EOW 18/06 challenge continues

Well another week of no jeans. Apart from dresses, I am surviving on 4 pants and a skirt. I also got sick again near the end of a very busy week so I repeated an outfit from the week before and didn't take a photo (June 17). I will try and wear the heeled shoes next week but think the heels were a bad choice for a work clothes challenge. This exercise has been useful in allowing me to mix and match on a very small wardrobe and let me see what I need to buy in the future.
Pic 1. June 14 - Ponte pants and jacket and striped shirt.
Pic 2-3 June 15 - mustard shirt and tunic dress (same style as last week) and worn with ponte jacket.
pic 4 - 5 June 16 merino cardigan, multicoloured shirt and navy country road pants. worn with a coat for most of the day though.
pic 6 June 18 - cardigan, zara cigarette pants , and betty basics drape top. Not sure about the choice of shoes but I love to just pull the same pair on as I run out the door.

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4 years ago

rachylou

Veteran

Love the dress with the mustard shirt… also, you look so tall and thin in the last, something about the drape of the top and topper…

April

I admire the discipline of anyone completing a challenge, and you are doing a stand-up job at this one, Sally!

My sis and I loved a children's book when we were small called "Try Again, Sally" and we often use that as a phrase to mean, "you didn't quite nail it." Not appropriate in this case.

Tanya

I think that you are nailing this challenge! Love all the outfits, especially the first one and the one with the dress, which is super pretty.

slim cat

Well done - I'm repeating outfits too when working ( may switch accessories but not much ). I like #1 and #2 and the pop of color in #6.
Congrats on completing the challenge!

Anonymous

Admire the mustard shirt and dress ensemble! Looks fabulous on you!

Sally

Thank you everyone. I'm pleased that people liked the mustard dress ensemble as when I looked at the photo I wondered if the sleeves were making the outfit odd.
@rachylou...interesting that you thought I looked thinner in the last outfit as I find the cigarette pants hardest to style as I don't tuck with them but they are looser than pointe.
I am finding it easy not to wear jeans to work but hard to make things interesting. But then again most people wear the same things often.

Jaime

(website)

The dress is excellent! All these outfits are great.

Zaeobi

Love the pop of brown from the tonal flowers Also the rolled up sleeves in #4. You do the unbroken black bottoms (trousers/ tights & shoes) well.

Re: grabbing shoes quickly, my solution has been to keep a couple of choices near the door. I still keep the rest of my shoes on the shoerack further 'inland' lol, but I currently keep a pair of sandals & slides by the door. For winter, it's usually a pair of booties & flats.

Stagiaire Fash

The mustard top under the dress is inspired. What makes that photo odd is the combo of your arms in the sleeves and the spindles of the railing. There’s a bit of visual continuity there (even though the difference is clear).

I really like the striped shirt look too, with or without the jacket.

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