Oh, Nicole! You were SO CLOSE! Imagine this without the necktie!

It would be a little Come See Me Play Roxie Hart Down At The Community Center, but let’s get honest: Who amongst us hasn’t wanted play Roxie Hart down at the community center?! That tie/scarf (tscarf?) situation, however, raises the terror level here.  It is neither jaunty (as all scarves ought to be, if they’re not deployed for purposes of glamour), nor does it appear to provide warmth. What it DOES seem to do is give this whole enterprise a weirdly business-like flair that makes me uncomfortable.  It’s a mixed message!

I can, however, wholly endorse her earrings:

Let’s just focus on those.

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