Dirt Chic

Getting Dressed: Cowgirl

Not really cowgirl. ;)  But close enough.  And all of it is secondhand.  Skirt: $10.  Boots: $6.  Shirt: $2.  Wrap/shrug thingie: $40.  Belt: $3.  Jewels: not sure, but all thrifted.

Getting Dressed: Disco Ball

This get-up is not really like a disco ball at all, but the way the sequins are glittering in this picture, it's an apt enough comparison:

I forgot my customary blue tights.  So instead - magenta.

And my tuxedo coat.  Dress: $10.  Coat: $8.  Belt: free.

Getting Dressed: Versus Nothing

Thank you, 90's, for existing, still.  In the form of this coat.

And this shirt.

Versus coat: $100.  Shirt: $1.50.  Shoes: $6.

Getting Dressed: Cupcake/Easter/Bedding

Define this dress how you will.

I defined it this way.  Then I went another way.  This way, I work my hair up and a stretchy black belt ($2).

This way I went back to the original belt and added my sequin collar ($12).  Hair down.

Dress: $6, SalArmy.

My Statements of the Year

Life is short.  Turn of the TV.

Read a book.  Go outside.  Read a book outside.  And if you don't like to read, look at the pictures.  Seriously.  (Ok, read the captions.)  Just find a good book of pictures.  (And then, read this.)

Life is short.  Go thrifting.  :)  For a book (as I did for a significant chunk of the books above), for a life-affirming ensemble.  (Yes.  I state: clothes are affirming.  But instead of an outfit being $100+, $30.  $20 pants, $6 jacket, $3 shirt, tie from a foodservice job.)  For furniture.  For wall art.  For older things that give texture to life and remind us of the past.  It's fun.  Go alone.  Take a friend.  

The end.

Getting Dressed: Arwen in Wonderland

Along with bright read and teal, medium red and chartreuse is a favorite color combo.

Why didn't I think of this before.

As you can see, I cut my bangs.  They need a bit of work, but I'll mess with them later.

I bought this dress from Dallas Vintage.  They gave me a choice deal (I bought a gold dress from them as well).  A favorite vintage site, along with my dear Ashley's Dingaling Vintage.

Vintage 80's (possibly earlier?) bubble-skirt puff-sleeve dress: $50 (a splurge, but worth it).  Tights: $10 (We Love Colors).  Pumps: $6.