Thank you for every considerate response! I feel rather stupid not being able to make up my mind about this, but it's a lot of money, and I want to feel good in it. The only color options are red, black and camel. I want to keep this coat because the fit is very nice, and the quality is good, too. What I need to decide is wether it should be red or camel.
Thoughts:
1) It's been helpful to rule out the black option. It was never really what I wanted. I'm intrigued by the red coat, but as Angie points out - I have to love it. A red coat has actually been in my thoughts for a while, but in general I'm kind of careful with red. My daughter has a red peacoat that I borrow every now and then, and it looks pretty good on me, I think. I think I love red enough to wear it on a daily basis.
2) My style personae has always had an element of creative in it, which I like, and although I really admire camel colored coats and find that they look very good on a lot of people, I fear that I come across as quite a bit more conservative than I really am, style-wise, wearing one. This is probably something that has dawned on me during my capsule frenzy lately. There is also the question of wether the camel color suits me or not, in which the YLF-forum was divided.
3) My family is divided, too. Daughters vote for camel, whereas husband votes for red. What is a poor woman to do? I know this is only about what I want, really, but I'm such a coward.
Tomorrow I will bring the camel coat back to the shop and try on both. Then I have to decide what to do. Does this sound like the right approach?
