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Hello, Thank You and WIW

MaryA

Hello everyone. After studying the long thread from Angie’s
body image reminder, I vowed that I would actually post a WIW. But first of
all, I want to thank all of the members of this forum, and especially Angie,
Inge and Greg for creating YLF. There is truly no other place quite like it on
the internet.

I have probably been a member for close to four years but I
hardly ever post and I really want to change that. I have always had an excuse –
mainly the lack of a full length mirror and a very casual lifestyle but the
truth is that I can rarely get a photo of myself that I approve of. You see I
also have early-onset Parkinson’s Disease and it has caused the right side of
my face to be a little off – that eye has a bit of a droop and it drives me
crazy in photos – plus my hands shake so you can imagine how hard it is to get
a clear photo. My family teases me that I am the queen of the blurry picture!

Yet it is time I got over that and started contributing! So here
is what I was wearing yesterday for a day of errands and thunderstorms! It is
very simple but it is also the clothing style that I am most “myself” in.

Tee – Uniqlo - with a semi-tuck

Shorts – Old Navy

White belt – Kohl’s – from the men’s department

Shoes – Minnetonka flats

P.S. - I've never done this from my laptop so I hope the entire photo actually shows up.

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33 replies

Latest reply was from Staysfit

Tina

Veteran

Thank you for posting! This is the kind of look many of us sport in the summer and you have nailed it! Love the shoes! The picture looks just fine. You have a beautiful face and your hair style compliments it well. Hope to see more WIW's!

Suz

(website)

Veteran

Oh my gosh, you are adorable!!

I hope it is okay to say that. I hope it is also okay to say that I think I just met my long-lost little sister!

As you know, there are lots of us here who have a casual lifestyle. I love to see casual outfits because it is easy to have great style when you get "dressed up" but harder to look put together in shorts and a tee. But you do.

Thanks for posting and broadening YLF's range even further.

Jaime

(website)

Veteran

You look wonderful in these pictures and welcome to posting!

Colette

Veteran

Waving to you from the Northern Suburbs! You look casually fab!

It took me a few years before I posted a picture too. My life is also very casual and even more so in the summer. I ditto what Suz said, 'it is easy to have great style when you get "dressed up" but harder to look put together in shorts and a tee. But you do.' Looking forward to more of your casual WIW's.

Anonymous

Hi from the Southern US! You look so good. Thanks for posting.

Anonymous

Oh Mary, you look great! It's lovely to see you. And we have another tub balancer (Debora is the other)! Such a great casual and polished outfit. Plus your hair looks fab.

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

*happy dance*

MaryA, you made my day by posting, and thanks for the ongoing support. You are as cute as a button, and I look forward to seeing you post more often. I appreciate the kind words.

MaryA

Thanks everyone - I'm blushing!
Tina - thank you for the warm welcome!
Suz - I have always considered you my style icon on YLF, I am honored to be your long-lost sister but I think that at the ripe age of 54 I'm actually your big sister, not your little sister.
Shevia - thanks and may I say I have always loved your hair style!
Colette - waving back from Geneva.
BC - hi back at you!
Diane - thank you. I am by default a gifted tub balancer :). Thanks for the hair compliment - I've been a pixie girl since my Dorothy Hamill stage in the seventies.

MaryA

Angie - now I am the one doing the happy dance. I solemnly swear to spend some quality time on top of my tub and post more often!

deb

Veteran

You are so cute!!

MaryA

deb - thank you

Bonnie

Veteran

You look great and your photos are perfect. I had a Dorothy Hamill in the 70's, too. I loved that cut.

UmmLila (Lisa)

Veteran

Very cute summer look. Thanks for posting at long last!

Maneera

(website)

Veteran

Oh my, you're super cute!!! Seriously.... I've never seen anyone look so casually fab in a simple tee & shorts!

You have an adorable smile and fab hair. And I like the photo! I don't see 'blurry' at all.

Thanks for posting, Mary. I hope to see you more often.

RobinF

Veteran

You look great. It's hard to get post-worthy pictures isn't it! For me it's the lighting and mirror in one spot.

rachylou

Veteran

OMG. You *do* look like Suz. And RoseandJoan to me. I love your hair and your casual outfit there works well. Totally button cute.

Oh right, and Hello! Lol

kkards

Veteran

this is the perfect summer outfit! Fab.

BrieN

Veteran

This is a great outfit for summer weather and you look amazing in it. Full disclosure, I moved from my phone to my computer to see the photos better because I was doubting my eyes. Did you say 54? I had you much younger. I hope it's not weird to say but you have great legs and the proportion of those shorts is really good on you.

Suz

(website)

Veteran

No...I still beat you!!

It's true!

Here's something spooky, too...when I was 18 months old my mother actually gave birth to a stillborn baby girl. Gulp.

Very honoured and humbled to be a style icon to anyone. Sheesh. You have been here long enough to see my early posts. (Runs blushing to the corner).

Anyway, I can certainly see that we have some qualities in common. BTW, Parkinson's is also in my family! I have been very fortunate but two uncles have had this.

Sara L.

Veteran

Nice! The belt makes the outfit look purposeful and not just shorts and t-shirt. The pictures look good - not blurry at all.

Anonymous

Looks good to me. Casual and effortlessly stylish.

Murph11

Veteran

Casual greatness, Mary! And, THANK YOU for the tip of shopping men's for a white belt! I've been looking and looking for a replacement without any luck, and now my options have doubled!

Inge

(website)

So brilliant that you posted, Mary (I'm loving it that Angie's thread has inspired several of us to post, me included;-)
You look great, truly, and your casual outfit is super fun! Love it that you've paired the shorts with loafers, and the white belt is such a good finishing touch.

Style Fan

Veteran

I am so glad you posted Mary. You look great in your shorts and your outfit is perfect for your day. Nice accessories.

kimlee

Veteran

You are simply beautiful. I love this cute and casual look that you have shared.

MaryA

Bonnie -I just loved my Dorothy Hamill cut too. It was the first cut that made my masses of very straight and very thick hair look intentional.
Rachylou - Thank you, I can't think of two better people to resemble.
BrieN - Thanks about the legs - no its not weird at all, I understand the intention behind the compliment :). I have always looked young for my age - I used to have people assume that I was my daughter's teenage sister and I was 30 years old!
Suz - In that case you are my official big sister - I've never had one before. Parkinson's (or a variation) may run in my family too. My mother's half-sister died of complications from the disease. But I have had it for 12 years and am considered to be the "medical miracle" at the university neurology department where I am treated due to the fact that my symptoms have never worsened.
Murph11 - Kohl's mens department is my go to place for inexpensive belts. This one is officially a golf belt and my DH, DD and I all have the same black leather dress belt!
Maneera - Thank you. It's more a question of finally getting a picture where nothing is blurry and then when I do get a clear picture I usually have some odd look on my face because I'm concentrating so hard on not moving!
Inge - I'm glad Angie's thread convinced me too. I've been meaning to for such a long time and this was just the push I needed to get started.
RobinF, kkards, Sara L, delurked, Style Fan and kimlee - Thank you all for such a warm welcome.

Peri

Veteran

Chiming in on the cute! I love your hair and smile, and the clothes are a perfect daily casual I think. And wow, you do look like Suz! Glad you are joining in.

Firecracker (Sharan)

Veteran

Mary, you are adorable, and your lovely smile brightened my day. I like your shorts outfit with a semi-tuck. The shorts fit so well--a nicely relaxed fit that remains neat looking.
I think someone should get you a full-length mirror for your birthday, or whatever occasion you can dream up. It's such a great style tool!
I'm bad at taking hand-held camera photos, too. For WIW photos, I set my camera on a stairwell railing that is about waist-high, aim it at the doorway in front of which I will pose, and I set the timer. I guess you can't do that with a phone, but if you have a regular camera, maybe it will work for you, too.

shedev

Veteran

Great WIW.

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