Banana Bird Butterfly

As usual, I save my personal favourite outfit for Thursdays, to show off to my WW group. Today's outfit had a lot of fans.

 In particular, people liked the colour combination, and were not shy about telling me what I reminded them of!

• Silk shrug - Nancymac, consignment; purchased here for $40.00
• Cashmere sleeveless sweater - J. Crew, consignment; last worn here in April with the brolly skirt
• Skirt - Miss V by Valentino (part of a suit), vintage 80s, thrifted; last seen here in January with green dots
• Shoes - Big Presence Desmond, Fluevog; last worn here in May with zigzags and citrus

Of course, I had to pull all the colours out of the silk shrug to make the rest of the outfit. The yellow-brown combo made a few people think of bananas.

 Nothing like some bright yellow to pop against a boring skirt (it's Valentino - super classy!).

While the yellow of the cashmere sweater was not quite the same warm yellow as on the silk, it was close enough.

 My wings billowed! I swooped and swirled.

"You're a butterfly!" exclaimed one of my coworkers.

 "No, a bird! A [insert some specific bird name here - I don't remember] bird!"

The stuff:

 Bright yellow shoes because they are awesome!

Beaded bling:

 Brown and purple are really close together, so I did purple-y accents in my accessories - my lipstick was purple too! You don't always have to match everything exactly. Close enough is good enough.

• Top necklace - Oscar & Libby's
• Middle necklace - 2028, The Bay
• Venetian glass necklace/earrings - gift from L, Venice, Italy
• Ring - c. 1996

So, I'm a Banana Bird Butterfly, a very rare creature indeed! I am ready to take off!

Have a wonderful weekend, my friends! I'll be back on Sunday with tales of adventure!