Pix-Elated

I got my final package today from the NAS. I have a couple of keeps, a comparison (will keep one item and return the other), and one item I'm not sure about. 

The Keeps: undies (yay!), a pair of BP joggers for sleep/lounge in winter, and the Blondo Elvina snake print bootie. Love them! 

The Comparison item: The Pendleton rain jacket in navy. I bought the green in Seattle, which is what they had on the floor. It's a changeup colour for me, quite flattering, but I suspect I may tire of it or find it harder to wear with my other things. So I ordered the navy to compare. I am currently in Kingston so I will have to take this one back to Vancouver (where the green coat is) and put them on side by side. Definitely keeping one; I just don't know which. Sorry you can't see the green to compare. It is not as teal as in the Find. More of an 80s forest green. 

The Maybe: VB trousers. They are a lovely, lovely pant. I think this is the right size but at the moment, they are on the snug side of tailored for me. Waist is good as are the hips and the rise feels fine, but the pockets don't lie completely flat. I'm not sure what I think of that. It's more noticeable on one side than the other and of course they poof a bit when you sit, as well. Sitting is comfortable, though. I would have to get them shortened, too, I think, unless they are ok as an ankle pant. Would love your thoughts. I've shortened one side in the pics to see them more as crops. 

Whatever I decide on these items, I've had a GREAT NAS. Thanks, Angie, for making it so fun and thanks the rest of you for joining in and offering your cheers and thoughts! 

Speaking of fuchsia...I've been crushing on this colour long before the (welcome to me) trend! 

Here's a trip down memory lane. The earliest photos date from 2012 which is more or less when I joined YLF!

Sadly, I no longer have the fabulous 3 piece silk fuchsia suit. Bought at the thrift store for pennies, and wow did I have fun with it for a few years. It got a little snug, though, and I used up most of my occasions for wearing it, so I bid it a sad goodbye and let it go to a new friend. 

Then there was the H&M knit shrunken jacket -- a total workhorse for less than $10. First picture taken in Beijing, fall 2012. Second one back in Kingston. 

I still have this shocking pink rain jacket (5). Shocking pink is a bit warm for me, but I like it anyway for its energy. Banff 2012. 

The suit came out for an awards event in 2013. I also wore it to a fancy work event that spring. 

Later, in the summer, I wore this hot pink silk top in New York City. Catching the subway, I loved the way my platform mate and I BOTH rocked the colour block trend -- in the same colours, just opposite blocking! 

Also in New York, hot pink bag. 

Banff, 2014 -- a knit shirt. And the hot pink jacket. (9/10)

Cooler pink cashmere sweater -- I still have this one. Wearing it (or similar) in Israel in 2014. 

#13 Sometimes you have to look for your fix in nature. 

#14/15 -- a newer silk shell, in a cooler tone. Beijing, summer, 2015. 

Later that summer, with my brother. We look happy in the pics but it was actually a sad trip. Our mother had died and we were visiting family. 

#18 Trying a new sweater...

#19 Even my phone was hot pink...checking out the progress of my grey grow-out. 

#20 -- some orchid or fuchsia in the skirt -- new hair. 

#21 -- my mom's top -- fuchsia flowers. 

#22 -- scarf with hot pink, summer, 2016. 

#23 Fall, 2016 -- taking photo in London of a hot pink shoe in a window -- pop up store. 

#24 In Rodmell, Virginia Woolf's garden. 

#27 J Crew hot pink Rhodes jacket. Coming back into circulation this fall. 

#31 - 34 Winter 2016 -- hot pink coat and lots of pink hats at demonstration. 

#35/#36 -- in Iceland. 

#37 -- a poor NAS experiment. LOVED the colour. Hated the sleeves and material. Oh well. 

#38 Floral interlude. 

#39 Infinity Mirrors exhibit (Yayoi Kusama) at Art Gallery of Ontario

#40 -- running low on fuchsia but trying pink on taupe/pink last fall...

#41 Roses in the UBC garden, June 2019.