The last time I went op-shopping at the Salvation Army I found this stunning lilac suede skirt. Yes, you read correctly, suede!! I cannot believe the lovely things people throw out sometimes… It has a very slightly graded frill around the bottom, is completely lined in mauve lining and has a raw edge hemline. It has one label reading Otto collection, and its care label is completely in Japanese. It’s in immaculate condition and fits me perfectly. And I love it. And it was $10. How could I walk away from a winner like that?
And since today is a glorious warm and sunny autumn day I’m wearing it with my pistachio linen top, refashioned from an old pair of drawstring pants here. And my boots, because it was just chilly enough this morning that my feet were cold. I’m not sure about this old necklace. At the time I made it I though it was so wonderful, but now I’m going off it a bit… I put it on because I wanted a bit of … something to add pizazz and fill in in the big open neckline of this top.
Details:
Top; own design, refashioned from old linen pants
Skirt; Otto collection, opshop
Necklace, own design, made by me
Boots; Enrico Antinori, Zomp
Just to show you, Polyvore just had a nautical competition and here is my entry. Not very classically nautical (like, nearly every single other entry was navy, red and white with stripes tossed in there somewhere) but I was going for something a bit different and fun here. And turquoise is so hot right now!!
Love the outfit! Especially the top and necklace. Great deal on the skirt too! Nothing like second hand shopping!
mmm, thrift shop finds.Yours is great! … I'm actually getting better at this. Thanks for your comments yesterday. I'm soo thankful to be at home, and to the "what do you do?" I smile and say "I'm raising my son!" But it sure does help the confidence not to look like frumpilicious stay at home mom, eh …. totally a work in progress!
Oh, and I found a bit of burgundy, so I'm going to do a stripe in the floral, so think I'll have enough! Sort of "patchwork" to piece to gether enough. The eyelet idea is genius. Will have to think about this!
It all looks good.
Lovely outfit. Your skirt was definitely a great find and works well in your wardrobe.
I haven't had time to play over at Polyvore this week, I will try tomorrow.
I went to my local fabric store yesterday and I couldn't find a nice orange fabric, so have been checking on line stores…may be harder than I thought to add this color 🙂