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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.

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

Once upon a time

This shirt was a dress. I don’t have a before shot, but if you imagine what a hip grade four teacher would have worn in 1985, you get the idea.

vintage shirt dress open toe boots

My favourite thing about it? The tie-up sleeves.

vintage shirt mirror

This mirror’s from the Cross in Vancouver, by the way. The shirt/dress is from Deluxe Junk in Gastown. And the YSL belt is from Crossroads in Seattle.

Neon salmon

That’s how my sister described the colour of my vintage skirt.

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I don’t know how my cat Getty would describe it.

pink thrift skirt

But I do know she’s not happy that I woke her up from her nap.

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