Fashionizing Virtually, aka "HELP"

will you help me
choose Catherine's accessories

?

OMG, it's Wednesday again, and this time someone named
Greige is virtually re-doing Catherine's dining room.

Well, her name is really Christina
and she has a beautiul blog called

http://www.greigedesign.blogspot.com/ 

anyway, just in case you've been gone to the other hemisphere, 

Catherine at The Shiny Pebble

http://www.theshinypebble.blogspot.com/

 is having her dining room virtually redone by

some of our finest interior designers over the next few weeks,
a different designer each week.

 Each Monday she sends me an inspiration board, a little snippet,
of what the designer for that week will, kinda, be doing. 


I and/or WE will be wardrobing, outfitting, appareling, accessorizing

what the lovely Catherine will be wearing when she entertains in her
new room for the 1st time.

So here's the room:

you can hop over to Catherine's blog to see more details

So, I'm supposed to choose something for her to wear
for an at-home

Cocktail Party

a kick-off party for one of her charity benefits and causes.

 

She is a stunningly beautiful Brazilian woman,
so this isn't a problem at all.
 

Except. 

Except that I've chosen 2 different ways to accessorize this

fabulous Max Mara Spring 2010 outfit.

And, you need to vote
so I'll know which pieces to send over
 to Catherine for her party.
PLEASE.

the halter neckline is simple & lovely,

 but for an OCCASION why not wear something smashing?

The intricate necklace should hang just right around her neckline

to cover the dress as it draws up to tie in back.

Love the turquoise we've added to Greige's decor,

and the bright satsuma-colored dress.

Cuff Bracelets on Both Wrists,

just so much more symmetrical that way, don't you think?

And, then the rather simple, but still in-the-theme of the necklace, earrings.

14k gold with real freshwater pearls and angel skin turquoise.

Or this...

Necklace that is big & bold

with chunks of  turquoise and wooden beads,  vintage chains

& seashells.

Piles of these bracelets, all different, but with the same elements...

Turquoise, Chalcedony, Citrine, Tourmaline

& these 14k gold hand-crafted earrings with little dangles of turquoise.

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No contest here,

  these fabulous $1200 Fendi shoes

with either outfit

(maybe they'll be on sale soon)

so tell us, if you were entertaining at home,

which of these groups would you choose:

the big flowered necklace group

or the chunky turquoise group

????

in case there was a question...

I think you can tell I'm a very flamboyant and fashionable woman.
I'm tall & used to be very thin,  now not thin but OK, 

and can wear the wildest styles and make them look right.

When dressing someone else,

their personality or demeanor,  size, and the occasion 

are all taken into consideration;

 also their place in the world

(like the wife of a top executive, or a female artist,

or a female business person, or an heiress).

This is how I decided on Catherine's outfit today.

(can you imagine getting paid to do this work,

work you absolutely LOVED?

Wonder if I can get my old job back?)

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" Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative."

Oscar Wilde