The first look is the look on page 52, featuring the Carmichael popover and the double serge pencil skirt in bronzed ochre:
I immediately liked the Carmichael popover when I saw it online and in the catalog and it didn't disappoint me when I saw it IRL and tried it on. I like everything about it: the relaxed but still feminine fit, the colors and the fact that I don't have anything plaid in my closet. But I waited for a % off before buying it. This season I am trying to stick to two simple rules: never buy FP (because things get marked down so quickly these days that it seems silly to buy something full price) and buy only stuff that I can make work with things that I already have.
In this case I don't have the bronzed ochre pencil skirt (and I don't plan to buy it until it goes on FS) but I have last year perfect pencil skirt in dusty blossom. The popover has a hint of dusty rose in it so the dusty blossom of the skirt is a very good match (better than the ochre in the catalog IMO). Instead of the wide calf hair belt, I'm wearing the equestrian belt:
The look also work with the Yoga dream sweater for more warmth:
The second look from the catalog that I wanted to recreate is the one on page 23, with the model on the bycicle:
I am quite lucky with this one as I own a substitute for each piece of the outfit and I don't need to buy anything. Instead of the toothpick jeans in smoke wash I have last year surplus matchstick in a very similar color (I don't remember how it was called); instead of the cashmere crewneck in heather cobblestone that the model is wearing I have the choice between the Corinne sweater (from HO08) in a similar color (it's more brownish IRL but you will see that it doesn't make a big difference) and my Yoga sweater in the same heather cobblestone. And instead of the flower sketch tee in irish moss, I have my new Loft tee in fall olive (any tee in a brownish-olive color will work).
This is the first option, with the Corinne sweater:
Striking the model's pose (but without the bycicle):
And this is the second option, with the Yoga sweater (sorry for the blurred picture), even if I think that the Corinne cardigan works better with these pants:
What do you think of my personal interpretation of the two catalog looks? What's your favorite look from the August catalog?
