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#8,597
nicole0612 said:
You look great MsO! The Paris Rome looks great with the button up and pussy bow.
I would love to do a pussy bow while they are still in style but I just can’t deal with a button up. Is there any way to style one otherwise?
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you could probably add a bow to the right round/crew neck blouse, knit top or sweater. I got this silk scarf from Saint Laurent, @dharma has the H jacquard losange on in her leopard pants pic (I've seen it IRL, I wasn't hiding in her closet) and there are tons of long silk chiffon solids. The bow is easy enough and I found I liked the loose men's tie knot with a jacket as well.

I know H styles a Maxi Twilly in a big poofy bow sometimes but I've tried and it seems like too much fabric for me.

And thanks to all for the likes/comments on my jacket. For now it stays!
 
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MSO13 said:
you could probably add a bow to the right round/crew neck blouse, knit top or sweater. I got this silk scarf from Saint Laurent, @dharma has the H jacquard losange on in her leopard pants pic (I've seen it IRL, I wasn't hiding in her closet) and there are tons of long silk chiffon solids. The bow is easy enough and I found I liked the loose men's tie knot with a jacket as well.

I know H styles a Maxi Twilly in a big poofy bow sometimes but I've tried and it seems like too much fabric for me.

And thanks to all for the likes/comments on my jacket. For now it stays!
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Glad to hear it is staying. Really like that look on you.
 
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MSO13 said:
you could probably add a bow to the right round/crew neck blouse, knit top or sweater. I got this silk scarf from Saint Laurent, @dharma has the H jacquard losange on in her leopard pants pic (I've seen it IRL, I wasn't hiding in her closet) and there are tons of long silk chiffon solids. The bow is easy enough and I found I liked the loose men's tie knot with a jacket as well.

I know H styles a Maxi Twilly in a big poofy bow sometimes but I've tried and it seems like too much fabric for me.

And thanks to all for the likes/comments on my jacket. For now it stays!
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Thank you for the styling ideas. I will keep my eyes open for the perfect black scarf. I think a maxi twilly would be too much fabric on me also, especially since I am quite short.
 
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I had a dream last night that I was giving away all my designer items, predominately my Hermes collection. I had been joking with some GFs about giving them all my bags so apparently my dream "machine" isn't too creative. I wasn't upset, it was fun to give them away. I gave them to my little niece, my assistant's daughter and to my friends who would love them. My assistants daughter isn't into "less is more" and piled 8 CDCs on her arm at one time. Quite a look.

I have to get "dressed" for a meeting today but it's a bit wet and rainy so we'll see how I do. Nothing fancy is ever really required in my world so likely jeans and a jacket, it might be too warm for a cashmere scarf so maybe I'll bust out a silk. Let's see how I do...
 
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nicole0612 said:
You look great MsO! The Paris Rome looks great with the button up and pussy bow.
I would love to do a pussy bow while they are still in style but I just can’t deal with a button up. Is there any way to style one otherwise?
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I love button ups on others but I can’t wear them either. Thank you , Nicole, for this confession, lol. I’ve always thought I was crazy. The simplest, most chic staple for others has always been a crisp white button up collared shirt in all of it’s glorious incarnations, yet on me, it feels totally wrong. Whew, confession over.
Nicole, I like the losange shape with crew, scoop and v heck tops tied tight at the neck. Sometimes off to the side. A bias fold 90 works well tied close to the neck with one side full length and the other just long enough to knot. Sort of an Isadora Duncan version of a pussybow.
 
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MSO13 said:
I had a dream last night that I was giving away all my designer items, predominately my Hermes collection. I had been joking with some GFs about giving them all my bags so apparently my dream "machine" isn't too creative. I wasn't upset, it was fun to give them away. I gave them to my little niece, my assistant's daughter and to my friends who would love them. My assistants daughter isn't into "less is more" and piled 8 CDCs on her arm at one time. Quite a look.

I have to get "dressed" for a meeting today but it's a bit wet and rainy so we'll see how I do. Nothing fancy is ever really required in my world so likely jeans and a jacket, it might be too warm for a cashmere scarf so maybe I'll bust out a silk. Let's see how I do...
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Do you have any gators? Have you thought of including your support group pals in your next giveaway dream?
 
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dharma said:
I love button ups on others but I can’t wear them either. Thank you , Nicole, for this confession, lol. I’ve always thought I was crazy. The simplest, most chic staple for others has always been a crisp white button up collared shirt in all of it’s glorious incarnations, yet on me, it feels totally wrong. Whew, confession over.
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I completely agree. I actually pretty much live in button up blouses, but in any color but white. When I do wear one in white, I end up wearing a huge scarf, cardigan/blazer, as much as I can to completely cover it! :amuse:

Speaking of blouses, banner ads have been serving me up piles of frothy lacy billowy blouses in antique colors, and I love them all. But what I actually bought last week were minimalist silk in hot pink and royal blue, and I realized they're very close to my one remaining white blouse. Not button-up - is there a name for a jewel neckline with a deep slash down the front? I'll have to wear one for Thursday.
 
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dharma said:
I love button ups on others but I can’t wear them either. Thank you , Nicole, for this confession, lol. I’ve always thought I was crazy. The simplest, most chic staple for others has always been a crisp white button up collared shirt in all of it’s glorious incarnations, yet on me, it feels totally wrong. Whew, confession over.
Nicole, I like the losange shape with crew, scoop and v heck tops tied tight at the neck. Sometimes off to the side. A bias fold 90 works well tied close to the neck with one side full length and the other just long enough to knot. Sort of an Isadora Duncan version of a pussybow.
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It's funny, I can't wear button down blouses either, not because they look wrong, but because I can't stand that stiff and starched material! It feels like Im wearing a straight jacket. All of my collared blouses for work and for under blazers have to be silk. While that feels better against my skin, it does a real number on my dry cleaning bill.
 
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Sheikha Latifa said:
Wow that is expensive. Looks amazing but way too expensive.
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@periogirl28 @papertiger
Yes it was more expensive than it needed to be, I guess, so that they could do 60% off, with additional 25% off. I'm spoiled by the deal I got on my jacket. No rush, as there are other items on my list that have higher priority.

One more with no button down shirts - I can't deal with the gaping and the extra fabric and the sleeves and the weird fit, unless I custom fit it for my torso.And by then, it's not a look I want right now - I'm skewing more feminine for this phase. I've bought and tossed many, just like the wrap dresses we've discussed here before.

I am always looking for easy-to-wear blouses. Cafe, I handwash my silk items - the only issue is that if it's a solid like your lovely cream blouse from Thursday, it loses that sleek look - I have not figured out how to get rid of the crinkliness, so I pick prints or live with the crunchy texture.
 
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Genie27 said:
@periogirl28 @papertiger
Yes it was more expensive than it needed to be, I guess, so that they could do 60% off, with additional 25% off. I'm spoiled by the deal I got on my jacket. No rush, as there are other items on my list that have higher priority.

One more with no button down shirts - I can't deal with the gaping and the extra fabric and the sleeves and the weird fit, unless I custom fit it for my torso.And by then, it's not a look I want right now - I'm skewing more feminine for this phase. I've bought and tossed many, just like the wrap dresses we've discussed here before.

I am always looking for easy-to-wear blouses. Cafe, I handwash my silk items - the only issue is that if it's a solid like your lovely cream blouse from Thursday, it loses that sleek look - I have not figured out how to get rid of the crinkliness, so I pick prints or live with the crunchy texture.
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Yeah unfortunately all my silk blouses are plain and the crunching and wrinkling from a hand wash would be noticeable. The things we have to put up with!
 
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