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Electronic Blue Polka Dots
All it took was a quick glimpse of of the brain-jarring shade of near-fluorescent cornflower blue paired with enormous white polka dots that make up this polyester pattern. I chuckled and thought “yeah, this one’s a blog-winner.” And then I … Continue reading
50’s style 80’s
Is it a coat? Is it a dress? I don’t care, just stuff them shoulders, slap a big ole poodle over the top and call it a day!
Taste the Rainbow
You may think this picture is out of focus because it was shot in low light, with an iphone camera, on the fly without time to focus, rushing through the process because there was a long line of people waiting … Continue reading
Watercolored Wonder
Alexis looks fine in this shiny florida-bungalow-sofa-fabric Jackie O suit with miniature plastic cheese Danish posing as buttons. She looked so fine that 3 different people who worked there told her how great she looked and commented that she should … Continue reading
Calico Patchwork Sack of Dress
Remember Holly Hobby? Remember when Holly Hobby started feeling pressured by her manager who constantly reminded her that her career is based on maintaining a flat, slim-looking profile so she developed an eating disorder and one night when the stress … Continue reading
Welcome.
I have made a lifetime art out of thrift shopping. Not “vintage shopping” (perusing carefully-edited collections of retro chic finery, cleaned and masterfully displayed – although I love this too), but the down-and-dirty thriftiest of the thrift. Salvation Armies and … Continue reading
Lime Green Cotton Formalwear
Sometimes you want to go to prom in a strapless dress. And sometimes you don’t have a prom to go to but you want to make and wear that prom dress anyway, only you don’t have any black duchesse silk … Continue reading
Ginger Scalp Skin Skirt Suit
This baby glistened at me from across the store. It slithered like a raccoon, it shimmied like a snake. It called “cheeeeeeck meee oooouutttt.” I thought it was just a puke/rust-colored subtly patterned crushed velour oversize tshirt with shockingly poor … Continue reading
Orange with Orange & Orange
This t-shirt top is orange. And this t-shirt fabric elastic waist skirt is orange. And this button-front collared shirt jacket with oversized shoulder pads is orange. But fortunately all 3 garments are adorned with chunky bas-relief dogwood flowers and absolutely … Continue reading