Last night we went to an April Fool’s party, dress code: well of course, something to do with “fool”!
So I remembered this skirt that I made about three years ago… guess what I went dressed as? Oh, yeah, the answer is up there in the title, hehe.
Ironically I originally made the skirt for another dress-up party at the same friends’ house; the theme that time being “glitterati” I’m so glad I kept it!
It hasn’t been seen here on the blog before. Obviously I don’t wear it much, hehe. Not much call for this sort of thing in my everyday life.
Funny story, the last time I wore it, for the glitterati party, I had to nip out halfway to pick up our daughter from a school event, and it just happened to also be the day of the annual Perth Christmas Pageant, streets lined with people all watching the pageant, hundreds of people, nay thousands of people, or that’s what it felt like. Naturally Murphy’s law had it that our daughter had to be picked up from the very middle of town, requiring me to park a little further away than I would have ideally liked, and walk the rest of the way to where she was waiting… you get the picture. There’s me, looking at best like an act, a performer straight from the pageant; at worst a streetwalker who has lost her way and wandered in amongst decent law-abiding families sitting with their small children… embarrassed! I felt like I was running the gauntlet and yes, I got some very funny looks, and a few wolf whistles, the last not something that happens to me very often any more I can assure you…
The skirt is made using my old favourite, Vogue 7303, out of that cheap stuff that has thin plastic shiny foil circles glued all over it. Surprisingly easy to sew; those foil thingies are just like thin cellophane and the needle punches through very easily. I inserted an invisible zip in the left side seam, and hand-sewed the coffee coloured lining all around the inside edges. The skirt has a big slit up the right hand side, going up to just above knee level, partly so I can actually walk in it, partly just to add another element of something fun and party-ish otherwise it is a pretty ordinary shape.
I wore it with my gold chain belt, worn as a necklace here.
(btw, this is not photoshopped or anything. The golden glow in my photo is courtesy of the light of the setting sun)
Details:
Skirt; based on the basic shape of Vogue 7303, synthetic gold glittery stuff
Camisole; Country Road
Cardigan; Picnic
Sandals; Sachi, some little shop in Melbourne
Necklace; my own design, tutorial here
Bag; Glomesh, found secondhand
Sunnies; RayBan
Nail varnish; undercoat of One Voice OPI, top coat of Golden Peach, Nailfinity
Surely street walkers wouldn't wear such a long skirt!
Great to be able to wear the same skirt twice. Usually themed party pieces are hard to get much use out of.
Ha! Your street walker story was *hilarious*.
Wow, that's a lot of gold. And the story is quite funny.
To answer your interfacing question: no, I didn't pre-wash the horsehair interfacing my jacket. I'm not big on pre-washing interfacing anyway. And a jacket like this, made from good wool fabric, thoroughly interfaced and lined in different materials is not something I plan on throwing into the washing machine any time soon. Which is why you would pre-wash it. And also, I think horsehair would unravel quite badly during laundry.
"Fool's Gold" was such a cute idea. Who knew you'd have more than one chance to wear that skirt. 🙂
I think it's pretty darn sharp! Perhaps not daywear but you'd have to cut it off about 2.5 feet higher to convince me you we "doing business"!
Shine on you crazy diamond!
How perfect. You so deliciously fancy. Really love the skirt.
How fun! And what a clever idea. 🙂
Gotta love a good excuse to wear glitter!
Mmmm, I like it! That's funny about your experience picking up your daughter. I like your hair… hmm, I should curl mine sometime….
About the diaper bags, no….. not everyone has one. Some people handmade isn't to their taste, others I just simply don't have time. So I always tell people if they don't get one it doesn't mean anything …. I actually started making them because I got irritated in the church nursery because everyone would bring nearly identical black diaper bags with their babies and not put any kind of label on the bag … so if we forgot to label them as the kids were dropped off, then we had to play "match the diaper the baby is wearing to the diapers in the bag" to try to figure out whose was whose … so a diaper bag with a name on it was good for the nursery workers too …. I suppose I originally thought I would make them for each of my friends, but there is way too much fertility around here, I can't keep up!
The skirt is so fun.
I vote for a streetwalker who has lost her way. What possessed you to make that in the first place? See above? haha!
Whoa, this makes your hair seem so red! You are a blinding reflection! And the story of having to pick up your daughter is hilarious
You could send messages to the moon with that skirt. Very flash!
cool idea for a party. You won my vintage pattern giveaway, so contact me via my blog email with your address for posting.
Great idea! Have a lovely week.
What a fun skirt! With something that cool, I'd FIND reasons to wear it more often! It may not surprise you to know that I have that fabric in black. LOL
I think that if you cut it to the knee level, it would be more wearable. Glitter and sequins match with denim for a more casual look, it is pretty amazing.