You guys are full of great ideas, and are a great help in this journey! One of the things you've solidified for me are that I'm really most comfortable with a more 'stompy' shoe [thanks Una!], presumably to offset the top-heavyness that often plagues my outfits...wait, I mean my body, lol. That's why the Sorel's have been so useful to me this Winter...not only are they kinda Mad Max-like, but they're brown (bookending) and tall (height inducing). I didn't try the v-neck sweater without the shirt because it's too similar to the Awry sweater in color palette. That sweater is a total dark horse, because as Elizabeth P noted, you totally cannot tell what it is until you try it on. The right sleeve looks as if it's on upside down, which causes the boxyness of the sweater to offset on the torso.
Anyway, I did try the shirt and added my platform, navy suede Tods booties to chunk it up a bit and add much needed height to offset the length of the shirt. I like this better, but of course Winter probably will have something to say about whether this gets out of the house. More layers please! I'm working on trying to hone in on a 'me' look with some of the pieces that I've bought/have that are more traditional by mixing in an unexpected piece or two.
Oh and Anna, I hear you. If I had followed fashion for as long and as closely as you do, I probably would be tired of AllSaints and Helmut Lang too! As a relative nube to both this forum and even remotely adventurous dressing, I'm just a few years behind, which I'm OK with really. Many/most of the people that I'm around at work think I'm on the cutting edge, which as we all know, is pretty humorous...just going to show you that it's all relative!
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