Warmer out today, and the hyacinths in my garden have purple buds, So I wanted to inject some flowers too.
1) I started with Commes des Garçon look 6 as inspiration
2) First outfit is my initial idea, and then 3) with a cardigan to make the belly area look narrower.
5) Modified outfit (because, yeah, belly baring outside, not gonna happen for many reasons). I first tried the top with a semi tuck to get a hi-lo cropped look. This looked pretty bulky from the side and didn't work so well proportionally with the rounded bottom to the skirt to my eye. It might have worked if I'd pulled the skirt down a bit and taken out the pins making the bell shape, but I kind of liked the bell skirt and wanted to keep that part.
4) Second to last photo is how I'm wearing it today, skirt pulled a little lower, and knots in skirt pinned under so they hang even and tucked, scarf worn a little like the way I wore dupatta's sometimes in India. Bonus is it stays completely out of the way, and tucked under the cowl roll - stays in place.
Oh, I tried putting knots in the ends of scarfs because that was intriguing, but didn't have a scarf that was both bulky and long enough to work this way. Pretty sure with the right scarf though...
cotton cowled sweatshirt - Ralph Lauren/Macy's clearance
chiffon skirt - converse/target
tights - target
suede oxfords - Sugar/kohls
embroidered and woven scarf - powell's bookstore
All feedback and tweaking ideas welcome. Thanks for stopping by!
ETA: oops, I forgot to post the semi-tucked top look, added as photo 5.
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