Girly - Or Not

I have a very dear friend who turned an age she doesn't want to admit to recently.  She's beautiful.  She's tall, thin, and has beautiful long red hair.  I certainly wouldn't call her a tomboy, but she does not think of herself as "girlie."  She considers me to be girlie.  It's kind of funny.  What constitutes girlie?  I'm considered girlie because I don't gag about lace and ruffles.  I wear pink.  I like standard girl jewelry.  It doesn't have to be something funky or unique for me to enjoy it.  She's not girlie because all those things are distasteful for her personally.  In college she was a goth, and although she's really not now she still shies away from things considered girlie.  On the other hand, she wears makeup every day.  She shaves her legs every day, and sometimes twice a day.  Me?  I wear makeup about twice a week, and I shave my legs if I think they're going to be seen.  In relationships I prefer to be completely straightforward and up front about everything.  I am incapable of playing the coquette.  I say everything that is on my mind, and I don't have hidden agendas.  They annoy me.  She is the quintessential flirt.  She is all about the game.  She thrives on the mystery and intrigue.  So, who's girlie? 

Why am I telling you this?  Well, I wanted to make her something beautiful for her birthday.  Something that would accentuate the parts of her that were girlie, but still be cool enough that she would love it.  You can tell me how I did.

I made her a lace shawl from traditional Shetland lace patterns I took from Sharon Miller's book Heirloom Knitting.  The center is a diagonal garter stitch square, and the border is Horseshoe Pattern.  The edging is Ring Shawl Lace Edging with Spider Insertion, and i added an additional insertion from Coburg Edging with Faggot Insertion.  I used Rowan Kid Silk Haze in shade #584 Villain.  It's a dark chocolate brown that I think will look great with her hair.  Here it is being blocked.  The pictures aren't the greatest.  It was a cloudy day.  I'm hoping to get a few pictures of her in it soon to show off. 

So?  Is it too girlie?