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WIW: Black & White Ombre

Transcona Shannon

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Good morning beautiful Fabbers

Today's outfit centres around this gorgeous EF silk, sleeveless, black & white ombre blouse. I fell in love with this blouse the first time I saw it and found it on eBay new with tags. Fabulous eBay story by the way - it arrived a few weeks ago but when I unwrapped it, the seller had unfortunately folded the blouse in such a way that the glue from the original tag stuck to the silk and left a horrendous sticky stain. I took pics and sent to the seller who was positively mortified. She not only paid for the dry cleaning to remove the sticky stain, but offered a full refund including shipping to return the blouse if the stain did not come out. The dry cleaning was successful and I couldn't be more thrilled.

I've paired the blouse with my slim cropped EF trousers - this time with my black and white ankle strap pointy toe shoes. Angie had commented the last time I wore these cropped pants that she preferred them rolled unless worn with ankle straps. Well, when Angie speaks, I listen - lol!

The stock pic of this blouse shows it with a white tank underneath and with black trousers. When I first tried it, I wasn't sure as you can clearly see where the tank ends underneath the darker portion of the blouse. But when I tried a black tank underneath, I wasn't crazy about how it "dulled" the white portion of the blouse. So I'm going with a white tank and now actually quite like the effect. I realize it won't be to everyone's liking though.

And if the Arctic A/C is crazy in the office today, I will pop on my black suit blazer.

I finished off the outfit with my white leather clutch, silver watch and wedding band and my black/white specs.

So what do you think? does this all work together? As always, all comments/suggestions welcome.

Blouse & pants: Eileen Fisher
Shoes: RW&Co
Clutch: Danier Leather
Watch: Gucci
Tank: Ricki's

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38 replies

Latest reply was from Debra

Anonymous

I like it very much.

cheryle (Dianthus)

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I have really missed a lot by not keeping up to date on the forum. Those shoes are amazing!! I love the shading in the top as well. I don't see any issue with the white tank but maybe the concern you had doesn't translate into photos. Very nice.

Deborah

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Love it.. Want it..need I say more ;). Beautiful styling too Shannon and how awesome is the seller. Bet you gave her excellent feedback;)

Elizabeth P

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Oh, love love love. I think the line of the tank looks intentional, as it's in the right place proportionally to the beginning of the ombre colour up above. Kind of in thirds.

What a great eBay story.

Are you effected by the flooding at all?

Joy

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The EF has had this top on sale and you make it so tempting, although it is still pricy. That is a great EBay story. Your outfit looks amazing and you have styled it to perfection. I like the white tank for summer. How does a nude tank look? Fab shoes.

Thistle

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Gorgeous! Oooh, I just love this on you! And yes, the ankle straps really elevates it. I admit, I like it better without the jacket (which is odd or me!) the top is just that spectacular I love it getting the limelight.

UmmLila (Lisa)

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This whole look is great. Now I want to do a black and white Shannon ensemble for the day.

viva

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Great outfit -- the scrunching of the jacket sleeves makes such a difference in the overall look.

Claudia

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Such a great outfit. I really love it! YLF.

Suz

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Absolutely stunning, Shannon! The shoes are the perfect complement to the top. What a lovely, lovely look on you. And great ebay story, too.

amiable

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Gorgeous look on gorgeous you!

Transcona Shannon

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Dianthus - I picked up these shoes last summer at RW&Co and was amazed at how comfortable they are. They actually have pretty decent footwear there.

Deborah - lol! I knew you'd like this one. We love our black and white with drape, don't we? And yes, I did indeed give the seller excellent feedback.

Elizabeth - we're personally not affected by the flood - yet. But we have friends that live out of town that were evacuated from their home yesterday. It's a terrible situation outside of Winnipeg. Thank you for asking

Joy - I haven't tried it with a nude tank but that's a great suggestion. Thank you.

Thistle - I also prefer the outfit without the jacket and am wearing it that way right now. The blouse is really meant to be on its own I think.

Viva - isn't it amazing how just a little thing like scrunching the sleeves can make a difference?

Thank you all

Anonymous

Looks super, Shannon!

Lisa

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A gorgeous piece. This outfit has a minimal look to it, not much color, and great texture from the items (rolled hems on the trousers, curved hem on the tank) Nice job!

Neel

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Lovely EBay story :). The blouse and the shoes are truly fantastic! I like the ombre effect and the jacket over it looks very interesting and sophisticated. Truly fab!

Tanya

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What a beautiful blouse, and I thnk it works great with the white tank. thsoe shoes are amazing, and go perfectly with the blouse. A nice E-bay story too.
You are looking better than ever, Shannon!

Mary Beth (formerly LBD)

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I LOVE this! Both with the jacket and without. I love the architectural lines you've created with the blouse and the ankle straps on the shoes. You look gorgeous (as always)!

Janet

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You had me at black and white ombre, but this looks even better than I expected! Really great top on you, and I love how you've repeated the white in the shoes.

You are one of the people responsible for me even *looking* at EF lately. I never had any attraction to her designs before, so it's been interesting to cast a more open-minded eye when I see the EF racks in Nordstrom. I now have one EF top, which I really like (the silvery white linen tank top). The fits are not always ideal for me, and the sizing is a little whack (a skirt in a S was almost too big for me, and I am NOT small!), but I've found that it's worth looking. So thank you!

lyn67

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Just want this, head to toe! YOU, little gorgeous (and lucky) creature:-)

dianne

Love the blouse! The whole outfit looks stunning!!

Angie

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#2 is:

Killer to the power of Killer. Yeah. It launched me into orbit.

Can you provide a link to the shoes, Shannon?

(Glad you got the stain out of your gorgeous blouse).

carambola

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WOW. I really love this outfit. That blouse and those shoes together are perfection.

Transcona Shannon

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My goodness...you are all making me blush!

Janet - that is very high praise indeed. Thank you. I used to think of EF as quite "fuddy duddy". But no longer.

Angie - squeeeee!!! A K2K rating? My word And even with all this black? I would love to provide you with a link to the shoes but sadly I bought them last summer and they are no longer showing up on the RW&Co website However, here is a link to their new version this year of a very similar shoe - a beautiful blue patent http://www.rw-co.com/Pointy-to.....ml?start=6. I will say that their shoes are very, very comfortable.

Angie

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Fashion Stylist

Thanks, sweet Shannon. Stunning shoes. xo

jackiec

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Love it! I like how the shoes echo the ombre effect of the blouse. Outstanding.

Elizabeth P

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BLUE PATENT!!!

Crap.

So much for July.

How do they fit Shannon? Do you have Okalas you can compare sizes to? Not sure what else I might have that would be a good comparison.

celia

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This post has so many fabulous things. The story about the conscious retailer, the fabulous outfit, the great link for shoes ..
You are truly amazing Shannon !

Transcona Shannon

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Elizabeth - sorry 'bout July - lol! I'm afraid I haven't even tried on the Okalas so can't give a size comparison. I will say that the RW shoes are what I would consider TTS. I normally wear a 6.5 and that's what mine are. What I really like about them is the front does not cut into my bunion AT ALL! I would say they are medium width bordering on slightly wide across the the front of the foot where your big toe/foot joint is and that works really well for me. The ones I'm wearing are actually real suede leather but I note that the blue patent ones are listed as "leather like" so you may want to take that into consideration. It took me a little while to get used to the high back on these and I did have to put a piece of moleskin across the top back so it wouldn't rub but after doing that, super duper comfy. Do you have an RW&Co in your area where you could try on?

Greyscale

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LOVE it. I want to copy it right now.

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