Oops--Maybe I should have unrolled the legs?

Well, last night when I put this on and left to go buy chocolate, I thought I was the cat's meow. Looking at it today--I was going to call it 3 out of 4 ain't bad--and reference Angie's grey, brown, black and blue ensemble post--I think I have forehortened my legs too much. Is that because my arms are fully covered? Maybe it is my chest and neck being covered which contribues?

You see, the day before, I'd worn the second outfit, and did not have a problem! (Sorry for the hair and make up. I just threw it on this morning to make the point.)

(PS Yeah, I know, the grey top is too small, sigh. I do love it.)

What do you think? Does skin need skin to balance?

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11 years ago

Dressing

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Latest reply was from unfrumped

marianna

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I like the rolled pants, but I do think the top part in #1 (turtleneck and cardi) reads more fall, and the pants and sandals reads more summer. Looks good nonetheless, but I would like to see a bit more skin on top! I like #2 as is.

11 years ago

Elizabeth P

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Wait a second... turtleneck? Long sleeved cardi? In Toronto? In July?

But yeah, agree with marianna... it doesn't look bad, but skin on top to balance would be better. As in #2.

11 years ago

Alana in Canada

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Thanks Marianna--yes, I quite liked #2, too!

Elizabeth--I am a bit further to the West than Toronto! I'm on the prairies, actually and we had unheard of rain yesterday. With high winds, it was actually coming down horizontally at times. (We got 69ml.)

I dug this sweater out of storage last night--it couldn't have been more than 12 degrees? My ankles were cold.

Time is up--must get ready for work.

11 years ago

Beth Ann

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Great eye, Alana! I think you needed more "skin" on the top half to balance the bit of skin at your feet. Angie sometimes says that skin acts as a bit of structure, much like a tailored garment, in an outfit. I think the shortening effect is added to by the longer cardi proportion and the camera angle. Still -- it's hardly a fail, and I think the colors and flow are very pleasing!

Some of us like to roll pants just to the top of our winter booties (particularly BF jeans), if there is low contrast between bootie and pant, this can keep the leg line long.

11 years ago

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To me eye, it's the turtleneck & cardi over top (not the longer sleeves) that's making the rolled trousers & sandals look off. If you'd used closed shoes like oxfords, with just a sliver of ankle visible from the roll, like Firecracker did recently, I bet it would've looked just right.

11 years ago

kkards

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i really like the rolled pants. but i agree, it needs to be balanced with the scoped neck, as in #2, which i like a lot!

11 years ago

Elizabeth P

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Oh, now why did I think you were a TO gal. Now I know! And 12... ick.

11 years ago

Nicole D

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I think you got it right about the neckline of outfit #1. Maybe if you scrunched the sleeves more? And I am closer to Toronto and we are not having super warm weather either. We were shivering at the water park yesterday!

11 years ago

unfrumped

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I think you're onto something by evaluating proportions. Pushed-up sleeves helps. Also I agree the cropped/rolled look and the turtleneck read seasonally confused to me. The cardi could be several inches shorter--still somewhere around hip but not a tunic length. I don't think you need to have so much coverage, or you get lost in the layers.

11 years ago

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