You look amazing. Love the up-cycled skirt-to-blouse.

YLF-est. Love this whole look Penny. The colours are lovely on you & the fit is perfect. I'm trying this length short/pant this summer too thanks to YLF.

I feel like printing the pic so that I can keep it as a reference!

Wow, I love this so much! Understated, elegant and cool.
I am so impressed that you sewed the top yourself. Did you have a pattern, or have you reached the Jedi Master stage where you can draft one yourself?

Tracina, KatieKat, Gingko, thanks for the thumbs up.
Caro, I cant wait to see your rendition of shorter pants/longer shorts.
Niefern, that's a lovely compliment, thank you. I pin looks I like onto one of my private Pinterest boards. You can have three "secret" boards that are for your eyes only.
Sharon I couldn't get a pattern for love or money so yes, I chalked the pattern straight on to the fabric. Plenty of tweaking went on thereafter. Love your updated photo BTW.
CC you are sweet however I fear you would gain a very different perspective if you were to stroll down my main street on any given morning.
Shemarie, I hear you on where the $$ have to go. When yesterday reached 97* I had to come to grips with the prospect of 5 months of heat ahead of me, 3 of them extreme.
Ornella, what can I say? I studied your summer WIWs assiduously and I know well every white pants post you ever posted. Here you see the result of my copying you and numerous other fabbers. Thank you and everyone sincerely for your responses. They mean a lot to me. Penny

Absolutely gorgeous Penny!

Just beautiful - what perfect neutrals for you!