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Showing posts with label blue tights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue tights. Show all posts

Sunday, 1 April 2012

Follow the tangerine road...


I've been playing with the backdrop in my studio again...uh oh. This is my tangerine road, and like the yellow brick road I hope it will take me to magical places, not necessarily home, if I click my thrifted D&G heels together three times! If I say "there's no place like Paris, there's no place like Paris, there's no place like Paris" and little sparklies start drifting down from the ceiling and the floor gets tilted like in those Batman shows, I'll know I'm onto something (or perhaps that I'm ON something!).


I bought this neon pink satin blouse last week at a local thrift shop. Spookily it happens to be by Jacqueline Conoir, a local designer I had never heard of until a few days ago when I style-eyed a woman who is devoted to the label. The seafoam skirt is one I sometimes wear as a petticoat.

Details of the ensemble:
  • thrifted seafoam skirt, Value Village
  • thrifted D&G shoes, Value Village
  • thrifted fitted Jacqueline Conoir satin top with snap front closure, Wildlife Thrift Shop
  • ultramarine textured tights
  • thrifted rhinestone necklace, Wildlife Thrift Shop

This outfit looks great with my patterned coat, all that slap-me-in-the-face pink jumping out alarmingly at the front, but I forgot to lug my coat into the studio with me.

I was SO DISAPPOINTED about the blurriness of the photo - the effect takes years off my face and I would never ever want anyone to think I am younger than I am! Goodness, no! Actually, I was twirling in many of the photos so most of them came out making me look younger (and often like a dunderhead). And I adjusted the lights so that's why my eyes are glazed. Honestly!

This is my piece for the fabulous Patti and her Visible Monday party. See you there?!



Monday, 12 March 2012

Waiting for the train

What a blustery day! This morning I was manhandled by my umbrella in the wind and rain. Good thing I got my photo BEFORE I embarked on my official inspiration walk. I was forced to switch into boots, which is always sad, unless they are my go-go-sno boots. I am including this outfit in Patti's marvellous Visible Monday.


What I'm wearing:
  • I got this knit 20s-feeling dress from a Vancouver annual event called Nifty for Fifty, which features new designer and vintage clothes for $50 and under. This dress is by Schaart. 
  • You've seen the blue legs and Dorothy shoes before I think. 
  • The pendant is by O, and I'm wearing a ring made out of super-hard ceramic which is usually used in industrial applications, a gift from O.
I mixed up my poses today by moving around wildly just before the shutter went off, kind of like that game Red Light/Green Light if you know it, to see if it I can catch a more relaxed look. Mixed results...


The picture below is my favourite!


Almost every morning at a coffee shop I do journalling and sketch what I'm wearing. The physical process of drawing and colouring with pencil crayons is satisfying and very evocative of the day/mood at the time I did it. I try to find an unobtrusive spot where I can scatter my pencil crayons without raising too many eyebrows. Here's the image I had with today's outfit. This is bigger than the actual size of the drawing.



That's all. Do you like my turnip head? Thanks for dropping by. I hope you all feel fabulous today!! 




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