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Thought I might look chic and stylish wrapped in a pashmina. Turns out I look like a flood victim huddling in a blanket. Why is this?

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BroccoliSpears · 18/01/2008 14:31

Is it because the pashmina is pistachio green? Green is a very good colour on me, but perhaps is not such a great colour on a pashmina.

Is it because I have the figure of a beachball am pregnant?

Is it because I'm not doing it right?

Is it because I have no innate style and should accept that borrowing DP's purple anorack is my zennith when it comes to matters of style?

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VanillaPumpkin · 18/01/2008 14:32

Aww. How tall are you? I bet it looks better than you think.

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Cappuccino · 18/01/2008 14:32

sorry

can't stop laughing

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themildmanneredjanitor · 18/01/2008 14:33

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mynameis · 18/01/2008 14:33

Sorry thread title had me PMSL.

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JingleyJen · 18/01/2008 14:35

can't be of any help - too busy wiping the tears from my eyes sorry!

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PrettyCandles · 18/01/2008 14:35

With you on this, Broccoli.

Waiting with baited breath for some stunning stule tips...

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luciemule · 18/01/2008 14:35

There are lots of ways to wear/tie them - try lots of different ways with different outfits and you'll soon see how nice they look.

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peanutbear · 18/01/2008 14:37

my DH bought me one for Christmas I told him it looks crap on me because I am under 60

I have PMSL at your OP

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VanillaPumpkin · 18/01/2008 14:39

I bought a wrap from M&S this week. It only looks good if I have tightish trousers (skinny jeans or slim bootcut) on so that I look slim underneath if you see what I mean. Like the smock tops really I think you need your legs to look long and slim....

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Maidamess · 18/01/2008 14:39

Don't wrap it round your shoulders. Do the funky pashmina tie round your neck and you will look grrrrrreat!

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Mommalove · 18/01/2008 14:40

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HuwEdwards · 18/01/2008 14:42

think you need to be willowy and erm....not pregnant.

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Bobbiewickham · 18/01/2008 14:46

God, this always happens.

I think of it as the reality gap.

What you imagine you look like and what you really look like.

I find it strikes when I think I look all cute and cuddly in my leisurewear and bedsocks and glasses, a la Cameron Diaz in The Holiday.

Then I catch sight of my reflection in the kitchen window and realise I look more like a short sighted, depressed sofa.

Just don't look at your reflection. Live in your head!

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BroccoliSpears · 18/01/2008 14:56

Well, my very tall, very slim, beautiful, stylish friend who has never had babies and tends not to have yogurt smears on her expensive, designer clothes - she sort of flings one end across her chest and behind her over one shoulder, and then scoops up the other end around her arm and flings that over the other shoulder and it looks brilliant.

I can't work out what I'm doing differently.

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MinkVelvet · 18/01/2008 15:00

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jesuswhatnext · 18/01/2008 15:30

my lovely dh gave me a lush, v.expensive pashmina from libertys several years ago, i'm not fat, pregnant, particularly ugly but i still look like a balkan refugee in it

no amount of draping, flicking, rolling or general swishing has ever made it look good on me

give up and buy a coat

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PinkPussyCat · 18/01/2008 15:34

I bought myself a pashmina in the airport prior to honeymoon in a sort of 'burnt orange' colour. That'll prevent the old sunburn, I thought. I wasn't aware that pashminas come in various sizes - this one was mahoosive and I spent most of my honeymoon being mistaken for a Tibetan monk!

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ZippiBabes · 18/01/2008 15:40

i don't think i have ever seen anyone wearing a pashmina

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bossykate · 18/01/2008 15:42

i think to be elegant with the draping shawl thingy you need to be slim or tall or pref. both.

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MrsBadger · 18/01/2008 16:10

wear as scarf as Mink describes

other way (thus like your mate) only really works over evening dresses or summer-wedding-wear unless v tall and svelte and wearing something fitted.

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needmorecoffee · 18/01/2008 16:13

pinkpussycat

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PinkPussyCat · 18/01/2008 17:20

Tis true

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Califrau · 18/01/2008 17:26

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BroccoliSpears · 18/01/2008 20:01

Soooo... all I need to do is grow a bit and become slender. Sorted. Anyone got a rack they're not using? Swap you for a pistachio green pashmina?

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Cremolafoam · 18/01/2008 20:04

i don't know- but i do too.i also look like i'm wearing a lab coat when i try on a mac of any kind.
i tried a coat on in Monsoon recently and the assistant said i looked like a feckin chemist

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