What I Wore This Week - Suggestions Welcome

Here is what I wore this week, I appreciate any suggestions you have to improve these looks.

1) Monday: Black pencil skirt, pattern blouse, turquoise cardigan, orange tights layered under black pattern tights. I think this looked pretty good.
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0938.jpg

2) Tuesday: cream layering tee, apple green wrap dress, pattern scarf, brown tights and boots. Not sure about this, I don't think this dress looks good on me.
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0942.jpg
With jacket and hat:
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0944.jpg

3) Wednesday: dot print empire waist dress, white button down, black cardigan
This seems just ho hum: http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0954.jpg

4) Thursday: new green banded top sweater, kut from Kloth jeans and pattern blouse:
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0956.jpg

5) Friday: skinny jeans, white button down, purple tee shirt. I felt hideous in this, but it looks better than I thought in the picture.
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0957.jpg

6) Friday night: skinny jeans, chartreuse tee shirt, drop waist tunic dress, red belt, black/chartreuse brooch. I thought this was cute.
http://i685.photobucket.com/al.....CN0958.jpg

Any ideas you have to improve these looks would be much appreciated. I didn't really feel too fab this week, but was trying to add more skirts and dresses.
Thanks!

16 years ago

marianna

Veteran

I think you underestimate your style! I love all the outfits, you look great! Bright colors are wonderful on you!

Queen Mum

I thought your 2 Friday outfits were the best 2 of the week. That purple and white combo is really flattering on you and you wear that black dress KILLER! Love it.
I thought Monday was great too.
Tuesday...... I think I'm in agreement with you. that isn't the best color on you. Perhaps if you paired it with a differernt color. Are you terribly attached to that dress?
Wednesday- that is a very cute dress on you. I like it. but here's my constructive criticizm with a disclaimer... disclaimer is that I am really picky about what to wear black with. I do not fall into the camp of "black works with everything" so having said that, I think this outfit would be stunning if your jacket boots and hose were a different neutral color- possibly brown, grey or even a muted purple. I would suggest you play around with that a bit.
Thursday is very nice on you too.... is that the same color green as the dress? this color seems to work better on you.

JuliaInGermany

Active Member

So many great outfits! I like the 2 Friday outfits a lot and the Thursday outfit is my favorite. That banded top looks really stunning! The Monday outfit is very nice, too, but I would add a colourful necklace to spice it up a bit.

I love the green dress you wore on Tuesday, but I'm not sure the layering is working so very well. Perhaps you could try it with a brown turtleneck or T-shirt and brown tights and boots. The cream t-shirt, patterned scarf and dark legs don't got together very well imho.

I agree with queenie on the Wednesday outfit. The dress is very cute, but I don't like it in combination with black. To me it looks like a summer dress and I'm not sure it can be worn with a dark cardi and tights and boots at all. I'd probably reserve it for spring/summer wear.

chewyspaghetti

Love the color of the blue sweater on you, and Friday night's is very sassy. You could do with some necklaces, I think.

Kristine

Your outfits look great! Here are the things I thought of...

Tuesday: How about wearing the dress without layers and then using a wide black belt instead of the tie (if it can be removed). I think streamlining the top and then wearing a dark wide belt would give it nice waist definition.

Wednesday: I agree that this kind of looks like a summer dress, so the black looks heavy with it. Maybe try it without the cardigan and lighter stockings?

Thursday: Pretty colors and I like the bit of pattern sticking out. The jeans look great! This top could also work with a wide black belt!

Friday: Cute and funky! Good suggestion about necklaces, this would even work with a pile of them.

Misia

Very creative week, my faves are tuesday and friday! I love that green dress on you!!!

Angie

(website)

Fashion Stylist

A fabulous week! My only suggestion would be to swap out the self fabric belt of the green dress. Loving your creative layering techniques :0)

LoP

I like your week a lot. Friday is my favorite! I think richer colors work the best on you, e.g., the purple and the red your wore.

RoseandJoan

Fathenry, I love your green dress, can't wait to see you sport it in Spring without the layers. Like Angie and Kristine have suggested swapping the belt will look fab.

I really like you in the turquoise cardigan.

I sometimes like to wear my hair up when donning a collared shirt to expose more of the neck.

You look great!

fathenry

Hi Ladies, Thank you so much for all of your wonderful suggestions! I really appreciate your taking the time to look.

Marianna, thank you for the vote of confidence. I was really trying to breathe new life into some old pieces.

Queenie, thank you for your great insight on the white dress. It is indeed a summer dress and I tried to winterize it. I think you are so right on, I will try it with my nude fishnets and red heels when it gets closer to spring. I really agree with your take on the black.

Pregnantmom, I think you are right about the layering on that green dress. I had to take about 20 pics of it, you know when that happens something just isn't working!

Chewyspaghetti - I love your idea of necklaces, thank you!

Kristine, I was inspired by your summer sweater post when I put together friday's daytime look, I wasn't sure I pulled it off like you did but it seems like it worked! Thank you so much for the idea of the wide belt, I am defnitely going to remove the tie from that green dress. I think that is the problem.

Renata and Angie, thank you so much for the kind words, I am insecure about my lack of waist and I'm glad you think the outfits including the green dress looked nice.

Legacy of Pearl, thank you for your insight on the color choices, it is so nice to get some help in that area, it really makes a big difference!

RoseandJoan, I'm glad you also think the green dress is acceptable on me. I am removing that tie belt today! Thank you for the suggestion about putting up hair, I would never have thought of that but the collars are the best part on a lot of these!

To every one, a sincere Thank You for your thoughtful and very helpful suggestions.

Mellllls

I'm late but I wanted to say I thought Monday, Thursday, and the Friday skinny jean outfits were great! I agreed that something was off about Wednesday's outfit but the others seem to have hit the nail on the head that the black is the problem. I think swapping the black for the gray would be fabulous!

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