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During Sukkot (week long holiday) we have a lot of company come eat with us in our back yard sukkah (hut). I had a bit of fun playing with proportions and my Zara pointy blue shoes.

#1 and #2 for the first dinner. Each of my DDs took a picture of me and the other DD - sorry for the blur! Wearing old DVF dress (second hand) and new Zara pointy blue shoes picked up in the summer at the end of season sale at the Soho Zara. Blue shoes were a hit and I was told I looked very retro.

#3 Going to the other extreme, I kept the shoes and wore long (too long) Maya Negri (Israeli designer, thrifted) culottes, with light blue H&M button down and same shoes. Should I have semi-tucked, the top, shortened the culottes, scrapped the whole thing? - let me know what you think.

#4 Playing with Angie's ankle length/ankle strap formula and influenced by all the pink, black and white in the summer shows. Sarah Braun top (Israeli designer, thrifted), linen harem pants (also Israeli, also second hand), Tibi ankle strap shoes (Buffalo Exchange near Penn Station). Again long top over short pants on short me might not be the way to go. Your thoughts?

#5 Our sukkah.

All comments and suggestions welcome - I won't be offended!

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Suz

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Oh -- you look so beautiful in the holiday tent! It's such a fun holiday. Thank you for sharing these. Love the DVF dress with the shoes! The dress looks like stained glass. And I actually think the culottes look is brilliant for an at-home party. The third look took my breath away -- the top with your hair is so luxe!

Deborah

#4 is just beautiful! Shevia are you growing your hair? I love how it is looking right now. All these outfits are gorgeous. The dress is beautiful, and so are your girls:). The Cullottes are outrageous! In a good way and I would like to see how a semi tuck looks:)

deb

Just beautiful and so are the girls. Love the pointy towed shoes.

jayne

Loved 1-2,4 and yes, did you try tucking 3? I just love your hair!

Karie

You and your girls look so pretty! I love the blue pointy toed shoes.

Jaime

Thanks! I knew I should have at least tried to tuck #3 but I was just in a no tuck mood.
Deborah I am thinking of trying to grow my hair back to its previous style (where the front is longer) in its shortest version. At least that is what I am thinking right now.

Anonymous

You look great in all three outfits Shevia. #1 is gorgeous with the shoes picking out the blue tones in your dress. #3 is so chic and casual at the same time. I rather like the length of the culottes and I think the colours remind me of the sea and faded driftwood. #4 is beautiful in proportions and as Suz said, luxe. The top is fab.

catgirl

These are all fab! And I love you in that DVF dress. Would love a closer look at those fun blue shoes.

donnat

All of your outfits are lovely. I particularly like ...all of them. I was going to say #3 but when i went up to check the number i seen 4 again and tbought oh i really like that too, then i thought oh that dress is so pretty....
And i love your hair.

merwoman

So sweet that your girls each took turn posing and capturing the moment - you are all so beautiful! Love your dress paired with those gorgeous shoes!
Am looking at the ankle strap an pants combo, and I am no expert, but am wondering since the strap is thinner, that maybe the pant length needs to come down a little|? I'm thinking that the amount of exposed skin above the strap should equal the width of the strap?

rachylou

Love the pointy blue shoes and colourful dress! You look great in colour and super slick in gray scale.

I love Sukkot. It's the tents

Day Vies

The dress is fantastic. I love that you chose to accent the light blue in the dress with your shoes. Adorable!

Scarlet

I love it all. You make those blue shoes so chic! So sweet with your daughters. Aw.

annagybe

I really like the volume on volume of #3. Loos really modern to me.

Angie

Fashion Stylist

Oh Sukkot. How fun, Shevia. Thanks for sharing. I love our global YLF community. It's my favourite part about the forum.

You and DD are so beautiful in #1. WOW your hair is stunning. I love the soft short salt and pepper curls. And I am so stealing those light blue pointy toe flats. You knew that. They have to be mine.

Your proportions in #3 are all over the Spring 2014 catwalks right now. You are killer brilliant. I am much impressed. It totally works - and is an excellent look for Tel Aviv. Look at you rocking those culottes.

And #4 is amazing too, Anoter 11 out of 10. You adapted the formula to perfection.

This was an uplifting post. Happy new year! xo

shedev

I love the look in #4.

Well last night was our last night of entertaining (we are going away for the last couple days) and there is nothing like reading all your lovely comments after an (fun but) exhausting round of entertaining to perk me up.

Regarding the blue shoes - they were a true impulse purchase. I was in Soho on my way to Brooklyn and walking down the street where I used to work, which has turned into an outdoor mall. Whenever I pass a Zara I have to go in - I am always curious to see which merchandise each one features (varies a lot store to store) and how crowded it is (usually very). It was the end of the season sale and I spied these light blue flats marked down to $20. It turns out they are just perfect for adding some zing to my hostess outfits.

Anyway, I am sort of wowed that you think the proportions of #3 are modern Angie and Anna! I am pretty sure you made my day with your comments!

Thank you everyone, you are like cyber tonic! Please visit my tent any time!

Thank you for posting this. Your hut looks festive and welcoming. You look wonderful in each outfit and your blue shoes are the stars. It looks like your daughter in 2 also sports blue footwear like her mom. The third outfit is my favorite.

Beth Ann

What beautiful outfits for celebrating at home (and working hard!)
#1 is a reminder that there is no substitute for a pretty dress! So vibrant and flattering with your modern, fresh shoes.

#2 and #3 are Shevia signature looks -- arty, strong and understated.

Jeanie

Wow. These are stellar looks! The colors in #3 are just picture perfect on you. Love those culottes. The length looks good.

Vickie KY

Active Member

Thank you for sharing the pictures. I love the dress on you. The blue shoes are great. Your hair is great. I love the soft curl. Personally I like the culottes but I would tuck the top or tie it loosely at the waist. The proportion looks off to me. Vickie

JulieJohn

Shevia, I like ALL of these tremendously! In #1 those cute shoes make your dress pop, and you look so happy. #3 is softly feminine and modern. #4 is creatively gamine, a little Audrey Hepburn. Happy holidays and enjoy your days off after the whirlwind.

abc

You look so happy in all of these, forget the clothes, the warmth comes through the photos. Thank you for sharing. And speaking of clothes I think #3 is brilliant. I wish I could wear volume like you do. And your hair, superb.

ETA: love the hut, wish I had one in my backyard! The art makes it really cool.

Transcona Shannon

Thank you so much for sharing these beautiful pics with us Shevia - love the outfits too!

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