On my unintentional macaroon post, Suz suggested I do a 'bon bon' series, which made me smile. So here's the second! Clearly in my mind pink jeans=sugary desserts. These are my blush skinnies, they're palest pink and much truer in colour to the close up than the kind of peachy tone in the outfit shot (they don't look peach at all in real life). I actually began with the purple & pink plaid top; I love lightweight, swingy blouses and this one called out to me as I was getting dressed. I wear waist surrendering tops with slim bottoms, and with Suz's suggestion in my head, I then picked the pink skinnies (they have a slightly lower rise for me, at 9", and thus I need to make sure the top I pair them with is long enough) whereas my usual impulse would probably be to temper the girly top colours with a more serious trouser.

To finish things off and keep me warm (the blouse is sleeveless), I wish I'd had a soft white/off white cardigan, but instead I chose the closet option with this light grey cashmere number. When I thrifted this it still had its tags on but looked as if someone's dog had gotten ahold of it; quite a few holes in a kind of random pattern! Luckily I enjoy darning and the little cable pattern made it easy to conceal the mending. I wanted the cardigan to have a bit of an a-line shape but it's not quite a crewneck, so I used my vintage sweater clip & some folding to get closer to how I wanted it to look. My feet were cold so I added my lightest socks to keep them warm and that was that! I didn't make it out for a walk that day (Tuesday) so no outerwear post.

I find it interesting that when I'm pairing more frou-frou colours, I seem to default to my trouser silhouette rather than my skirt one. Partly it's because I don't have many coloured skirt options, but I suspect it's also a question of balance.

Comments and suggestions always welcome.