The Little Top of Ambiguous Colors and Fibers has arrived. The spirit of Marie Kondo has left the building.

A package arrived! The Little Top of Ambiguous Colors and Fibers is here! In the size I ordered!

Here are the details. I'm afraid that my phone snaps are not going to clear up the question of colors, but I'll try to explain.

The fabric is a thin 100% cotton knit, about the weight of the Vintage Tees, so I'll probably wear the thing over a silk cami. Well, it's snowing after all.

The sequin work is nicely done.

 

The colorway was described as "pewter mint burgundy." The dark sequins are the burgundy. Easy.

The mint appears as sequins, as does a kind of pearly white. There are also pink sequins.

OK, that leaves pewter. The pewter is the background (fabric) color and to my eye,

 although not to my computer, it reads as a very pale lavender. 

This is a good thing.

Here are views of the jacket, through an iPhone darkly,
slipped over the shirt, and here's the bottom of the skirt.

I have to ask you to trust me on the color of the skirt and jacket, but they really are tones of pale sage green. I now feel sorry for catalog photographers trying to replicate color. In future, I'll try not to complain about misleading color values. The clips on the front of the jacket are some kind of oxidized-looking metal filigree, whatever, they won't be touching skin.

I won't wear any jewelry, as the little stacks of sequins protrude and would catch on chains or necklaces, and the knit is too thin to support pins or broaches. I'll just let the sequins do their job.

The stacks of sequins reminded me of Intergalactic Cauliflower. In a good way, of course.

                              

It turns out my top is the poor relation of this top, which costs about 10 times as much, mine having been grabbed on a 25% promo while the other is sitting around awaiting markdown activity. There's also a pencil skirt, and I think I'd love both pieces with, say, a blush pink leather jacket. Definitely not with the sweatshirt (those little stacks get around!)

The "deluxe" top is made of silk organza and fully lined.  So is the pencil skirt. Obviously the skirt's going to sell slowly, it looks to me like the little stacks of sequins with bead on top could cause indentations resembling weird cellulite if one sat down while wearing the skirt.

And then - I've been saving this for last - while I was hunting for the satin tank that disappeared, I turned up a pair of shoes that I had grabbed at an Anthro sale a few years ago, and tucked away, and kind of lost track of and forgot about. This is the kind of delightful surprise that Marie Kondo will never experience.

Look - shiny lavender! Shiny green! Shiny gold!

In honor of the shoes, I painted my toenails Alchimie.

Of course the original satin tank is still nowhere to be found. 

I wish it well on its journeys.

Oh, right, the Little Top of Ambiguous Colors and Fibers runs true to size.
And the armholes are ok.

UPDATE: 

OK, so I was going to end the post right there, but then I went to sort out a clutch because my trusty black satchel is obviously not going to cut it. Same anti-Kondo experience:

LOOK WHAT I FOUND!

(it was wrapped up in its sleeper bag,

and I guess ... well, I guess I just

forgot about it. Take that, Ms Kondo!)

ANOTHER UPDATE

as we were leaving it was cold and wet and slippery 
so I didn't wear the cute shoes.
Damn.