Amy's Creative Pursuits: girly-girl look

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Sumptuous Fabrics with Ageless Style

Ageless Style is a monthly style challenge and link up for women of all ages. Each month we pick a different theme and style an outfit based on that theme. This month's theme is: "Sumptuous Fabrics" and was picked by Leslie.

This month the ladies of Ageless Style and I are sharing our "Sumptuous Fabrics". The dictionary defines Sumptuous as "Extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent". Yeah, so not me. Although I have been known to spend over a hundred dollars on a good pair of jeans, (like the pair I'm wearing today), I'm more of a fashion budget kind of girl. Leslie described her "Sumptuous Fabrics" challenge as "featuring feminine fabrics: silks, satins, velvet, cashmere, soft sweaters, and lace; a girly girl look". The only thing I had on that list were "soft sweaters" but on the day of my photo shoot it was 40 degrees so I did not want to wear a sweater. I know most of you think 40 degrees is the perfect temperature for a sweater, but for this northern girl, that's too darn hot to wear a sweater.

SO, I opted for this blush pink blouse. Although it's not expensive, for it's a TJ Maxx find, it is pink which fits the girly-girl requirement and the flow of the fabric and fun blousy sleeves comes as close to "Sumptuous" as I have in my closet. 😀

Although I am a very feminine woman (no one would describe me as athletic or tom boyish), I don't really like to dress girly, so I downplayed this "girly" pink top with a new pair of wide leg jeans from Mavi. I think Mavi is my favorite new jean brand. I know they're expensive, but they are so worth it, and I don't get out much, so one new pair of jeans a year is all I need.

My very expensive or "sumptuous" blouse cost me a whopping $20 at TJMaxx. I've actually showed this blouse to you before in THIS POST where I styled it with a black skirt for Valentine's Day.

It was the sleeves that really drew me to this blouse. They are 3/4 sleeve length balloon style sleeve -- so fun!

For jewelry, I chose a beaded necklace and matching drop earrings that had the same colors of my jeans and top. I also wore a multi-strand beaded bracelet.

I included this crazy picture just so you could see the detail of the sleeves.

Because I don't like dressing too girly, I paired my girly top with wide leg jeans. These jeans are actually on sale right now, and you can find them HERE! They are high waisted, super comfy, with a raw hem. I really love the wide leg style. I'm not a fan of flares, but wide legs are fun. I styled the jeans with white booties to keep the lighter, girly girl going from head to toe.

And this photo I just included because Jackson photo bombed it. 😂. I know how some of you love seeing photos of Jackson.

Now be sure to check out what the other ladies are wearing this month. Hopefully they have more "Sumptuous Fabrics" in their closet then I do! And be sure to link up with below!

Have A Great Day! Amy

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