I’ve finished a new skirt, as part of my autumn wardrobe plans! It was a little delayed in getting finished as I debated whether to go and buy matching cotton to finish the seams ; yeah, HongKong seaming is my…
Tag: skirt
Riverside situation
Little adventure this morning. Lately I’m in the habit of combining my two early morning tasks of dog-walking with taking my photo, if I’m planning to take one that day, that is. I have my camera, tripod and the shoes…
Head to toe, turquoise
Turquoise. Lashings of it. This outfit brings back to me cerulean memories of Santorini and all its abundance of charm. The vivid sea, the stark and yet rustic houses. Most beautiful holiday, ever. (The extremely strong wind that we had…
Turquoise pencil skirt
I’ve made this skirt for my autumn wardrobe, but thought dang it! I’m wearing it today. Well, with a temp of 30C it’s finally cool enough to wear something like this, and I thought, what the hey, I’m going to…
Gelato colours
When wearing pastels, especially head-to-toe, one is in danger of looking sticky sickly sweet. Additionally if the silhouette is too “safe” you may come across as grandmotherly or queen-motherish. An outfit of this type needs some elements of hard-edge or…
Khaki and lace
Today I look a little like I’m on safari. Hilarious, considering the only wildlife around the beach here is birds, possums, the odd bobtail and Sienna. I know I showcased this olive skirt only recently, paired with a rainbow of…
Wardrobe Refashion, project 5
Has anyone seen the Vivienne Westwood Spring/Summer 2010 collection, a parade which included what looks like Frankenstein-ed business shirts jammed together in magnificent artistic disarray, at left; sigh, pure gorgeousness incarnate, no? I think Vivienne Westwood is a design genius,…
Wardrobe Refashion, project 4
When I saw this skirt in an op shop I think I just saw “white” and “kind of lacy” and grabbed it thinking yeah! But on getting it home I had second thoughts about the applique-y pattern on the net…
