• Navy beret that I sewed pearls on. I got the idea from Karin of http://www.blog.lilyofthevalley.se when she did the same!
• Orange paper flowers
• Pearl/Glass earrings – made by my sister
• Vintage navy jacket – Austin clothing swap
• Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX
• 1930s flame colored dress – ebay
• Remix vintage shoes

I bought this dress on ebay with the original intention of cutting out the pattern and using the shape as a projection screen as part of my MFA thesis. It’s difficult to capture on film, but this fabric is absolutely luminous and glossy – it burns with so many colors! However, the projection idea proved too obtuse, and luckily, was scrapped. The dress remained, quiet, in my closet.
The first strange thing I noticed about this dress was that the piping around the pockets and sleeves is the sweetest color of periwinkle. But, I’ve never ever even thought to pair periwinkle with orange, but I think it looks quite lovely. I also like how the breast pockets look like folded envelopes! One thing I wish I could change about the dress is the length. It has a full zipper, like that of a house dress, fancy as though this fabric may be. It was probably a glorified dressing gown. We just got these paper flowers in at my work. I had a fun time today moving them from my hair to my blazer and back again. I got them in almost every color so brace yourselves to see some in the next few posts.
My remix shoes are still pleasing me with every time I wear them! These got a little beat up in the back when I rode on my bicycle.
Now my favorite! The sleeves! These are the kind of poofy sleeves I draw on all of my cartoon girls:

I think in this image I was literally chanting “Puffy sleeve! Puffy sleeve!” in a muppet voice.

The first time I wore the dress, Halloween, 2007:
I was posing as a living mannequin inside and outside of Decades Vintage Clothing in downtown Portland. I started out in the window, but I am too tall for most people walking by to notice. When people made eye contact with me, I winked at them! When I posed outside, two men pulled on my fingers to see if I was real. I held a dish of candy and whispered Enjoy when people took a piece. One woman yelled the loudest I’ve ever heard in real life. Her friends laughed at her. Two business men tipped me.

• Dangly Damask earrings – Urbn
• Pink Faux Fur Stole and matching Muff – made by me – and available now on etsy! (see below)
• Black sweater with embroidery and single button
• 1950s party dress
• Black stockings
• Pink stockings
• Black pointed shoes

30F degree weather can only last so long in Texas, so I know that I’ve got to wear all of my accessories while I still can!
A year ago today my house caught fire. When the fire fighters let us inside after they put out the flames, I grabbed my toothbrush, my parent’s engagement photo, my laptop, and my outfit for Gadjo Disko that I’ve been working on for the past two weeks. I went out dancing that night because… why not? I was homeless, possessionless and dressed like a muppet making love to Mae West:
Me and Devon stop at my work to borrow makeup because mine was all ruined…
With kinderwhore comes a new look: that of drowned doll

These two little darlin’s are up on etsy right now. I hand sewed them with my own little fists and boy! I snapped on those little fox eyes and nose m’self!

• Avocado ribbon as headband
• Purple knit sweater with little silver rose buttons – Buffalo Exchange, Eugene, OR
• Faux orchid – craft store
• 1950s floofy dress worn as skirt
• Black knit socks
• Avocado Greta shoes – remixvintage

I like these shoes, but I am nervous about color families and whatnot. I’ve been wearing them with very basic palates like blacks and navy, but I also want to wear a jeweled colors with them so they really pop.

• 1930s angular beret – Alexandra’s Vintage, PDX
• 1950s? Cotton Dress with leaves and rooster print – Buffalo Exchange, Austin, Texas
• Yellow hair facinatior I’ve worn as a brooch – www.etsy.com/shop/giantdwarf
• Yellow ribbon as belt – I think this was tied around something I got from etsy!
• Black patterned stockings
• Yellow road stripe heels

I look pretty wholesome and sweet, save for the black, pointed nails!
It’s so very windy outside today! All of my wind chimes woke me up this morning!
I love these garters! I bought them from an etsy store that only had one thing for sale, EVER, and it was this pair! They are hand-painted little flapper girl faces. She’s perfect: reddish hair, blue eyes and red lips! I’ve emailed the company several times to see if they were going to make more but I’ve never gotten a reply. Etsy is like that sometimes!
There was a band playing at my house until 3 am so I’m a bit tired. It was difficult to sleep.

Have a nice Sunday, everyone! I hope it’s sunny where you are.