I love this outfit. I have said this before, but I am always amazed at how you put together your outfits. The nails, jewellery, make-up, colours, etc. So gorgeous.

I love that colour rust on you! And yes to hating things that snag so quickly...

as for the second outfit - I don't think I have ever seen you in a colourful print blouse before! love it!

I actually love it on you, and love the silhouette, but can I just say that I sympathize so completely. As you know, I put together outfits like this all the time, feel great in them, come home and look at the pic and think 'gosh, with my body type, i really should NOT be wearing this.' and then go into a period of figure flattery dressing because i think it looks better on me, and then get bored by those looks because they are timeless and not modern enough for me, and then I go back to different silhouettes, and the cycle continues...

Looking at your photo, I can see that it is maybe not the most conventionally flattering on your figure, but it is still flattering and modern with an element of trendy. I think if you wore tunics and skinnies all the time like your friends, you would be losing out on that trendy part of you.

My best friends where skinnies and tunics all the time. But they are not adventurous in fashion, and they don't want to be. I do - so i don't mind if I am not dressed like them, or if my looks aren't as conventionally flattering. If i wore skinnies all the time for 5 years because they were flattering, I would be so bored and unhappy. So I am true to myself, and my version of myself in my head - even though that doesn't always translate to the mirror.

Through through my silhouettes exercise, I have learned my figure flattery priorities, and that has helped. For example, from Suz i learned that I have a short waist, and regular-to-short legs, but a regular-to-long rise. I don't like emphasizing my rise because to me, it looks blocky and squat on 5'4" me. Since I want my legs to look longer and my rise to look shorter, i wear heels or pointy toes with my wide legs, and I never tuck in and leave a whole expanse of rise showing - I will faux tuck so that the top falls asymmetrically and cuts my rise and elongates my legs. Knowing my FF priorities, and the little tweaks that bring them to life, has made all the difference.

First - your hair looks AMAZING. Just love it, the cut is so perfect for you.

We share that wide leg struggle. I agree with an earlier comment about volume and volume. I bet that wearing it with something more fitting on top, and ankle boots as we move into fall - which adds some height maybe - will make you love these jeans a ton. This is totally a nice outfit, but I would probably be fussing over it too.

That rust color is so good on you! Ditto to trying the jeans with ankle boots and a more fitted top.