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Outfit trial session and K/R ETA Decisions and a new picture/question

Katerina

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Dear Fabbers,
This Saturday, I played in my wardrobe and tried to prepare some outfits with a new cream jacket. I also tried two new K/R toppers.

1. The first series of photos is a new cream wool jacket. It is double breasted and kind of a-lined, but yet slightly following the waist line, like an empire waist. It also has 3/4 arms. Excuse my bad amateur description of the cut, I don’t actually know what the correct terms are. It is not so easy to style, but I like it and would like to keep it. Please, help me style it.
I styled it in two ways here.
No 1-4 with black ankle pants, snake print Chelsea boots, black scarf and a big black brooch in a form of an ape.
No 5-6 with black wide leg pants, favourite large grey scarf, green metallic bag and very old green/black sunnies, black loafers and grey suede and knitted driving gloves. This outfit feels like very much my style. Little retro, little quirky, quite some drama.
No 7-8 similar to above, but with silver loafers and a large grey bag.

2. The second series, no 9-11, is a new camo jacket I posted about. I am not as thrilled as I thought I would be. Here styled with gold ruffled scarf, gold bag and shoes and black pants. I also added a ceramic brooch. I am not sure about the fit, a little tight in the arm holes, and I am not happy about the styling either. I think this will go back.

3. A blue/mint cocoon silk blend coat, no 12-15. I like the fabric and the colour a lot. Not sure about the cut and the fit. It is rather big or oversized. Here, I styled it just with black and different scarves. Is the fit wrong or is it me not being used to unstructured pieces? Style differently?

Help with decision making, feedback, styling ideas and other thoughts would be much appreciated. Thank you for looking!

ETA I added a picture of a coat which I already own, a bit similar to the blue coat. Maybe I don´t "need" another one?

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Aliona

Katerina, I love 5 and 6, the colour pops of green are delightful and the black in the scarf balances the pant. The ensemble is very chic to my eye. I prefer the proportion of the green bag to the larger grey/taupe one. I can’t comment on the camouflage because I can’t get behind camo print in fashion, just a personal issue for me so I’ll leave that expertise to others. I didn’t notice the coat being too big, but my eye had trouble with the bracelet sleeves. I find this a difficult sleeve length in a coat, but again that’s my personal preference.

Synne

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Adore 1-4 and 12-13. Very scandi chic.

Bijou

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I love the cream jacket - you really wear monochrome so well and the snakeskin boots are just gorgeous with this. I would like to see you wear your white shoes with this too. All the outfits with this jacket look great to me and I think you could add whatever scarf/bag combination with the graphic black and white base.

The camo jacket, if the fit is off, I vote return. You are unlikely to wear it, especially as you have so many gorgeous pieces to chose from. I like camo print with bright colours - pink, orange, red and yellow - to add some pretty and juxtaposition to the military colour combination. I like how you have styled this jacket, but it is not as striking as the cream blazer.

The silk coat - I have to confess to having a complete sugar eye for these types of coats, I love the dressiness and elegance of this. I find it hard to tell if it is too big. Could you go down a size or is it worth getting the sides taken in to get the perfect fit? It looks so pretty with the light blue scarf. I would love this over a column of white (white wide leg pants, white top) and your white shoes.

You have shown three very different looks and all so true to your style.

Angie

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Katerina, #12 and #13 are my KILLER faves. Elegant, dressy and chic. Sooo gorgeous on you!

I like #1 and #2 next. The peplum jacket is good with a slimmer bottom. Fab with the snake booties.

And the camo jacket is DIVINE with the gold shoes! Clever juxtaposition. You nailed it - again

Katerina

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Aliona, thank you very much for looking and for the feedback. The bracelet sleeves are indeed difficult, I have another coat, a thicker wool coat, with such sleeves and I wear longer gloves with it. I was thinking about an armless top here to let the arms show and maybe wear some bracelet...

Synne, thank you! Scandi chic is a great complement!

Bijou, thank you, you are very kind. You are right, the cream and black will work with a number of bag - scarves combinations. In that sense, it will hopefully be easy to wear. I am very unsure about the camo jacket, which means return, you are absolutely right. Thank you for the suggestions re the silk coat, I will try over a column of white or cream. I don’t think it is too wide in the torso, it is more the shoulders and the sleeves- but it might be the style....

Katerina

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Angie, thank you very much for the encouragement and for the feedback. I am so glad you like the coat over the black - it would be such a comfy outfit for me. I was unsure about the fit and I am so glad you like it.

nemosmom

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Ooooh your pop of green in 5-6 and then the fun boots in 1-2 are stunning! I like the camo jacket, but only you know if you love it enough to keep it.

JAileen

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I love the blue coat on you. There is oversized and then there is oversized. This is just right.

I don’t wear camo. If you like it then go for it.

Cream outfits are perfection.

Runcarla

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My favourite is the long steel blue coat worn over the column of black in #12-13. I’m not a fan of the bulky scarf in the next two pics.

The fit of the white jacket looks off to me. It looks like you require a smidge more room in the shoulders, but from the waist down I want to reign in the volume. I vote return.

Though I love olive, I’m not a fan of camouflage print in fashion. I don’t like pigeon-holing folks, but I am having trouble reconciling the casualness of the pattern and jacket with your overall style. If it was leopard, or snake however, I would vote ‘keep’.

Christina F.

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I love all these. The cocoon coat... I’m swooning over it.

The camp jacket looks good but should be returned if the fit is off. It’s a little bit of a stretch for you, in a good way - you styled it really well.

Katerina

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Nemosmom, thank you very much!

JAileen, thank you very much and thanks for enabling regarding the coat It is growing on me. I think I want to keep it.

Runcarla, thank you very much. More votes for the coat over the black, yay! I am not so pleased with the camo jacket on me. It is somehow off, or at least not what I expected - my imaginary fab juxtaposed dressy outfit, IYKWIM. I can see how it is too casual.

Katerina

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Christina F., thank you! I am very glad you like the coat - I want to be enabled about this one

Anonymous

My absolute favourite is the blue coat - in 12 and 13. I don't mind the ivory jacket and prefer it without the big scarf and bag. I really like your looks when the scarves aren't so front and centre. I can't really tell much about the camo jacket as the pics are obscured by the scarf, but I do agree with Angie in that the gold shoes are great with it. I happen to be a big fan of camo - so there is that

Jaime

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The white jacket is great all the ways, although I do prefer the smaller bag with it. The snakeskin boots are fantastic. The large grey bag seems a bit overwhelming in that outfit. The blue coat is gorgeous - love it all the ways. Camo makes me sad so I am staying out of that one.

Katerina

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Lisa P. and Shevia, than you for the feedback. I appreciate you taking the time. I am glad the cream jacket got your approval and that you like the blue coat. I am really on the fence about a camo jacket, mixed reactions here and I have mixed feelings too. But the fit is not perfect - so I will return this one.

Many Fabbers like the blue coat! I am very glad, because I am getting to like it more and more. But I am also quite surprised about it. I felt like the cream jacket was more given for my style and body shape and I was not at all sure about the blue coat, because of the lack of structure and the mId tone blue colour. It is a gorgeous fabric and very light and comfy. I can imagine wearing it to work as an indoor topper on colder days (the office is always cold), the sort of a thing you just put on in the morning and forget about it all day, no fussing.

Cardiff girl

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I think the reason you are finding the Camo jacket difficult is that it’s a busy pattern and as an accessories girl you prefer a more neutral base to let the accessories shine?
I really like the cream jacket on you particularly #5,6,7,8

Katerina

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Thank you Cardiff girl. You are so right.

anchie

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I am no help, I love all of this, even camo jacket. And you have the best accessories.

Janet

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Well, I’ve never seen you look less than wonderful in everything, and these are no exception. However, I have to say the long coat is far and away my favorite. The cream is nice but seems a little roomy — i guess that’s intentional? I love the way you styled it. The camo looks good on you but I vote return because you are not thrilled with it. I think a different color camo would suit you better (less literal) but that may be my bias as I explained in an earlier thread.

Katerina

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Thank you Anchie, you are very kind!

Katerina

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Janet, thank you for looking and for the compliment. You are right, the cream jacket is roomy, it is mix of peplum and A-line. I know it sounds strange, but the back is A-line with a half belt back (what is it called in English actually, when there is a decorative “belt” on the back of a coat or a jacket attached to the garment?). So it is intentionally roomy. I was hesitant, but I like the colour and the fabric and I think I can work with the shape.

It seems that the blue coat is a definitive keeper

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Janet

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Ah, I get it! I suspected that was the case with the cream jacket -- I've seen that kind of design before and find it appealing. It's just hard to convey in a photograph. You can definitely work it!

rachylou

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Ok first, your camo jacket inspires me to pull out my own. Second, I agree with Angie re the third coat. And third, I really like the cream coat with the scarf tails out - elegant!

Sal

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I am late to this thread but my favourite is the coat!! I love the long lines.

I also like the cream. I love all the bags and scarves but prefer the slimmer fit trousers.

I am on the return side with the camo. I think if you are uncertain it is not the one!!

lyn67

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My absolute faves here are the look in nr 1-4!!! Sorry but cannot go past these at the moment, will come back later for them:-).

Katerina

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Thank you Rachylou, Sal and Lynn 67 for taking your time and for the feedback, I appreciate it very much.

Katerina

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So, I have decided to send back the camo jacket and to keep the cream jacket.
Undecided about the blue coat, but I think, actually, that I will send it back too. I have a green and black silk blend coat, which to me is quite similar. I don´t wear it often at all and I should start wearing it instead of buying another one. It is more structured in the cut, but it fills the same "need". I just get tempted by lovely pieces, especially when they are on sale. I posted a picture of the older green coat here, too. What is your opinion? Do you agree with me?

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Janet

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Well, I love that coat you already own. It's a different style/vibe. Can you pinpoint why you aren't wearing it? Might the roomy style and fit of the new one mean that it serves a different purpose? I know that my dark forest green cocoon coat serves a very different purpose than my more tailored fit coats. I would try both coats on with various outfits you'd be likely to wear with a coat to see if they truly function the same way.

Katerina

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Very good question, Janet.
I think I don´t wear it so much because it is a bit too dressy for my daily life, office etc. Funny, because I normally don´t shy away from dressy pieces - for example, I wear silky satin trousers to work or glittery jackets etc. But this one stays behind. Another reason is that maybe it is borderline outerwear, I like jackets and coats which double as indoors toppers. I wonder if the blue one would feel differently.

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