A question for all you CBT'ers... I know we buy earrings we like without necessarily thinking about age etc. etc., but I have noticed that my style idol, Christine Baranski, has recently taken to wearing large, thin hoop earrings and she looks terrific. I've seen her several times promoting a new show she's in, and she has even worn them with suits. Granted she is in an artistic field, so it may not work for the doctors and lawyers out there. Hoops seem to add a young, vibrant vibe... do we have thoughts?
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I googled. She really is quite fabulous isn't she? I think hoop earrings are a great way to add a youthful accent and yet they are so classic that I think they are appropriate at any age. I say go for it.
I am trying to get past my dangling earring mental block. I wear them off duty but I don't feel like they are work appropriate. And yet I could imagine hoops. As long as they were not huge.
I have loved Christine Baranski for years. She is so chic. I do think that her tv wardrobe is a bit more "out there" than most lawyers I have practiced with, but I love her for it. As for the big hoops? Would not wear them to court, but to the office and/or meetings with outside counsel? I would have, if I did not wear glasses. I have always found it difficult to wear statement earrings with glasses. I have multiple holes in each ear and have always worn small gold hoops in them. I don't wear my hair pulled back or up, so they just blend in with my hair.
She is. It sounds so cliche to say, but all she has to do is walk into a room, and she elevates the atmosphere. But she also seems like fun--the kind of person that I would want to be around in the hope of absorbing some of whatever it is she has. Don't even get me started on her posture. We watch the Kennedy Center Honors every year, and she was a presenter for, I think, last year. Stunning.
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Prepster, I'd love to share mon avis on this topic close to my heart. I wear my two pairs of hoops (H Initiale & H Loop GM) whenever I'm angling for a youthful vibe, and now that it's summer (with summer dresses and cropped Issey Miyake pleated trousers), I'll be wearing them all the time. I swear they take off the wrinkles!
I work in two creative fields, publishing and art, so I don't have to navigate the rigor of a serious vibe, but still I believe thin hoops are so very classic... Surely it would work with the right pair.
Hoops are classic, and right now GIANT hoops are especially trendy! I say yes, especially with more casual outfits.
Because hoop styles are a thing right now, there are lots of fun, unusual iterations (multiple hoops within hoops, hoops with charms and stones and spikes and bars, square or triangular or star-shaped versions, mismatched pairs)--so it's a good time to explore the look.
Because hoop styles are a thing right now, there are lots of fun, unusual iterations (multiple hoops within hoops, hoops with charms and stones and spikes and bars, square or triangular or star-shaped versions, mismatched pairs)--so it's a good time to explore the look.
Yes the only bag that I have purchased from them in four years is the rouge h bag. One was a gift from DH. All of the others came from Paris.
It seemed like the Rouge H bag was the start of a very promising relationship with that boutique. What'd they do, get in a snit bc yu went to Paris? I think that's what you were posting but I didn't know it was the Rutabaga boutique.
An SA of mine from way back was unhappy b/c I got a silver bracelet in NY. Same difference as you.
Even just the way she stands at the podium, not hunched over the microphone, but back straight and bent at knees and hips. I'm not sure I'd have the self-posession to think about that.
There are some pretty smaller chunky hoops out there that might update a suit. I can see what you're saying about not wanting a lot of swinging dangle.
I agree. Her attorney character seems to wear more short necklace, brooch, close-to-the-ear earring combos. I used to watch her on Sybil, and in other shows and movies, but I've never actually watched The Good Wife. I guess I should. Her character wears glasses and I see you're right, she wears more half-hoops and conservative styles. I'm loving the brooches her character often wears.
I think you're right. But then here's something funny. I read an article some time ago and the writer said she felt that wearing ANY jewelry ages her. I thought that was really interesting, and I can see that point too.
Yes. Sounds like the same experience. But it wasn't just that. She really ran hot and cold. Sometimes she would go to the trouble of tracking down a mousseline and sometimes she just couldn't be bothered with anything including gold bracelets. It really was like having a bad boyfriend who played mind games.
Oh you must watch the good wife if only for her wardrobe which is amazing. But it was also a great show, if somewhat heart breaking.
I totally agree. Christine Baranski's clothing on the Good Wife was always so elegant. She was the epitome of class in her appearance.
Regarding SA'S with condescending attitudes: The customers have the money to spend and they are the SA'S bread and butter. The SA'S should try to gain favor with the customers, not the other way around. If an SA acts as if I'm a nuisance, I can easily take my money to another store.