H&M Spring Review: Double-Placket Shell & Floral Skirt

excursion sales flooding my inbox this morning:
- Ann Taylor: 40% off your whole buy with code ENTIRE40
- LOFT: forty% off full-fee styles and 50% off sale objects with code SHOP40
- hole: 60% off plenty of sweaters such as the lambswool cable crewneck that's now $23.99 (assessment coming soon - the knit is smooth, heavy, and not itchy). *update 12/18 - use code GAPCHEER for every other 30% off, making this sweater $16.79*
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^Update: Here's Petite XS on me in Lagoon Teal, worn with Payless Pumps (use code 59863 for 40% off).

Blouse: H&M sz 2, item #030395, $17.95 Skirt w/ belt: H&M sz 2, item #057592, $24.95

Accessories: YSL Arty ring, MK watch, Revlon Vixen polish, J.Crew earrings (old)

H&M is presently having their iciness clearance with many items marked down to $five - $15. Jaded via the older products, i used to be on my way out whilst a teeny tiny rack of floral and brights caught my eye. i ended up getting double-placket shells and an emerald green get dressed. I see the tops going fast, so inside the interest of time i will review the shells first and the get dressed in a later post.

i was right away attracted to this blouse in kelly inexperienced. It seems and feels precisely like some thing in order to pop up at Ann Taylor next Spring for 4x the price. After grabbing the inexperienced, I ran round the shop asking if it got here in a softer color like ivory. sure enough - a SA confirmed me the ivory placing on a very random rack, on a specific ground.
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The suit of this blouse is beneficiant however no longer overwhelming. A sz 2 measures 15.five" extensive (instantly cut) and approximately 24" lengthy. Smaller women might also need a simple slimming on both sides, or you could wear it casually draping. The shirt cloth is a hundred% polyester - it is heavier and now not flimsy, yet nonetheless drapes well. i really like the elegant details which includes the little collar, the double-placket front, and the mother-of-pearl buttons. I discover it to be fantastically higher fine than a number of H&M's different poly objects, and a tremendous purchase at $17.ninety five.
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I also attempted in this twill-cotton skirt in taupe with floral print. At $24.95 which include a elegant faux-croc belt, it's a pretty good buy. i like how you may get a full work outfit at H&M for under $forty five. alas, I did not love the fabric or the healthy on me. i'm cautious of twill or cotton bottoms due to capability wrinkling and creasing throughout the thighs. also, the match was a chunk straight-cut from the waist down to the hips. The butt place in shape snug on me in sz 2, but there was a large waist gap. if you are greater directly-reduce, then this skirt can be for you (or you can use the belt to conceal the waist gap). This skirt also got here in stable khaki, military, and black:
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Here's the full length of the blouse and how it looks with jeans:

I don't want to buy duplicates however with this properly-made, value-priced shirt I could not withstand. i love each colorations but may be carefully evaluating if I ought to go back one. The ivory is crisp and stylish and will get tons of wear, but the inexperienced is putting and i don't have whatever else in that color.

Readers - Did anyone else get this blouse? Which color do you like better?