what i wore 04/26/11

flipping through one of those facehunter books recently, i thought about what a terribly lazy, uncreative, invisible dresser i’ve become of late. & was ashamed. issues with my closet & lack of sleep are silly excuses. this morning i almost put on another blah pants & plaid shirt combo. but, all inspired by mrs. westwood i thought what if i wear this shirt another way? then i reversed it, buttoned the bottom buttons, turned the sleeves inside out, pinned one as a halter & pinned the other to the other side under the collar. suddenly my outfit was a lot more exciting. not great, but exciting. & creative.

hat: miami ink
shirt: vintage
tank: we
pants: river island
socks: emily strange
shoes: vans, customized
rings: gifts
rubber bands: various ridiculous alternative stores

even if it actually looked ridiculous, my way more ridiculous shoes would distract everyone anyway. i ♥ these shoes.

later i turned the lacey part inside, even i thought that was a bit too much.

manic monday

by camilla gray

by camilla gray

by esra roise

by esra roise

by fontaine anderson

by nadia flower

by stina persson

by stina persson

by margot macé

new things i made :)

(has it really been a month since i posted?)

for the longest time i’ve been wanting to make a waistcoat out of this scrap of awesome floral twill my mom bought. & friday i did. it is rather nice to have four-day weekends this period.

drew an all new pattern for this one. been a while since i did! i didn’t want to make that same old waistcoat i’ve already made like four times, with another tiny variation. i love how the collar turned out. i’ve never made a collar like that before. shame about the pockets. they’re so radically askew, i don’t know what happened there. i took very precise measurements. but since the difference is so big, it could seem deliberate & avant-garde? or maybe it’s not even noticeable with the fairly busy pattern. also, i ignored that the twill stretched & some parts are a little wonky because of it. & the lining! jesus, what a pain. especially the back, with the double layers of the lining fabric.

it was certainly a learning experience.

& yesterday i made this:

it took me so long to get just right. i wanted to do something loose & ‘artistic.’ i’ve been very inspired by vivienne westwood lately. original, i know. i thought it would be fun to make something right on a dressform again too, like we did in school last period. even though i think it’s not exactly my strong point. i LOVE how this turned out. part of me would still like to slap some bows & lace on it, but that would be distracting & ridiculous.

thank you for looking!