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A sophisticated safari

would call for an outfit just like this one.shirt dress

Love her bag. Love her belt.

shirt dress detail

And especially love her necklace.

Taisa Anderson jewelry

Which is by Taisa Anderson whose work is not only beautiful, but has a great story behind it.

We can’t be sure

But we think this leather skirt might have belonged to my friend’s grade five teacher in ’86.

red leather skirt

We can be sure where the shirt came from, though. It was my husband’s up until the drycleaner shrunk the sleeves.

I owe this outfit to two people

Sonja, for insisting I buy a jumpsuit. And Melissa, who introduced me to Pesky Peacocks where I got it.

black vintage jumpsuit

necklace

I should also thank my ma and sis for the necklace I’m wearing — I made it using my mom’s pendant from the sixties and pretty, pretty stones from my sister’s collection.

black jumpsuit vintage

Thanks team.

This dress was ridiculous

It reached the floor and the overlay flapped around wildly with every move I made.

black vintage dress with florals

It seems so much subtler now that I’ve had it shortened. And with the belt, the overlay is much less unruly.

black vintage dress detail

Many of you have told me you love the before and after shots. This, alas, is a lonely “after” with no “before”. But if you want to see my favourite favourite favourite “after”, it’s right here.

Purple and sorta purple

Does it get any better?

purple street style

Love how layers of the same(ish) colour look.

purple street style detail

Especially when they’re purple and purply grey (which is, coincidentally, the colour I painted my dining room table).

At the opera

With all the vintage furs and brooches and shawls at the opera (are they considered vintage if you bought them  new 40 years ago?), this dress begged to be worn.

black vintage dress  black vintage dress with puppy

I got it at Deluxe Junk in gastown last summer. 

shoulder detail

And had it shortened significantly so I could wear it in LA.

black dress detail

P.S. Rigoletto was absolutely incredible.

You want it?

You got it. A couple of you told me (in no uncertain terms) that you want to see detail shots of the shoes from this post and the belt from this one. Who am I to deny you?

vintage ysl belt open toe boots

ysl belt

open toe boots