Gorgeous festive looks! Love #8-9 a bit more because of personal preference of sporty versus classic if it may be put this way ( or maybe it's my love of puffers - lol ).
Lots of interesting things to discover reading all the comments and suggestions - thank you for the fun read!

I find that mono and tonal red progression to be both bold and subtle, really punchy and completely classic. The white pants do look off after that, interesting.

Very strange, isn't it, Olive Green? I mean -- I would (and did!) wear that red and white one day. And felt ok in it. But I preferred the solid reds in the end.

Thanks, Slim Cat!

Great outfits and a very instructive series of photos, Suz. I agree that the addition of the scarf makes the column of red seem more "you." And I really liked the version with the mustard bag to bring out the bits of mustard in the scarf...it's very hard to turn off my contrast gene lol! I am noodling on some ideas around cohesion vs. dynamism...the latter of which I think is important for us gamine types. Stay tuned...