Outfit of the day: green flowers and a new camera

Finally another outfit of the day post! I got a bit fed up with always taking kind of crappy photos with my phone, so yesterday I bought a new digital camera!!! Partly to use it for this blog, but also a bit because next week I'm going to Rome and offcourse I need to take lots of photos there :-)

I have bit of a weird way of picking things, I focus on colour more than on functionality... exactly the way I chose my new camera ( it is red and that says it all!!) I also do this searching for new libraby books. I just browse along the backs of the books until one speaks to me. So I probably mis a lot of good books with horrible covers, but so be it ;-) And picking wine in a store also goes by label and colour (nof the wine, but of the label ;-). I admit, I'm a colour oriented freak, haha!

But today I offcourse took a lot of pictures with my new camera and tried all its functions, so I thought why not a new outfit of the day post... Here it is.

This outfit is mainly found in thriftshops. The skirt is originally from Mango, but I bought it secondhand for only a couple of euros. The blouse is a shortened dress, which I noticed today, gapes a little bit at the buttonholes, because it is tightened at the back with two straps. So I have to fix that before wearing it again.
But I love the way it fits and the adorable little flower print on it. The earrings and the brooch give the outfit a lovely late forties / early fifties feel to it.

And I also tried a new hairstyle from my book. In the end it didn't look anything like the original, but I think it looked good anyway;-) It might have something to do with not having washed my hair in a week (it worked the last time as well, haha).

Blouse and skirt: thrifted

Shoes: Bristol

Brooch and belt: H&M

Bag and earrings: thrifted

Hairflower: homemade

Bracelet: clothing swap

New in: let's trade

Last weekend I organised a clothing swap at my place.

For those of you who don't know the concept, here's the idea: you invite lots of friends to join and ask them to also bring a friend, sister, mother, niece etc, so it becomes a mixed group of women. Everyone takes with them their old clothes; the ones that don't fit anymore, are last season, that you don't like and all these clothes end up on a big table. And then the swapping can begin!!

I think clothing swaps are fun, because besides finding new free clothes, you also get a change to talk to each other. So there a only benefits to a clothing swap: you get rid of your old clothes, make other people happy with them, find new free clothes and you can try out lots of different styles!

This is what I got for myself a my clothing swap (and I handed in two big shopper full of clothes, so there is some room in my closet now :-)

Black jersey smocked top

A piece that once already had a place in my closet, but brought it to a previous swap, thought its a shame that I did that, and now it came back to me!!

Bolero jacket, which need to be taken in at the arms and waist, but will become a lovely piece.

Brown jacquard top/dress. I will hem this piece, so it becomes a top and I will change the belt from the front to the back.

Simple black fitting sweater.

These epaulettes I found at a thriftshop a while ago and I have been looking for a black sweater to put the on, so this is a win-win situation!

Lovely blue and white flowery dress. It reminds me a bit of 'Delfts blue' pottery.

Blue dress with white dots.

So I think you agree with me that this swap was a succes!!

Vintage sewing: Piano skirt

After seeing this dress (the piano dress bij Karl Lagerfeld) a couple of years ago in the V&A in London, I have been wanting to make my own version of it.

But until now, I have had no time for it! But this will change, because I need a new sewing project to work on. My poodle skirt is almost finished. The skirt itself is done, I only need to do the poodle. But I really like the skirt the way it is now (outfit photos will follow soon :-), so I might make a second version in the same colour, with the poodle.

I want to make a skirt version of it, with a black waistband and a white full or half circle skirt and the piano bars in black. This because I already have a cocktail dress which is really similair to the Karl Lagerfeld dress.

So I will keep you posted on this new sewing project. I'm planning to buy some fabric for it on saturday, but then I need to find time to actually put it together. Stay tuned! :-)