After the craziness of what was South By Southwest, I’m back to publishing my Week’s Worth of Undies outfits…
While at TEDActive, wearing only what I found in Palm Springs thrift stores, a fellow attendee asked…
Is this your style or is this what you happened to find here?
Kinda both. We all know no matter where I am I’d dress colorfully, so I’d say 70% of what I ended up wearing could have been the same if I’d been home in Brooklyn. But it was the other 30% that really got me excited: pastel hues and floral prints I might not normally wear, tons of “leisure wear” (hello elastic waistbands and oversized casual blazers), and the mother load of tennis skirts! While I decided to forego anything short and pleated, I did work hard to integrate what I decided to call mature-lady-in-a-western-oasis authenticity into my outfits.
Nothing-New Insight #4
Embrace your inner child! Sometimes people tell me I look like I’m playing dress up, or that I remind them of their seven-year-old. I smile and say thank you. There’s lots of evidence to support the position that maintaing a childlike perspective is a key to creative thinking.
- red cowboy hat - $3 Palm Desert As Good As New
- floral blouse - $6 Moreno Valley Goodwill
- iridescent sequin tank - $5 Palm Desert Revivals
- magenta blazer - $6 Palm Desert Revivals
- green jeans - $8 Rancho Mirage Collector’s Corner
- brown riding boots - $10 Rancho Mirage Collector’s Corner
- TOTAL - $38
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It’s finally here! Happy Valentine’s Day! I’m wrapping up this week of red and pink with a color blast from the past. I can only imagine the fun this dress has seen since it left the rack for the first time in what I’m going to guess was 1986.
But the fun doesn’t end here; this dress is about to hit the road! Proudly presenting Lucky So and So’s first ever (drumroll please)...
Do you have a special occasion, dance party or walk in the the park coming up that’s crying out for some pink ruffley goodness? Share your idea for the dress and become one of its next wearers!
Here’s how I think it will go down: I’ll chose three people whose ideas for the dress I like, and they will in turn send me their mailing addresses. I’ll send the dress to the first person on the list who will wear it, document it, dryclean it and then be responsible for shipping it to the next person on the list. Kind of like clothing chain mail… or Netflix for dresses? I’m really into collaborative consumption, and I’ve been searching for some way to creatively lessen my closet’s load. So let’s see how it goes! Ideas will be selected based on creativity and whimsy and may involve a guest judge. To be considered, submit your idea as a comment to this post by Thursday, February 17.
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There was a lot to take care of in a weekend! Errands to run, work to catch up on, thrift stores, friends and art galleries to visit. For me, perfect weekend outfits mean comfort; shoes I can run in; plenty of pockets to stuff lip balm, receipts and cookies in; and color, lots and lots of color. This weekend’s color is in keeping with my theme for the week.
- magenta cotton dress - $6 Manhattan’s 23rd Street Salvation Army
- red tie belt - free (because vendor liked me!) Alameda Swap Meet
- red cotton tights - $10 The Sock Man on St. Marks
- heart-pattern Vans slip ons - $13 East Village Buffalo Exchange
- maroon corduroy jacket - $20 Brooklyn Flea
- TOTAL - $49 with jacket, $29 without
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One of my favorite parts of our workspace is that on Fridays, my Studiomate Skylar brings in his French Bulldog, Pinky. She adds so much joy to the studio, finding patches of sunlight for her adorable naps, jumping from lap to lap, and entertaining us with her games of fetch (or as Pinky interprets it, keep away). Since this week’s theme is red and pink, it’s only appropriate that today’s outfit photos include cameos of Pinky.
- red blazer - $5 Burlington Salvation Army
- pink blouse - $3 Starkville Palmer Home Thrift
- red belt - $2 Baltimore Salvation Army
- high-waisted jeans - $18 Sideshow Clothing Co. of Hudson, NY
- magenta Reebok high tops - $24 Etsy (seller Kasifoundthis)
- TOTAL - $52
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What’s my recipe for a ladies’ night out? 2 parts feminine + 2 parts trashy + 1 part cowgirl + 1 part crazy (hello, old lady sweater). Stir in a handful of show-tune lovin’ ladies and one adorable bride, and you’ve got the cocktail for a karaoke bachelorette party liable to knock you on your ass! Oh yeah, I was in a world of pain the next morning.
- silk Dior blouse - $20 Brooklyn Flea
- belt with rose buckle - $15 Zachary’s Smile on Greenwich Ave
- ruffle mini skirt - $4 Buffalo Exchange
- black fishnet tights - $10 The Sock Man on St. Marks
- black cowboy boots - hand-me-down from my mom
- short-sleeve sweater - $7 thrift store in Sarasota
- TOTAL - $49 without sweater, $56 with
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This reminds me of something Nanie (that’s my grandmother) would’ve had in her closet back in the day… the two of us share many traits, one of which is a love of polka dots. From the tag, I believe this top is actually pajamas, but I won’t tell anyone if you won’t. Somehow all of these lovely pinkish magentaish pieces were lying in wait for me at a single thrift shop in Columbus, Mississippi. And when I went to the shop down the road, the first thing I spotted was this stick horse (a.k.a. my new best friend) with coordinating pink hair. Perfection!
- polka-dot, long-sleeve tee - $1.00, Columbus Palmer Home Thrift
- belt - $1.00, Columbus Palmer Home Thrift
- skirt - $3.00, Columbus Palmer Home Thrift
- mary janes - $2.00, Columbus Palmer Home Thrift
- stick horse - $.70, Columbus Salvation Army Thrift
- TOTAL - $7.70 with stick horse, $7.00 without
If you’re a huge fan of the HBO series Bored To Death (set in Brooklyn!) like I am, then you’ll immediately know why I had to have this cute stick pony. For seventy cents, how could I not bring home my very own version of Janet? In case you’re not familiar, here’s a quick clip from the introduction of the “character” Janet to the show…
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I’m a sucker for analogous color palettes, especially warm ones, thus this $10, Brooklyn Flea, red and magenta, impulse purchase. And why would I even try to resist a hat that still has the original “Liz Claiborne Accessories” tag attached? Now that it’s been photographed, I should probably remove the tag. Wish as I may, I don’t think I have what it takes to rock it Minnie Pearl style.
I’m wearing this hat for the first time because I’m participating in one of my favorite Brooklyn summer activities this evening: Movies with a View.
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