Fashion Challenge: Neon Flashback

I dug a little deeper into the shopping cart of treasure and found a bunch of neon printed items from the 70s. Here is a paisley shell with an unfortunate front zipper (think I'll replace it with an exposed metal zip). I paired it with my yellow 80s bubble nylon/spandex tube dress.

nifty pockets!

Neon paisley, right on!

A loud floral Hawaiian style shirt.

I was curious to see how it went with the shift from Monday...
No doubt you'll see me in this soon!

Something about this appeals -- must be the color combo.

This fabric looks downright sedate after all those others.
The yellow, peach and orange acidly pop against the beige ground --
didn't come through in the photo.
It's a lot of yardage in a giant muumuu... I foresee another new skirt!

Today is the final day of the Fashion Challenge week.
Which look do you think I should submit to Keely for her recap?

Fashion Challenge: Pining for Printed Pants

I envision myself, lounging under the umbrella pool-side, wearing my Pucci palazzo pants, sipping on a virgin mojito...

Source via Lyst*

Then again, I could be in the garden, wearing my Gaultier Monet trousers, stopping for a sip of cool spring water...

Source via Lyst*

Ah, well... The Pucci is actually a skirt and not pants, the Gaultiers are a "bit" on the expensive side ($779)...

So here I am, on the back patio, wearing my Indian hippie skirt that I got in Artesia:

I'm OK with that.
Thus concludes Thursday's Fashion Challenge: Printed Bottoms.

Here are some more printed pants that I found on Lyst*

Fashion Challenge: Tribal Floral #OOTD

"Tribal" is a vague insensitive catch-all adjective that the fashion industry is using for this season's ethnic inspired prints. When I hear "tribal", what first comes to mind to me are black and white/off-white geometrics. Which lead me this morning to to my shopping cart full of treasure gleaned last Friday from Larry's trove of archives.

He had about ten garbage bags that we sorted through. It was exhausting!
[I'll tell you more about that later.]

Alas, the tribal shift was too small.

But, I found this in the cart too!
A Polynisian print muumuu!
Polynesian = "tribal" in my book PLUS it's floral.
Score two points in today's Fashion Challenge.

Ummmm, ready for the luau...

Better!
I chopped off the top and turned it into a skirt.
And look, yesterday's plaid shirt has returned!

It's a mock ikat, which also qualifies as "tribal"