LJP - good luck with your tee/loungewear item. Some PJ tops are nicer than many tees!
Thanks sisi, robinF, kate, jaime, lyn67
Angie - I think you meant gold sneaker twin, and waving right back at you! Thanks for the kind words. I think I was drawn to the eyelet jacket because it has ragged, fraying edges. I really like the tough/rough combined with pretty. I could try a lighter colored strap on the bag, in fact i collected a find for a white one at Amazon. I bought a patterned strap with the bag (see find below) that didn't work with this outfit, and I just haven't bothered to get a lighter solid one. I think this lighter gold is my version of white-shoes-bags-for-summer so I'm going to wait and see how much I want to wear the gold complement in fall before I look for more bag straps.
Slim cat, thanks! Wasn't sure the nail colors would come out in the photo. I did gold toes this time but i want dark red next. I've done a dark green and light blue this summer. And on my fingers I'm more traditional and love this red I've got now.
Thanks Suz! Actually the consignment shop is full of high end designer stuff ... bags from prada, chanel, gucci, and the like ... and similar clothes although some not so high end. Those style bags don't really interest me except as wonderful things to see and most of the clothes are too fancy for me or would not fit, but I love stopping in and never say never. A friend of mine got both of her MOB/MOG dresses there and they were both stunners. The boutiques are much more likely to have things I'd buy
Brooklyn thanks! and yes to the butterflies! I have a scarf with them also. Such beautiful creatures. In general I too prefer the old gold/bronze to the lighter golds. As said earlier I think the lighter gold is my version of
white-shoes-bags-for-summer
so I may put them out of rotation in fall/winter. I LOVE your old gold selections and I definitely need to keep an eye out for similar. I just spent a few minutes down the delightful rabbit hole of your jewelry finds and will have to go back