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3x10 challenge week 3

Bijou

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Third week of the challenge and I am finding it a bit repetitive and getting sick of wearing the same clothes. I think for me a 2 x 15 challenge would be better! Anyway I made some progress in wears this week and happy to have clocked up 3 wears on a number of items.

Dress 2x
Cardigan 3x
Cream Skirt 2x
Pleated skirt 2x
Boots 2x
Scarf 3x
Pink jacket 3x
Pink pants 2x
Cape 2x
Shirt 2x

Outfit 1 - challenge jacket and scarf, with light jeans and teal boots

Outfit 2 - Challenge dress with faux fur

Outfit 3 - challenge cardigan with light jeans and sneakers

Outfit 4 - challenge jacket, with lace top (my favourite outfit of the week)

Outfit 5 - challenge cream skirt with faux fur jacket

Outfit 6 - challenge scarf with teal velvet jacket

28 replies

Latest reply was from Sally

slim cat

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It doesn't feel or look repetitive at all - great outfits! Love #5 cream skirt with faux fur jacket and your fav #4 jacket with lace top ( so pretty )!

Mirjana

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Great outfits, very creative. I also love your fav #4 , but my favorite is #5 , cream skirt and faux fur jacket is amazing on you.

Sal

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You look great Bijou - I love the jeans outfits the most, they look terrific on you. The pink jacket is really a wonderful piece, and the cardigan suits you so well.

I am finding it a bit repetitive too..... there are three pieces that I really don't feel like wearing again and I can't think of any good outfits!! The gloomy weather here is not helping.

Stagiaire Fash

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I love your pink blazer and faux fur! Fun outerwear like that must really make winter much cheerier.

Brooklyn

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Your favourite is my favourite Bijou! The velvet jacket and bao bao bag were meant to be together. And the beautiful blouse just peeking out is the icing on the cake. You look fab in all.

Carla

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That pink jacket really pops in photos, and must have a mood brightening effect on gloomy winter days.

Bijou

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Slim Cat & Mirjana - so glad you like the faux fur. This is a duplicate of one of my favourite finds from Target. My old faux fur is blush and starting to look a bit shabby after 2 years of countless wears, this year they did the style in this light beige and I could not help myself and bought it. Such an easy and versatile piece that I don't feel too precious about.

Sal - glad I am not the only one feeling that - it did make me feel a bit spoilt that wearing the same items only 3 times in a month would feel too much. I think it is the pieces I selected as if I had chosen my jeans for example, I actually wear those far more often than 3 times in one month.

Fashintern - the pink blazer is definitely a piece that I will wear and treasure - the perfect colour and a good style for my lifestyle which can easily be dressed down with jeans.

Brooklyn - the Bao Bao bag was one of those items that as soon as I saw it I knew that it was for me. I love how easily it integrates into my wardrobe.

Carla - the pink jacket is such a gorgeous colour and even better, Australian designed and made, so nice support local talent.

Anonymous

I vote 1, 3 and 4.
I love the teal boots with your velvet jacket, adore that dress with the faux fur and I really love the bao bao bag (that I still covet, lol) with the velvet jacket.

Every single look is great though.

catherine

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All of these are so flattering and interesting. My favorites are the two with your pink blazer. You illuminate that color!

Jaime

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You may be sick of wearing them but I am not sick of seeing them. That pink velvet blazer is stunning on you. All of these are beautiful.

Minaminu

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Bijou, you chose a well balaced capsule wardrobe and you have so many fun pieces! Though we've never met, I think your wardrobe reflects well on your bubbly personality and I love your pink blazer! I too have a plush faux fur jacket, should be wearing it more often!

Bijou

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Jenna - I was very lucky to find that Bao Bao on a trip to Singapore. Unfortunately they are hard to come by locally.

Catherine - I am so glad you like the new blazer. It is a special piece that I know I will wear and love for a long time to come.

Shevia - I don't think it is the clothes that I am sick of, perhaps having to count the wears and be mindful of what I am wearing. I am so used to being a more emotional, just throw on what I feel like, kind of dresser.

Minaminu - I do have lots of fun pieces and need to be sensible and balance them out with the basics to complement the statement items. Luckily I don't mind being maximal, so wearing multiple statements in one outfit.

ChristelJ

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The variety of looks you wear is like a bouquet of beautiful flowers. All so joyful and each one distinctive and smart. My personal fave here is the teal jacket look; I'm a fan of teal, peplums and jeans and they look fantastic all together on you.

Janet

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I confess, I just don’t get those challenges at all — not my thing — but I love seeing your outfits! That velvet blazer is so good!

Helena

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You have such a fun, creative style! Can't imagine it would ever look boring, although I get how you could feel that way

JAileen

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As much as I love your pink velvet jacket, I have to say #3 is really outstanding. Casual, low key, but also interesting.

rachylou

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Gosh I love your pinks! So Sophia Coppola Marie Antoinette!

Anonymous

I like seeing you in pink so #1 and #4 stand out but in #5 you look like a princess in the light neutrals which go so well with your hair. Great group of outits.

Bijou

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ChristelJ - thank you, I enjoy wearing colour, especially in winter.

Janet - I think I have discovered, that such a wearing challenge is not for me! I have never tried one of these before.

Helena - I think it is the feeling that I must wear something that bothers me more than the actual outfits.

JAileen - #3 is a nice, practical, run around outfit. I am glad that I bought the cardigan as I am not really much of a cardigan wearer.

Rachy - Sophia Coppola movies are the best! Lost in Translation is my all-time favourite.

Joy - I am glad that you like this little faux fur - I can see it being a very useful piece for me.

Stagiaire Fash

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I’m with you on not wanting to do a thing once I’m told to do it (even if I wouldn’t mind it otherwise).
Btw, I meant the both the blazer & the faux fur—fab real fun for the winter.

Sal

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I think the challenge ( for me) would have been better with 7 x 3 or even 15 x 2 like Bijou said. I have found about half my pieces fun to work with, a couple have been fine, and I included two pieces that I haven't enjoyed.

I like the challenges as a distraction - and I often leave them with a few new ideas and also a clearer idea of my style. But in a way they are a bit weird - I get that....

Bijou

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Fashintern - Yes I have a contrary nature too!

Sal - I also have found that to be true. Making myself wear the new pink suit and not treating it as special - meant that I have worn and enjoyed wearing it and now got the suit into rotation. I also found good new combinations - so the exercise has been worthwhile and as you say a nice distraction from the cold weather.

kellygirl

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As usual, I can't pick a fave. Every one of these has just that extra something that makes it look playful yet sophisticated. Love the teal shoes in one--what a great complement to the pink jacket. All of your footwear choices are divine--love the ruffles with the fur, the fair isle with the sneakers, OMG, you are such a treat to behold! And, your smile is contagious. I find myself smiling at your outfits!

Katerina

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You dress so gorgeously! The whole set of outfits is amazing. I am blown away by the velvet blazers. Both are stunning.

Jonesy

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These are fabulous looks--despite your "contrariness" you have really nailed this challenge. I know you were wondering how you would transition that print tiered dress to F/W dressing, and you have really done it with the cropped faux fur and booties--I think that's my favorite because of the high degree of difficulty (like gymnastics scoring, LOL).

I could not handle a challenge like this because I too am contrary by nature, plus I would get really bored (I guess I highly prioritize variety).

Bijou

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Kelly - I am most definitely a boots person, and I even wear them in summer - they are just my favourite footwear.

Katerina - yes the velvet blazers are my favourite pieces too. I just love how they dress up denim.

Jonesy - thank you for your comments - I am glad that I am not the only one that finds a challenge like this difficult! The dress is proving to be the most difficult item to style differently in this challenge and not freeze in the process.

Anonymous

Love the first 2 especially!

Sally

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You have managed to make everything look different but I know what you mean. Thats why I stopped taking photos. I am used to repetition and like to wear the same things again and again but I didn't feel motivated to photograph it. I think your pieces are interesting enough to make outifits look unique with different combinations. I love all these outfits and actually couldn't choose a favourite. You do have a unique style and one that I would stop and admire on the street.