Who thinks pleats are neat?

I do! I do!

blue vintage dress

Found this little beauty at Deluxe Junk in Vancouver and had it shortened (significantly) so I could wear it all the time (like every night in Vegas last summer).

blue dress detail

I don’t have a before shot so picture this: a dress so long, so pleated, it would have been the favourite of a high school librarian in ’85.

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.

Three trips to the beach

And still the baby beast prefers dry land.

puppy in Kits Vancouver

Spent the whole weekend by the water and Leroy barely dipped his toes in the surf. This photo makes me smile, though. Partly because he looks so thrilled to be leaving the beach and partly because my city looks so pretty in the background.

Hooray!

Today The Anthology is two months old. Thank you thank you thank you for all your insightful comments and brilliant contributions. Keep ’em coming. 

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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.