Hi,

I really enjoyed the recent capsule and ensemble posts. I decided to start with the smaller one first, the ensemble.

When I first read the post I figured, ok, I have most of these items, this will be easy. Well not really! I do have a few questions below too. And I apologize upfront, I don't know how to make a collage with the photos.

#1 The easy items
I knew I wanted to do this ensemble because I recently picked up a leather jacket and camo jeans at NAS. Also I already had ponte pants and a denim jacket.

#2 Getting harder
It didn't take long for me to realize that I had a wardrobe hole, layering tops. I grabbed my new striped top from NAS and then struggled to figure out what other long sleeve top could use. The short sleeve top and hoodie are the closest to reds that I have so I added those. The scarf has to work with all the tops, the bird print has the colors of these tops in it so I added that one.

#3 Trying to lighten up
I won't get very fall into our fall season with the red short sleeve top from #2, so I added my only other light colored long sleeve top, which is ivory. For shoes, I added my buckle flats and a new pair of wedge sneakers (shoes?).

Question: As you review the outfits, should I swap out the black wedge sneakers for a brown pair? I'm wondering if it's too much black with both shoes being black.

Creating outfits:

#4, Ponte with Ivory

#5 Ponte with Black topper

#6 Ponte with Denim topper
I tried to show the toppers with both pants, these are with the ponte pants. I kept the same pair of shoes on although I guess I could swap those out too.

#7 Ponte with stripes

#8 Ponte with hoodie
I think this hoodie is better for gear use, which is the capsule it is really from.

#9 Ponte with denim and red
I think the denim is a better topper for the red top.

#10 Camo with black topper
Again I tried to show the toppers with both pants, these are the camo. Also I kept the wedges on this time.

#11 Camo and red with no scarf
Just to show the red top better here I removed the scarf.

#12 Camo and hoodie
Again I don't think the hoodie works.

#13 Camo and denim and red
Again thinking the denim is a better topper for the red top.

#14 Camo and striped top
Does this work?

#15 Camo and ivory top

So I go back to my earlier question, should I return the black booties and pick up a brown pair? I'm wondering my hair will tie in a brown version. BUT I did pick up the black booties to also work with grey jeans and I plan to work on the capsule post which has grey footwear in it this weekend. I'm trying to figure out if camo and grey jeans can have the same colored footwear if it's not a black pair. And if so, what color would that be, brown, grey?

Thanks for looking, I know this was a long post!