color pattern texture shine:What not to wear mantra!

On the show 'What Not to Wear'  Stacy and Clinton often make this statement: color, pattern, texture, and shine are the elements of an interesting outfit.  So I'm going to give it a try. Keeping with my style theme of Flamboyant Natural I am wearing my cargo shorts, sleeveless tank top with top stitching in a wine color, I am wearing wine colored sandals and a scarf with this color in the print. The ends of the scarf have metal 'coins' sewn on the bottom. The earring are a little group of nuggets in the wine family. My bracelets are tiger's eye and another thinner resin one that looks like wood. So I have color-top and shoes, pattern -scarf, texture-earrings and scarf, shine- coins on scarf and jewelery.  Do you consider these elements when you decide on the elements of your outfits??

Being true to my style:Flambouyant Natural

I love style archetypes. I think they are fun to read about and fun to try and analyze yourself with their parameters. I saw this book Metamorphosis: Discover Your Image Identity and Dazzle as Only you Can by David  Kibbee written in 1987 as one of the more thorough presentations on the subject. It talks about Yin/Yang physical properties and is quite heady. I decided from digesting his information that I was a 'Flamboyant Natural'.  There is a website that discusses his concepts in more detail at: http://seasonalcolor.yuku.com/forums/71/wardrobe-and-style

I also liked a group of clothing that I found over at the Vivienne Files that were a perfect collect of these types of looks. I love khaki green, I love cargo types of pants, I love the artsy vest, cardigan sweaters, knit jackets etc but very casual.

I also liked these summer looks that I found on 'Cabi Canary' on what to wear with cut off jeans or cargo shorts.
So I tried to recreate these looks for myself. I was trying to do the loose blouse look over cut off jeans but am disappointed by how BAD my jeans look because they are so rumpled...UGH.

In the next photo I was copying the cargo shorts with the drapey summer weight vest. The greens match fairly well and I think this is a better attempt at my new style. Do you have a style type that defines you? How did you figure yourself out?

TOO TIGHT or just fitted

I started out this post to show an example of how red can be an accent with creme colored top and putty colored pant. The putty color is just a grey added to creme. Anyways since you notice things in photographs that you would not otherwise notice I am wondering if the fit on this top is too tight or is it just fitted. I hooked the hooks over the bust area to define my waist but is it too tight because there is gaping? Am I just being too critical? I do like the color combinations though.

In Style; what to wear with khaki

I'm pairing Khaki with a print that has a mix of orange red and khaki and gold. My khaki pants and top are very close to gold. I decided to add my amber earrings and bracelet that I bought ages ago as accents.

INSTYLE: Olive background

I tried to use the olive pants and this green military jacket together with the 'scarlet' animal print top. In real life the military jacket doesn't look so purple gray as it does in the photograph.  I switched tops to a lime green to go with the 3/4 jacket as it has this color in the print. I like the printed jacket with the pants and top not sure the boxy cut of the coat is all that flattering. It is a boxy cut but then I have a boxy build. What is a girl to do......;)