It is so true that you can only really see what your outfit is like AFTER YOU HAVE TAKEN A PHOTO.
This time it not only showed me that the bag was too matchy/matchy (= not good in most cases… as in this case). It also showed me that the colour of the bag is far too severe with this white skirt. That did not show in the mirror.
For some strange reason there were no dog and no cat in the vicinity, so you will have to do with only me.
The skirt and vest are by Pauw, a heavily overpriced Dutch shop, with gorgeous stuff. I have written about it often enough. Truth is, that pieces from Pauw will last you decades. Fortunately….
The bag is by Longchamps and is still for sale. No idea what the brand of the shirt is, as I cut out the label. Perfect shirt, very soft and light. I am wearing jewellery with peridot: pendant, ring, earrings. This is a good colour for me as it is bright. You can see them in detail in a previous post about my grey wide trousers.
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[/twocol_one_last]As said, this vest is also nice with wide grey trousers (by Sarah Pacini) and a grey top. 
Sorry guys, I have not been able to insert any laughing material in this post.
Is this what people call “a writer’s block?”
Greetje
 
Very nice Greetje. I like both combis with a slight preference for the one with pants. (although I maintain that those trousers would look better if they were slightly shorter haha)
I know Sylvia. Every time I see this picture I think… they are too long… Haven’t worn them this year yet. Perhaps in the fall.
Wow, what a great vest!
Not that easy to combine with other things though as it is very outspoken. But I have two combinations. I can live with that.
Lovely! Lovely! The vest is very chic and as you’ve shown, can be worn in lots of ways. The gray is very nice with it. I’ve been wearing my white things a fair bit lately too, to get the last rays of sun before it doesn’t look right wearing white anymore.
Much love from England,
Rose of http://www.foreveronthecatwalkoflife.blogspot.com
Funny isn’t it? It can be the same temperature in April and in September but where white is OK in April, black is OK in September. And the warmth feels different as well. Glad you like my vest. Don’t know however whether you are right in saying it can be worn in lots of ways. I only came up with these two haha.
Lovely looks and I don’t mind about the bag. Although I agree that a lighter color of bag would be even better.
We Dutchies seem to agree on the bag being too dark. Everybody else sees no problem at all. Wait a minute: you are an in-between as you don’t mind about the bag.
Just beautiful! This vest is a keeper. It looks great with both options. Love the taupe sling back shoe, I really like suede for shoes. Beautiful photos.
blue hue wonderland
Are you pulling my leg Ann? Beautiful photos???? Coming from you, with your skills, that cannot be true hahaha; I cannot even get my photos to be sharp. LOL
As for suede shoes, I also have red and blue ones, so I can please you again.
It cost a penny but then you have something that is worth it. Like you say you can wear it for years and it never gets out of fashion because Pauw has it’s own style. I think both combination are totally different but very elegant and chic. I agree with you about the colour of the bag, it is more a winterbag.
I agree with you about the bag, but most readers do not. Strange.
And yes Pauw is not really fashion, but it looks good and lasts for years.
Greetje, I love everything wrapped and therefore I really like this vest!
I am a bit of a matchy/matchy person and especially like your handbag and the shoes 🙂
Annette | Lady of Style
So glad you are a fellow matchy/matchy person as sometimes I feel a bit alone in this. LOL
Glad you like the outfit.
I’m sure you know this look I like. I love it. I think elegant, simple, delicate and attractive. The vest is cute, matches perfectly with white or gray with the second option. Sencillezz I love the skirt and the softness of the cotton fabric. I do not understand the comment about the bag, for me is perfect with these shoes and is well integrated into the look. In addition, this bag is gorgeous.
I thought that the bag was too dark brown with the white skirt. But I am glad you think it looks good.
I’m sure you know this look like me. I love it. I think elegant, simple, delicate and attractive. The vest is cute, matches perfectly with white or gray with the second option. I really like the simplicity of the skirt and the softness of your cotton fabric. I do not understand the comment about the bag, for me is perfect with these shoes and is well integrated into the look. In addition, this bag is gorgeous.
aha, you uploaded your respons twice, but the second time it is slightly different.
Everything is so nice today! ( vest, bag, shoes. . .).
In the last photo you are extra beautiful wearing wide pants! Just a thing: what a pity I can see well your wonderful shoes!!
You mean the shoes underneath the trousers? Just click on the link “wide grey trousers” just above that photo and you will be in a post about the trousers and there is a very clear photo of those shoes in it. (They are by Marithé et Francois Girbaud.)
I have just seen the post which is showing your shoes: they are unusual but very nice indeed ( I could say:”they have their own personality!”) and the brown bag,with chain ( I haven’t noticed it in the first photo ), is also beautiful .
I have noticed that I forgot ‘t in my first comment ( it was CAN’T SEE )…sorry!
I must double check my English!!
Nevertheless I understood you perfectly. The brown bag with the chain was on the chair in the photo with the trousers in the post of the vest this week. So it was hidden a bit.
Very fresh and elegant combination. I always like the color green on you. And those pants were a golden buy, they keep looking great and they are the perfect cut with vests like these. As I am in Holland till the end of the year I would love to admire your collection live again:)
OHH!!! How nice, you are back ! Let’s meet as soon as we can. My mobile number is still the same.
Greetje,
I love that blouse with the rich and subdued gray!
XX, Elle
http://mydailycostume.com/
I made the combination with grey because my friend Katrien said the vest would look good on wide trousers, so I thought “widetrousers? Wide trousers? Hmmm …oh yes, I do have a pair.”
These grey ones are my only wide trousers. Hence a combination with grey.
I have two daughters. The one hugging me is Rebecca, the oldest. The little one, Paloma, stayed home because she is seven months pregnat.
Yes, I am going to be a very happy grandmother soon.
Much love, dear friend.
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You are a blessed woman. Happy times.
The colors and the wrap vest is very flattering on you. I agree that this shade of green is a good coloring. I think your purse looks fine with the 1st outfit – it’s a good color contrast.
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Thanks Alice. Perhaps it is a Dutch thing.
Hello Greetje, for some reason your posts are not updating in my blogroll, so I came to check.
It is so true, a photo always tells the truth, lol.
Looking glamourous, dear friend.
happy weekend.
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I will send you the url of my feed Sacramento. Perhaps it is because of the change to WordPress, I don’t know. Strange things happen lately.
I am really glad you came to check and leave your comment. Very loyal of you.
That is most certainly a wonderful and versatile vest. I’m really loving it paired with the grey wide leg trousers, it’s just so classy this way. Although, it still looks great with the white skirt as well, just a whole different look.
Oh, and here, we wear our wide leg trousers long (almost dragging) so you would fit right in style here, no need to hem them.
I might have to hem them anyway as there is a little hole in them, from dragging over the ground haha.
What are you talking about…..everything is just so well put together Greet!! That Longchamps will go with anything under the sun…..and that vest is so versatile love it with the wide leg trousers more!
Rebecca
http://www.redtagchiclosangeles.com
No it won’t go with everything under the sun haha. But I agree it is a nice bag.
Lovely! Lovely! The vest is very chic and as you’ve shown, can be worn in lots of ways. The gray is very nice with it. I’ve been wearing my white things a fair bit lately too, to get the last rays of sun before it doesn’t look right wearing white anymore.
Much love from England,
Rose of http://www.foreveronthecatwalkoflife.blogspot.com
Funny isn’t it? It can be the same temperature in April and in September but where white is OK in April, black is OK in September. And the warmth feels different as well. Glad you like my vest. Don’t know however whether you are right in saying it can be worn in lots of ways. I only came up with these two haha.
The colors and the wrap vest is very flattering on you. I agree that this shade of green is a good coloring. I think your purse looks fine with the 1st outfit – it’s a good color contrast.
Alice
http://www.happinessatmidlife.com
Thanks Alice. Perhaps it is a Dutch thing.
I have two daughters. The one hugging me is Rebecca, the oldest. The little one, Paloma, stayed home because she is seven months pregnat.
Yes, I am going to be a very happy grandmother soon.
Much love, dear friend.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
You are a blessed woman. Happy times.
Greetje,
I love that blouse with the rich and subdued gray!
XX, Elle
http://mydailycostume.com/
I made the combination with grey because my friend Katrien said the vest would look good on wide trousers, so I thought “widetrousers? Wide trousers? Hmmm …oh yes, I do have a pair.”
These grey ones are my only wide trousers. Hence a combination with grey.
Very fresh and elegant combination. I always like the color green on you. And those pants were a golden buy, they keep looking great and they are the perfect cut with vests like these. As I am in Holland till the end of the year I would love to admire your collection live again:)
OHH!!! How nice, you are back ! Let’s meet as soon as we can. My mobile number is still the same.
Hello Greetje, for some reason your posts are not updating in my blogroll, so I came to check.
It is so true, a photo always tells the truth, lol.
Looking glamourous, dear friend.
happy weekend.
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I will send you the url of my feed Sacramento. Perhaps it is because of the change to WordPress, I don’t know. Strange things happen lately.
I am really glad you came to check and leave your comment. Very loyal of you.
That is most certainly a wonderful and versatile vest. I’m really loving it paired with the grey wide leg trousers, it’s just so classy this way. Although, it still looks great with the white skirt as well, just a whole different look.
Oh, and here, we wear our wide leg trousers long (almost dragging) so you would fit right in style here, no need to hem them.
I might have to hem them anyway as there is a little hole in them, from dragging over the ground haha.
What are you talking about…..everything is just so well put together Greet!! That Longchamps will go with anything under the sun…..and that vest is so versatile love it with the wide leg trousers more!
Rebecca
http://www.redtagchiclosangeles.com
No it won’t go with everything under the sun haha. But I agree it is a nice bag.
Lovely looks and I don’t mind about the bag. Although I agree that a lighter color of bag would be even better.
We Dutchies seem to agree on the bag being too dark. Everybody else sees no problem at all. Wait a minute: you are an in-between as you don’t mind about the bag.
Wow, what a great vest!
Not that easy to combine with other things though as it is very outspoken. But I have two combinations. I can live with that.
Very nice Greetje. I like both combis with a slight preference for the one with pants. (although I maintain that those trousers would look better if they were slightly shorter haha)
I know Sylvia. Every time I see this picture I think… they are too long… Haven’t worn them this year yet. Perhaps in the fall.
Just beautiful! This vest is a keeper. It looks great with both options. Love the taupe sling back shoe, I really like suede for shoes. Beautiful photos.
blue hue wonderland
Are you pulling my leg Ann? Beautiful photos???? Coming from you, with your skills, that cannot be true hahaha; I cannot even get my photos to be sharp. LOL
As for suede shoes, I also have red and blue ones, so I can please you again.
It cost a penny but then you have something that is worth it. Like you say you can wear it for years and it never gets out of fashion because Pauw has it’s own style. I think both combination are totally different but very elegant and chic. I agree with you about the colour of the bag, it is more a winterbag.
I agree with you about the bag, but most readers do not. Strange.
And yes Pauw is not really fashion, but it looks good and lasts for years.
Greetje, I love everything wrapped and therefore I really like this vest!
I am a bit of a matchy/matchy person and especially like your handbag and the shoes 🙂
Annette | Lady of Style
So glad you are a fellow matchy/matchy person as sometimes I feel a bit alone in this. LOL
Glad you like the outfit.
I’m sure you know this look like me. I love it. I think elegant, simple, delicate and attractive. The vest is cute, matches perfectly with white or gray with the second option. I really like the simplicity of the skirt and the softness of your cotton fabric. I do not understand the comment about the bag, for me is perfect with these shoes and is well integrated into the look. In addition, this bag is gorgeous.
aha, you uploaded your respons twice, but the second time it is slightly different.
I’m sure you know this look I like. I love it. I think elegant, simple, delicate and attractive. The vest is cute, matches perfectly with white or gray with the second option. Sencillezz I love the skirt and the softness of the cotton fabric. I do not understand the comment about the bag, for me is perfect with these shoes and is well integrated into the look. In addition, this bag is gorgeous.
I thought that the bag was too dark brown with the white skirt. But I am glad you think it looks good.
Everything is so nice today! ( vest, bag, shoes. . .).
In the last photo you are extra beautiful wearing wide pants! Just a thing: what a pity I can see well your wonderful shoes!!
You mean the shoes underneath the trousers? Just click on the link “wide grey trousers” just above that photo and you will be in a post about the trousers and there is a very clear photo of those shoes in it. (They are by Marithé et Francois Girbaud.)
I have just seen the post which is showing your shoes: they are unusual but very nice indeed ( I could say:”they have their own personality!”) and the brown bag,with chain ( I haven’t noticed it in the first photo ), is also beautiful .
I have noticed that I forgot ‘t in my first comment ( it was CAN’T SEE )…sorry!
I must double check my English!!
Nevertheless I understood you perfectly. The brown bag with the chain was on the chair in the photo with the trousers in the post of the vest this week. So it was hidden a bit.