Another pair of trousers in the new (to me) shape are these wide linen trousers. Unlike the trousers you saw last week, I knew what top would go well with them. The top is from 2012 and bought in Rome. I do hold on to things which are good.
Marita was my photographer. We met for coffee and I twisted her arm to take some blog photos. It was hot that day.
Below: Marita. Great dress, great legs.
Below: Close-up of her earrings.
Below: We arranged to meet in the afternoon at espressobar Native. I forgot that the terrace would be in the sun in the afternoon. It was too hot to sit there, even underneath the parasol.
Below: Luckily for us, across the road, in the shade, is a flower shop called Klavertje Vijf (five-leaved clover). They had a large bench outside their shop and allowed the espressobar to serve their guests there.
Below: The bench with trees and flowers of the shop around us made it quite idyllic. Rugs and cushions for comfort.
Below: Yellow and silver earring from Lara Design. I try not to be too matchy matchy, but the silver of the earrings does resonate with the bag and with the silver on the shoes.
The top is kept in place with a bit of fashion tape on each shoulder. Otherwise it keeps shifting and revealing my bra straps.
Below: Paul, the owner of the flower shop is a nice guy. We chatted with him and he helped us with the photo shoot, like with arranging ‘props’, as they are called.
Below: It resulted in this photo. The beauty of props is that the pose is more relaxed and you know what to do with your hands. There was an added bonus to it, as the basket hides the grease from my bike on the front of my new trousers. Sigh. There was grease on one of the sleeves too. I had to take both items to the dry cleaners straight away.
Below: One last pose with a strategically placed arm. The shoes are a few seasons old and the leather is soft as butter. Wide legged trousers are perfect with these shoes.
I am very happy with this outfit. You don’t feel you are wearing anything. Ever so comfortable, just not on a bike.
What happened in my life this week
Not much, just the usual. A photo shoot with Marjolein (you will see the result next week). A few things I cannot talk about because it could harm other people. And of course the shenanigans around emptying mum’s rented house. We are now “at war” with the landlords. Their demands are ludicrous and we will not comply. Might become a court case. Not funny.
Ron is doing a lot of work, knocking things down my father added to the house and to the shed over the years. Like shelves and cupboards on the wall. I didn’t take a photo of mum when I was there as my nephew came to visit her and I totally forgot. But below is a photo of my mum when she was 20 years old together with my brother. She was such a beauty. She told me that the curl on top of her head was kept in place with sugar water.
Below: And here is my father, who was a dashing fellow in his days and an excellent dancer. I am a total mix of both my father and mother in the way I look but I think that character wise I am very much like my father.
Apart from the photo shoots with Marita and Marjolein, I drank cappuccinos with Kitty. A terrible selfie below.
Below: I wore the lime coloured patterned jacket which you saw previously on the blog with leather jogging trousers. I styled it white monochrome this time; white t-shirt and white cropped jeans.
That’s all for the part of “What happened in my life this week”. Too busy with mum’s house.
Greetje
Love both outfits – you look awesome, Greetje! I’m so jealous that you wear wide-legged pants so easily – you have that glorious height! I hate necklines that slide around on me – fashion tape is a good idea. Would you believe I’ve never owned any?
Good luck with the landlords! Ugh, so glad I don’t rent anymore.
Question: does your mum rent her house? Or L’s parents?
I know that having height is an advantage, but you never think about your advantages. Always about your disadvantages. Stupid, really.
How nice to have that lovely garden setting and a “prop master” to help out! Fabulous green top, and definitely a keeper.
It’s taken me a while to get comfortable with styling wide leg pants. A shorter, fitted top works best for me, I think. Great photos, and yes your Mum was (and is) so lovely!
I agree, a short, fitted top works best with wide legged trousers. Unfortunately not with my body shape. So I have to come up with other solutions.
I find wide linen trousers to be a great choice on warmer days. I do love the lime patterned jacket too. Very sorry to hear about the problems you are having with your mum’s landlord. What is about property that makes people so difficult? I hope it resolves itself as quickly as possible.
Because wide linen trousers are so good on warm days, I was after a pair. Luckily I found these. They will go with nearly any colour top, especially bright colours, which suit the skin of my face very well.
Property = money. And people just cannot get enough of that.
Hi, I love all your outfits this week but I especially like your hair!! It is a bit longer and very flattering. You always look good no matter what. That jacket is amazing. I love the handbag in the wide leg pants photo. Where did you get it? Sorry about the landlord problems. Things like that happen here also. Never pleasant when renter moves out.
Hang in there.
xo
Lynda From Southern California in the USA.
I don’t always look good, no matter what haha. I just do not post photos of myself when I am not looking good. Well, sometimes I do, just to keep things real. The bag is from Nooki Design in England. They still have it, in three different colours, just not in silver anymore. Here is the link: https://www.nookidesign.com/collections/bags?page=2
Wow looking smartly dressed again. I love all the outfits and bright colours. your Mom certainly was very beautiful and your father was very handsome. I hope everything turns out alright for you regarding your Mum’s former house.
I was very pleased to be able to create outfits that are good looking AND comfortable. Not an easy combination.
Things will mum’s former house will sort themselves out, I am sure.
So very nice to see all of the beauty around you. Your trousers looked wonderful on you. I loved the spring green of your top! Wonderful! Early fall is usually warm and the color of the trousers is perfect with navy and black!
The patterned jacket is wonderfully fun and suits you well.
So very nice to see Martia and Marjoleyn.
The picture of your mother and brother are beautiful! She must have been the most beautiful woman in town! Your father was extremely handsome. They must have been a stunning couple!
Sorry the landlords are being difficult. You would think they appreciated her steady payment history!
The trousers are breezy, really high summer trousers, so I don’t think I will use them in the fall. Fall is not that warm here.
Sorry to hear about the problems with your mother’s landlords. You’d think they would prefer to have things go smoothly!
Love the pictures of your two outfits. You look so relaxed and happy.
Thanks for the photos of your parents – what a good-looking couple.
Hope things calm down with the landlords. Have a good week.
The landlords would prefer us to make the house attractive for their sale. They are greedy and always have been.
My conscience is clear, we have nearly stripped the house. I just don’t want to spend a lot of money on removing something which is ridiculous.
You look very relaxed and happy on this lovely summer day. The outfit, which I love, suits you.
I was happy that day and I love the outfit too. It isn’t easy to create an outfit which is attractive AND comfortable.
That outfit seems perfect for a hot day: covered, but loose fitting. I have to admit I like that second outfit even better. I love the mix of patterns in the jacket and that sharp green color, too. Would you call it chartreuse?
I’m sure there must be nice landlords and property management companies out there, but I’ve never deal with a good one. You’d think they’d just be happy to have your mother vacate after all these years and leave the home in good condition. You know after all these years they’re going to re-do everything anyway! So frustrating. Hang in there.
These photos show your beautiful smile and figure to best advantage.
One can’t help smiling back at you.
If I can make you smile, then I am very happy. Making people smile or even laugh is more the goal of this blog than to show outfits. Although this might sound odd to you haha.
You wear the wide-leg pants so well and the green top looks great. Love the photos of your parents. 😘
Your comment means I created an entertaining post. Or at least I hope I did.
I would call the sharp green in the jacket lime. But English isn’t my native language.
We know that the landlords are going to sell the house. They are just greedy and would love us to make the house as attractive as possible for the sale. And that is not our job. We’ll deal with them; we have no fear.
Hello, You
Looking good, as ever. It’s a great outfit and a real keeper as it should never go out of fashion.
Which phrase reminds me. When I first came across your blog I was intrigued by the title: No Fear of Fashion. Yes, straightforward enough but, being me and not an overly follower of fashion myself, I’ve finally realised that in a particularly English way of thinking, I understood that title to mean of course you like looking nice but had no great interest in being a fashion plate – there was no fear of that! And therein lies one of the differences between our two languages! It’s all in the interpretation!
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Your parents’ photos are lovely. Your father was very dashing and Mama was indeed a beauty, and still is. What a shame her house move has been blighted by her ex-landlords. What is it with some people, why can’t they play nicely?
Don’t let it spoil your week.
Gee x
To tell you the truth, I came up with that title in a second because I had to create a blog in Google Blogger to be able to comment on other blogs. So I thought. And at that time I wasn’t going to blog myself. But as I had created one, I published two photos and very little text in July 2012. To my utter surprise I got two comments. Both from Spanish people. And they said, if I were going to blog, they would follow me. I was flabbergasted. But it wasn’t until November that year that I really started.
No Fear of Fashion…I don’t even know myself what I meant. I am certainly no fashion follower.
As for the landlords…they are just greedy. We’ll deal with them.