Raspberry Red

The other day I received a divine gift from one of the lovely people I work with. It was an English wool, raspberry red coat. Apparently it had been bought by her sister in England who doesn't wear it here. It really is the most thoughtful thing, fits me perfectly and given that on a practical aside I catch public transport in Melbourne- mornings can be. Also have an obsession with overcoats. Seriously I have so many there was no way i could justify another purchase, even a lovely cheap one from a market, so this was an amazing gift.

I had decided recently that this winter i would love to brighten up my black and grey with splashes of color and that idea has narrowed down to red. ( for those who care, apparently charcoal grey is the new black for winter...seriously) I have a gorgeous red pashmina that a wonderful friend bought me back from India that I've been wearing, and the weather in Melbourne has just turned last week to the perfectly crisp mornings that i adore. Autumn is defiantly my favorite season. I have also decided that i really do need a pair of red boots, what a gorgeous way to brighten up a grey day. So I went searching online and found these......


Doc Martins so they'll last for years, perfect color and just sooooo beautiful!


So I think soon I'll be all set for those crisp perfect autumn mornings..............

oops!

So now i do feel bad cause its been a very long time since Ive written anything. I think i got away with it for November ( btw watch out for Mofashionista next year which is already being planned with tshirts, badge and much more!) but now clearly have no excuse.


Looking around and in fashion mags lately i cant help but notice that seems to be an excess of brown around. Apparently brown is the new black but we here ( ok its just me really lol) believe that brown is never the answer. If you must wear brown pair it with a perky pink or something but not all by itself or with ( please no) cream......What does everyone think cause i seriously don't think it does anyone any favour's.....


So what have i been wearing, well my hair is now back to black which always makes me rethink thinks a bit. I have been wearing a lot of black, with maybe a slight Gothic edge. yes note that i said Gothic and not emo.......Personally ( with apologies to Trinny & Susannah ) I'm thinking lots of lovely black with a pop of color. one of my fave outfits lately is the black checked skirt, black singlet and shoes with pale pink cardy and bright pink bangles. Or even more simply black skinny leg jeans ( so Reservoir 80's yet somehow I've started to wear them....)
what will you be wearing this year?

Has it been a week already

So apparently it's been over a week since i last blogged here. In my own defence i have started another blog....but still oops.

Apologies for cross posting if you're reading my other new blog "Mofashionista" but just to explain what I've been doing quickly a gf and i are raising money for the movember cause through the idea of mofashionista....a different dress each day. Check it out if yr interested...

Since the incident with the yellow dress there has been much going on in my life but very little buying of dresses or clothes in general . Which according to some people is a very good thing.

Since i now can only wear dresses and have to wear a different one each day things have both more simplistic yet somehow complicated. The decision of what to wear in the morning has been narrowed somewhat, ie it's going to be a dress. However having worn a couple of my fave's over the last few days i'm a bit sad about not wearing them for a month. I'm also worried that by the end of the month i'll be left with those i really don't like. Today's dress is purple btw, a gorgeous Cue dress that i bought a long time ago on sale and still love.

A highlight of this week has been taking my little Lola to Camberwell market with us. She's such a little social girl she was thrilled to be out and about. Unfortunately i ended up with a very sore arm from her pulling on her lead! She has been given two bandannas in the last week so next time we go out she'll be looking stylish. Also just for Lee i have uploaded a real picture of myself.

Movember

On a quick note was inspired today by a twitter by bris gal @dellvink who will be wearing vintage dresses each day to support movember....Thinking of doing a similar thing and blogging my days...

So last week i had a thing for yellow, which is very unlike me. Being a natural redhead and i will admit a child in the 70's my mother dressed me in nothing but green, brown and yellow. But, you know i was experimenting with color, woke up thinking about yellow (yes this really does happen to me, and yes, i know it sounds wierd...) went off to work and was met by a fellow library person wearing a bright sunshine yellow t-shirt. It was so exactly the shade of yellow that i'd wanted that i was entranced. This was later in the week so i went off on Saturday to look for yellow dress, which i could picture and clearly had to have......
Except that after a few hours of searching i couldn't find anything like what i actually wanted!!!!
Luckily for me i live with a man who is not only handsome & debonair, but also quiet pragmatic and inventive. He said to me at about 4pm, "my love mabye you should buy a white dress and dye it yellow" Did i mention i love this man? He clearly knew he wasn't getting any peace till i had my dress.
So we went searching and found a perfect white lace shift dress, and some yellow dye. Sunshine yellow, i might add. A few hours later i had the perfect sunshine yellow dress i had pictured to the amazment of friends :) Imagine my joy.....Will post pics soon
Special thanks for this go not only to Mr puppy on the radio, but also to my lovely friend hannah belle who put up with us on this trip and whose help was also invaluble *hugs babe*

Pink Ribbon Day

Today is Pink Ribbon day, which is designed to raise money for breast cancer research. A few of us decided to wear pink today to work to raise awareness support. So i've taken an unusual approach ( inspired by another woman thanks Lee ) and not having a pink dress, worn a white shift dress and white cardy with fuscia pink stockings, beads and bangle. I also have a bright pink handbag with me today. It was great fun standing at camberwell station today watching people trying to work me out. I hope others of you have worn some pink today.
So the ten days since ive blogged have beern very busy, the weather in Melbourne has been changing and we're now into Spring which is my fave season. It's perfect weather to pop on a dress and hight heels or sandals mabye a cardy then rush out the door into the sun. (ok in reality there's not a lot of rushing out to greet the morning in my life, but you know the mornings are lovely.)
I have done my usual market shops to increase my dress count, and also had a lovely visit to Rose st artists' market in Fitzroy. It's on every Saturday and is a beatiul place full of hand crafted jewellry, clothes, and many other things. I managed to resist temptation there thou it was very difficult.....

A very colorful week

So it's Friday today and my adventures in color have continued all week. Also clearly my blogging which is becoming addictive! If only i had a lovely notebook......So far this week we have had pink day, blue day ( which was a strech cause i have 2 blue pieces in my wardrobe...) grey day and today....back to black day- but with fuscia accesories and nails. I woke up today with an urge to wear yellow, which is very strange for me. I haven't worn yellow since i was a small chile, and walked into work thinking about yellow, and there in front of me at shelving time was a lovely girl i work with wearing a bright yellow very very cute t-shirt. She looked so fab!!! So apparently my quest this weekend will be to find something pretty in a bright sunshiny yellow.
The other great thing that's happened this week is that a few gf's who work at other places have been helping me plan my colors, (Yes, i do realise that to some of you reading this it seems like we have too much time on our hands) and also in the true spirit of sisterhood wearing the same color lol. I just love the fact that there is a seemingly random thread of color weaving it's way through melbourne joining us all. Todays outfit btw black pleated knee length skirt, black sweater, 3 strands of pearls-so much cooler than 1- black boots, fuscia tights and day glo pink nails. So thanks gals, you know who you are.....are we continuing next week? lol