Weekend Wrap-Up: Origamically Friday and Saturday Brunch/Winesday

What a wonderfully pleasant weekend! No major obligations, chores or duties to perform. 

Weekend hair! 

Time to relax! This is Friday's outfit and my entry for "Visible Monday" over at Not Dead Yet Style.

• Shirt - Cartise, consignment; purchased here in December 2015 for $24.00
• Tux trousers - handmade, thrifted; last seen here in September 2015 with chartreuse lace
• Shoes - Half Truth Veda, Fluevog; last worn here in December 2015 with Versace mom jeans

The shirt got a lot of reactions at work - nearly everyone who saw me commented on it. It really does look like folded bits of paper up close - origami! So much work went into making this - every piece of it that was sewn together would have had to have the strips of white fabric painstakingly sewn down, folded, sewn down, folded, change direction, sewn down. Tedious and expensive. This shirt felt expensive to wear.

I did wear a black cami under it as the black backing is sheer.

When I see these satin tux pants hanging in my closet, I often think I'll get rid of them, but they always stay. Black pants are a classic (especially in satin), and these lend themselves well to cropping. I tried tucking the hems up underneath in these pictures, but as you can see in the first pic, I ended up rolling them to make them stay cropped. I like that versatility.

In addition to the shirt, people also liked the trouser socks I'm wearing, another byproduct of cleaning out my tights drawer. Oh yeah, I forgot about these!

The stuff:

Simple black shoes for doing some walking. L and I went for dinner after work and walked to and from the pub.

Turquoise bling:

First wearing of my Christmas present from L, this gorgeous (and heavy!) turquoise necklace. I found out from my lapidary expert at work (Cameron, thank you) that it's made of Chinese turquoise, characterized by being heavier than American turquoise, having more black inclusions and with these beads, being infused with resin to allow it to take a high polish.

• Necklace - gift from L, antique mall
• Turquoise ring - local
• Fulvia Ring - Wendy Brandes
• Earrings - Glee

You can compare the American turquoise in the ring above and see the difference in the two kinds. I love my necklace regardless, and enjoyed the weight of it all day.

L and I were both up early on Saturday for breakfast - a full day of football playoffs ahead of us!

Of course, nothing says a casual brunch like leather pants, I say.

• Sweater - Banana Republic, thrifted; last seen here in December 2015 for a Christmas shopping trip
• Pants - Gap, thrifted; last worn here in November 2015 with a boho blouse
• Shoes - Down to Earth Hadfield, Fluevog; last seen here in December 2015 on the shopping trip where I bought the white shirt above

A casual sweater, nothing crazy.

Did someone say "crazy"? Yeah, those are leather pants. Winesday was last night and I wore this outfit into the wee hours.

I walked to and from Yvonne's house - leather is excellently weather-proof.

I'm so chill in leather.

A floral scarf would have worked nicely, in retrospect, and I did consider it, but meh, that's a lot of bother for a weekend.

The stuff:

My sweet floral shoes.

• Cuff - Jezebel Charms, gift from L
• Earrings - Glee

I made Yvonne a Zentangle tile as a thank-you for hosting Winesday.

The little R is a tribute to her sweetie.

Well, back to football! My beloved Panthers have upset the Seahawks, so much excitement.