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Only thing missing is my canvas book bag...

Suz

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So, the photo is awful but I at least I figured out a way to take it in our hall closet not-quite-full-length mirror, in the almost dark.

Wore this today but did not actually go out in it. Feeling a wee bit self-conscious about the degree of preppiness. I am about to take it all off and go for a run in my gear.

Having said that...RED is BEST!! Woke up way too early on too little sleep and put that scarf next to my face and almost didn't need makeup. This is a true red which wasn't perfect with my blonde hair but works great with the grey. My range of reds expands!

And, in other news, I love this J. Crew sweater....got it about a month ago and have worn it at least twice per week since then. It's beautiful quality cotton, with snaps at the sides and a vertical blue stripe down the side as well, slightly slouchy and oversized -- the perfect thing to throw on if the evenings or mornings are cooler.

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Striped crewneck sweater with side snaps

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1969 raw-edge real straight skimmer jeans

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Topshop NICHE Two Part Sandals

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Latest reply was from Angie

catgirl

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Gorgeous! Yes, the hair changes the colors you can wear and how you wear them. It's a fun learning curve, actually.

anne

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Great new sweater!

Suz

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So, Una, what have you discovered that works for you now that did not before? Maybe I will start a thread with that question...or maybe you did exactly that last year? I seem to recall something like that....

Angie

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Killer

I think this is a GREAT look. Your hair and the scarf add lots of pizazz.

Anonymous

Love it. Scarf is perfect here - and I LOVE THAT SWEATER! I also am smiling at us doing the Una -pose lately . Interesting about reds.....I never wore them either - mostly because I never saw anything in red in a piece I liked, but you've got me curious how it would look w my hair too.

I don't see this outfit as too preppy because the sweater is nice and slouchy and has that side opening. If it had a traditional banded bottom and was more fitted, than yes, but this is really cool. And I like these sandals much better with jeans.

Anonymous

p.s. I have quite a few canvas book bags if you want to borrow one

rachylou

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Lol. Except you need to run that top thru the heavy cycle wash for about ten more years... Sweet!

texstyle

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I wasn't sure if the white shoes would work with white pants after the white bermuda discussion - but they do and it looks great! I don't think it's too preppy at all.

Chris987

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Gorgeous on you!!! Doesn't look very preppy to me...not sure why...

And I'm loving the sweater....dark background with slimmer lighter stripes....I'm liking it better than the opposite configuration....

marianna

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WOW! Love this. And it's so interesting that I LOVE the sandals with these pants, but did not like them with the shorts. Angie was right that the sandals need a longer bottom! Well done.

viva

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So cute. Love this whole outfit.

JAileen

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Adorable!!!

Dottie

I love it - the red scarf is perfect. I also like how the polka dots on the scarf lend to a little pattern mixing too!

Jenn

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Such a good outfit, Suz... perfect for your polished self. It's instructional for me to see that sweater a very different body type than mine, because it looks just perfect on you. I tried it on a while back and it was HORRIBLE on me. Every piece is definitely not for every body, and that's perfectly OK.

Aida

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The sandals look sooo good with the white jeans! I like the preppiness of your outfit here, it doesn't read on the whole as preppy. Probably thanks to the new 'do. Have you tried doing the single big cuff with those jeans? I'm really enjoying that with my raw-edged denim.

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Sara L.

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Nice! I tried a neckerchief outfit today and couldn't do it. It felt too affected for me. I might give it another try with a weekend outfit.

Anonymous

I just love it. That sweater is gorgeous.
I'm happy that your range of reds has expanded. Reds are great for adding colour to your face. I think that's why a lot of women wear red glasses.

I am definitely a frequenter of the library and it's usually with some plastic Loblaw's bag or a kid's backpack

aside: I also see that you have the ECCO white sneakers. We are sneaker twins, yay!

Suz

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Sara, do give it another try. I think it depends on the scarf, really. This one has MAJOR sentimental value as I bought it in China when we went back to visit my daughter's orphanage city. I wanted to bring back one fashion souvenir and this was it. It's a gorgeous quality silk but an awkward shape to wear for anything but this type of look.

Aida, you are so observant. These jeans actually need another hack. I left them as is and only rolled them because they frayed badly somehow and they are too long anyway so I rolled. I'm going to hack them to the proper length and maybe roll again as you suggest to make - horrors!! -- capris!!

Jenn, thank you. Isn't it instructive? Because I do so much shopping online I have become an obsessive reader of the reviews. I really want to hear what people's body type is. When I review an item now I am incredibly precise about my height, approximate weight, figure type, body modifiers, climate, needs, etc. The sweater that is hell for one is perfect for another. J. Crew in general fits to a rectangular body type, I believe. Whereas some other makers? Uh...no. (You should have seen me in the Ted Baker store in Boston. Our hourglass Fabbers looked divine in his designs!!)

Dottie, Viva, Aileen, Marianna -- thanks.

Tex, re the shoes -- yes -- I like them better with longer bottoms too. They work okay with my tube skirts but I wore them with my flared skirt and blanched at the pic I later took....Live and learn, folks...I actually wore this in real life in a Montreal restaurant at lunch -- urgh!! Luckily half the people in the place were inebriated.

Chris, if it doesn't look preppy it is probably the hair and shoes. Or, like Lisa and Rachy said, the fit of that darn sweater...need to shrink it!!

Lisa, coming to get that Anansi bookbag pronto.

Angie, Anne, thank you. Angie, you inspire us all so much! Thank you.

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Suz

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Smittie, yes!! I got them with Gaylene's help from Ingeldew's. It was the only place that had my size! I really like them but haven't had too many chances to wear yet.

As far as I am concerned, any bag that holds books is a good bag.

Anonymous

Speaking of Anansi , I just had a cocktail with Sarah MacLachlan at The Hotel Fort Garry. The ACP meetings are here this week. The bar was packed with publishers of all shapes and sizes - kind of fun to see people I hadn't seen in a few years . Publishers are the oddest dressed people ever (Jack David in those strappy rubber sandals (what are they called again - starts with a T) with socks, massive pleated blue shorts hiked up and firmly belted over his impressive girth with a random Blue Jays t-shirt on .

Anonymous

I hope you're kidding about shrinking the sweater......

Aida

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Hah horrors nothing! I actually like capris (maybe that's the horrors?) and I think these will make a fine pair. If it makes you feel better about them you can always call them cropped straights

UmmLila (Lisa)

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what's the Anansi book bag? Is that from the Neil Gaiman Anansi Boys?

And also, I love this look!

Angie

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The skirt outfit is fabulous. Elegant. Wooohooo. LOVE the shoes with the skirt.

Jaime

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Doesn't strike me as preppy. The wonders of perfect hair! Love the sandals, interesting about the red.

Anonymous

Anansi (House of Anansi ) is a Canadian literary publisher . Very well-known and respected . Publishes many big Canadian writers, as well as international/UK and US writers ( like Jim Harrison) . I was a rep for them for 10 years or so - and Suz is very familiar with and known to them as well. I have lots of their canvas book bags

Colette

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Oh my goodness this outfit looks great on you! I love the scarf with your new hair. And the sandals are perfect with these jeans.

Suz

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Thanks for filling in about Anansi, Lisa, and of course I'm kidding about shrinking the sweater!!! The sandals are Tevas.

Writing/ publishing people in Canada have less than no money and mostly think it is frivolous to be interested in fashion except for a few poets who love their Fluevogs and their rock star moto jackets.

Angie, you think? I thought that outfit looked really dumb in retrospect. Similar to Saturday's bermuda's outfit. Anyway, however it looked, something felt off about it to me. I think it is too "set" and matchy-matchy for my aspirational style. There is something too rigid about it. I am going to try the skirt with a denim shirt or jacket and a different type of top, as you suggested -- not tucked.

And Aida, yes, that's what they are, really -- cropped straights that I wore BF style last year and intend to wear as raw edge this year!

Suz

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ETA -- this is what not having a full length mirror or my camera set up for regular photos does to me. I try things out but can't evaluate ahead of time and just go out wearing them, only to cringe later!! Can't WAIT until DD is finished her photography course!! (By the way, she does take really great photos now!)

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