You nailed it, MaryK. Is this skirt new? It is beautiful, and I love this muted palette. Wow! The hose looks fine on my screen, but I trust your judgement, so if it feels too dark for you, it might very well be to dark, too.

I do not think the hose look too dark from your pics. In person they may be, though. Love the skirt.

(LOL Caro)
The hose look just a shade darker than nude for you ML- will they fade when you wash?
Beautiful jacket!

Oh MaryK, what am I going to do with you?? You seem to have this thing in your head that nude hose = frump. Repeat after me - no, no, no.

Firstly, these look a bit shiny so that even makes them fun. But, as I am practical at heart, I'd simply go for the nude hose just to keep warm so I can be comfortable in my outfit to then even begin to feel good about it.

The outfit is gorgeous. This is quite 'quiet' palette on you and it looks equally striking as your colourful creations. No need to say much about the skirt as mine is in top 5 outfits to rescue from the burning house, and yours looks divine. I would prefer slightly more cropped jacket, but apart from that I love the blouse, the shoes, that belt and what a great bag to go with it all.

Great outfit. To me the outfit looks more fab because of the hose. They give a great shine if they are good ones like I am guessing these are.