Posts Tagged ‘brown’

February 22, 2010

Monday, February 22nd, 2010
  • Purple beret – military supply store, Seattle
  • Flapper headband from Louise Black
  • Damask earrings
  • Black sweater – Express, had it since 1998 when I went clothing shopping for my sophomore year in high school
  • 1950s plaid dress
  • White slip
  • Purple stockings
  • Brown/Black t straps

This is one of those dresses that I seem to have a million of: 1950s silhouette, plaid, kind of brown. I swear I have at least six. I picked this one out because it has purply undertones and I like to haul out my purple accessories every once in a while.

This seems to be the formula for my outfits lately:

  1. Headband from Louise Black and/or a beret
  2. Light Cotton dress (with lots of underslips)
  3. Black cardigan
  4. Colored stockings
  5. T Strap shoes

February 21, 2010

Sunday, February 21st, 2010
  • 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!

January 23rd, 2010

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
  • Red Bandana
  • Necklace from Kelly L Judd of Swan Bones Theatre
  • 1950s sheer red dress – Cheap Thrills, Fay. Arkansas
  • Vintage scarf around waist – Estate sale I think?
  • Brown knee socks
  • Brown/tan shoes from Secyhelles

Sorry, no close-up today. I was up late late late working on issue #5 of Doublespeak, which is SO long over due it’s not even funny. I drank loads of coffee and ate too much sugar and ended up not letting up until around 3am. I tell you all this because I didn’t wash my hair, hence the teased nest+bandana combination. While I was biking to work this morning a homeless man yelled “I LOVE LUCY!” and also one of my customers asked me if I liked “I Love Lucy.”
Okay, I see that we both have blue eyes, red lipstick and red hair, but there are more subtle differences: my eyes are more teal, my hair is less carroty (and floofy, usually), my lips have a different silhouette.

Here is Belleweather again. I think we are going to craft and watch bits of Carnivale, Season 2 tonight. I love the production design of this show and I love the The Dreifuss family: their style, their story, everything.
This is from Wikipedia:
To give a sense of the dry and dusty environment of the Dust Bowl, smoke and dirt were constantly blown through tubes onto the set. The actors’ clothes were ragged and drenched in dirt, and Carnivàle had an estimated 5,000 people costumed in the show’s first season alone. The creative team listened to 1930s music and radio and read old Hollywood magazines to get the period’s sound, language, and slang right. The art department had an extensive research library of old catalogs, among them an original 1934 Sears Catalog, which were purchased at flea markets and antique stores. The East European background of some characters and Asian themes in Brother Justin’s story were incorporated into the show. Except for the show’s supernatural elements, a historical consultant deemed Carnivàle’s historic accuracy to be excellent in regard to the characters’ lives and clothes, their food and accommodations, their cars and all the material culture
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8 million USD were the budget for each of the episodes! No wonder they look so amazing!

December 11, 2009

Friday, December 11th, 2009
  • Brown Beret – Military Supply Store, Seattle, WA
  • Leopard collar – H&M, San Francisco
  • 1940s coat with zip off bottom (converts to cape!!) – Cheap Thrills, Fayetteville, AR
  • Red gloves – from an estate sale in Eugene, OR
  • Brown polka dot pleated dress – Buffalo Exchange, Austin, TX
  • Brown knee socks
  • Brown Heels – Buffalo Exchange, Austin, TX
  • Russian Red lipstick – MAC

IMG_8724I love brown and red! I have tried so hard to successfully incorporate animal print in a tasteful way in my wardrobe in the past few years, and the only things I’ve held on to are this fluffy collar from H&M and a muff from Coquette Faux Furriers.  I’ve tried on a billion leopard print dresses but they are too rockabilly Portland for my taste.
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january 9 January 9th, 2007 – this was the first incarnation of this outfit nearly three years ago. I was still in Graduate school in Eugene, OR and I took this photo right before I rode my bike to school that morning. I’m still using the tube of Russian Red lipstick I wore in this photo. How little has changed!

IMG_8754Today was a brown and red kind of day, obviously! Tetsie (the other Grackle Sister) showed up to work at the toy store and we worked the counter together. We’ve been friends long enough that we synchronize our speech and actions, so people get a little curious about us curling ribbon and suggesting Hello Kitty toys in synch.

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Have a nice weekend everyone!