The end of harem pants

My Granny turned 91 yesterday - Congratulations!!!! She is still managing all on her own, with a bit of help with meals because of rheumatic hands. I think she is so cool!

Now have a look at the photos:

Compared to the trousers in my previous post these are doing nothing for my thighs or hips. I think they are giving me a Barbapapa like silhouette. Not quite what I was aiming at... Reminds me to always have a look at the back side as well. Anyway, I like the way my arms look, and the colours are fine together.

On the next photo I'm showing my new specs! These are neutral, tomorrow I'll be wearing the decorated ones, also new. The photos are all done by me, with a different camera and a tripod. Considering it's my first time I think I did pretty well.

This is my first go at a self portrait. I only did this one. My husband is a semi professional photographer and he was impressed. That alone just made my day! Now read on:

To all Scandinavian women:

Could you please consider starting a fashion or style blog?

There are so many lovely blogs out there, but the weather up here in the North is so different to Southern California, Florida and other beautiful warm places. That calls for other types of clothes and a much larger variety of outfits. Furthermore, compared to pretty much the rest of the world we have a very relaxed corporate dress code.

It would be lovely to get inspiration from someone nearby, as well as from all the exotic places that one can only dream of visiting on holidays.

What initiated this post is my recent discovery of the Swedish blog Four seasons one wardrobe. It was so great to see outfits based on several items that are actually available to me too. She is good at remixing and have lots of cute outfits. So go to Four seasons one wardrobe and see for yourself! 

Not quite a style revolution!

After a few hectic weeks the evidence er here: No jeans in any of the outfits! There are both day and evening outfits. For one dinner party I managed to put on nail polish to match my jewellery. A first time in about a decade! But it felt great. For an afternoon family gathering I wore harem pants - my first pair EVER. They were so comfortable that i wore them for another dinner party later. I find it impossible to find trousers that fit properly. On one photo I'm wearing a grey pair of trousers, my best, and they are no where near perfect. Therefore the harem pants may be a solution for now. If only they were a bit longer...

The photos: My 11 year old daughter took most of them, some in a hurry which shows!

As the photos reveal I also had a haircut, that could be better!

In my last post I mentioned Imogen Lamport. Since then I have read her book Wardrobe Secrets Revealed. She recommends starting a capsule wardrobe that can be added to later. In the next couple of days I will be posting photos of the items I have chosen.

Finally, on one photo I'm wearing a cobalt blue shirt. Friday night I was going to a birthday party and had another outfit planned, but the weather changed so I had to find something else to wear. I wanted to wear this shirt but had difficulties deciding what to wear with it. I remembered having seen Ariel from Artfully Aware (look a my favorites) doing an outfit with International Klein Blue. That was just the inspiration I neeeded. The jacket I have at one arm is a red Chinese brocade that doesn't photographe well as it's very shiny, but it ended up looking great, Thank You Ariel!