The struggle of styling. I will show you a few photos of this outfit, taken by my friend Marita and then I will show you how this puffer vest outfit came together. This post is slightly different from my usual offering.
Below: Marita wore a smashing jumper, with little pleats at the bottom. Love the scarf as well.
The weather wasn’t friendly so we did a quick photo shoot. Ron thinks this blog post is dull, but I let you be the judge of that.
Below: We found a little alley with flowers and a yellow door. How nice to serve as background. Don’t know what I did to the camera settings but the colours of the bag and the vest don’t correspond with real life.
Below: The gold-plated earrings by Lara Design, echoing the chains of the necklace.
Below: As you like the scenery of Haarlem, we took a photo of this street.
Below: Of course, there is a sitting-down photo.
Below: A good looking house.
Below: A good looking building.
Below: And a good looking church.
Outfit Styling
As you might know, my friend Misja (blog MisjaB) came over to help me style clothes I already have. She was quite taken with this puffer vest (link to original post).
I told her, I only wore it a couple of times as I cannot style it. She said: “Wear it on these olive coloured trousers you have on! Looks great.”
I was still in doubt, but if you seek advice, it is not wise to be pig-headed.
In her pursuit to give me several options, Misja asked me the following questions:
“Do you have a pink top?” Yes, check.
“Do you have a bright green top?” Yes, check.
“Do you have a striped top?” Yes, check.
It was rather embarrassing as I had it all.
Below: I was holding everything for future reference.
Below: Misja continued: “Do you have a pale blue silk blouse?” Yes, check.
“We need a necklace to go with it.” No problem.
Below: This is the outfit with a pink top. I don’t think it is worthy of a whole blog post as the only differences are the top, the earrings and the belt. Although, perhaps, with 37 blog posts still to go this year, I should be more economical with every created outfit haha.
Below: When I came home after the photo shoot, I turned the collar up to see whether that would have been nicer than turned down (and fastened with two safety pins). I don’t know.
I wore the vest open at first but that made me look even broader than I already am, with a long neck rising in the middle, and balancing upon it, a small head. Not flattering.
I hope you found my styling dilemmas interesting. If not, let me know in the comments and I will refrain from it in the future.
What happened in my life this week
Ron took me to the fabric (or cloth) market in Amsterdam (Noordermarkt), which is always on a Monday. Again he offered to take photos for the blog. I love that man. You will see the photos in two weeks’ time.
Below: We had cappuccino and apple pie at the best place for it in Amsterdam (Café Winkel 43) and after that we walked around the market.
Below: I scored two bracelets at the market (only € 3 for both; what a bargain). The structure is raised in a conical shape with a silver rim (only slight usage damage). And no, they don’t count for the 10 items a year challenge LOL.
In the afternoon I went to the pedicure for the first time this year and she put bright red nail polish on my toenails. A good day.
On Tuesday morning I saw Marcella (below) in town for a tea/cappuccino and a shared lemon cake. She looked ever so nice with the orange belt and the peach top. I would never have thought of wearing this golden scarf with it, especially not positioned trailing at the back. It works like a dream and the scarf stayed put as well. My silky scarves always slide away.
Had the dentist take a look at a gum problem. He gave me tips and a few tools and it should be fine in less than two weeks.
We took dog Watson to a park where we met a friend who is recently retired and she is willing to ‘babysit’ the dog whenever we need to go away. It was a first test to see whether Watson would listen to her. Luckily he did.
Below: While she was walking Watson, we sat on a terrace in the sun. As long as you were shielded from the fierce wind, it was nice. Life is good for us.
This week I have been busy preparing a room for a guest. Susan of the blog Une femme d’un certain âge is coming to stay with us for a couple of nights. It is so nice that she is coming to Amsterdam before travelling on to Paris.
As spring is nearly here, I like to share an old post which will make you roar with laughter, for sure. It is a story about trying on bathing suits in spring by an unknown (to me) writer. Readers who have read my blog for a number of years, might recognise it as I have linked to it a few times. The title of the post is ‘Just for a laugh’. I read it again and again and it never fails to make me laugh.
Greetje
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