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WIW- unloved Zara top.

Jenni NZ

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So, a shoe sale looking trip yesterday. I know, I know, I have 52 pairs and shouldn't look... Didn't end up buying, but my best friend got some pairs at like $29, brands that started off near $200. I thought I'd try looking fashionable ( ?) in my Sep 2015 Zara top from Melbourne which cost $ 70 and that was only its third wearing, shame. At the time I had 70s fashion excitement, 2015, it all felt fresh and new and I love orange and love florals. But it is a bit short maybe ( horrors, I can see slight camel toe in pic 1!- sorry for the frightening image) and the bell sleeves are a bit long, can't wear it to work, the sleeves will drape all over the patients....
Shall I keep trying or purge it as a bad job. Try jeans???

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Latest reply was from Summer

Thea

you don't seem to love it with your usual enthusiasm. try a holding area or just purge it.

binkle

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Maybe it's more the mix of items than the top itself? To me, just a bit too much a mix of styles. The top would be nice with capri leggings or crops - let it be the pretty stand-out piece of an outfit. I think it's the bottoms that I'm not such a fan of - the big black stripe is distracting or clashing.

I really like the shoes, more of a preppy look though.

Runcarla

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I can't get past your AMAZING shoes!

Get thee some flowy crops, maybe dark wash jean to go with the top, and repeat the shoes... and show some ankle.

Bijou

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Jenni we all make mistakes from time to time, so if this does not feel like you, why not let it go and wear those items that you love. I think Runcarla has given great advice, that top with cropped jeans would work well. You do look lovely and your shoes are totally fab.

Joy

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The colors in the top look great on you. Like Binkle, I'm not a fan of the bottoms with this top. They look like gear, or at least very sporty and the top does not. How about grey or white crops or jeans? Maybe a black or grey longer top with those orange bottoms? Or a black and white stripe?

Jaime

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I say purge - not that it doesn't look good on you, but why keep it if you don't love it?

Dianna

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Give it a try with different bottoms and if you still don't love It, purge it. Your shows are great. I know that wasn't the question but like Runcarla said, they were the first thing that got my attention.

Firecracker (Sharan)

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Jenni, I like the top on you, and I like the pants and shoes together. And the top and pants are such a great color match--but I think the styles are not complementing each other. So I agree with others that the top would be fab with jeans--just about any style, I think--if you want to give it another try. If not, don't feel too bad. We all go through phases of loving trends only to change our minds later.

Jenni NZ

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Thanks all. All very kind. I may give it one more try with my new dark jeans. It was bought before discovering YLF and I hadn't learned to be as PPP ( patient , picky and practical, right? ) Thanks Thea for your lovely compliment about my usual enthusiasm! I hadn't realised that enthusiasm showed through so much. I had been carried away by the "new" 70s trend at the time. I think it was part of my fantasy life as a willowy 70s blonde like Farrah Fawcett which I've mentioned before. Still like orange and florals. Maybe one more try then purge x

Mochi

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The colors are good for you, but overall I'm not too excited about this. Maybe you'll find some better way to style it, though.

Suz

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Your smile is your best accessory!

I think this would look great with higher waisted crop jeans/ pants. It's still on trend!

Andrea H

I like it (I too have sugar eye for orange) and agree that it will probably look nice with dark jeans.

Glory

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I would say try it with some denim bottoms before deciding. I like the shape and colour for you.

rachelthrives

I'm new at this but the fit looks a bit off to me. The color is great on you, but I think the length is a tiny bit awkward (neither short nor long) and you're right that the sleeves are a little long. So I would vote purge, though maybe it would look different with different bottoms as others have suggested!

Anonymous

I would purge it because it doesn't sound like you even like it. Why force yourself to wear something you just don't like?

Anonymous

You've got great style Jenni! Every outfit you put together is so much fun. I think the top is completely 70's fab, but...Yes, I think it is too short.

Aquamarine

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I actually love the top on you. I'd give it another try with different bottoms before deciding to get rid of it.

Anonymous

I think the top looks great on you, but agree with others who've suggested trying it with different bottoms.

Anonymous

Boy, do I empathize with you, Jenni!

Items that I think should look great together, somehow just aren't quite right once they are together on the body. I know I find proportions really hard to get right. You are absolutely taking the right approach to try combos out and go about your day and take some pictures. (I do this, too, but am too shy to post the pics - you are inspiring me to change that!)

As others have already pointed out, I really like Runcarla's suggestion to swap out the existing pants for cropped jeans. If you don't have any cropped ones, you can roll or cuff some full length ones to get the same effect. Orange and denim always looks chic in my book, especially if the denim has the traditional gold top-stitching. If the top still looks too short or somehow not right when worn that way, you"ll know it is time to let it go. And look for another boho-ish orange top!

I do love those shoes!

Summer

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Another vote for trying with jeans.