Of Parcel Received and an Addendum to Cape Fear...(Fred is in France, dammit, so I can take over the rhyme time,...)
First off the mark....
Oh My Goodness. I am not not only the muse of George Clooney and sometimes other stars of screen and stage, I am now also in complete synch with THE SARTORIALIST!!!!
Imagine my surprise to get emails late in the day directing me here!!
Yes, I WAS thinking of capes. How delightful that you should ask Monsieur...
Now looking at those capes, I am pretty sure that he was agreeing with Gigi and Ema, as I do not think these are delightful images at all. I wondered if the cheeky "If You"re thinking of Capes" was the equivalent of anti-smoking ads with wrinkled skin and respirators saying "If you're thinking about smoking.."
I'm not going to lie - the man in the middle scares me. I am good. I am not getting a cape....
Okay - if the Sartorialist blogs about Turquoise, J Crew or black and white polka dot pants tomorrow, we officially have a psychic connection and this is no mere Halloween Hoax....
So...
Box 1 was waiting for me when I arrived home. I madly tore into it and there were mixed reactions all around. This is the one issue of only getting things by mail order. Oh well, c'est la vie!
First off: Turquoise cashmere tshirt and antique white pencil skirt:
Note pasty white legs. I like the sweater, though I see every bump and would need to a) lose that darn 10 pounds and in the interim, b) spanx it. But great colour, great price, I am in! The picture does not do the colour justice. I am going to take a prope photo of it with my camera. It is lovely.
The antique white pencil skirt is lovely. I am not 100% in love with it. I think it could work and i did look at it with a couple of existing sweaters for interest's sake:
Paired here with the nougat london cardigan and the tippi in leopard print.
Or with my black and cream pink tartan cardigan. I think this could be quite lovely and I will likely keep it,.
Same outfit, topped with the dream cardigan in heather periwinle. Do not worry, I honestly would not wear it with the tshirt....
I actually really liked this sweater. I looks all soft and dreamy and is just loverly.
I took a photo of it side by side with my jackie in periwinkle:
Much softer in colour, like looking at a colour through the mist. I really like this and this would get a thumbs up, as Gigi would say!
Last but not least, the tiny dot cafe capris. I had high hopes for them after seeing them on other lovely JCAs, but they are not for me:
I am sure with heels they would look better, but... well... they were soft and looked like pyjama pants, but they weren't special pyjama pants...
Another shot:
DOn't ask me about the lighting. It is Halloween, I guess!
They are wool /viscose and here they are close up:
They are very soft and unlined. My daughter was not a fan. Look at the lovely lining however:
They almost felt sweat-pantish to me. But for what I paid, that was too much. I think I would prefer silk versions of pyjama pants. So back they will go!
I am definitely keeping the sweaters, on the fence on the skirt and sending back the trousers. That means only one thing: crazy pants are in my future... you know they are..... and then the sartorialist will do a thing on them...
Have the most happiest of Thursdays and stay safe out there, since it Day of the Dead....
First off the mark....
Oh My Goodness. I am not not only the muse of George Clooney and sometimes other stars of screen and stage, I am now also in complete synch with THE SARTORIALIST!!!!
Imagine my surprise to get emails late in the day directing me here!!
Yes, I WAS thinking of capes. How delightful that you should ask Monsieur...
Now looking at those capes, I am pretty sure that he was agreeing with Gigi and Ema, as I do not think these are delightful images at all. I wondered if the cheeky "If You"re thinking of Capes" was the equivalent of anti-smoking ads with wrinkled skin and respirators saying "If you're thinking about smoking.."
I'm not going to lie - the man in the middle scares me. I am good. I am not getting a cape....
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Okay - if the Sartorialist blogs about Turquoise, J Crew or black and white polka dot pants tomorrow, we officially have a psychic connection and this is no mere Halloween Hoax....
So...
Box 1 was waiting for me when I arrived home. I madly tore into it and there were mixed reactions all around. This is the one issue of only getting things by mail order. Oh well, c'est la vie!
First off: Turquoise cashmere tshirt and antique white pencil skirt:
Note pasty white legs. I like the sweater, though I see every bump and would need to a) lose that darn 10 pounds and in the interim, b) spanx it. But great colour, great price, I am in! The picture does not do the colour justice. I am going to take a prope photo of it with my camera. It is lovely.
The antique white pencil skirt is lovely. I am not 100% in love with it. I think it could work and i did look at it with a couple of existing sweaters for interest's sake:
Paired here with the nougat london cardigan and the tippi in leopard print.
Or with my black and cream pink tartan cardigan. I think this could be quite lovely and I will likely keep it,.
Same outfit, topped with the dream cardigan in heather periwinle. Do not worry, I honestly would not wear it with the tshirt....
I actually really liked this sweater. I looks all soft and dreamy and is just loverly.
I took a photo of it side by side with my jackie in periwinkle:
Much softer in colour, like looking at a colour through the mist. I really like this and this would get a thumbs up, as Gigi would say!
Last but not least, the tiny dot cafe capris. I had high hopes for them after seeing them on other lovely JCAs, but they are not for me:
I am sure with heels they would look better, but... well... they were soft and looked like pyjama pants, but they weren't special pyjama pants...
Another shot:
DOn't ask me about the lighting. It is Halloween, I guess!
They are wool /viscose and here they are close up:
They are very soft and unlined. My daughter was not a fan. Look at the lovely lining however:
They almost felt sweat-pantish to me. But for what I paid, that was too much. I think I would prefer silk versions of pyjama pants. So back they will go!
I am definitely keeping the sweaters, on the fence on the skirt and sending back the trousers. That means only one thing: crazy pants are in my future... you know they are..... and then the sartorialist will do a thing on them...
Have the most happiest of Thursdays and stay safe out there, since it Day of the Dead....
