52 Pick-me-up: White / Instinct

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GASP! 
White shoes before Memorial Day! Issue me a Fashion Citation!

I call them my stompin' clompin' clogs. They combine flavors of Western, Moto, and I think a whisper of Dutch. Made by Fiorina, obtained in Hong Kong in 2004, I only recently discovered that they stay on my feet if I wear them without socks (much to the chagrin of my co-workers. These babies CLOMP).

Lets move slowly up the outfit, shall we?

My "skirt" and my leg.

Double houndstooth. Score!
The skirt is a tube of horrible 60's nylon jacquard. It's sticky and VERY synthetic feeling. I will not allow it to touch my skin. It plays nicely with my $2.99 polyester leggings obtained last summer at Jack's in NYC. 

I'm a walking symphony syntheticony.

The big picture:

Yes, I'm holding up my stomach. Ho ho ho!
No, I'm not pregnant. I'm way beyond that possibility.
I'm linking this up with Patti's Visible Monday.

Die Laughing was a store in Pasadena, from the time before Pasadena had Old Towne.
This tee saw the light of day strictly for this post. I then changed into a black tee with a message about crying. You'll have to wait until the next edition of VOGOFF to see that.
Unless you saw my #selfiesketch on various social media, that is. No, I'm not going to help you find it. 

Use your Instinct!
Bwahahahaha.

White / Instinct -- link and tell!

52 Pick-me-up: Iris / Despondence

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Oh, have I got an Iris (Violet) outfit for you this week!

Am I bright enough?
Linking up with Patti's Visible Monday, because, VISIBLE
Linking with Not Dressed As a Lamb's #iwillwearwhatilike also, because, age inappropriate!
[5/9] and again linking with Catherine's #iwillwearwhatilike, because, PURPLE

Today marks the start of seven weeks of purple hues.
••• 38. (3/20) Iris / Despondence
••• 39. (3/27) Aubergine / Mystical / Intuition
••• 40. (4/3) Royal Purple / Faith
••• 41. (4/10) Indigo / Gratitude
••• 42. (4/17) Amethyst / Forgiveness / Belonging
••• 43. (4/24) Lilac / Recovery
••• 44. (5/1) Periwinkle / Balance

I'm doing a big purple linkup and keeping it open until 5/8.
Add anything PURPLE over the next seven weeks. Multiple linkups are fine, as long as you have some purple somewhere.

And now some words from our sponsor:

Thank you Prince, that was rockin' -- love your hair!

Iris or Violet / Despondence -- link and tell!

[Enid] Errrrrrr.

ENID/

Transcription:

4.19
Errrrrr. Guess who did manage to find a party last night and then ate too much Chinese food and now has a splitting headache?
Yep. That would be me.
I could really use a day at the spa right now. Or a new head.
Or more coffee.
Or chocolate. Yeah!

52 Pick-me-up: Crazy Legs

CREATED/ PURCHASED/ GIFTED/ 

Loving everyone's libation looks from last week!

Ready for another creative way to get dressed? This week, I'm asking you to find your craziest socks (or legwear) and use those as your sartorial inspiration. You don't have to wear the socks with the outfit. I certainly didn't!

As you are (hopefully) aware, I have my share of crazy socks.
Severo kindly provides me with many, such as the hula girl sample above.

How did these socks inspire me?

The days have long passed that I would wear a bikini top (at some point I'll go into why, but not today). I took the cue of the brightly colored flowers in the bra for my top and something green for the bottom. Sadly, no flower pattern on my legs [note to self: design some flower power tights STAT] but I don't think I'd have chosen the argyle tights if not for this challenge. They work, in some weird way.
It wasn't until I was cropping the sock photo this morning that I realized the Hawaiian shirt used as a background would have played well with my ensemble:

Oh well, next time!

Closeup of the tee graphic:

Yesterday was Mardi Gras, I think this is an appropriate choice!

In April, Severo and I will be having our own rendezvous with beignets. We're booked for two nights in the Garden District (he found an amazingly inexpensive hotel that rates OK on TripAdvisor). Maybe the only stop of my On the Edge road trip that we're meeting up. (NOLA appealed to his gluttonous side).
Laissez les bons temps rouler!

Can't wait to see YOUR cazy socks. If you want to keep it BIG EASY (harhar), simply shoot a photo and stick it on some social media. Anything with a URL can be linked!
Link and tell, people!

An InLinkz Link-up

Where In the World: OTIS

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I have decided that this skirt has too
much of a dirndl silhouette.
I'm going to sew in another panel.
The hem (what hem? It's a raw edge!)
could use shortening too.

The Rat Fink graphic on the tee
amuses me to no end.
Severo picked it up at a NAMM show.

It's for Rat Fink Guitars

By the way, here's the REALLY UGLY print that I'm using in the demo in the Instagram shot at top:

mock printed tie dye
it even comes in colorways!
kind of looks like easter eggs

I snagged it out of the trash pile at the OTIS Fashion campus at the CA Mart. They have awesome trash! I have snagged MANY treasures there!