So. I ordered this bomber jacket from Everlane. I've never owned a bomber jacket before--I've never been attracted to them all the other times they've been on trend in my lifetime, but this one seemed like it might be useful as a spring jacket when it's too chilly for my J Crew utility jacket but I want something a step dressier than my black NF fleece-ish hoodie. The bomber is navy, btw, though I'm sure it photographs as black. Maybe I'm just unused to how a bomber is supposed to fit, because this feels like there's a lot of room around my rib cage, even though this is an xsmall. Is it just that it's too long for me? I think it looks better open, but how useful is an outdoor jacket I have to wear open? (Bonus new Madewell sunglasses in pic taken on rainy day, just because.)

Then I ordered two linen/cotton twist front tops from Anthro, one patterned to try to wear with the super wide legged cropped pants from Uniqlo I keep trying to style, and one black to hopefully wear with the Anthro camo cargos. I like the twist front, but as reviewers on the Anthro site warned, these are *very* short shirts. I think the patterned shirt works okay with the Uniqlo pants, but I'm still not sold on the pants themselves (I dunno what I was thinking when I bough them last summer--I think they had super flattering dressing room mirrors or something ) and I dunno what else I'd wear that top with. And it wasn't cheap. I like the black top better, because I'm boring. And I like it with the pants. But because the top is so cropped and the camo pants are not that high waisted, when I move the wrong way, an 1/4 inch of belly is exposed. I mean, I don't mind and that's not an outfit I'm going to wear in formal situations, LOL, but is it totally over the top if a middle aged woman exposes 1/4 inch of belly and people are gonna roll their eyes behind my back?

I am really on the fence with all three garments, so guide me, please. Sorry for the potato-quality photos. I'm sure they don't help.

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