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Sheila (of Ephemera)'s avatar

That was so fun, Tina! I love the mismatched plaid, and I have a grommet belt similar to yours that I have had for almost 20 years.💕

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Irene Kim (김애린)'s avatar

Chic, chic, chic!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Thank you Irene - to be half as chic as you is the dream :)

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Irene Kim (김애린)'s avatar

Omg stop! You are so chic!!

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Claire Illmer's avatar

Two nights one camera lol!!! You are really inspiring me to take another look at capris! Esp with the oversized blazer - you make the proportions work so well!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

You would look amazing in capris and an oversized blazer - if you wear this, please share so we can all be inspired by your outfit!

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Sogole Kane's avatar

Here for all the outfit recreation posts!! It’s so fun to see how you put your own spin on it all. Loveeee the plaid! Xx

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Thanks Sogole! I need to learn from your outfit selfie ways, you have too many good ones to count.

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Maria Hyde's avatar

Tina, I LOVE your selfies and these outfits!! The mismatched plaid suit looks amazing on you. I would say I'm probably most influenced by both IG and Substack. I find it's quicker to find a ton of inspo on IG but love Substack for more in-depth and thoughtful inspo. Substack has opened my eyes to a lot more interesting brands that you don't normally come across on IG and has helped me get better at finding what I actually like vs. what just looks good on others.

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Thanks so much and same! I'm so used to finding incredible visual inspo on Instagram and love Substack for thoughtful takes on personal style. I'm happy that Substack has a save feature for posts and I wish they would introduce this for Notes so I can keep my outfit inspiration images in a central place.

Also - your outfit selfies are impeccable and your jacket styling post lives in my saves so I can refer back when I need inspo. https://essentialreads.substack.com/p/1-jacket-18-outfits

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Maria Hyde's avatar

That's so kind!! Thanks, Tina! x

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Evonne Sturm's avatar

First and foremost, Virgos unite!

Secondly, this was such a fun read. Forget the inspo photos, you are INFLUENCING me with all of your fabulous looks.

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Yessss, Virgos ftw. Thank you Evonne! You're influencing me because I'm still keeping my eyes peeled for your Ulla Johnson dress at resale. https://substack.com/@musingsofamerchandiser/note/c-103760040

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Evonne Sturm's avatar

I’m honored to be your influence! That Ulla dress would be fabulous on you 💗

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Xue's avatar

I also love seeing your selfies. You have amazing style 😍😘

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Tina Boetto's avatar

You are too sweet! I love seeing what you're wearing and can't get over that open back dress in your latest post, it's stunning https://xue235.substack.com/i/159604751/dressing-honestly-on-a-date

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Xue's avatar

LOVEEEE every outfit!!

Could you please do a post on how you organize inspo photos?! I find it impossible. My photos album is a mess

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Tina Boetto's avatar

I wish I had a great system since I've built up years of saves on Instagram, but they don't make it easy. I'll take a look at my saves and see if there's anything helpful for next week :)

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Sita's avatar

I love seeing how you translated your inspo outfits. The capri one is my favorite but the studded belt is so nice. Also it’s nice to see your face! Hopefully you will keep feeling comfortable showing it in your posts 😊💜

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Thank you Sita! I was shocked by how much I liked capris styled for 2024/2025, they definitely brought to mind a Y2K aesthetic I didn't want to touch at first. I love seeing your chic outfits (and your gorgeous hair color) and you're influencing me to post more outfits :)

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Jackie's avatar

You're telling me that capris are *in*??? Call me shocked, awed... afraid? I wear capris only for exercise because I never got on the full-length legging trend (for exercise at least). Do I need to consider them for style?? (Sadly, Tina, I don't think I've been influenced on that one haha)

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Haha, they are Jackie! They've made it into the early/late majority divide in the diffusion of innovation. If you want to style your workout legging capris I'm here to help :)

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Holley Maassen's avatar

Instagram influences me like crazy - they're algorithm is SO much better for advertising (which is good and very very bad, lol) - the summer season has really been pushing bikinis that I don't have any business purchasing (my wallet will be very sad and I don't actually have summer beach plans???) but wow oh wow are they CUTE FITS. Safe to say, influencing gets the best of all of us!!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

You're so right Holley, influencing and being influenced is so tricky! Instagram totally gets me as well since my feed so heavily fashion focused. I'm (mostly) not moved to buy things for the amount of creator content I consume, but certain items get to me like that studded belt.

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RP's avatar

I love studded belts to make any outfit a bit more fun and edgy!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

100%! They keep an outfit from looking too polished or sweet.

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Anika Kruger's avatar

Thank you so much for the shoutout, Tina! This post was a great inspiration and you are the first person I 'met' who seems to be just as obsessed about the Sheerluxe girls as I am!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Yesss, I love that we have that in common! I want to come back as a Sheer Luxer in my next life.

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Anika Kruger's avatar

Well, maybe it’s something for this life, too!

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Tina Boetto's avatar

Haha, I love this energy Anika!

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