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Melanie, of
Bag and Beret, is the force behind a zany spoof on fashion magazines called
VOGOFF.
She put out
a call for submissions in April, which you really need to read -- so hysterical!
Here is my
VOGOFF spread:
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| [image © Melanie Kobayashi 2013] |
I was working out my inner Nagel. I love how Melanie dropped me amidst the pansies.
[Side note: the landlady DREAMS that our lawn looks like that!]
Here are some more photos from my session, which was done with the camera placed high on a ladder set on a ten second delay self-timer. EXTREME pain resulted from the multiple times I ran back and forth from the camera to the set.
Oh, how I suffer for you!
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| I did lots of Fashion Victim poses |
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| Close, but realized that I need my 80s sunglasses |
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| Nothing like a good hand selfie |
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| This one made the cut. |
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| As did this. That rose is from my garden and I probably turned it into jam. |
Here are my notes-to-self I typed here in a draft before I did my thing in the back yard. My photo shoot didn't quite go this way, but it makes for a fun fashion poem:
Me, the back yard, covered with the guest quilt, which will be PSed with all the +40 sketches
or printouts?
leopard pillows?
naked?
reading VOGOFF w/Mel's sketch?
victim of the 80s
fashion sketches from OTIS
spewed about back yard
That last bit is almost a hiaku!
Let's make it a proper one (3 lines/ 5-7-5 syllables):
Victim of eighties
Crinoline and school sketches
Spewed about back yard
Thank you Melanie, for inspiring me to go even crazier than usual!
Joining up with Patti's Visible Monday -- click on over and join the party!
*disclosure note: I used
Aloxxi Flexible Hairspray to get my 80s inspired updo,
gifted at a LuckyFABB event. Everything else I purchased in the 80s and 90s, except for the currently available Cover Girl #305 Hot Passion lipstick.
I'm still trying to remember where I got that crinoline...
Details:
Black nylon/spandex bubble knit tube dress -- Trash and Vaudeville, NYC 80s
Pink petticoat -- Cowboys and Poodles on Melrose, LA? Screaming Mimi's, NYC? 80s
Red/black stripe cotton/spandex leggings -- Betsey Johnson 79(?)
Booties -- Norma Kamali 85
African bracelets + necklaces -- Jone Pasha, Providence RI, 80s
Jumbo Chain necklace -- Patucci, The Front Porch, Providence RI, 80s
Sunglasses -- vintage from optician Providence, RI 80s
Gingham yardage -- Guess sample yardage sale, 86
