Good heavens, I nearly died over #1 --- not just the magenta as a brilliant touch but also the pretty bead-trimmed scarf! --- but that would have been a mistake because #3 just blew me away. (That 'black dress for summer' post that Angie did has produced so many YLF renditions, I think it is safe to file it as one of the most useful posts ever!)
Suz, this series of outfits is the most convincing and compelling pictorial evidence I've ever encountered of the NEED for a simple black sheath in a woman's wardrobe!