Letting go

 

Hard as it is sometimes, one has to make the decision of letting go of some of the "precious" one owns. So I'm now parting with two of my treasures, the first of which is this amazing and so rare cotton dress available here for purchase.

The second item is this this beautiful 1920s style dress which you have seen recently on this blog. This is brand new and looking for a suitable home ...sigh...but needs must. Available here. Gosh I'm so bad I'm still hesitating about this one...

Another addition to my etsy shop is this unusual fabric bag, for sewing or knitting work, with a beautiful silver plated frame and generous proportions, available here.

Which dress to wear? -2-

 

Here is the second option I was telling you about in my previous post. 

This is a modern dress that is very much 1920's inspired, beautiful quality and rather fancy, which is why it hasn't yet been worn in the year or so since it has made it into my wardrobe.

 The pics are particularly bad this time - my camera hates all reds and goes crazy on them. This dress is a deep coral shade, but nowhere as loud as my camera makes it out to be.

Pros:

- good colour on me;
- light and airy (it will be hot where I go);

- easy to move and dance in;

- ties in with my 20's mood of late;

- very much on trend at the moment, if that can be a pro...

- ...??...

Cons:

- not that suitable for the church ceremony I think, will have to wear something else at the church, perhaps this dress , (a shorter version of my option 1) - not a real con if you like clothes like I do, but 2 dresses require more room in the suitcase;

- I look terribly skinny in this dress which is corresponding to reality but not a very good look at all...

- haven't worn such a short dress in quite a while now so I am not sure how confident I'll be or indeed whether I should be showing my knees at all; moreover, the thought of leg makeup to cover up some broken capillaries behind my knee is a bit off putting...

- more care needed in transit compared to option 1, and not quite sure what to do if things get really crumpled, although I have a feeling this won't necessarily be the case (it's been doing very well packed flat with tissue in a box).

- hair will be extremely challenging - great if I manage it, terrible if I don't; it is not easy to get 1920's looking hair with my long locks (see lame result above) and, if I go for this option of dress, it will be the hardest hair style to achieve out of the three.  

You've seen option 2, now tell me what you think!

The Emperor's new clothes

 

"It is not your colour", a friend said when this arrived from Patty's Vintage Garden on etsy.
Well, the background does look a lot like the colour of my own skin, this much is true. But is that really going to be a problem? Nothing a nice bright lipstick won't solve, I thought...

This baby is pretty cool,  and I hope no less so on me! Look at that sweet little belt, and the ruffled detail, repeated in a small scale at the wrists.

 

No, there's not much reason to pout at all. I've only tried it for the sake of it, I'll refrain in the future.

A close up of the ruffles and the "confetti" print, or reminiscent of op art. 

Everything stands up so much better in this photo from the seller, while things get a bit lost in mine. To some extent this is caused by an under performing camera and the the poor light in my living room. But what if my friend is right, and I can't see it because I'm so smitten with the dress?! I have been wearing that bright lipstick you know...