5/28, in backwards order:
It never ends!
seeing life on the bright (and pattern mixed) side
Monday, June 21, 2021
Saturday, May 29, 2021
#thevintagefashionchallenge Day 28: Something Changed
I turn 65 in 5 days (but who's counting? haha).
When I think about the beginning of my vintage and used clothing journey, and where I am now...
Things have changed.
If I remember correctly, my first Vintage purchases were a 50's 16-gored Mexican skirt and a 40's style plaid dress. I got them at a church tag sale in Troy NY. They cost under a dollar! I was 14.
Those were my days of a fit and flair silhouette. And those days lasted for about 35 years.
And Then Something Changed: my body!
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| [2016] |
Hello stomach!
It took me a while to get comfortable in my new shape.
A lot of those experiments happened here on SpyGirl.
I'm happy in my skin.
Sad about all the skirts that don't work as skirts any more.
My pile of refashioning remains high.
Not giving up.
xxox
Wednesday, May 5, 2021
#thevintagefashionchallenge Day 5: Pink
I featured the Pink crinoline in today's Instagram post:
The first photo was at Otis College, Spring 1987.
I'm wearing a black boatneck top that I sewed out of blackout flannel, a black velvet belt with rhinestone buckle, the pink crinoline under a shirred prairie skirt, uncomfortable lace tights, the black "witch" shoes I featured on IG on Day 2.
The second photo was used in Bag and a Beret's 2013 edition of VOGOFF.
See my post with outtakes
I'm wearing:
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
I no pink patches from the quilt today.
Patch fatigue has set in (already).
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