Angie, THANK YOU! I know your wrists and arms are sore and I really appreciate your professional time and input. Classic casual Euro style....I love it!

Elly, the more I think about you elements the more Australian they seem - have you seen Nicole Kidmans wardrobe in the movie Australia? (or, like every other red-blooded woman in the cinema, were you too busy concentrating on Hugh Jackman?)

CRW, I can't wait to see some of your elements of love in action!

Kate, you are so organized and you list is so clear. Do you think the word impeccable might appear somewhere in your style description?

Vix - thanks for your wisdom. It's nice to have others here to bounce our ideas off, but I guess our style really is intrinsic and as CRW said, may not yet be as obvious to others. I often ogle Art Nouveau jewellry but have yet to splurge. DH did surprise me one year with a Tiffany style lamp - it is one of the things I would race back into a fire to rescue! And I may yet do a WIW inspired by one of Mucha's lovely art nouveau ladies :D.

Julie, there is something etheral about your colouring, your wiws always have an other-worldliness to them that I adore. I'd love to meet you IRL one day!

Elly, does anything here speak to you?
http://viewer.zmags.com/public.....fe7c86d/76

Lynne and Vix--- thank you! The pictures of the buildings that I posted for inspiration are from Mexico. I lived in a border town for three years and love Mexican culture and the adobe, stucco, and colors. These aren't my shots, but I am a decent amateur photographer and am a sucker for the way that the textures photograph. Some of the others are from Hawaii and Oregon.

Bold and organic, huh? I guess I could see that. I do find a lot of inspiration in nature but have never thought of it like that because I don't really see my style as organic in the same way that many other people that have embraced that vibe, but I do see where you are going wit that. A different way of incorporating organic elements

I did see Australia, but I honestly don't remember much about Kidman's fashion--- maybe after she loosened up a bit? I will admit I don't care for her much. I was rather entranced by the aboriginal boy and the landscape! I grew up in a reservation border town and my field of study extends to indigenous issues, so I probably looked at that movie from a political, historical, and ethical standpoint more than others. I was probably more inspired by the drover than the missus.

Lynne, thanks for the link. I love the boots and leatherwork in that catalog. Most of the clothing is a little too preppy/classic american sportswear (ironic since it is Australian) for me. I lived on a ranch for many years and I find I go either very sophisticated in an art gallery owner type of way (I had this gorgeous photographer mentor that inspired me) or I like to have a lot of rugged elements (that buckaroo, harsh landscape that australia also reflects--). All in all I fall somewhere in between marlon brando and trace adkins and carolina herrera.