Mn Vogue vol. 2

[MarshaBrady]

For anyone who likes to talk about style, nice stuff that they've bought and so on.

That looks lovely Ujjayi!

Hi everyone, I've been keeping up and been busy decluttering. I am really enjoying YAWYW Dona. Having identified the gaps in my wardrobe, I went shopping today. I bought this top as I needed a top to go with my black work trousers. The colours are much nicer than in the pic, more greys and cream rather than black, grey and white. Previously, I would have bought a couple of synthetic tops from Next, which I wouldn't have loved. I love this! (Yes, it passes the smug test Pop ).
I have a stone coloured jacket that will go over it, and as well as wearing it with black, it will also go with skinny jeans and a blue-grey long knit that I have.

Btw although the top is meant to be dry clean only, the sales assistant was wearing it and said that she gives it a careful, cool handwash. I have other silk tops that wash fine this way so I'm confident!

Lovely Topaz! And love the outfit too.

Quick Style Personality Quiz . Not terribly scientific and just for fun - ignore the bit at the end if it tries to get you to link results to FB - just click for results.

DH is bored and has decided he must mow the lawn immediately hence me escaping from the noise and MNing when I should be bikini-ing.

Tweed looks are great. Personally, I think very few men can rock a high fashion look and I much prefer the casual but expensive look. When walking the dog today I spotted a young chap in a very low v-neck tee which despite his very well maintained pecs just made me wince.

Topaz - I love that top. Agree that silk can usually always survive a cool hand wash. I once made the mistake of trying a much-loved navy silk blouse from Jigsaw through a delicates cycle on my Miele. It lost a good deal of the colour sadly and although it isn't faded by any means it has lost that gorgeous "indigo" glow that expensive navy dye has to it.

It is interesting the different takes we could take on exactly the same item. I would wear that silk top with boyfriend jeans or skinnies, tan ankle boots and possibly a long sleeve tee layered beneath if cool. However, I could also see it tucked into a knee length pencil skirt with heels. Fabulous choice!

DH will be thrilled that he is such a fashionista! I laugh as I type this as he is currently outside wearing brown cords, green converse, no top, belly out - hulking wood around! V manly!
Ujjayi link doesn't work unfortunately.
My little DS is still poorly although no temperature now but a strange rash all over the fronts of his legs. Have done the glass test and all ok. Guess we'll have to see how the next 24 hours pan out.
Love the top Topaz - very versatile

I like your ideas ujjayi! It's a long time since I've been so excited about a single purchase .

Shop hope your DS recovers soon. Meant to say, thanks for leather link, they look gorgeous but are shown as unavailable (if my GCSE french is to be believed). Maybe they will become available at some point.

Have ordered YAWYW, Overdressed and The One Hundred (I know that the latter is unlikely to right for me, as I tend to look awful in pretty much anything described as 'a classic', but I always enjoy coming up with 'my' version of things like that.

Have decided that, although brilliantly capsule, my wardrobe is actually a little sparse, so am hoping that this lot will help me decide what I need to get to have it functioning at full capacity, iykwim.

Loungewear is definitely an essential, but am unsure about some of the hush stuff. Anywhere else that does loungey type clothes? I want trousers that are not leggings or pyjamas and some sweaters/cardigans and vests. Would also like to find a vest with built in support.

Shop your poor DS. It seems to me that our DCs all seem to get awful rashes with viral infections and coughs/colds etc. Always alarming though and glad to hear glass test was negative.

Sorry about the link - will take a look again later and see if I can get it to work. I googled "Clothing personality quiz" and clicked on the link to Proprof site it that helps at all.

Hopefully - I have loungewear on my "map" that I made this morning. I began buying items from Hush a couple of years ago and loved them but am not so inspired this season (although their navy henley dress was my fall back option if I didn't like the Celtic Sheepskin dress which I received today). I'm not sure whether Wrap is an option. Seems a bit Per Una for loungewear at times! Have you tried Sweaty Betty? Some of the yoga wear could be a good bet for you.

Shop hope your DC is better soon.

Hope Lovestretch seem to have good yoga type clothes. I have ordered from them a few times (there were some very good reductions in the sale). Delivery is free but you do have to pay postage on returns.

I can't claim the leather link Hopefully - someone else's
Thanks for all the good wishes. DS better in himself but not eating, no temp, rash spreading. Have NHS Direct on speed dial!
Have ordered 1st chapters on kindle of YAWYW and 100. So much to read since I 'met' you all - it's lovely!

Ah, it was popcornia, thank you!

Topaz ooh, lovestretch have lots of stuff in my (autumn) colours. Might be placing an order with them, thanks! Can see a mix of lovestretch and hush filling my loungewear gap rather nicely.

Have just finished my workout (Tracey Anderson Mat Workout - a killer but effective) and am off to pamper before prosecco.

Am walking home after a glorious day taking dips in nice pool. Excellent sofa bed strategy by dh and me (like gold dust).

Gorgeous light and warmth.

Shop hope your ds is ok very soon.

Ooh ujjayi I bought the mat workout a few weeks ago as a quiet one to do in the mornings if I won't get time for a workout during the day. Haven't needed it yet as DH not at work till mid-month. Am I right in thinking there's no loud leaping and thumping?

Marsha we have had mist here every morning this week and I love the light as it clears, really pretty. Different to evening light, but nice

Shop hope your son gets better soon.
Marsha your day sounds glorious...
Ujjayi I need to do that quiz!
Hopefully I understand your capsule woes. I'm not binning the 1/3 of my clothes that are rarely used - for me, they contain an element of risk-taking and fun.

Have been building in my head an outfit consisting of a black leather pencil shirt, chambray shirt and granny pearls - no idea whether it will really work but sometimes exploring something new feels much more stimulating than wearing the safe, easy pieces.

Topaz am so happy you enjoyed YAWYW - and hope that everyone else who is reading style books is inspired by them!

Lovely early evening in the park, the passeggiata and people watching on weekends is something I really love. Then bought some more fresh vegetables (love bietole and rape), and had a lovely supper of fried slivers of calf liver, gnocchi, fresh figs, prosciutto crudo and an excellent aromatic Trentino wine (from Lidl! shhh, don't tell anyone - among lots of duds they have a couple of really decent wines). We are enjoying this quiet weekend before very busy weeks, I'm going to Florence on Sat and DH has to travel abroad for work - and after that I'm going to Portugal.

Shop I love test-reading 1st chapters on Kindle - it gives a reasonably good idea whether the rest of the book might be worthwhile. I also love having my Kindle books always with me via iPad or iPhone - was stuck watching children on carousel earlier today and started Justine Picardie's Coco Chanel biography (am not really sure whether I can recommend).

If Bloss is anywhere around, am eternally grateful for the Sweaty Betty recommendation. I don't do loungewear but their tops and tights are stylish and multifunctional. I need a bum bag / belt bag for running - the only one I have seen that appeals to me is this one (would prefer silver hardware) - any recommendations? Italians, like you know, take this to another level. Saw a man wearing a LV fanny pack and another carrying a Prada shoulder bag today

Dona I have been toying with leather pencil skirt idea (in brown), but like my skirts really form fitting and worry I would look like a slapper.

Have seen a potential (off) white cotton shirt for myself in Isabella Oliver (or Baukjen or whatever it's called now), will wait for a code though I think.

You are making me want to travel Dona! Sounds so nice. Although I actually am soon for thing! And someone else is doing all the organising tickets and hotel which I love.

Yes I'm keeping the 1/3 too. Even if I wear it twice sometimes it's a very good twice. The holey old stuff can go. Love the sound of leather pencil, chambray and pearls. It brings such a strong image I wonder if I have seen it somewhere... or maybe not!

Hopefully oh that does sound pretty, you have slotted into your new life so well. Is it fab being in a new place?
You would also look great in a leather pencil skirt btw, I think you should give it a go.

Can I ask? How many of you actually know each other in 'real' life?

About half I'd say shop. I've met lots on here I think. But many have joined too which is great.

I know one in rl!

It was quite a lot on the 'old' thread, but I think far fewer now, probably around half as Marsha says.

I have just bought (and I'm so sorry about this) a Sloggi crop top . I like the support of support camisoles, but most of them are (a) black or white, (b) lacy and (c) crap quality jersey (or really expensive, like Hanro etc). I thought a crop top might give me the teeny bit of support that I like for sleep while allowing me to wear nicer pyjamas.

You can throw me off the thread now.

Aha - explains why some of you seem to know what suits each other so well!

Shop the colours and style personality that some of us have done with house of colour really helps too - if you know someone is, for instance, an Autumn Natural Dramatic (which is what I am), and know that it means, in my case, rich autumnal colours, large scale prints, angular accessories, nothing remotely 'pretty' or classic, lots of natural fibres, it's a lot easier to spot something suitable. Quite a few of us have had it done, although I think some haven't been back here since the crap at the end of the W&A threads.

Also with someone like Dona she posts lots of details about her outfits, so it is easier to imagine whether something would be 'her' or not.

Grrr, MN lovestretch code is not working. have emailed to find out why.

Also after a while you just get used to the same brand names coming up and it gets easier to link with each name