You guys taking WIW pics is hard! Trying to get a shot from my hair to my shoes where I wasn't making funny faces or at a weird angle was a challenge. Sorry that I don't have a blank wall to stand in front of!

The weather warmed up again: the high was 77/25. So I had to stick with cottons instead of wools and no topper. Not a terribly interesting outfit, but I was comfortable for a day spent mainly doing homebody stuff. The biggest event was walking my dog! I just got these boots (they're Frye, on sale at 6pm.com) and am still deciding whether or not to keep them, so I switched to different (brown vintage hiking) lace up ankle boots for the walk. The tee is actually grey & white stripes but that's difficult to see except in the detail shot! My little fox brooch is vintage from Etsy: I love brooches since I tend to wear higher necklines so necklaces can be difficult to coordinate.

I felt good in this but looking at the pictures I'm not sure if the brooch is a bit shiny and out of place considering the muted tones & textures of everything else? Maybe I should have pinned it lower or used a more matte brooch on this dress?

All thoughts are welcome (especially on the boots & brooch)! I mentioned a few of my style inspirations in my intro post (gamine, vintage, traditional British countryside), but here are some adjectives that I like (since I'm new): rustic, bookish, playful but understated. And when I skimmed the Style Statement book, the two words that jumped out at me were nostalgia for the 20% and cultivated or cultured for the 80%.