Thanks peacechick! This has been my default style for a long time but I think I have been honing it more over the past few years. So DH is quite used to it. Probably the new part is the incorporation of these elements into my work wardrobe. DH likes me in solids and in black so he seems happy Your question about DH stepping up his style made me smile. We are very different in the style stakes. He does dress well, but he is a jeans and tee, or jeans and shirt guy. Very casual:) The 'stepping up abit" happened early in our relationship (I cannot even begin to talk about his footwear when we first met) and has remained consistent since