The 4-5 Piece French Wardrobe #10

[eizhowa]

So, let me guess ... I must be the only one atm buying swimwear?

For next summer? Then you are only slightly ahead of Fashionista-ta, I believe

 

[Jinadaze]

No, for this summer. Finally going on vacation to South Italy in 11 days and I refuse to admit that it's already autumn here where I live.

 

[eizhowa]

^Autumn is my favourite season so I packed all my summer clothes away a while ago

 

[barbaraaa]

So, let me guess ... I must be the only one atm buying swimwear?

Totally eyeing a swimsuit myself

 

[fashionista-ta]

For next summer? Then you are only slightly ahead of Fashionista-ta, I believe

I'm ahead of y'all only because I count all my pieces

 

[Betinapple]

No, for this summer. Finally going on vacation to South Italy in 11 days and I refuse to admit that it's already autumn here where I live.

Don't even mention it, it feels like we never had any Summer here and the bare thought of not getting to experience Summer again before next year makes me utterly sad.. I usually love Fall, but this year I am just not ready.

 

[eizhowa]

I'm ahead of y'all only because I count all my pieces

Ah, well then I am probably set for 2020 I am going to try to limit myself to 4-5 pieces this fall and try to get back on track.

I was in town and I feel like I have struck gold because I found two trousers that fit perfectly today! I rarely find even one pair that fits...

The first a pair of black wool bootcut trousers from Filippa-K. I am having them hemmed to be ankle cropped. They will go with my work suit, but I can totally see myself wearing them casually as well.

I should be set trouser-wise, especially seeing as I am having my brown wool trousers (from 2014) fitted by a tailor

So that is 2 pieces down for fall. As for boots, I did look at the Isabel Marant Dawell boots. At first I thought they were hideous, but now I think they are hideous in a good way.

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Filippa-k/Samsoe/IsabelMarant

 

[Jinadaze]

Score! I'm looking for trousers like that for ages. Every pair I find is of some other color than black, doesn't contain enough wool or is too thin.

 

[eizhowa]

Score! I'm looking for trousers like that for ages. Every pair I find is of some other color than black, doesn't contain enough wool or is too thin.

I actually found out that it is not pure wool. Filippa-K does a suit range where everything matches perfectly, so I just assumed the trousers would be the same wool as the blazer. The quality of Filippa-K trousers is so great that I can live with that it is not a pure wool though.

Edit: On third thoughts, it might be wool, but I can't check because it is at the tailors. I just assumed they were the same trousers that I found in the online shop.

Edit#2: I can now see that I must have edited my last post in a hurry and removed the part where I write that the second pair of trousers were a cotton trouser from Samsøe. Which I am wearing right now

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ Seeing as how it's summer and all

This morning when I let the dogs out, I was amazed to feel an actual chill in the air.

 

[barbaraaa]

No chill where I live yesterday I was driving with my boyfriend and my back stuck to both the t-shirt and the seat...

Super weird question: do you all wear cropped trousers with ankle boots? Frankly I don't wear boots very often... mostly with jeans. But when I do go to Paris I will have a stricter dress code at the office and all my dress trousers are that baggy cropped cut and I feel like it might look funny. Everyone have probably been doing it for years but it just never occured to me

I'm also afraid I'll chill my ankles with my trousers but unfortunately it seems there are no skinny dress trousers for sale anywhere

 

[eizhowa]

Barbaraa,I am not jealous at all about Paris...

One of the criterias for my new trousers was that they must go with my winter boots Obviously if there was a large gap between shoe and trouser-hem, it would not be very winter-appropriate... I will wear black tights underneat to prevent blinding anyone with my pale pale legs, in case my trousers were to rise up if I sat down etc.

I would probably change into ballet flats when I arrived at work though. High heeled boots are not very comfortable for long and flat boots do not flatter my legs the way ballet flats do, but that is personal preference My sister wears flat boots with boyfriend jeans and it looks good on her.

 

[barbaraaa]

The thing is I haven't bought trousers in ages and I don't really feel like changing my trousers now to accomodate boot-wearing... I bought a pair of flat boots because I don't really see myself cruising across a city in heels. I also don't see myself carrying an extra pair of shoes tbh I will probably just go for it anyway

 

[fashionista-ta]

^ I really think boots aren't necessary ... I live in tights in the winter, to me that's enough to keep the ankles warm unless you're really someplace cold. Oxfords are good for winter ... and ballet flats, in my world as well as eizhowa's So if the boots don't go with something, just wear different shoes

You can also buy extra-warm tights.

 

[barbaraaa]

^ The thing is, I'm used to 5ºC winters in here I rarely do wear boots, but when I went to Paris in the winter a couple of years ago it was muh colder than in here... I'm also uncapable of wearing tights under trousers as it feels as if my legs are slippery somehow

 

[Fewormany]

The last few winters in Western Europe have been pretty mild (which seems to be the new standard..), so I wouldn't worry about the temperature that much. I think it has more to do with how you react to the cold. I wear the same shoes etc whether it's 5ºC or -5ºC, I just layer more when it comes to outerwear.

 

[barbaraaa]

I think the humidity etc is also a big factor... I've travelled in the winter but I've never felt so cold as in Prague last December. When it reached -5º I felt my nose was going to freeze off! I'm not very well accustomed, I know, I know...

 

[fashionista-ta]

The cold I find difficult to take is right by the water, like the ocean. The same temperature is bone-chilling in a way it's not at home.

Hmm, maybe you'll get used to the tights Highly recommended in my book. There are different types ... maybe if you try a more sock-like type.

Even when you live in a climate with a winter, you have to get used to the weather when it changes. Being plunged into the midst of a winter in progress is worse than actually living there.

 

[barbaraaa]

Funny I live pretty much by the sea and this is the sort of cold I find easier to endure... drier weathers, such as in inner Portugal/Spain or, like I said, Czech Republic and Paris. Then again, this is the cold I'm accustomed to, and it's not very cold either! I remember it snowing in 2006 and it being all over the news because it hadn't snowed where I live since the 1950s.

Sock things may be easier. When I once wore full tights under my trousers I didn't rest until I'd taken them off, the two fabrics rubbed together in a very uncomfortable way!

 

[eizhowa]

A white balenciaga jacket I have loved since 2007 (when I saw it on Clemence Poesy) was recently for sale for 8 MONTHS and of course I was not doing my job and stalking Vestiairecollective so someone else bought it recently. I am so bummed i missed it. And it was my size and everything!