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$79 Summer 09 Wardrobe Refashion

January 10th 2009 12:55

There's a lot to be said about other people's junk being other people's treasure. This was certainly the case for me this week when I visited my favorite thrift haunt and bagged myself a completely new summer wardrobe for $79.

I shall talk you through each piece, beginning with the blue Morgan Spencer top above ($7). In perfect condition with a drawstring waist. Will go perfectly with wardrobe staple (jeans) and white canvas skirt. It has tiny green flowers throughout the print and looks as though it has never been worn.

I call this one my 'Morning Glory' dress ($8). This one fits so well - a fully lined Mark Richard (?) shift dress. I think it looks better on than on the hanger.

To go with it, I snapped up this Colorado long cardi ($9) in celery green and what would you know, the Olga Berg bag that I bought in the same haunt some months ago for $6 complimented the outfit extremely well!

It must have been a dress day, because the next item I happened across was this pink floral Suzanne Grae frock ($7), which also worked with the cardi.

For evening, I selected this beautiful plum fluff neck slinky knit ($15 expensive I know) and the black capris that I have photographed it with were also a purchase from the haunt, moons ago, but work well with the knit and black high heels.

But most treasured of all, is this gorgeous Basque party dress at $14.99, with a pleated bodice and box pleat skirt. I love the style and the colors and you can swish in it.

I found a light wrap cardi/jacket - Jacqui E for $4 which I can throw over it if the night is chilly.

What I haven't shown you, because I have run out of time, are three skirts and a turqoise hoodie. So there you have it.

I realise these are not all cutting edge fashion pieces, but they suit my style, make me feel good and I don't have a credit card debt to deal with as a result of this shop up. Not only that, I feel as though I have reused and recycled.

So my day as a photo/stylist/model is done - air kiss, air kiss, ciao darlings!

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Putting One Over

December 14th 2008 12:01

Let's face it, even though summer is officially here - it is goddam cold. How frustrating, when you have all of your pretty dresses lined up to wear but the weather is not going to cooperate. To add to the dilemma, suddenly the sun will shine and your legs are so white from lack of exposure, there is no way they are going to be let out.

There is a solution.

Yes, the dress over the jeans trend. It took me a while to get with this but, providing you keep the jeans skinny, it does work.

The celebs have been doing this for a while and it solves a number of other issues, namely the skinny jeans themselves. If you have been loath to get into them due to bulge and bottom situations, the dress hides this. All you see are the slim legs.

Jordin shows us this.

Maybe you are lacking in general leg confidence to wear the floaty and floral mini dresses that are filling the racks this summer - put the jeans under and you're wearing them too!

As for me, you know my passions for anything remotely country, so that is why Malphistyle's dress has captured my heart - and may just end up over my jeans....

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Tea Time

August 5th 2008 13:09

This is the dress you'll be swanning about in this coming season. Well perhaps not this exact one, but a relative of this delightful frock family - the Tea Dress. Tea dresses have been out and about all Summer in the northern hemisphere and are continuing on in the Fall 2008 collections. The 2008 tea dress is styled along the lines of a 1940's vintage garden party dress, with a shorter hemline (knee and above - depending on your legs and age).

You'll know if you've spotted one, the fabric is light and floaty (designer labels in chiffon, Target in polyester) with a pretty all-over flower print. Anyone can throw on a tea dress and look great as the styling is complimentary to all manner of personal challenges: large arms (flattering sleeves), body bulges (floating fabric), stick insectness (waist shaping) and bland personality (loads of colour and flowers).

The exciting thing is, we can get right into these dresses now, even though it is so damn cold, because they look fantastic with black tights and cashmere cardigans or even the trusty DJ (denim jacket that is, not dept store). Depending how fashion brave you are, the tights can move into the chunky lace realm or even, dare I say it, the fishnets. (I know all this because over the weekend while attending my son's city adventure scouting excursion, instead of spotting noteable landmarks my focus was on urban fashionistas' dresses and tights).