The 4-5 piece French wardrobe shopping challenge

here's the new thread we've been discussing in the main thread (http://forums.thefashionspot.com/f58...-a-160337.html) ...

so here's what i'm thinking ... let's do two $500 challenges:

1) From your existing wardrobe
2) From your realtime spending, starting either from sometime in February 2013, or from right now

rules:

• if you're in, go ahead & post that you want to participate
• state what each item cost
• post pix of all key items (your own or credited from a shopping site, etc.). it would also be good to explain how the item functions or is meant to function in your wardrobe, etc.
• if you don't shop using us dollars, propose an equivalent amount in your currency with a reference to an exchange rate or a spending power study
• if the last (or first) item takes you over the limit, that's ok
• when everyone is done, we'll vote in each category for who got the best value for their money. for me, this would be the biggest bang for the buck, or maybe something really beautiful & rare, like a black skirt that functions as basic, but is so gorgeous it gets compliments everytime you wear it ... for you, it may be something different.

hopefully we'll have many different approaches & budgets & personal styles to look at here!!

let the games begin ...