I promised to return to this thread later Thank you all again, I was hoping for some reassurance that I was on the right track with the culottes experiment, but your kind comments I glanced over while waking up with a cup of coffee were like additional dose of caffeine and left me feeling like I was walking on the cloud the whole day. Ah, the magic of YLF boosts…
I am also thrilled you like my longer hair. For those who asked: Yes, this is my naturally wavy hair, almost wash-and-go with minimal styling. Just the way I always imagined my long hair should look like, but it took an almost random hairdresser in a small Italian village where we went on the winter holidays to get it right! Now I’m in the process of looking for a new hairstylist, given that the Italian lady lives too far away and I’ve decided my previous regular hairstylist deserved no more chances since I practically was only not holding the scissors for him. At least I know where I'll want to go next winter
But back to culottes, they instantly closed the gap in the wardrobe I identified a while ago and really brought home how old(er), established content of the wardrobe can be efficiently refreshed by something new, different, modern, unexpected. I have more ideas what to wear them with and will hopefully share them with you in the future.