WIW 7/13 and 7/14: B&W copycats

1/2. I went to the theatre last night to the opening of a very fun play -- Buyer and Cellar, about a fictional guy who works in Barbra Streisand's real-life shopping-mall-in-her-basement. It was a blast! I felt like my copycat was missing something (since my skirt is plain, not textured) so I added the denim vest and felt dressy-casual fab. And I am virtually certain I was the only person in the opening-night crowd who was wearing a rash guard as a top!

Black skirt: Halogen
Striped top: Lands End
Denim vest: Levi's
Black pumps: Jessica Simpson
Black bag: Coach
Pendant: H&M

2/3: I've been wanting to try this outfit for a while and the weather finally cooperated today. I must admit I changed out the colorblock tote for a black one on my way out the door for work -- it just seemed A Little Much with the black and white shoes. But the happiness factor for this outfit is sky-high. I feel like it says "Let's go play golf in the 1930s!" LOL

White skirt: Zara
Black sweater: hand-me-down
Black and white oxfords: Doc Marten
Colorblock tote: Steve Madden

Thanks for looking! And my goodness! I have to say those models work hard for their money! You wouldn't believe how many tries it took me to get a not-completely-horrifying version of the original in #2!

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Louise

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Fantastic. I may have to copy the copycat x

Neel

Tee hee! You did a great job posing MsMary ;). 3 has launched me into an orbit. Wow! How do you manage to do colors AND B/W so well?

CocoLion

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Love the black and white color scheme, plus the stylish proportions. And I don't think the black and white tote is OTT.

rachylou

Oh these are so great. Had to come straight over from the Wall to say so. Your hair is so cute too, btw...

carter

These are both great!

lyn*

I really want that skirt. It may become a neeeeeed..... *explode*

goldenpig

You are the queen of copycats! Love both versions!

MsMary

Lyn*, this skirt would be great on you! And of course it also comes in stripes!

Runcarla

This is a sweet skirt silhouette! I've had the pic below in my Pinterest inspiration board in hopes of finding a winter white wool version. Well done, MsMary!

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Marley

Ahh - so cute! I still can't get over that the striped top is a rashguard! Such a clever way to multi-task a top. LOL. I love the 2nd outfit even more than the first - but, your pose for the first outfit brought me to stitches! - I think you did pretty good Mary! How in the heck do those models come up with those different poses, anyway????

LOL, Marley! You should see the outtakes from the first copycat photo! The supermodels are not losing any sleep, believe me!

Anonymous

I LOVE these posts of yours. May I ask what software you use to place your photo side by side with the example?

Janet

You rock the black and white looks. Both of these are great, and I think the color block bag in the second outfit works just fine.

I love your pose copycat!

Transcona Shannon

Gorgeous Queen Copycat strikes again!

jackiec

Fantastic copycats! Lol about getting the right pose! Those poor girls do work hard. Love both but adore the second. Wow!

annagybe

I really like #3. It's kinda Art Deco.

Anna, for some reason the inspiration photo for #3 made me think of you. Probably because it's a Chloe outfit.

Sterling, the photo thing couldn't be easier. I use MS Publisher. Paste the two photos into a Publisher document, then save it as a JPEG. Then crop the JPEG to get rid of any unwanted extra white space, and voila! (You can do it in PowerPoint, too.) *waving at Aida, from whom I learned this trick*

Debra

Love the black and white

Thanks Ms.Mary. I have powerpoint!!! I will give it a try this weekend.

Just make the slide the way you want it, click "save as," choose "JPEG" for "file type," and then choose "current slide only" and you should be good to go! And as I said above, don't worry about leaving extra white space on your slide because once you've saved it as a JPEG you can crop it to fit the photos. BIG FUN!!

Keturah

Superbly done!!! I love, love, love your heeled oxfords (brogues?). They rather make that second outfit extra special. xo

Suz

Super fun outfits, Mary. I love this skirt silhouette for a change.

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