What to wear for a very long hot drive down into the country; joining the entire clan for a massive Christmas celebration en famille…? Exhibit A. Comfortable. Cool. But vaguely halfway stylish and not tooooo casual; for the dropping off…
New life for an old polo Tshirt
Dipping into the ol’ bag of toss-outs I took out an old polo Tshirt of my husband’s. He never wears it anymore, but the fabric is quite OK if not super duper beautiful or anything… It is made of a…
Summer armour II
Who said I’m a colourless dresser? Sometimes I do don brights. And when one has made the decision to go cheerful, well one may as well go overboard, no? Well, to fully compensate for all the neutral days in between,…
Summer armour
The summer solstice is today, isn’t it? I think so. Astrologically the day in which the sun reaches it’s southernmost point, and so the longest day of the year… And am feeling the lethargy that starts to set in with…
Topkids? little tartan dress
Another blast from the past… This is a picture of our niece at her first birthday party wearing a dress that I had made for her for the occasion; I hasten to mention that she is now 21 years old…
Flat out
Ahhh, delightful albeit exhausting day… Up early for a long walk with my good friend S; but on a low note, I was saying goodbye to her as she is heading back home to NZ. I’m very sad to see her…
Drafting a new bodice…
For my Christmas dress this year I have visions of a dreamy floral dress; tight bodiced but with a big big skirt… this is not a look I’ve worn very often, if at all so it’s quite possible I am…
Silver skirt; 6 different ways
Fun times, styling up my own wardrobe! For today I had a blast playing with the skirt I finished recently; skirt “d” from Unique Clothes Any Way You Like, by Natsuno Hiraiwa, made from a silvery grey crepe. The loose…
