Sizing issues?

sizing issues?, originally uploaded by Cohabitating_Closet.

Anne convinced me that green and purple is a great color combination. I agree. I also like green and brown, but I'll try that another time.
I really liked this skirt, but now trying it on at home, I think it might be a smidge to small. But the medium was just significantly too big. Plus this size gapped at the waist. I guess this was meant for someone a bit more columnar shaped. I wanted to wear something more springy but since it's 45 degrees today, I'll keep that for another day.
Does it look noticeably too small? It shows some bum shape on the bag, and I can tell if I look down that there is some tummy clinging (I do have a tummy. I like it but not when a skirt clings to it in a weird way).

Thanks again for your thoughts about my phantom skirt. Someone said on the Flickr page that "Blade Runner" was a big 1980s does the 1940s cultural moment. I wonder if that spurred trends or reflected trends? I also got a lot of compliments on the sleeves so I am thinking I may just keep them on.
In somewhat style related news, Blokey was rough housing a bit vigorously with Lula, and when I woke up from a too long nap yesterday, he had a diagonal scar across this right cheekbone. He's all worried about a scar, although I told him that the Inigo Montoya look is very hot. He seemed displeased with this statement.

Have a happy Wednesday! I am intensely jealous of my prof friends who are almost done with the semester. I have 4 class days after today. I need to just finish this with a modicum of dignity.

Skirt: Tulle
Belt: Presence, Chicago
Tights: Hue
Jacket: Gap 2007
Shirt: Loft
Shoes: Aerosole, thrifted

YLF challenge

YLF challenge, originally uploaded by Cohabitating_Closet.

I regularly participate in Angie's Youlookfab forum. Not only because her blog is probably one of the major reasons that I started paying attention to style back 2007 or so, but also because I like the community of women (something that I am a late adopter to valuing).
Recently a forum member issued a challenge chain, in which forum members would get to know another person's style and challenge them to dress outside their comfort zone. Anne (not the co-contributor) very astutely noticed that I am a skirt/dress and neutrals kinda gal. It's hard to break out of my style rut, so this was a great activity. She challenged me to pants and some of the spring palette colors, which include turquoise, coral, violet, aurora and amparo blue. These are not colors readily available in my neutral heavy closet.

Image from http://www.pantone.com/

However, in a fit of fabric frenzy, I did pick up a few yards of faux eyelet coral summer weight woven cloth, which I quickly ripped into a raw edged scarf, and paired it with a lavender-ish long underwear shirt. I threw on my "professor" blazer and skinny jeans. I popped the collar and scrunched the sleeves to make it more casual. I hope I don't look like one of my frat boy students.

(eek! the challenges of a longer a torso: shirts never want to cover my belly)

edit: It's spring break. Only the folks at the laundromat saw me so far.

I don't wear pants that often, mostly because I like the comfort of skirts and because I think they flatter my longer torso more than pants. Also, when I moved to NY almost 2 years ago, I lost that 7 lbs from stress (ah, New York), and I have been loathe to invest in New Pants (which is a laborious activity for me). I did pick up these skinny jeans last winter, but the jury is still out on them. I think they look better with a longer top, as I am not overly fond of my hips in skinny pants.

I am also scared of oranges and yellow close to my face because of my skin tone. Any thoughts on the coral scarf?

Scarf: self made (ripped), probably about $0.50 (at $2.99/yard in the Garment district)

Jeans: Blank

Shoes: very old 9 West

Thermal underwear shirt: Uniqlo

Blazer: Esprit (two seasons ago)