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Is it okay to wear Spring looks yet?

rae

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Talk about seasonally confused... this year I'm finding myself in the dead of winter calendar-wise, but in heat like the summer, and surrounded by spring fashions on the sales floor.

I am not sure what to do - insist on getting wear out of my sweaters and boots while I can get away with it? Go with the flow and pretend it's summer? Embrace a role as a walking catalogue and stick with the spring items on the shelves? I don't want to get bored with my S/S capsule before S/S has truly begun... but let's be honest, it feels totally weird to gear up in woolies in these temps. And I am kind of itching to bust out my new spring digs.

Anyone out there have opinions or experience with this? Denise? Mo?

And as an aside... anyone in for a Pinterest challenge coming up??

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Raisin

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I don't know if it's too soon for Spring. I'd say for sure in canada but I know you're in much warmer weather.

I could use a Pinterest challenge to get myself back on track. I have no style lately.

nancylee

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You can probably get away with more Spring looks in CA than those of us in the cold Northeast, Rae. Perhaps you can start mixing in some spring colors and fabrics with your winter pieces…sort of a transitional look that give a nod to Spring while still acknowledging that it's January.

Mo

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I'd say yes. If the weather is acting like spring, then spring it is. Maybe choose lighter weight fabrics in more F/W colors? But honestly, if it's frickin' 80 degrees, wear peep toes or white or whatever, ya know??

ironkurtin

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Yes. It's hot enough here that I shaved my legs. Of course, that usually means it's going to snow in a few days.

CocoLion

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I know, this is so crazy, it's in the low 70s, and it will continue to be warm for the next 10 days (high 60s). I say wear winter white, black and white, red maybe. I think it's also a great time for booties without socks, rolled bf's, white jeans, etc. I'm not ready to pull out my shorts and sandals yet though. Nor am I ready for true Spring pastels. Although maybe kelly green, navy and white -- those might work.

minimalist

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Total n00b questions for you:

- if you wear your S/S capsule when weather permits/requires it, does this violate guidelines important to you (or to your employer)?

- if you get bored of you S/S capsule, will you be out of options (bc of budget or supply limitations) for supplementing it or building an additional capsule?

- do you feel (or are you, by employer) obligated to wear your autumn/winter wear?

Diana

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Booties with bare legs! I am jealous. Sometimes I bring skirts when I visit my parents in CA even though there's no need for anything but jeans just because I never get to wear my favorite skirt/boots/bare legs combos. Tights suck.

minimalist

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- are there really women who shave/wax seasonally? where I'm from, many don't depilate at all, but as far as I know it's pretty much either/or, year-round. For the money I spend on underwear, I like to love the way it looks every day.

rae

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Good questions, Amy K.!

- I have no guidelines to follow except to represent the stylistic vibe of brands that I sell.
- If I get bored, there are always ways to supplement, but I would rather get to use the stuff for as long as possible.
- I am not obligated at all to wear winter wear... my coworker is already in skirts and sandals.

I suppose my main worry is that I am selling short my winter stuff and will be beating the S/S to death. Also, I'm already kind of bored with S/S looks because... well, I was wearing the same things well into November and haven't stopped wearing certain items as layering pieces. Sometimes endless summer = tedium.

annagybe

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I'd say wear lighter fabrications, but keep them in a winter color palette.

bmed

I live in a warm climate also. I'm going with layers right now. Even thin layers...how about jeans and boots but then some transitional tops? The thing is, our warm weather lasts....FOREVER. So I will try to get as much mileage out of "winter wear". I will say this...I do have certain things that I only wear seasonally...sandals, boots, linen, etc.

lyn*

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It's spring-like temps here for me today, so I definitely pulled out a cotton dress - there's few enough days here in the north that we can wear things like that, so I'm all for it!

bmed

Or maybe some lighter, thinner tops with sweaters, jackets

Greyscale

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I've been struggling with this. I didn't realize I had so many things I think of as "summer" since we don't really have seasons. But this week's heat wave (70s, to be fair, not real heat) had me torn between wearing a few favorite summer pieces and wearing all the winter sweaters I've missed wearing. My linen pants are staying in the drawer til later in the year, but my sleeveless silk tops are year-round layering pieces. I don't know. Seasonal confusion for sure. I miss the cold.

CocoLion

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AmyK -- I love A/W dressing and feel I am being cheated out of wearing my cozy cardigans with this super warm weather! Due to its great selection, I made a big commitment to knitwear this year and now I feel I can't wear it. For me, not pulling out S/S clothes now means I won't get sick of them by, for example, June.

JAileen

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Please wear summer clothes! Maybe it's a jinx and we'll get some weather! I'm starting to get concerned about our trees. We're going to turn on the sprinklers to water them. I don't care about the lawn, but if the trees die, it takes another 20 years to grow new ones.

Adelfa

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Rae, as a fellow Californian, I have a personal rule not to wear Spring items until at least February 15, and then judiciously for another 4-6 weeks after that. I made that date up, but for a reason--as you say, it's just too ridiculous to wear S/S items from January to November.

So this (for me) means a F/W palette, long sleeves (scrunched or rolled), and footwear that covers my toes and probably my heels too (for example this week I wore my beloved AGL ballet flats over bare feet).

I love the ideas of black and white, and booties with bare legs. More white in general. A silk shirt is very lightweight, or a drapey jersey tee. Less layering, unfortunately!

Obviously you can do what you want! Whatever would be fun, because I know no matter what you do you'll look amazing!

Suz

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I am tempted to growl...okay for YOU maybe but up here we are in snow boots...

But in all seriousness, I see the dilemma! And wow, I find this fascinating. I guess it is always interesting to see how "the other half" lives - whatever the source of the divide. I guess with retail designed for some bizarre idealized four-season world, in a way, the fashion seasons never completely work for ANY of us. By the time the spring stuff appears in the shops you have already been sweltering for months; meanwhile, I am still shivering in my puffer and find it difficult to imagine spring! I guess maybe somebody in Virginia is happy!

deb

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Go for it!!!

Gigi

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Maybe you could make Friday of each week your spring day? Then you could wear some of your new spring stuff without getting too tired of it.

Sveta

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I am so wary from winter now that I would jump on the spring bandwagon right away if I could!
I never believed in "season" appropriate weather anyway, for me it is weather appropriate + "whatever I feel like at the moment"

cciele

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I'm wearing lighter-weight versions of "cold" weather clothing, but in winter colors -- black, white, gray, green. Wearing boots and booties, no sandals. Nothing that screams spring/summer, although it definitely feels like it. It was 76 deg F the other day! The mind boggles.

rae

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Thank you all for your wisdom! I am definitely seeing (as Jody and Suz alluded) that in many ways one has to create one's own seasons and seasonal rules in this type of climate.

I am sort of seeing now how narrowing my use of color may bite me in the behind here... There are so little colors involved that I am struggling with the meaning of fall colors and spring colors.

I can definitely make a point of styling outfits around my leather jackets right now - that's one place to start, especially the Muubaa, since it's thicker and darker than my Tahari.

Denise, you also have me thinking that, for the future, maybe this is also a sign that I should not buy much knitwear. Not that I got that much anyway, but good to keep in mind.

goldenpig

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I think you should wear whatever you like. That's the benefit of a temperate climate. Rules, schmules! If it's appropriate for the current weather (ie you're not too cold or hot wearing it), who cares if it's "spring" or "fall"? I'll wear a fall type palette/outfit one day and spring the next depending on my mood and capricious whims. And yes I wear ballet flats in the winter!
Signed,
Ms. Seasonally Confused

Neel

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I am with Anna. Wear winter color palette with lighter weight fabrications. And put the boots back and get into sandals!! That's what our climate calls for!

Lantana

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Can you tease out your Spring wardrobe a little so that you wear wintery/springy things now and leave summery/springy things for later.
I have divvied up my summer wardrobe into clothes for early in the season with reasonable temps (eighties and low nineties) and clothes for high season with totally unreasonable temps (century and upwards). I have deliberately kept the latter and former separate so I don't get bored.

LoveSarahDub

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I think I experience this problem every year! Living in Arkansas you never know when a 70 degree sunny day will pop up on you in the middle of December! I always prefer my colder weather wardrobe, but as soon as it starts to get warm or (more often) when I get new spring goodies, I start hoping for a weather change!

I really don't do an entire closet switch every season. I like to work in my warmer pieces during colder months, and do the opposite during warmer months. I sometimes throw a sweater on with shorts, or rock some neon in the middle of winter. But I do try to stick with what time of year it is versus what the temperature reads (within reason), since I think its ridiculous that everyone here breaks out shorts if it reaches above 60 in January. But whatever makes you feel fabulous, go for it!

E

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This is why my closet has quite a few 'wintry' coloured clothes in warmer weather fabrics! Living in south Texas, I never know if we're going to get real fall/winter or not, and wearing at least different colours comforts me. But that's because fall & winter are my favourite seasons!

If you want to start wearing your spring stuff, and the weather's cooperating, seems like you should! Try an outfit or two at least and see if it makes you happy.

kkards

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no wisdom to offer on the s/s clothing when the calendar say winter, but i'm afraid with the weird weather we have been having the last few years (where i live, the last couple of years, christmas was warmer than easter), i think this is a question more of us will be asking.

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