Three-Fer! Festive Gold and Wine; Purple Sparkle at Fluevog; PANK Armour

Hello, my friends! Did you miss me? I totally forgot to warn you about our mid-week shenanigans on Tuesday night! Guess where I was?

Hint: that's John Fluevog on the left!

But first, let's do Tuesday's work outfit.

 I will be happy when we are past the winter solstice and the days start getting longer again!

• Blazer - Le Chateau, consignment; last worn here in October with a bookish skirt
• Tux blouse - no label, thrifted; last seen here in November with monochrome wines
• Skirt - Club Monaco, consignment; last worn here in October with olives
• Shoes - Tudor Prysten, Fluevog; first seen here in August with peacock and pink
• Leather coat (below) - Jeno de Paris, vintage 70s, thrifted; purchased here for $64.99

There's some colour!

I needed some good flat shoes - it's been such a busy week! I thought it was supposed to be dead right before the holidays? I built the outfit around the shoes, and pulled in some old favourites.

Like this lovely cream brocade blazer.

 And my awesome - pockets! - gold brocade skirt.

And this lovely ruffled stretch silk blouse.

All locked and loaded, although I didn't wear it this way except when I put my coat on.

 Yes, I had to wear my new-to-me green leather coat!

 Isn't it fabulous? Those pockets are really deep.

 I do like a nice back view. The shoulders are a bit big, but that allowed me lots of arm movement. It's a very comfortable coat.

• Silk scarf - Pierre Balmain, vintage 80s, thrifted
• Gloves - Parkhurst

The stuff:

These shoes were lovely to wear and had many admirers at work.

Dragon bling:

 I usually build my outfit around this set, but this time they were slightly hidden.

• Necklace/earrings - vintage 50s, vintage fair
• Earrings - gift from Mom

Rar, this dragon is looking at you!

The stone is probably glass.

After work, L and I rushed home to get ready to go out - yes, on a "school night"! Such scamps we are!

Although I felt sexy and full of badassery in this dress (I had several compliments on it), in retrospect this dress felt slightly too clingy and sheer (although I did wear a cami under the top half). I might try wearing it as a top, or it might go straight to the giveaway pile.

• Dress - Planet, consignment; purchased here for $40.00
• Shoes - Poser Ioni, Fluevog; last worn here in October with a chartreuse cheater
• Coat (below) - Prosper & Devine, antique mall; last seen here (3rd outfit) in December

Just enough time to take some pictures before we dashed off to the downtown Fluevog store!

"You're choosing shoes over me?"

Victoria was a stop on John's book-signing tour - of course, we had to go!

L, you silly guy!

We always stand out in a crowd, but at Fluevog events, everyone looks like us! There were two other people wearing skinny plaid pants, and another guy wearing the same boots in brown as L's.

"I bet no one looks like me."

In such a hurry, I'm blurry!

My dear friend Ally saw this book in New York and sent it to me a couple of months ago - I have read it cover to cover and so appreciate Ally's thoughtfulness. It's a gorgeous book, full of pictures of gorgeous shoes!

Fully bundled up for the chilly night.

The pink tentacle coat makes a reappearance. "Guess which coat is mine?" I said when we got our coats from the rack at the back of the store.

• Scarf - V. Fraas, thrifted
• Gloves - Danier

The stuff:

These shoes are leather with a wool finish, and a brocade heel. So fun.

Sparkly bling:

 My dress was plenty sparkly - didn't need much else.

• Bracelet/earrings - Myka, gift from L
• Crystal ring - Uffizi Gallery gift shop, Florence, Italy
• Gold/amethyst ring - Frances Jewelers, c. 1965, Dad's

We got there early, with only a few people in the store. It was packed an hour later.

I love seeing other Fluevoggers - they are always interesting and have quirky style. We saw some people we'd met the last time we went to a party at Fluevog (here), and met some really cool new folks.

Ack! There's John himself! The blazer he's wearing is patterned with a painting of scenes from John's life and his 50 years doing shoes.

 I stood in line with my book for about 20 minutes and then had my moment.

"I'm just going to sign my name," he said as he scrawled in gold across the page, then he checked out my shoes, and we had a discussion about how moths eat everything (including my other wool Fluevog boots - these). Short and sweet. There were a lot of people in line for signing.

Here's my beautiful book.

 I asked John to sign on the page with the picture of the iridescent Malvern...

 ...since L owns a pair! I also picked up a postcard advertising the book tour.

Our friends Yvonne and Randall, and Linda and Brad, also showed up.

All fabulous, of course!

Randall and Yvonne.

 Yvonne wore her sparky top - it used to be mine, way back here in December 2012...with my grey wooly boots! Ha, it all comes around.

Linda and Yvonne, rocking their 'Vogs.

I'm envious of Yvonne's rocking violet lace-up boots. They are seriously cool.

The six of us went out for dinner after, and although we were home by 9pm, it still was exhausting partying on a school night! I did not put any effort into my outfit today.

Of course, it's a jammy dress!

• Dress - Essentiel Antwerp, consignment; last worn here in August with my wooly purple shoes - deja shoe!
• Shoes - Miista; last seen here (2nd outfit) in November with a cape
• Coat (below) - Hilary Radley, thrifted; last worn here a couple of weekends ago

Get ready for PANK! It's so pink, it's PANK!

My coworkers LOVE this dress - I always get raves when I wear it. Do not adjust your set, this is the real, almost-neon colour.

"If this pink is PANK, does that make you a punk?" asked a colleague.

"Totally! Pink PANK punk!" I love it when people get into my outfits.

As you can see, I wore the same tights as the previous night (also the same cami underneath).

 Look at the colour, not the tired lady, says this PANK armour. It really worked!

Outerwear - I needed the Unsafe ocelot today for its snuggliness.

 And pink accoutrements, obviously.

• Fur boa - thrifted
• Gloves - consignment

The stuff:

 These shoes also got lots of love.

Minimal bling:

I barely had the energy to pick out earrings.

• Earrings - consignment, Vancouver