Aug 10th - Outfits #10 & 11 - Plaid-erific and Dots on the Town

Happy Friday! This is a busy week, and tonight is no exception.

Let's get down to business. Here is an outfit:

Plaid-tastic! I love that new-to-me jacket. I bought it back in early June for $20.00 on consignment. It's Tommy Hilfiger, and the quality is superb. It has a lot of the colours for August in it, so I think I'll be wearing it a fair bit.

Underneath it is a sweater tank that I've had for a long time, at least 5 years. It's by Planet and I bought it new, although deeply discounted, at The Bay for under $30.00. It has a row of tiny buttons that go right up the back. It's dressier than a camisole (being sweater-weight cotton knit) so it's counted in the capsule.

However, I'm sure I've worn it about a kazillion times, so I am not going to link back to all the previous wears of it. Here's the oldest wearing of it I could find, from July 2008!

The skirt is also an old favourite. My dear friend Caro owned this; I got it in an organized clothing swap a bunch of us went to in the summer of 2009 - I laughed when I found out later that this was her skirt! The earliest wearing of it I can find it from July 2009, here.

Here's a close-up of the plaid in the jacket:

Burgundy, red, pink, white, mint green, baby blue, lavender! All lovely pastels.

Jacket (Tommy Hilfiger, consignment), top (Planet), skirt (Bebe Sport, swap), shoes (Chie Mihara).

You'll note that I'm wearing the Chie Mihara ballet flats that killed my feet last Friday (worn here). I couldn't bear the thought of a) destroyed feet and b) wasting my good money on shoes that hurt, so I got out my hobby exact-o blade. Take that, evil shoes!

I cut through one layer of the leather on the inside, pulled it up, gently pulled the very thick elastic (you can see a bit of it in the background, in the corner), and cut it out. I pushed the leather back down - it was sticky, so it's stayed nicely. I had to do this on both sides of each shoe.

I don't recommend doing this yourself - I am an experienced hobbyist! - but it was better than not having these to wear. They were about a thousand times better today! I did have a couple of slight rubbing spots, but no blisters. Yay!

Tonight, we're headed to an evening event at the Art Gallery. The artist being featured is William Kurelek (article here, from the Globe and Mail) - as one of "the most bizarre painters this country has produced" and described as a "Prairie Hieronymus Bosch," I am excited to see some of his work!

I would have liked to have created a wack-a-doo outfit for this, but I'm limited by the capsule and having already used up my Wild Card outfit last weekend, so I thought polka dot pants would do the trick.

I last wore them here. The top is the same as today's outfit, but I pinned this lovely heart that Steph sent me onto it.

My red platforms round it out (last worn here). All ready to do some art appreciation and people-watching!

Top (Planet), pants (Noa Noa), shoes (Miz Mooz, consignment). 

I have such awesome co-workers! Look what Kara gave me:

The colour is not as orange as it looks there - it's dark red, and the neckline is all beaded. It's by Spencer Jeremy. Thank you, Kara! I am really excited to work this into a fall capsule!

Happy weekend, everyone!