• Vintage lipstick red beret – Nobody’s Baby, Eugene, OR
• Adorable blouse from Jitterbuggin on Etsy – www.etsy.com/shop/jitterbuggin
• 1940s skirt that goes to a suit set
• Green Remix Wedges
• 1920s Harold LLoyd style glasses

The blouse I’m wearing is from Jitterbuggin’ on etsy. It’s so cute! All handmade and they come in bigger sizes, too. I ordered one more just like it (it has kittens on it).
I’ve been needing some more blouses that don’t button up the front. My buttons have a habit of unloosening themselves. Can’t have that! When I saw Drew Barrymore in Grey Gardens last week I knew what I wanted the basic shape to be.
I got these glasses a few years ago when I first moved to Austin, on my first trip to Uncommon Objects. They were a bit crooked, but I took them to an eyeglasses shop and they heated them up and put them right. However, they told me it would be a $70 charge to simply put glass in the frames, so I just wear them plain and hope that no one thinks it strange.

Today I had to fight off Harry Potter references at work. They’re more like Harold Lloyd, anyways!

• Vintage creme beret
• Earrings my cousin made
• Headband (worn around neck) by etsy.com/shop/louiseblack
• Vintage creme cardigan with pinwheel ribbons and pearls, Buffalo Exchange
• Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX
• Fancy pink striped dress – resale shop in Providence, RI
• Striped stockings from www.sockdreams.com
• Mary janes

I don’t mind overloading on stripes.
Tonight I’m going on a date to see a live-action silent movie.
I think this is an okay second date outfit? I never know what to wear!

• Cotton collar with embroidery I did
• Vintage navy sweater with rhinestones
• Bow belt – lost from another dress
• 1950s printed floral skirt
• Remix vintage shoes

It’s raining! I know you can’t really tell from these photos. That’s why I have my hair in such a tight set in these photos. It reminds me of of octopus tentacles or curly fern leafs. I didn’t want the rain to ruin it before I went to see the Pretty Things Peepshow tonight!



This collar is listed on etsy!

One must wear an apron to protect oneself from the chill from the ice box!

I have the most aprons of any human being. If you go into ebay and type in “Vintage Apron Lots” you can buy 50+ aprons for $20 or less. When I went to Kansas for the first time I found a thrift store with an enormous stash of aprons priced at just $1 each, I knew I needed to start collecting them to spice up my outfits. Since I am a vegan ice cream maker/barista by trade, I wear the aprons to protect my clothes from coffee and sugar spills. Here I am battling an enormous cockroach!

Pink and white gingham

Full apron with little blue flowers

Pleated apron from Julia!

Pink Gingham with flowers

Faded purple and white

Lots of yellow flowers

This is about as casual as I get! I’m wearing a t shirt (NO!) from my Tattoo Artist, Annie Mess.

Gold with geometric shapes

Sheer with floral panels

Sometimes it can really tie an outfit together.
As an art teacher, I like wearing aprons when I teach. In so many of my dresses, there are no functional pockets, so it’s nice to always have the option of having an apron pocket to stash pens or remote controls and whatnot. Once, my students were really into Rubix cubes and they would solve them under their desks while I was lecturing/demonstrating about silkscreening. I walked around and collected them into my apron pockets (to remove the distraction) and my apron soon grew into strange geometric bulge!

What do you think, dear readers?
Can you confidently wear the apron out and about or is an oppressive symbol of servitude?