this is an update from the photo i posted a few entries back. a bunch of vintage i just got on ebay.
i think the overall look of it is a bit deceptive. the patterns i plan to make quite differently than they are in the photos. and of course with the clothes, it really is about how you put it all together. i still don’t know how i am so addicted to 80s preppy stuff. i mean seriously. and i’m not into the passed boho thing though some of these items might evoke it.
tassled loafers, a classic, and i’m going to wear them like tasselled loafers! t-shirt dress pattern, probably to be made in black or white. camisole pattern, i just love this, i’ll probably make the one in the lower left side in white. i got a camisoley/corset pattern too, it’s not on here, but will probably make that in florals with a dark background. i really want to wear tiny 80s [and maybe 70s] style floral pieces with simpler, stark 90s pieces this year, like the high-waist black denim skirt coming up later. those are Etienne Aigner sandals, i am fixated on that brand too. i didn’t win them, they went for a lot, i just love them though. i did win the Etienne Aigner bucket bag, i hope it’s nice, it’s so hard to tell from the photo. and next are the 28×34, 70s, flared, dark denim, deadstock jeans. i hope they fit too, i am more a 26 but sometimes a 28 is fine with shrinking, and they were a steal. little 80s buckle boots, i really want to wear these with skinny jeans, denim skirts and dresses this summer. i got so fed up with trying to win cute shirts that i just got a pattern for a buttondown 80s men’s shirt. i don’t plan to wear my hair quite as feathered though, ahem. a little 70s/80s trench jacket, very close-fitting, very cute. i love this next one, a black leather dirndl corset thingey. i want to wear it over an oversized t-shirt, sort of play with it in ways it wasn’t originally intended to be worn. and another men’s shirt pattern, this one has a slight western influence. i really look forward to mixing/matching patterns and florals and plaids and some horsey fabric i have too in the different panels of these shirts. ok these next high tan boots, well they were sort of a mistake, but i LOVE them. i thought my offer wouldn’t be accepted but it was. i see them worn with the t-shirt dress and i want them for product photos too. the next pattern is for a wedding dress but i see it really differently. maybe without the sleeves, short, and with the lace inset but perhaps a grey jersey fabric. something like that, i am excited to figure it out. then another western influenced shirt but a ladies version which is also a dress. i’ll do the same with this one, mix/match florals and panels of colour. a horse photo print windbreaker i didn’t even bid on because you have to stop somewhere but i like it. and my favourite! a black high-waist Calvin Klein denim skirt. this is something i see some of my tiny floral tops going with.
phewph! and in support of my little guilt laden freakout here. i didn’t actually spend that much, surprisingly. i seem to have a whole new spring wardrobe. and it’s vintage. a pretty organized freakout i’d say.
Happy Days!
