She/Shi Week - It's Bird O'Clock!

Birthday Week continues! Sheila Fact: I loathe parsnips.

As noted, my birthday present to myself was buying a whole bunch of lovely Shi Studio designs when they had a big clearance a couple of weeks ago. They're a local studio and I love their designs, so I'm shamelessly pimping them. Please check them out and order a piece! Every item features a gorgeous piece of silk behind glass, and all leather is locally done as well.

Today's outfit was built around the leather cuff:
I've really been inspired by the Capsule Wardrobe Challenge to try to mix things up more, and be more adventurous with my colour combinations. I wanted to wear the turquoise cuff with purple or another turquoise tone (like Sal did recently). I settled on this grey wool pinstripe strapless dress with a darker turquoise cami underneath it and purple tights.

This is also a solidarity outfit for Jane, who is doing International Dress Week, and for Kasmira, who is doing Tights and Toes week.

See? Purple tights and peeptoe shoes.

I have such a tough time with lighting in this room, so I tried something different:

Hey! Those colours are accurate! I am fixedly staring at the camera (not being pose-y) hoping that it doesn't take a shot of my boobular region in extreme close-up. This is in my closet, looking out at the den.

I thought the mustard cardi was a fun third colour, and the tattoo belt helped tie all the colours together, much like a good rug does.

The stuff:

Big ol' shoes, belt, earrings, and the new Shi Studio cuff. It's silk under glass, attached to a strip of leather that threads through itself. I wore it on my left wrist, hence "bird o'clock. "

A close-up:

By the way, yes, I do have two fake front teeth. It was Valentine's Day, 1985, I was 17. I had the flu and had a fever, so I turned the cold water way down in the shower, and promptly fainted, slamming my face into the edge of the tub. I broke one tooth in half and the other was pushed behind my other front teeth. I had over a year of dentistry to fix them including a couple of root canals, gum surgery and walk-in clinic surgery, at which point I discovered what had happened to the other half of the tooth that broke: it was embedded in my lip.

This is the reason why I didn't go to the dentist for a long time prior to this year.

I still have a scar on the right side of my bottom lip - I don't have any feeling there. The fake teeth are pretty good - most people don't know unless I tell them. Funny bit: after having emergency dental work, and being checked out at the hospital, I still went to the school dance that night. I don't remember it.

Cardigan (Jacob), dress (Club Monaco, consignment), camisole (RW & Co.), tights (Hue), shoes (JLo), earrings (Plum), cuff (Shi Studio), belt (consignment).