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Team playing it safe or wildcards this year?

Anonymous

Looking over my purchases so far this year, I realized I have not bought a single windcard yet. Most years I buy at least a few-and sometimes they result in big style shifts-but this year I'm just not feeling experimental at all. It's ok due to impending major life changes, and my summer wardrobe is in a good place-but my inner magpie has been abnormally quiet!

Who else is playing it (too?) safe this year? Who's magpie is in overdrive? And-how are you feeling about it?

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Joy

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I will continue a trend started last year of wearing summer weight poncho-like garments that can be tossed on over capris and a simple top for running out to lunch or shopping or even an event. I just got a new one in white and olive to wear with olive utility capris. These garments are a bit out of my comfort zone but work well if not too much fabric, A third piece for summer that is not a jacket or cardi but great for a cool evening or air conditioning. Not safe but a wild card that seems to work,

Runcarla

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Wildcards are usually seridipitous discoveries and spontanious purchases and not something planned or crossed off a sartorial shopping list. I wouldn't rule out a wildcard item, but I haven't stumbled across anything to tempt.

2019 has been a good year for crossing HEWIs off my list, though!

Anonymous

Playing it safe! Buying basics and essentials in white, navy, and black.

Bijou

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Magpie reporting in, I have bought a few items this year that are either wildcards or Close to being wildcards.

1. Ink suit with faux fur collar
2. Hello Kitty bomber
3. Faux fur jacket
4. Star boots

I have added some statement toppers to wear with my dresses.

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Anonymous

I want to see the new one Joy, and travel definitely brings out the magpie, Bijou!

Glad I'm not the only one just playing it safe for now though Finding Hewis is a very good thing, and so is building a good foundation of essentials!

Jenn

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I’m pretty much playing it safe this season. Like you, I think it has something to do with impending life changes. Perhaps once I’m settled in a new location and son has started college, the wildcards will start calling again.

Angie

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I'm playing it a little safer too so far, although having as much fun and LOVING my new pretty things! I have a lot going on - and am going classic for tops. Keeping it safer at the moment feels within my control.

ETA: BUT THE WILDCARDS ARE ON THE HORIZON. I can feel it

Anonymous

I haven't had time to shop much this spring, but almost nothing is calling out to me yet from the little I have seen. I'm open to anything this season, especially an injection of colour .

Bonnie

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I played it safe for the first three months but went all "Wildcard" in April. This month, I will be shopping for items to support last month's wildcard shopping.

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Janet

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I have played it very safe this year so far... except! Yesterday in Santa Fe, I did a little shopping, and ended up with a yellow — yes, yellow — tee. It’s the only shade of yellow I’ve ever liked on me, a soft buttery yellow that’s not too pale but also not too saturated. I think it works on me in summer when I have a little more color in my skin. I also bought the same tee in a pale mint green, which is solidly in my wheelhouse. They are basic, loose-fitting, super casual V-neck tees that are perfect for my summer wardrobe. I also found a great pair of grey knee-length shorts, a terrific white wrap knit top, a cobalt blue V-neck sweater, and a gorgeously light and soft silk/cashmere scarf in all my favorite shades of blue and turquoise. That’s my shopping for the spring!

Janet

(website)

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Oh! I forgot my true wildcard — the white cape-jacket-vest. Wore it twice already before leaving for my TX/NM trip and hoping to get in some more wears when I get home again.

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Anonymous

Happy to see the wildcards! And happy to think the rest of ours are just over the horizon

Liesbeth

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Seconding runcarla’s definition, I don’t often come across succesful wildcards. Impulse purchases that turn into mistakes on the other hand... that being said, I’ve been a good girl this year AND I’ve found a true wildcard in my faux jumpsuit (and also in my leopard scarf), so a good balance really! Fingers crossed for you suntiger

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Cardiff girl

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I m really trying to control my inner magpie this year but it’s hard!l might let you all know how it’s gone later on in the year if it’s not too shaming .

Staysfit

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I seem to be playing it relatively safe, going much more neutral and classic than previous years. Most purchases have been of essentials or basics, and even though they are updated to match current trends, they are classic enough to last many years. A great example are the three new blazers I posted. I have also purchased a couple of classic and simply designed dresses, some basic tees and one pair of lower heeled strappy sandals in metallic navy.

There is a potential wildcard item on the horizon. There is a dress I have on pre-order from Rachel Comey that has fringe on the bottom, but its otherwise a very classic and simple design......plus it's matte metallic silver! So, if it works, it would be my wildcard for 2019. I suppose I may also find a wildcard trench, but no success yet.

Toban

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No wildcard so far this year, bit a lot of success in finding pieces that are “me”, like a dark olive chino sheath dress. Perhaps the closest wildcard is a Boden t-shirt dress in green with gold foil pineapples ... the print is an unusual one for me, but the item is highly practical to throw on for a quick change after a bike or run. Some success in adding two light weight scarves to help transition some basics into a spring palette that brings in more teals and aquas.

rachylou

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I wanted to do a little Westworld this year. So I got some boots, a bowler hat and a couple of belts this past winter... and I feel kinda done. But maybe if we ever actually shake winter that will change.

Barbara Diane

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Mostly this is a wear what I already own kind of time, with filling in a few holes. I purchased a quiet wildcard for me, a navy above the knee tunic that is like a long lightweight sweatshirt, to be worn over navy pants, either alone or as a topper. The shape and styling make it a wildcard for me.

Sal

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About 50/50 - I have added second hand pieces (5) so that means more wildcards. My Italian additions were more essentials funnily enough- bag, white sneakers, two basic cotton tops and a scarf (or two - deciding what to keep and what will be a gift).

If I keep to my 30 items I will need to be disciplined as I included scarves, bags and gear in. I do need a new gear top, a new hoodie, and maybe boots and jeans - all to be on the basic workhorse side.

Alicewonderland

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Playing it safe. I’m feeling actually overwhelmed by my closet and all the choices. It was fun before, but now I just want to wear the same simple things over and over.

Katerina

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About 50/50 for me too. I have added some basic white, black and navy trousers and some silk tops - my essentials, bought a new pair of gold colored loafers - a safe purchase for me. Wildcards: a pistachio longer leather jacket and a mint green floral topper. Also, a couple of knitted cardigans - I normally don’t wear knits, hence wildcards for me.

Brooklyn

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I haven’t gone wildcard because all my purchases this year have been part of a very focussed plan, which is unusual for me. But they do represent a style shift, in terms of colour and vibe. I’ve been adding items in copper, bronze, gold, mustard, tan and teal (peacock colours, ST!) and looking generally for more ornate pieces than a couple of years ago. But I have been planning this for at least a year so it feels like a safe venture into new style territory, if that makes sense.

My most unplanned purchase was a gold Versace jacket ($120 on YOOX - occasionally these “last available item” bargains pop up). That was unexpected but still not a wildcard - I was specifically looking for gold items (but I thought it would be a top or skirt).

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Irina

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Yes, one of my goals for this year - add interesting pieces. I bough a lightweight wool shirt dress from COS (below the knee on me), pink!!! jacket and wide leg cropped pants. Will see what happens.

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taylor

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My inner magpie is unusually quiet this year.
I chalk it up to a more discerning eye, not willing to waste money on impulse buys....those usually end in regret for me !

Jaime

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My wishlist is definitely on the safe side - I want updated jeans for example. But shopping at thrift stores doesn't lend itself to a real plan.

anne

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No wild cards for me yet this year. But I've barely gone shopping, so there's not been much opportunity to see potential wildcards. Pretty soon I'll start my winter shopping and then we'll see.

Synne

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Some wildcards that seem to work and has brought on a style shift for me. A more romantic, feminine, yin style. And some straight out mistakes... bad quality trousers (I am never bying viscose, polyester & elastane blends again) and clothes that just didn't work after road testing..

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Kathie

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Definitely playing it safe: three tops and a belt that are essentials and replacements for very worn items, a white denim skirt and sun hat that were HEWIs, one “completer” top, and a white moto-style jacket, because I was looking for a new spring topper. The only wild cards have been a pair of statement earrings and the Angie-twin pink chore jacket. The latter because I don’t wear a lot of pink, but I loved it from first try-on, and have been amazed at how well it integrated into my wradrobe.

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Anonymous

Love seeing everyones wildcards! And fun to see how one persons wildcard is another's usual!
*flies off to shop with Brooklyn because teal and bronze are absent here*

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