WIW - something old, something new - and felt good all day

Hi ladies
It's been quite a while since I posted a WIW (and then I only posted a couple) and now I'm feeling just as I felt before posting my very first!! Nervous!!! I recently spent a lot of time reviewing my closet and photographing everything to load into Stylicious. What a wake up call that was! To cut a long story short I was shocked to discover I had so many clothes that I never wore. This may, or may not, sound crazy but I've bought most of my clothes with the idea of mixing and matching, but I never seem to do that with them - I find one combination I like and wear it over and over again, instead of taking the time to see what else I can do with the pieces. Does that make sense? Anyway, the penny finally dropped that I wasn't "working my closet" at all when I could literally see everything in front of me via Stylicious. My workplace is smart casual and what I wore today is pretty basic but I've never worn the "fern" pattern top with the green jacket and my black pants. (I've always worn the green jacket with a green and cream stripe top and the black pants and am totally bored with that look.) Today, just by wearing the different top gave the green jacket and black pants outfit a totally different "vibe" and I felt good all day. Amazing what one little tweak can do!!! I'm now having a lot of fun sorting different outfits with my "old favourites" and the "never worns" in my closet.

Green jacket - Jacqui E (bought early last year)
Top - Country Road (bought at their summer sale last year but never worn)
Pants - David Lawrence (this is their third or fourth summer - love them)
Shoes - Calvin Klein (bought last year during my summer hols in Seattle)

PS - just figured out how to use the self timer on my camera but need to get the tripod sorted for the next WIW

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12 years ago

fuzzylogic

Veteran

I love that soft green colour on you, Kiwibird! It works wonderfully with your colouring, especially the red tones in your hair!

Have fun experimenting and sorting through the rest of your wardrobe!

Debra

Love the black, white and green, I can see why you felt good today.
You look fabulous

Anonymous

The black and white looks great with that green blazer.

Neel

That's a gorgeous jacket. You look fab! And a different topper is a sure way to refresh basics. Way to go kiwibird!

Suz

(website)

Way to work your closet! The jacket is a lovely colour for you. I'm glad it got out for a spin.

Thistle

Way to SYC! The shoes bookend your hair perfectly, and the green is lovely on you. I always love a graphic black and white print.

lyn67

Love your choice of a tan shoes, here! It makes the outfit cohesive from head to toe! Fern print top is lovely eith the green jacket! YLF! Love your specs, too &
did you dyed your hair?:-)

It's always fun to come up with a new go-to combination! And the green is so pretty on you.

shedev

You look like a bit of spring. The jacket and top look great together.

kkards

its so easy to get into a rut, and so hard to get out. kudos for you for working out way out!
i like how you have added the green jacket to an otherwise black and white outfit. great way to pop some color! if you have cream or white pants, that could make turn this outfit on its head and give you another completely differnet look.

Jules

I know the feeling - I felt I'd made an important stride when new items I bought turned out to work really well with forgotten favourites, and not just the outfits I intended them for. I still tend to have favourite combos for a season but they more often involve old + new and not just entirely new pieces I bought to wore together and never remixed.

JAileen

I really like the top!

Kiwibird

Active Member

Hi ladies. Thank you all so much for your wonderful comments! They are appreciated!

Lyn67 - Yes, I've coloured my hair and bought new frames for the specs.

kkards - I have some off white Gap 'broken in" straight jeans (think that's what they're called) that I haven't worn yet and hadn't even thought of wearing them with this jacket and top! (I'll post a photo when I do.)

Jules - you're so right! It did feel like an important step forward - and an exciting one too.

ladell

Thumbs up for trying something different. The first thing I noticed was the comfortable fit of all your items- you look great. With the great fit- no wonder you felt great- I so hate tugging at clothes. Lovely shade of green.

I love the botanical print on the top! Ferns are so fascinating. And your whole outfit looks good and so well fitting.

MuseumGal

Totally cute! Welcome to remixing!

Lyn D.

Such a pretty shade of green, and I like the shape of the jacket too.
I am going to check out Stylicious- Thanks!

carambola

What a lovely shade of green on you! I do the same thing with wearing favorite combinations over and over instead of remixing. Glad it felt good to take a new pairing out for a spin!

Thanks ladell, E, MuseumGal, Lyn D, carambola! I've been doing Weightwatchers online and have dropped a few kilos which has changed the fit of a lot of my clothes for the better, which is probably another big motivator to remix things. The fern top was tight around "the girls" when I bought it last year so that's why it didn't get worn - it just didn't sit right. Now it drapes as it should - yay!!

I hope you are having fun finding "new" outfits in your closet. That jacket is a gorgeous color on you.

Thanks Joy! Yes, I'm having so much fun shopping my closet - it's amazing how just one item can change the whole look of the old favourites. (And it's amazing that it's taken so long for me to figure that out!)

MsMary

No wonder you felt good all day! This is such a beautifully relaxed yet put-together outfit! You loo fab!

Thanks MaryK!

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