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Eta wiw ETA: more orange efforts Quick check: wearing the ls orange T-Shirt.

Stagiaire Fash

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I don’t generally wear orange, but for reasons unbeknownst to me, I bought & still have this plain orange T-shirt. It’s in good shape, probably because of how rarely I wear it. It wound up hanging near some spice-colored pants, and this morning they were both leering at me, challenging me to wear them together. What do you think?

I could swap out the sweater or pants for the items in the third pic, which is from an old post. That would also scratch my itch for this shirt + spice pants.

ETA—I’m running around home, hope it’s clear that to wear the outfit out, I’d put on real shoes!

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Bijou

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This is a little hard to judge because with the sweater, there is not much of the orange t-shirt on show. I do like the outfit, especially when worn with the outside shoes.

Stagiaire Fash

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Bijou, I’ve got to learn to take better pictures! I think by referring to the outdoor shoes you mean pic 3, which has the alternate pants & sweater worn with a mock T. (Yes, I own 2 cotton cream-colored sweaters. Used to always have a big, bulky white sweater. That was worn out when we moved to Florida, so I got the sweater in 3 to replace it. Never wore that, because it was too warm. Got the crocheted hoodie in 1 & 2. Never wore it either, am not sure why, would like to try. I think its ideal use is as a “beach” item, with a spaghetti-strap tank top underneath).

annagybe

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I love orange. But unfortunately it doesn’t really work under the Baja style hoodie, plus crochet screams spring/summer.
Not sure about #3, though it is a nice sweater. It looks to be a neckline issue

Stagiaire Fash

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Annagybe, yes, it’s suddenly springtime here, with highs in the 50s & 60s. The neckline in 3 is a different sweater and a different top underneath it. Do you think the orange T would work with the sweater from 3?

Synne

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Hard to tell becouse of the low photo quality, FashIntern. I guess orange would suit you? Maybe not berry colored, but.. fruity?

Stagiaire Fash

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Synne, awesome connection—made me smile!

I’m still trying to figure out the best photo spot. The porch seems like it ought to work, because of the natural lighting, but in reality, that doesn’t seem to be the case. The base of the stairs might be better the other way around. That surprises me, because them I’m shooting into the light, but look at this. The kitchen kinda works—I’ve done a ton of them there—but then I have to have the oven, a big black square, right behind me. The best seems to be a public hallway in my apartment building. What do you think about the quality of these different pix, no matter what I’m wearing?

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Synne

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I haven't noticed before, but your photos are a bit grainy. Are they from your cellphone? I always clean the lens quickly before taking pics. Do you use a tripod, or do you have a resident photographer :-D?

Stagiaire Fash

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Synne, once upon a time, I had a resident photographer, but he is soooo sick of it. Getting him to do the bridge pix was hard. The cell phone (and iPad & laptop) is the only camera we have. Got a new video cam when he was a babe, but that was 18 years ago!
Embarrassing that it might just be a dirty lens, but at least that’s easy to fix!

Minaminu

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Well done for adding a splash of colour, it jazzes up the outfit!

SarahD8

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I see the photo grainy-ness that Synne mentions too. Are all your pics taken on the same device? You might check and see which camera has the highest resolution. In the second set of photos you posted, 1 and 7 look the least grainy, while 10 and 12 appear to be the lowest resolution. Avoiding the zoom lens can help.

I really sympathize as I have such trouble taking good outfit pics! Often the image is much darker when I post it here than it appeared on my screen, and then there are the lighting/white balance issues... I admire your stick-to-it-iveness, I've about given up myself.

Re today's outfit, I like the tee on you. I agree with Anna that the crochet sweater has a more summery vibe, it might mesh better tossed over a flirty sundress or the like. What about your orange tee with the cable knit white sweater, rolled 501s, and green tennies?

Stagiaire Fash

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Sarah, I love that idea for an outfit, but don’t know what cable knit sweater you mean. The two in the first set of pix were attempts to replace a wardrobe essential of mine. They don’t quite do the trick—I really need another chunky white sweater. Or maybe I’m being dense and you’re pointing to something right in front of me.

Here are two variations on a different attempt with the orange. My paisley skirt has some gold/orange in it, so I tried it out. Then, as long as I was doing the crazy colors thing, I played it up with some beads. Finally, I channeled my Texas years (4!) and put my boots on. But now that Sarah mentions them, I might want to try the green sneaks with this. Annagybe, I put on an actual hair accessory for you, instead of using my readers. Textures in #2&3 are velveteen headband, cord skirt, suede jacket, and shiny shoes, plus beads. Might be a little overboard. I want a simple blue jeans jacket.

My pictures are all taken on my iPhone SE. The graininess is probably introduced by zooming in. 10 & 12 are in the kitchen. If I stand closer to the camera there, it captures all sorts of stuff on both sides of the room that distracts from the outfit I’m trying to show. 1 & 7 are on the same porch spot as today, but when the sun was in a different position. Now that it’s dark out, there is no way I could get enough light in the porch. Uploading images here does darken them considerably; I was just hoping that might somehow be my devices and they’d somehow be ok for other people to look at. I guess I need to edit them to be a little over exposed. These are from the hallway & stairwell, which seem to be best, except for the porch at the right time of day.

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SarahD8

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Re cable knit sweater,I meant the one in pic #3 of your first post in the thread. I guess the diamonds maybe make it more Aran but anyway, that one!

I like the tee with the skirt, especially with the white jacket. Yes to green sneaks with this!

Stagiaire Fash

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Of course! Irl that sweater is more cream than white, but that’s hard to tell with photo quality issues. I could’ve guessed that was what you meant though. And here is that jacket. It’s a white/peach leopard print.

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rachylou

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3 and 4 are outstanding outfits. I love the idea of orange and spice. I agree with Annagybe that the baja topper is bringing things down a bit. I’d try the toppers in 3 and 4.

Stagiaire Fash

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Now I don’t know what to wear tomorrow, lol! Was all set to do the skirt with the new sneaks, but the suede with those pants is a great idea. I’ve had them both for 18 years & never tried them together.

What do we think about the sleeves? A little sticking out at the cuff or no?

RL, including the beads?

Sloper

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Agreeing with Rachylou - orange and spice work well together!
And the orange tee looks good with the brown(or burgundy?) jacket and patterned white peach jacket.

For the bottoms, I'd personally like the outfit better with the brown/spice pants (or jeans as someone mentioned above). Not quite feelin' it with the blue corduroy skirt. And the patterned jacket is not working with the skirt, as I see it.

rachylou

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With or without beads I say. The orange tee and blue skirt work for me, but not with the headband. The headband is *like* one pretty thing too many for me. I know the beads might be considered a pretty, but they feel tougher to me.

Stagiaire Fash

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Sloper, what it is in that combo that doesn’t work—colors, pattern mix, shapes, something else?

Sloper

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I'm one of those people who, if matching a solid with a pattern, is happier if the solid (the tee shirt) is a color is pulled from the pattern (the paisley skirt).

The paisley skirt is great, but doesn't have orange in it (from what I can see in the closeup), so I wouldn't match an orange tee with it. Maybe one of the blue tones, the yellow, or white/beige. I’d maybe match a non-paisley color if it were a deep color as deep as the darkest blue of skirt – a wine/burgundy, purple, deep forest green.

Regarding the leopard print jacket with the paisley – I don’t think they have anything in common that would make the pattern mixing work. I like pattern mixing, and think it works best, when there is some kind commonality in color. Like if you mixed the paisley skirt with a striped jacket that had some of the same colors, or an even bolder pattern (floral?) in similar rich colors as the skirt.

However, I think I might be on the “conservative” side of color and/or pattern matching/mixing. Some might find my combos boring and obvious. Guess I'm missing some confidence maybe.

So despite what I say, it is the exception that makes the rule – if a combination sings to you, go for it!!!

Speaking of rule breaking, check out Etro and Dries Van Noten for the epitome of pattern mixing inspiration. (Inspiration only!!! These are very $$$$$). Note that none of these examples follow my timid rules.

Click through the slideshows to have your mind blown.

https://www.vogue.com/fashion-.....lection#14

https://www.vogue.com/fashion-.....lection#18

Stagiaire Fash

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Wow, that Etro is amazing—so many lush brocades and things I don’t have names for. Super! Throwing the houndstooth, stripes, etc in there seemed a little odd to me, but man, love the ornate looks!
Lots of the outfits were solid neutral (black) + The Statement. I know that trick, did it last week (in a much simpler way, obvi) with this skirt, as well as a pattern mix that followed the rules better (except it was a workout shirt). 9-13 here
https://youlookfab.com/welookf.....-bag-shoes The Dries Van Noten was mostly too much for me, though I did like #52 in it.

Today it’s even warmer out. Not too warm for a simple ls tee, but I’m not feeling it. Was wondering if it’d try people’s patience for me to switch out the top after all this, but the one I want to get from the cellar matches that little fleck of gold in the skirt much better, so you’ve given me “permission”. BRB

ETA: That shirt is way too wrinkled to wear today, so now something else has caught my fancy. Playing around with how to get the best pix again, the first three are the same shot. #1 is edited to try to show the stripes; #2 is unedited. #3 is unedited but cropped. And then a lighter hand on the editing and a close-up of the stripes—black and burgundy, with a tiny silver glitter line between them.

But about the dress: my son says it’s fine. I think I want some leggings. That might just be the standard springtime reaction to seeing our bodies again after being bundled up all winter, but then again, I usually have a high tolerance for showing leg. If I think a hem is high, it probably really is.

I’m not so sure about braids/pigtails either. If I wear a youthful Vans dress and a girlish hairstyle, I’m afraid I look like Delta Dawn, stuck in days gone by. Braids are probably best for the landesstil/traditional German looks Rachylou likes for me.

I’m off to dig through leggings now. Might also try a pattern mix with this jacket.

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rachylou

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Ok, gotta say, from the side-view, my reaction was that’s a shirt not a dress... ahem! Lol. More precisely, a tunic. With the pigtails, shoes and pose... I don’t quite think that’s a good look, gotta agree.

I do think two pigtails braided to the same length could work for you with a turtleneck-type top and different support act, but I do like the traditional braids best indeed.

rachylou

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Sloper - I agree a common colour to bring different patterns together is always a good trick! I wanted to add though that I thought the orange and blue worked because that’s a ‘classic’ combination, mixing complementary colours. Bright, admittedly though, and classic like pink and green golf pants...

rachylou

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ps: I think the graininess is a matter of lighting, or lack thereof.

Stagiaire Fash

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Rachylou, remind me to hide these pix later!
I’m actually really bummed. This is one of those things I bought when I was overweight, as a bit of motivation. I’ve been looking forward to wearing it as a dress. I’ve come up with leggings & pants that work with it, but that puts me square in the middle of tunic + leggings land, which is not where I want to be. It isn’t that the look is out of date—I think it’s become classic—it’s more that I decided soon after getting here that it’s not for me. I moved my one tunic to my beach/pool wear capsule because it’s bright white & blue. Don’t really need another there, and the mock T would be strange way anyhow. I still have it on now at home, with leggings, but I think it’s going in that bag of stuff to sell when shops reopen. Sadness!

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Synne

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FI, I get that you want to flaunt those well earned fabulous toned legs, but I agree with Rachy that such a revealing outfit is maybe not the best look. There ARE lots of nuances between bare legs in a mini dress and "boring ol' tunic over tights" though! For inspiration, have you seen Ginger_bred_style on Instagram? She may be older than you, but she shares some of your aesthetic for dressing sensually and she is also very into fitness. Some inspo pics for outfits.

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Stagiaire Fash

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Synne, thanks! Sitting around the house in that tunic/dress & leggings I did not feel fab. The pictures of the moment of discovery are good for a laugh, but they will come down soon and that item is firmly in the outbox. It isn’t really about wanting to show leg—they just want to be free after the long winter! The playground was full of little kids running, skipping, laughing & playing. That’s how I feel too. Ginger_bred_style’s looks, with the lacquer leggings, heavy makeup, lace insets and heels, are sexier than I want to go. She looks great, but even for a night out, I don’t feel myself so glammed up.

In the end, when I had to get on with adulting & leave the house, I played up the orange/blue contrast, with a hem that’s not so short.

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rachylou

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What’s funny about these things always is... for example, if the tunic were a tennis dress and you were holding a tennis racket, I doubt it would look odd. Fabric, fit-for-purpose... they impact impression. The legs are sporty, the tunic/dress isn’t.

ETA: Really love the colour combination of your out-and-about outfit! Remember that one!

Stagiaire Fash

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Rachylou, so true about tennis dresses! I don’t mind shorts that are that short, because I know I’m not going to flash anyone when I’m just going about my day. With tennis dresses there are whatever those tennis panties are called to prevent that. Glad you like the color combo.

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Orange with blue is a win!

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