Do I feel left out?

I am wondering if I would really learn anything if I attended the shows at fashion week. I think that it would be delightful entertainment to see what other artist do but would I really learn anything. I know that the colors that the designers use are dictated by the fabrics they have access to buy. I know that Pantone dictates what colors will be "in" for a season. What I am curious about is how the designers all come up with versions of the same silhouettes each season? Is there some guide sheet that tells them ie this year design "Wide leg pants"?
How are the designs originals when you see the same items over and over again just with the details tweaked? I haven't figured this out yet. .If you know please post an answer I am interested in knowing how each designer comes up with the same variations on the themes each fashion season?

What is girly or womanly??????

     Ever notice how some females are more girly and some are more womanly. I remember being a counselor at a summer camp and my co camp leader told me I was different than all of the other female counselors. He told me I acted and looked like a woman. I was very puzzled by this comment. I know that he meant it as a compliment. I was 26 at the time. So over the years I have thought about this and have come to know what he means. Some females are forever girls and some become women. I think both are an okay way to be. I am wondering though what and when was my transition.
I know some females look very girly even as elderly women. My mother is this way. the doctors call her a "girl" . She wears hair barrettes and piles on the perfume and wears clothing that reminds me of short sets matching tops and bottoms. When she sits she swings her feet if they don't touch the floor. NO it is not dementia.. She doesn't laugh she giggles.
I never giggle I have a loud laugh. I never wear barrettes or hairbands. I have my hairdo intact most of the time so I don't need to hold anything in place or out of my face. I don't wear perfume unless I am going on a husband date. My clothes are separates but not out of matching fabric. I never swing my feet and I don't like sitting with my feet dangling. I don't read romance novels I prefer adventure or mystery or biographies. Is this what makes me more womanly? I am not necessarily more or less serious than my girly mother.
Maybe it was the clothing I didn't wear when I was in my mid 20's. I didn't wear a bikini to that camp. I thought a counselor should be more modest than the campers. I was the only one wearing a one piece. I didn't wear low cut tops like the other counselors. I didn't wear sports jerseys as nightgowns either. Did that make me more womanly.?
When I finally asked that guy many years later about his comment he laughed and said it was because I was more confident that the other female counselors. He feels confidence equates with womanly and lack of confidence reads 'girly'. I don't know if I agree but what do you think? What constitutes girly or womanly?

I'M HONORED TODAY

Imognee Lamport  from INSIDE OUT STYLE has me as her guest blogger today here is the link Guest post:

Simply Green

 My corgi thinks she is going to herd me in the back yard. She is trying to grip my shoes in her mouth in order to guide me her way.

It is a green day. I love the color green I think it works well with my red hair and rather ruddy complexion. I am wearing 3 different greens but they are next to each other on the color wheel so I think they work. I don't usually tuck my sweaters but wanted you to see this beautifully tooled belt.

Boot these boots are made for walking.

I love me some boots! I have been trying to wear boots in the brown family because they 'book end' my hair color so well. What I have discovered is that not all boots are equal with pants tucked in. You will see in the photo's above that proportion and where they cut your leg line is very important. To my eye the taller boots just look better. I tried to wear the same T shirt and jeans so it would be easier to compare these aren't finished looks just the underpinnings.

The graphic T shirt:casual but not slumpy

I realized that I have a love of Graphic T shirts. What is a graphic T shirt? The New Merriman-Webster dictionary says it is a representational or decorative printing on a flat surface. So some of my prints are probably also considered graphic prints. Here is one paired with a tied drape front sweater. I have paired one with a trench type coat and scarf.

I like to pair them with dress slacks and a jeans jacket OR I pair them with jeans and a dressy blazer. I once paired one with a black pencil skirt and ballet flats not too shabby.I also have one of Bob Marley.

To market to market to market I go

This is what I wore to the grocery store today. I wanted to get some wear out of my cargo skirt and this striped top that I rarely wear. I am leery of horizontal stripes on me, but this top has them on the diagonal and they are not highly contrasting. I wore the tights because I wore them to church and was too lazy to change. I threw this short sleeved sweater on to be warmer and to make this more seasonally appropriate. Those are my Easy Spirit shoes that keep my knee from hurting.