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SYC Weekly Challenge - Closet Orphan

Laura

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I pulled a wine-colored blouse from the depths of my closet today and created an outfit. Thanks to Kristen's suggestion, I really felt like I shopped my closet this morning. The catch is that it has gotten so hot today - 86 degrees! - that I had to change!

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Latest reply was from quail

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Laura- great outfit. I don't think it is too dark at all. Fall colors yes, but it's lightened up by the fact that it is short sleeves. I love the moto vest over it. Very edgy and fab look!
Great job shopping your closet!

shana

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Laura, what a great top! Love that color - I'm glad that you found a way to put it back into rotation!

kellygirl

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Wine and olive, what a lovely combination! It looks very fall like to me. Love it with the biker vest. You are such a stylish SYC'er!

Lisa

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You have a great SYC closet! Looking fab here!

Angie

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Do you have another LAMB bag like me, Laura? The black, white and cobalt blue?

I also didn't know you had cargo skinnies! This has been a most informative thread!

LOVE you in the moto vest

Laura

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Yes I am chock full of useful information tonight!

I have had these cargo skinnies for at least four years. Always on the cutting edge, you know

I do have a black, cobalt and white LAMB bag - scored it on Ideeli last year! This one and the (so far unused) lime green handbag are sitting together on my closet shelf and make up my complete LAMB handbag collection! I think my LAMB handbag is more hobo-esque and yours is more structured? Or are we double LAMB handbag twins? Nice!

After SYC I hope to add another fab handbag ... not sure what yet ... maybe a Hayden Harnett ...

lady

This is a great oufit!

I must admit, you've given me some useful information as well. I had no idea what the acronym SYC meant. I saw it sprinkled thru out the forum and had stopped trying to puzzle it out. So Thank You. Shop Your Closet sounds like a refreshing experience. I unknowlingly partcipated in this exact thing 2008-2009 while unemployed. I certainly had to get creative in order to breath life into what I thought was a bland wardrobe....i learned that i was more creative than I gave myself credit for and that I had more than enough.....enough for others too.

Jonesy

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This looks great! I love the color combo, and the tough vest and cargos complement the sweetness of the top nicely. Yay SYC!

Angie

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We are double LAMB bag twins! Let me jog your memory my dear, Laura

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Well aren't you FASHION FORWARD supreme!!!

AJ

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4 years ago they had cargo skinnies? Nice! I really like the olive/bronze/wine combo. I think it would look just as equally fab without the moto vest.

The dress is pretty! Why is this dress an orphan?

Marley

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Great color combo - the wine with the olive green!
I have that same LAMB bag - except it's in gray with yellow/gold and white trim - so, I think that makes you, Angie and me LAMB bag triplets - but I'm a fraternal triplet, rather than identical:-)

Kristen

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I LOVE that! See, isn't it kind of fun to dig deep and come up with fresh combos? It doesn't always have to be new to make fashion fun.

The temps dropped back down today, thank goodness. I was already over the hot stuff, time for fall please!

Laura

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Oh! Handbag triplets! Hurray!

AJ, the dress is definitely not orphaned. Just a bonus WiW pic!

quail

Wow, I would have thought cargo skinnies wouldn't work for anyone, but they look fab on you! Really, so flattering! Great outfit, Laura!