Hello dear fab friends <3 We had influenza A. I finally surfaced this week, after 2.5 weeks of misery. Anyway, would love your sincere feedback on my latest summer clothing haul! What do you think??

All items are from City Chic and were on huge sale. City Chic is based in Australia. While they do honor the seasons here in the US, they also have great end-of-season sales based on AUS seasons. Each of these items were $16-40/each! I hate to say this but... I just cannot sew for that.

Try-on notes. I did not try-on any of these clothes with makeup or support garments such as Spanx or slip. Also, I didn't try on with summer sandals/shoes. This was a quick try-on due to recovering energy and a sinus headache.

For me, the wins are palm tree pants, nude dress, and navy dress. I'm on the fence about tropical print pants and ethnic print dress. What I bought feels like a good mix of breezy-easy and hey-hey-vavoom.

Photos 1-2 Tropical print pants
Pros: Beautiful tailoring and shape. High-waist paperbag waist is nicely shaped with a tailored zipper and button closure, and a really nice string belt. Pockets! Great fabric in a natural fiber blend.
Cons: the colors seem possibly spring season, so not sure on that. Print too large or busy for me?? I think these will be better worn with a toasted peach or cream top vs the brown cami in photos.

These pants were all of $16. Really cheap for such good quality. So, kind of thinking of making them work. It's hard for me to find pants that both fit and look flattering on me -- especially for summer.

Photos 3-4 Palm tree print pants
Pros: Beautiful shape and drape, even for wide-leg. Super comfortable shirred waist with fabric ties at front. Pockets!! Great fabric in natural fiber blend.
Cons: maybe the full, wide leg adding excess visual width to my body. However, the shape is very breezy and comfortable, so it's a tiny con.

Photos 5-7 Ethnic print dress
Pros: Beautiful shape and lovely tailoring, including a full lining. Both dress and liner are natural fibers.
Cons: Low neckline doesn't feel appropriate for church; a cami underneath could look/feel strange. Not sure on the print, though I can't put my finger on why. A friend says despite the color being great on me, all she can stare at is the blue circle at the bottom hem. I kind of agree. But then is it really that bad and will everyone else feel that way??

Photos 8-10 Nude animal print dress
I purchased this dress as a wild card, out of curiosity.
Pros: lovely bias cut. Print is very surprisingly non-fattening (if that makes sense). The cut seems really good on me, even though I feel very "look at me" in it. Because well... it's very "hey hey" isn't it?
Cons: The color feels very low energy to me, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. It's between nurturing and blah to me. No pockets, though it's a very sexy dress, so it's maybe not meant for schlepping around with keys in the pockets. Both liner and dress are polyester, which could be uncomfortable in the summer. Ditto for the long sleeves. Will definitely require Spanx.