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WIW & WYW: Calendar Challenge Week 2

Ingunn

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Hi all, I'm sorry for the radio silence this week, but it's been one of the busiest weeks of the school year for me, as we're finishing the first half year now. I've been grading papers to the moon and back - phew.

Let me remind you of the clues from the January Challenge Calendar this week:

Monday: Animal print
Tuesday: Dress over pants
Wednesday: Winter White
Thursday: Patterned/colored tights
Friday: Full skirt outfit

Which ones did you try? Please share the results below!

More about this:
About the challenge
Week one results

Here are my attempts at beating the January blues this week:
Monday: A hint of leopard
I don't feel like an all over leopard pattern these days, so I layered a shirt in the pattern under a charcoal sweater.Pleated black pants and cognac brogues finish the outfit. I felt good! Cognac bag and grey coat (not shown).

Tuesday: Monochromatic Dress over Pants
I layered a black sweater dress over a white shirt and black cigarette pants. Black pointy toe booties finished the outfit. This looked better IRL, promise. I quite liked the outfit, and it was very comfortable. the cognac messenger bag was a great contrast (not shown). Bonus pic of the view from my office, and a refreshed hair with much more layers.

Wednesday: Winter White Smart Casual
I layered a silk shirt in cream under the chunky off-white sweater. Grey/cream snake pattern belt, white jeans and cognac boots. Grey coat and pastel blue scarf (note white, but the most delicate colors I have). Cognac bag again.

Thursday: Gray wrap dress and Purple Rococo Tights
I wore the grey cardigan-as-dress-thing, and paired it with tights with a very subtle pattern and deep purple color. They softened the outfit a bit. I'm not really feeling patterned tight now, either, so these were a compromise.

Friday: Pattern Mix and Tall Boots in Monochrome
I have more time for play today, yay! Full silk skirt in black with white dots, grey cashmere sweater, tall black boots, plaid scarf in black, white and brown, grey coat and the beloved stone Danier satchel that Shannon helped me get last year.

Did I beat the blues? Definitely. I also wore quite a few pieces that I haven't worn in a while, and I loved them again. The calendar is helping me narrow down my choices, and I'm surprised at how much I appreciate they, too. I'm keeping my favorite outfit to myself a little longer. Which one do you like best, and why? Please share your thoughts!

Don't forget to share the results you came up with based on the calendar. I would love to see it, and so would the others:)

Thanks for reading and looking!

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Laurinda

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Beautiful winter pick-me-up looks (and snowy landscape), thank you for sharing!

Anonymous

Ack! I got so busy and tired I had barely a thought for outfit posting. Been trying to get my fitness gear sorted instead. You, however have hit it out of the ball park! Love all these outfits Ingunn! Each one is well thought out. Love the dress over trousers and the whiteout with cognac. Also really enjoying the patterned midi and knee high black boots in the last pic. Great job!

jackiec

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Ingunn you look amazing in your challenge outfits! I love the fluid grey pullover over the patterned full skirt - wow! And the dress over the pants is so fresh. Thanks for sharing your challenge. I couldn't fit most of them to my schedule but I did think of you and did the animal print Monday challenge on Sunday here. I posted it in my last WIW batch which I can't seem to link with my iPad this morning. Great week!!!!

Angie

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You look beautiful, Ingunn.

I LOVE the light blue thrown into the cream - grey - cognac mix in #3. FRESH. Also love the fluid fit jumper over the polka dot skirt. Modern. Nicely done. xo

Transcona Shannon

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What a wonderfully stylish week Ingunn I especially love the full polka dot skirt with the pullover. That is a beautiful silhouette on you.

Suz

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What a fabulously stylish week, Ingunn! You look amazing in every one of these. I am very taken with #2 -- a look I find so difficult to create and wear. I really feel I must try it. Are these new pointy toed boots? I can't remember them although you must have showed us at some point. My brain is a bit mush due to a migraine today -- apologies.

I also adore 3 and 5. Well, heck, 4 is equally gorgeous on you! In short, you look fantastic in every one and I cannot pick a favourite but I will be curious to know which one you loved best, and why.

I fear I only managed one day of challenge this week...getting better than last week, maybe? I will aim again next week....

I did animal print. Barely.

I think the dress over pants outfit stymied me so much I did not go back to the calendar! It is because I have such a hard time with that one, always feeling "bunchy." I need a shift dress, clearly. My dresses are too fitted for the look to work. Hmmm.

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Meredith

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You really nailed the dress over pants look-I'm scared to try! And I love the last look with the polka dots! This challenge has been fun inspiration for me - I'll be posting my results soon!

Ingunn

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Thank you, Laurinda!

Diane, thank you! The dress over pants look was quite new to me, but I actually loved it on me. This is probably the only dress I have that can work with pants.

Jackie, thanks! I'll try and look up your WIW to see some animal:)

Angie, you are so kind. Thank you. I think fluid fits are my favorites now, but a little structure is good. I like the light blue and cream/grey with cognac a lot and have worn it many times this season.

Thank you, Shannon. Did you notice that I took the Danier satchel out for a swing, too? It is a lovely bag.

Yay, Suz, a picture! You look fab of course. The hint of animal print creates interest, and so doe the various textures in your outfit. Yes, I agree, the dress over pants thing is challenging. I could only do it with this particular dress and pants, they have proper proportions for it. The dress is not too fitted, and short enough, and the pants have very slim legs. The booties are from last summer. I think my favorites this week was #2 and #5 for different reasons. #2 was a new silhouette for me, and I liked the graphic look of it. #5 is much more familiar, but I like how the fluid sweater updates the silhouette a bt from last season for me.

Meredith, thanks! I'm looking forward to seeing your results.

Mona

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I love #3 and 5. White out always wins hands down in my book and cognac accessories are jus the cherry on top.
Polka dot full skirt paired with fluid pullover looks amazing and a perfect pick me up on a Friday.

texstyle

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I think my favorite is #5 - it's modern and fun and it looks great on you!

Anonymous

Ingunn,you had an impressive week. My favorite is 5 because that is do hard to do and you look amazing.
I will put my week in a separate thread, but here are the basics:
1. Animal print ( mixed with stripes)
2. Dress over pants
3. Winter white
4/5 Patterned/colored tights (grey with black polkadots)
6. Full skirt outfit (as full a skirt as I own this season)

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columbine(erin)

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These are fab, Ingunn! I'll have to save this post for inspiration.

Ingunn

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Thank you, Tex and columbine!

Joy, I'm thrilled that you did all days this week, too! That is so much fun. you looked amazing every single day, but my favorites are #2 and #3, because dress over pants looks great on you, and you are the queen of winter white.

Jaime

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Ingunn and Joy you both did spectacular jobs! Ingunn my favorite is the dress over pants - something I would not have thought would work so well. Joy I love your animal print outfit. Great challenge!

Ingunn

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Thank you, Shevia! I'm surprised by the dress over pants look myself. I never thought I'd like it that much.

jackiec

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Back on my computer...here's my animal print from last week

(Snakes & leopards)

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Firecracker (Sharan)

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Wow, Ingunn, these are knockout looks! I can't pick a favorite.
Joy, what a great week of looks for you, too. It's understandable that Ingunn could rock this challenge, since she created it, but you did as well!

Ingunn

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Jackie, tha's a great layered look. You look fab!

Thank you, Sharan!

lyn67

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I missed the earlier posts unfortunatelly and same as Suz said, I never had a clue for how's a dress over pants done right, but both of yours(Ingunn and Joy) are trully perfect. Love both of yours all week looks, so much fun to dress for a challenge, and YLF sisterhood put a big smile on my face, today-agan:-).

Ingunn

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Yay for YLF sisterhood indeed!

Sal

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I am just catching up with things as I have been away. What a fun challenge Ingunn. I love all your looks but my favourite is 5, especially with the coat. I love the patterns, the tall boots and how modern yet timeless it looks. I also think the white out is really fun.

Joy, you also have some great looks. My favourite is the white out, which you wear so well.

It is very warm here and I am in sundress mode, but I will look and see if I can do any of the challenges. After almost four weeks away living out of a suitcase it is nice to have a few more options.

Ingunn

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Thank you, Kiwigal, I'm looking forward to see some warm weather interpretations of the challenge, too!