First Snowfall

Last weekend we had our first snow, merely a light scattering on the mountains.  I wanted to take some photos of the snowy landscape, which had already begun to thaw a little in the bright winter sun.  I planned to tie in an outfit shoot as well, having just purchased a lovely wool Italian cape from the community shop.  Despite the sunshine, temperatures were very low, so I layered up all in black underneath with a wool poloneck and skinny jeans tucked into knee high boots.

"You look like a Beatnik cat burglar," was my husband's response, "I don't think it works".  Five minutes later, he was rummaging in my wardrobe, determined to find me a "more festive" outfit.  (I can't say I was particularly optimistic, given that my husband is colour blind...)  I gently suggested that since the cape is so voluminous, maybe something more fitted underneath would look best, and he reluctantly returned the swing dress from his hands to the rails.  The next few minutes involved him asking me a series of questions about various items that he thought I should have in red.  Red tights?  No.  Red leggings?  No.  Really, no red leggings?!  No!  Red brogues?  No.  Red brooch?  No.  In the end I appeased him by finding a pair of tights with red seams, but he still seemed quite miffed that my entire legs weren't going to be bright red.  I wasn't allowed gloves, despite it being only a little above freezing.
"No pain, no gain!" he declared.

"You've dressed me like Mrs Christmas!" I complained.

The smile told me that's what he was going for.

Cape: Community shop

Dress: Asos, via car boot sale

Seamed tights: Can't remember

Shoes: Hobbs

Bracelet: Gift

For more husbands-dressing-bloggers, I recommend Amber's very amusing post about allowing her husband to choose her outfit.  It's curious that her husband also seemed at a loss to understand why she didn't have every accessory in a certain colour (green, in her case), so I think if there's a message from both our experiments, it's that partners really can't object to buying yet another pair of gloves or shoes if they're in a colour not already possessed!

Does your partner or family have any say in what you wear?

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