• Creme Cloche from Yellowfield7 on Etsy
• Creme knit blouse with polkadot tie – Buffalo Exchange
• 1930s silk dressing gown worn as camisole
• Wine accordion pleated skirt – Banana Republic by way of Buffalo Exchange
• Wine stockings
• Bone Tstrap shoes – Dollhouse

My only quarrel with Texas is that there are not nearly enough cold days to wear fancy hats.

This amazing cloche is hand-crafted by Behida Dolic, one of the most talented people selling on etsy. Her designs are breathtaking & delicious – a dangerous combination for me and my tastes! I love how cloches like these are just little sculptures to wear on one’s head.
I have these three hats on my fantasy wishlist from her shop on etsy:

Today was B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L! After work I went on a long bike ride and sat under some windy trees that were in full bloom with jasmine and honeysuckle scents wafting in. Spring! You are so short, but so so sweet!

Today is the day after 5 hours of tattoo work on my phonograph lady… I was a little disoriented this morning and didn’t realize that the tights aren’t quite the right shade!

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!

If I wait too long in the morning to take my daily outfit photo, the Texas sun is too bright and makes me squint! Even though we’re only a bit over halfway through January, today already feels and smells like spring!
Oh, how I love friends who give the most thoughtful gifts. This dress is from the incredible Angel as birthday present this past August. I must document every single time I wear it! It’s like a ghost – I fear it will not last very long! There is the most incredible colour of yellowy/cream that only comes about through decades and decades of aging: sheets of music, aging chiffon, handwritten notes. I never want to soak/wash this dress because I don’t want to lose this color!
Here is another time I wore this dress, last September.
The earrings belonged to my Great Grandmother who came to NYC from Poland before the Depression. I remember looking through my mother’s jewelry box when I was young and finding these earrings. My mother used the earrings to tell me about my Great Grandmother and how she never learned to read because her school house burned when she was in the 1st grade and it was never rebuilt; how she left Poland at age 20 and never saw her parents again; how she opened up her own grocery store during the Depression and ran a boarding house and made pies every night, how she could do complicated math in her head.
The locket was a gift from my mother, but she did not include a photo! Last night, I was looking through piles of old photographs that I’ve gotten from estate sales and I noticed a photo of two women standing in front of an old house. Now, if you’ve ever tried to put a photo in a locket, you’ll remember that it’s quite difficult to find a photo that is small enough to put in the frame! Photos I’m sure will be small enough turn out to be gigantic and comic peeking out from the gold frame. This photo, however, was taken far enough away to where I can frame the two women and still have some space around them.

The woman on the left: dark patterned dress, dark stockings, white heels, shorter, hair parted in middle, holding a bag or stole or case in her left hand.
The woman on the right: short cropped bob with waves, light dress, white strappy shoes, she’s a bit overweight, she’s taller than the woman on the left.
The other side of the locket is a piece of a printed handkerchief. I like fabrics or teeth or hair in lockets.

This hat is simply amazing. It’s all handmade by Behida of YellowField on etsy. I decided to order it before my big trip to Michigan last week and it was waiting for me when I got back to Texas. It arrived in a giant hat box and was carefully packed in tissue paper.

I have hand felted and shaped a cloche hat before (rather unsuccessfully) so I appreciate the craftsmanship and detail of this darling hat. The hat is altered to fit after you order it, so be sure to measure your head correctly or measure another cloche hat that fits your head well. It’s simply amazing from all angles and I received countless compliments when I wore it today. Please go visit Behida’s shop and ask for her hats for your holiday present!