(Can I just start by saying that I looked back over a few of my old comments and people have written such kind and uplifting comments; thankyou all so much! Especially about my daughter’s ballgown, yes I am so proud of her, and some of the beautiful things you had to say truly brought a bit of a tear to my eye! It was very thoughtful, thankyou…)
Today dug out my favourite pale pink skirt for an airing. I love this skirt. Although pale pink isn’t strictly a neutral it seems to work as one with this skirt here. When I conceived this skirt I had a kind of creative mental maelstrom going on where I worked feverishly on the design with no thought to passing time and it all came together perfectly and was exactly how I envisioned it. The skirt has eight layers, four at front and four at back; the six under layers are attached to the lining separately, graduated and all slightly angled and offset to each other, it’s actually kind of clever and now I don’t quite know how I did it myself. It all just seemed to happily brainstorm together and worked out just right. Very rewarding…
I’m wearing it today because it’s practically cold in Perth … 27C!
Also I just felt like dressing elegant. After a coupla days of casualness I just wanted to up the ante for a change and look like a lady. So it was out with my beloved neutrals and hopefully channelling the sort of beige loveliness that calls to mind the careless cool of a previous era…..
Please note below the incredibly artistic reflective pool shot, in which one can contemplate with crystal like clarity the classy layered fashionableness of one’s ensemble… and be reminded that one should really skim the leaves off the pool before one’s photo shoot next time…
Details:
Skirt; own design based on Vogue 7303, from pale pink silky damask
Top; Tutte, from Mid 70’s, gift from my parents
Camisole; Country Road
Shoes; from an op shop
Nail varnish; Litl Boy Blue, Artmatix
Bag; Gucci
I love your pussy cat! I'm so obsessed with cats, it's ridiculous. Great job on the skirt. That's the same one from an earlier post, right? Felting pictures are up! It doesn't really look like felting, but it's unworsted wool thread sandwiched between two layers of of tissue silk. (This is my top secret technique! Don't tell!) I also made some awesome felted wall hangings. Photos next time!
A gorgeous outfit. Very chic. Hope you went somewhere special. Great shoes. Perhaps you should send all your variations on V7303 to the pattern book or to Stitches mag!
I love the elegant layering of the skirt. You look fabulous.
This is a very pretty and elegant outfit.
You did an awesome job re designing this skirt pattern.