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

• 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!

• red ribbon as headband
• red vintage slip
• blue (dyed) slip
• red stretchy belt
• flower clips from h&m
• seamed stockings
• black maryjanes

There’s a fine line between two slips=a dress and two slips=wearing lingerie out of the house.
I’m still not totally convinced that this is a good outfit… maybe the slip would have to be less of a lipstick red for me to believe it.
This outfit is inspired by:
Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage when she’s strung out and sick.
Courtney Love circa 1994 – lots of lace, red lipstick and mary jane shoes.

• 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.

• 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.
8 million USD were the budget for each of the episodes! No wonder they look so amazing!

• Millenry flowers – vintage store in Seattle from my trip last week
• Wooden earrings with Damask print – gift from my sister
• 1920s black necklace
• 1950s lace dress with rhinestone buttons – Buffalo Exchange, Austin, Texas
• Green belt – Decades Vintage Co, PDX
• Violet Stockings
• Violet Socks
• White t strap shoes – Dollhouse

What a find with this dress! It incorporates all of my favorite vintage details:
LACE!
CREAM!
NIPPED IN WAIST!
RHINESTONES!
All for $17… thank you friendly neighborhood Buffalo Exchange. I literally work around the corner from the store so I go frequently on my lunch breaks and I would say that I find about 3-4 stellar dresses per month. So, that’s about thirty six dresses per year… which, looking through my flickr for verification, is about right!

I used to wear lots of rings every single day but in the past five years I’ve shed daily jewelry in favor of larger, silly pieces. The Mint Green Cameo is from Uncommon Objects, in Austin and the giant ring with Valentine script (“To the one I love”) is from the Betsey Johnson store in Seattle. I had to keep taking them off today to use scissors!
I love these garters. I got these stockings for Christmas but they are too short for my long legs so I snipped them off and now I just roll them down and secure them with the garters. Instant fix!

“There’s pansies, that’s for thoughts”
I’ve been on a real violet/purple kick as of late. I can’t tell if these are violets or pansies? I think they are pansies.

• Brown hat – Uncommon Objects, Austin, Texas
• Sheer lavender blouse with rhinestone buttons – a gift from Misha for my birthday
• Electric purple underslip – dyed by me
• Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX
• 1940s brown pencil skirt – dunno?
• Purple lacy socks – Urban Outfitters
• T strap shoes – Target

I brushed out my fingerwave and I liked the soft wave that it left behind. I can’t wait to set my hair like this again and I honestly wish that I could get permed in this style as well… but I don’t think it’s possible.

January 1st

February 26th

March 18th

April 8th

May 5th

June 5th

July 26th

August 5th

September 27th

October 16th

November 20th

December 9th

2009 in summation: Tragically, my co-op house caught fire in January. I had to move everything while it was sopping wet from the fire hoses. I saw Philip Glass in concert. I worked at the Toy Store every day. I met Gala Darling at SXSW. I had my gallery opening at Brown. I started Graduate School in San Marcos, Texas in June and commuted every day. In August, I travelled to Brazil to stay with my sweet heart for three weeks. I moved back into my co-op house in August. In the fall, I went to school full time, commuted four times per week, and worked at the toy store. I had a gallery opening in New Orleans. Ashley and I travelled to Ann Arbor for NASCO and gave a workshop presentation on vegan cooking and handed out our cookzine. I was busy every single day!

Travel: San Francisco, Providence, Belo Horizonte, Brazil, New Orleans, Ann Arbor

Themes of this year:
Pincurls (in multiples)
lots of berets
Pearl necklaces
Pearl earrings
Tweed (salt and pepper)
Graphic stripes
Knife necklace
real life dear
loads of lace
Pointy nude nails
Pink/Yellow/Gray
Rhinestones
Teal/Pink/White
Blythe Dolls
Knit Head-to-Toe
Lingerie as clothing (as ever)
Prints upon prints
1930s wrap dresses
Real Flower Headbands
Lace collars
Yellow/Black
Brown/Red/Creme
Matching my hair to my doll
Green Mermaid
Gold Shoes
Heart Cheek Tattoo
Cloche Hats
Louise Black accessories
Real life Deer

Slide Show of all of my 2009 Daily Outfits

• Red corduroy bow – snipped off one of my Hello Kitty plush dolls and affixed to a pincurl clip
• Red Scarf – Thrifted in Lawerence, KS
• Red leather gloves – estate sale, Eugene, OR
• Black jacket with Red/Yellow/Blue flecked Tweed Details – Buffalo Exchange, ATX
• 1930s dress with Primary color daisy details – Buffalo Exchange, ATX
• Red knee high socks – URBN
• Black Patent Shoes – Target

It was actually raining really hard when I took this photo!
Like I’ve said before… I LOVE MATCHY MATCHY!
Just the small bits of primary colored tweed that compliment the dress make this outfit very successful in my eyes
Here are my little bows! I scalped my Hello Kitty plush and now she looks SO much like Dear Daniel with no bow!

I stitched one single pronged pin curl clip to the back of each bow, so I can slip it on when I feel like channeling Hello Kitty.