Oh Mac, you are so nice, thankyou for such a compliment. I always thought that to be dressed we had to go all out with all of the accessories. I guess that comes from being a child in the 60's when women wore matching necklace, earrings, and bracelets. I am just now learning that being a minimilist can also be a style. In fact Angie told me that and it made a huge impact on the way of looking at style for this 55 year old. Don't we just love Angie's blog and forum.
P.S. I am embarrassed to even open the links now. How silly of me to compare myself to a French actress. I was only joking but it did make me see, just like you said, going with out all of the makeup and jewelry, and having kind of an edge can work too.