<p>Wow, I found a slide show of Christine Lagarde in her fabulous outfits (lots of scarves - aahhh):</p>
<p>[Christine</a> Lagarde’s Proudly Parisian Style (PHOTOS, POLL)](<a href=“HuffPost - Breaking News, U.S. and World News | HuffPost”>Christine Lagarde's Proudly Parisian Style (PHOTOS, POLL) | HuffPost Life)</p>
<p>For some reason, when I look at the photos I think of Gourmetmom. :)</p>
<p>lol, love the Lucy Ricardo swing faux fur coat image, Emeraldkity.</p>
<p>mathmom - I think the tea length broomstick skirt worn with the faux fur coat would be really terrific! </p>
<p>It’s fun getting older . . . can get away with some fashion eccentricities.</p>
<p>Bunsen-thanks for the photo show of Lagarde. </p>
<p>Now if I could just stop fiddling with scarves when I wear them!</p>
<p>I love a well cut swing coat. I also had a black one that I wore so much it lost its shape. Love the cheetah print. A co-worker has a coat very similar, it’s very cute on her.</p>
<p>I must have had success yesterday…my 18 year old D told me I looked “chic.”</p>
<p>My iPhone seems to be controlled by PETA. Why else would it replace “fur” with “fir” in my post? LOL. Makes no sense! Sewhappy, I think we reached the verdict: go for it.</p>
<p>I feel like I need a fall coat today: grey skies, 60 degrees… You would think no one would be buying anything summer-y, yet mysteriously, all summer clothes disappeared from the clearance racks in my neck of the woods.</p>
<p>mafool: I have the same problem with my scarves. I need to learn to leave them alone!</p>
<p>Bunsen, I love shopping outerwear. I’m also craving one of those raincoat type coats that has faux fur on the inside. Love that concept - waterproof and furry at the same time.</p>
<p>Christine Lagarde=tres chic+! She has lovely scarves and jewelry. I read once, “Every French bebe is born wearing a scarf.”</p>
<p>I have a faux fur story. About 25 years ago I lived in Ann Arbor, MI. (Home of University of Michigan, very liberal environment.) I had a cute faux fur jacket with a hood and I thought it looked like fun fur, cute but obviously not real. I wore it into a food co-op store left over from the hippie day, and was nearly glared out of the place! It took me a while to realize why they were so rude to me.</p>
<p>It is tough to stop fiddling with scarves. I am happy that D approved of my dresses & a friend told me the other day that she thought D was adorable in the dress we bought the day of the wedding to attend the wedding. It was from Macy’s and after discount only $50 and best of all, WASHABLE! It has lining under a lace overdress. Here it is–whoops slightly cheaper on-line but we needed it that day to wear to the event.</p>
<p>[American</a> Rag Dress, Three Quarter Sleeve Mesh Crochet - Dresses - Juniors - Macy’s](<a href=“http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=582228&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results]American”>http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=582228&PseudoCat=se-xx-xx-xx.esn_results)</p>
<p>It isn’t as short on D as it appears in the photo & the lining covers much more than it does on the model.</p>
<p>I wore a dress like this but the panels were like stained glass print instead of black & white. [Sears:</a> Online department store featuring appliances, tools, fitness equipment and more](<a href=“http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_031J8243000P?sid=IDx20070921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=031J8243000P]Sears:”>http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_031J8243000P?sid=IDx20070921x00003a&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=031J8243000P)</p>
<p>Hubby was able to wear the aloha shirt of his preference.</p>
<p>Hmmm . . . finally was able to view the link to Christine Lagarde and I have to say I don’t get it. The super hot pink seems too much with her white hair and then the great big fluffy pink print scarf? Nope. Her face is too delicately boned for such a big accessory at the neck, imo. I admire her avoidance of boring clothes but I’m not sure that her taste strikes me as terribly chic.</p>
<p>Regarding scarves, I finally concluded I don’t do silk or chiffon scarves, just knits and generally just in the winter. The silky stuff slides around on me and doesn’t seem to stay positioned where I need it to be. My DD loves to knit and I love the scarves she’s made me of alpaca and merino wool. They are fairly narrow and very supple and it’s just easy to loop them and be on my way.</p>
<p>I finally broke down and bought my first pair of Not Your Daughter’s Jeans today. They’re “skinny”, black, and the petite size fits me really well (I’m too short for most jeans without hemming). I realized that my muffin top was never really going away, ever again… (raises white flag).</p>
<p>Wow, bunsenburner, that Christine Lagarde is one elegant woman! Although I have to agree, sewhappy, that some of her outfits are really frumpy, but then some are the epitome of chic… well, we all have our off days. I particularly love the black and white outfit from Nov 17th – white swing cape coat, white shirt, black suit with skirt, and a loose, black bowtie! and black boots. And the one after that – another black suit, but this time with a white satiny blouse with multiple little bows and a high collar (kind of Louis Sun king), and those patterned stockings… I want both of those outfits. Only problem is I don’t have the kind of lifestyle for those outfits. Maybe I could wear them walking my dog?</p>
<p>^^mousegray, why not?</p>
<p>I thought about us when this was on GMA [Mom</a>, 55, Sees Nothing Wrong With Wearing Daughters’ Clothes, Sharing Their Closet - ABC News](<a href=“Mom, 55, Sees Nothing Wrong With Wearing Daughters' Clothes, Sharing Their Closet - ABC News”>Mom, 55, Sees Nothing Wrong With Wearing Daughters' Clothes, Sharing Their Closet - ABC News) I want to dress young but not too young! Yikes, I am too old for strapless and spaghetti strap gowns.</p>
<p>I try not to look like my d but I have a relative who still shops in the junior department even though she’s pushing 50. She works out like a fiend but it’s starting to look ridiculous. </p>
<p>Sewhappy, I love that coat. I would wear it. It’s so cute and fun. My sister has a faux fur coat kind of like that but in a black print. It looks very age appropriate and it so fun. </p>
<p>Question about your garnet hill cardigans. Do they run pretty true to size or a little small? Sometimes cardigans run small and I am trying to order something that I don’t have to return because it doesn’t fit. Having a hard time with that lately.</p>
<p>deb922,</p>
<p>I think you’re right on “dressing young” but without trying to look like our daughters. It’s a fine line and one that is pretty harsh when it gets crossed! I do share some clothes with my 17-year-old, or rather she share’s in some of mine. It’s sort of a one-way street. She actually really likes to wear my Garnet hill print cardigans, calls them “ironic” and has been known to loan them to friends who also like them. I’m still waiting for the Painted Birds print sweater to get returned from a friend who is in Spain this summer!</p>
<p>Anyway, I find the size small works well. I’m 5’5" and am around 120-122, somewhat narrow shouldered. My DD is 5’8" and slim but not skinny (not sure of her weight). She fits well into the size small, although she doesn’t usually button them and I like a few of the middle buttons buttoned.</p>
<p>The fall GH catalog is out and there are a bunch of yummy new colors in this wonderful sweater but I’m trying to exercise some restraint . . . but may have to order this new one (which my DD also likes):</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.garnethill.com/retro-shawl-collar-cardigan/womens-fashion/sweaters/cardigans-wraps/216497[/url]”>http://www.garnethill.com/retro-shawl-collar-cardigan/womens-fashion/sweaters/cardigans-wraps/216497</a></p>
<p>Banana Republic released their long-awaited *Mad Men *collection today:</p>
<p>[Men’s</a> Apparel: madmen collection® | Banana Republic](<a href=“Banana Republic”>Banana Republic)</p>
<p>[Women’s</a> Apparel: Mad Men collection | Banana Republic](<a href=“Banana Republic”>Banana Republic)</p>
<p>The collection was developed in collaboration with *Mad Men *costume designers. I like the leaopard-print trench and a couple of cardigans.</p>
<p>Yea, the other day D was lamenting that we’ve never been and never will likely be the same size. I’m about 2-3+ sizes larger than her and about 3" taller with foot about 3 sizes larger as well. She does borrow things to keep her warm when we’re out & she’s cold & I’m not, but that’s about all. She’s built a lot more petite than I at about 30 pounds lighter. It looks good on her but her BMI is about 18-20 and mine is about 22 or so, I believe.</p>
<p>Several of her friends are able to borrow from their moms and sisters & she and her friends can swap sometimes. Oh well! She doesn’t own much that I fancy anyway, but I do have a few things she likes. She also thinks I have nice jewelry & I consoled her that it should “fit” just fine.</p>
<p>I have to say, I love ordering from Garnet Hill. I bought flannel things for my oldest when she was a baby there when I saw the ad in Mothering Magazine.</p>
<p>I am eyeing the leopard print merino cardigan- can always use another. :)</p>
<p>sewhappy- love the cardigan but I hate wool.</p>
<p>Oh, it IS wool, hadn’t even noted that yet. Plus I just now took in the price. Too high for this shopper. Oh well. Maybe I’ll just go find a big wood button and sew it onto one of the sweaters I already own.</p>
<p>Bunsen, those BR Mad Men clothes are so wonderful. Love them. Have always had a thing for the old Doris Day movies, mostly for her clothes.</p>