Style Inspiration: Tory Burch Holiday

A few days ago I received the Tory Burch Holiday Lookbook in the mail. I don't remember ever receiving a Lookbook by Tory (some ads yes but not a Lookbook) and while I generally throw these things in the recycle bin after looking at them once at best, I was so mesmerized by the pictures in this one that I hold into it and kept going back to look at it while drinking my coffee or as a reward for finishing a chore (a little bit like my daughter and her American Girl's Christmas catalog, she wakes up in the morning and all she wants to do is to look at it, lol.) You can look at the online version here. There is also a video that is very Antonioni meets Gatsby (it is shot in Long Island) and will make you swoon over the clothes even more.

While the looks stroke me as very unseasonal for the North-East holiday season (all that barely there chiffon and not a single coat or stole in sight), I couldn't help myself from sale-wishlisting the Elizabeth skirt even if it probably won't make it to sale as it is already almost sold-out on the website, and the Estelle tee.
In the meanwhile I tried to recreate some of the looks with what I have (as a therapy against shopping therapy). The color palette is based on black and blush (as Tory says it "a nearly nude shade that is just this side of pink") and while I don't have any blush bottom like the Elizabeth skirt I have a pleated black skirt that is about the same length and I can wear blush on top. This was very timely because I had just received from the Shopbop.com recent F&F sale a Joie blouse in a similar blush tone and I was trying to decide if I wanted to keep it or not (love the style, in fact I have it also in black, but the color and the think silk make it very unseasonal). So let's start! Shall we call it the "Ema holiday lookbook based on Tory?"

Look 1: Zara pleated skirt (old), Joie Eleanor blouse, Talbots pumps (old), Zara clutch (old)

Joie "Eleanor" blouse with a pretty bow-tie in the back

Look 2: The Look 6 in the Tory Lookbook is an all-blush look. I recreated an all-black look with the same feeling to it (because of the length of the skirt and a jeweled top that I can wear tucked in or untucked). Everything is old here (sandals are also Zara as the skirt) and the top is actually "from the archives" (it is Jcrew holiday 2006):

Look 3: What about some warmth on top? My JCrew beaded merino sweater from last year in apricot mist is a beige with a hint of pink and the rich beading detail makes it very holida-y:

Look 4: I have a Talbots angora short-sleeved sweater that is more pale pink than blush but will do, especially if I add a necklace in the same tones, like the bubble one in soft violet. This is a variation on Look 1 but with a more weather-friendly top. I took many pictures of this look but for some reason my phone won't allow me to add attachments to emails all of a sudden so I could only download and show you this one, which wasn't the best but you get the idea, I hope:

Thanks to this try-on session I realized that I have enough options and I don't really need the Joie top this minute (I will try to re-buy on sale maybe). For once, looking at expensive clothes made me save some money!

I hope you enjoyed the "Ema holiday Lookbook based on Tory". Any of you received the Tory Lookbook or is lusting over the Tory holiday collection? By the way there is a "private" sale (which makes me smile because anything private is like Pulcinella's secret these days) going on on the website right now, mostly stuff from the summer (nothing for me but these are the lowest prices you can get for Tory, before ebay of course). Any of you is shopping the sale?