Thanks for the kind comments everyone. I was also blessed with a real mirror in the place we were lunching! I photographed this outfit last spring at home but the photos did not turn out so well so you couldn't see it much. I need a better mirror set up at home and have tried in vain to get it sorted -- I'm now two mirrors in and neither works.
The boots are an example of a great forward looking purchase made with Angie. The year I got them, lug soles had not really started to trend. But I adore plaid and adore boots, and they were so lightweight and comfortable that I took a chance -- and look how they have paid off. I wore them frequently, right from the start, but last year they really came into their own. And they are still going strong. In great shape.
nemosmom, this is not a new colour for me. I always have reds and pinks and cognate colours in my closet -- from burgundy and softened eggplant (the dress is a purplish burgundy that might be called eggplant in marketing) to cranberry (the sweater is cranberry red) to darker blue reds (the boots), to lighter, brighter versions like fuchsia and magenta and orchid and raspberry. And true fire engine red. (I know these are not all the same colour but they are all versions of red, either darkened with black, like burgundy, or lightened/ brightened with white, or mixed with blue for the purplish hues.
Reds are actually my only real colour except blues! But I don't have enough of them because they've been scarce at retail in the past five years and before that I was focused on building my wardrobe and tended to go for my core neutrals -- navy and other blues, grey, white. If colour trends
These are my current items in the red/ purplish/burgundy/ berry/ orchid families, across all seasons. I haven't put the dress in Finds yet.
I also have some burgundy toned gear, but it is almost worn out. Alas!!
