As I find newfound energy and interest in writing here, I am also picking up writing on my other blogs too. So sometimes when I am quiet over her it is because I am using my blogging time somewhere else. (Sometimes in the comments on one of your blogs!)
Just this past week I had a spurt of creative thinking about clothes again, which got me looking around on the web for ideas and possibilities--my favorite kind of shopping, since there's more pleasure to be had in the looking than in the buying. ; ) As I've been evaluating my wardrobe this Fall and Winter, I'm trying to figure out what clothes need to go, and what clothes just need a little help to be fully used and appreciated. I have a lot of hand-me-downs, and odds and ends, and limited closet space, and am in major purge mode--so whenever I have free moments and enough brain function, I've been thinking through my wardrobe.
And yes, when I do need to buy something for my wardrobe, I still get a kick out of trying to see if I can find it the least bit neo-Victorian. I still have my "secret" fantasies about a "Real World Steampunk Wardrobe," and if nothing else, it makes me smile inside when I am wearing something on the outside that reflects the me on the inside.
So, over the past 6 months or so, I've been trying various wardrobe pieces together, and having my Dear Husband take photos (usually after church). Then I download them to the computer to see how I *really* looked--and am usually disappointed, and often not a little embarrassed. Oh well. The times when I get an outfit that makes me happy make up for the times I look at the photos and am hoping it looked better while I was in motion. As in the old saying, "they'll never notice from the back of a galloping horse," right?
But I've just started sharing some of my "Real World Steampunk Wardrobe FAILS" over on Minnie Zephie's Steampunk Treasure Trunk. Of course I don't expect you to follow over there--that's my little fun escape world, so completely different from the kinds of real-world things I share here. But I thought you all might enjoy the first posting in the series--Steampunk, 70's style!
(Or is it more 80's? I could not quite put my finger on what designer and time I was channeling--all I know for sure is that it was not. at. all. Steampunk. ; )
Here's the link, if you are in the mood for light-hearted fashion talk!
On The Road - Oh My!
2 months ago
It ate my comment! Anyway I kind of liked the linen dress - seemed kid of 50's retro if not steampunk and was a flattering style.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan. You are right--maybe I could go for a 50's retro thing instead, which is another look I like. I'll think about that--thanks! : )
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