and don't mind repeating what I like.
Applause to anyone who makes it through all this description and musing!