Butterfly Silk, Genie Gold, and Yellow Desmond Flashback

I felt all cocooned today, in my billowy outfit.

I proclaimed myself "a beautiful butterfly" to two of my coworkers, and flapped my "wings" at them. 

• Silk kimono - Nancymac, consignment; last worn here (2nd outfit) in September 2019, over my outrageous Urbanite ensemble at the Art Gallery
• Sweater - Ellen Tracy, swap from Caro; last seen here in an outfit fail in April
• Skirt - Dries Van Noten, consignment; last worn here in November 2019 with purpureus
• Shoes - Big Presence Desmond, Fluevog; last seen here in August 2019 with a fabulous striped dress

Vizzini was completely unimpressed with me this morning. 

"My block toy is more alluring, Woman."

We had a lovely sunny day today, and following my successful repair of the stains on these yellow shoes, I had to wear them with this wonderfully drapey silk kimono. 

There's more yellow, see?

I liked how the billowy silk went with my Genie skirt.

I have a thing for weird skirts. It's a thick woven gold lame (lah-MAY!) fabric, with a high waist and a bubble hem. Yes!

The stuff:

My shoes held up really well, although I don't do a ton of running around in the office these days. I did notice a few yellow wax flakes on the floor near my desk in the afternoon, though. But they still look pretty good for now.

Layered bling:

I am grooving on a flapper-ish vibe these days. Makes sense - it is the 20s, after all. 

• Top chain - 2028, c. 1998
• Glass/wire chain - Oscar & Libby's
• Leaf necklace - Lisner, vintage 60s, Grandma J's
• Leaf bracelet - Trifari, vintage 60s, thrifted
• Gold/pearl bracelet - Trifari, vintage 60s, Mom's (I think)
• Gold/amethyst ring - Frances Jewelers, c. 1965, Dad's
• Crystal ring - Uffizi Gallery gift shop, Florence, Italy
• Earrings - consignment

The top chain is in the giveaway pile now - all the gold colour has rubbed off. It wasn't expensive when I bought it more than 20 years ago at Eaton's. 

Hey, Vizzini, I'm going to do a flashback of all my yellow Big Presence Desmond shoes. What do you think of that? 

"Your shoes bore me."

Ready? Including today's outfit, I've worn these shoes 21 times! Not bad, considering I bought them for $70 via the Fluemarket (Fluevog hosts a buy/sell site within their site), purchased here in February 2016.

This is the first outfit I made with them, in February 2016. I picked out the yellow in the jacket's pattern.

You might not think that yellow shoes would be a good investment, but they are awesome as a pop of colour.

In March 2016.

 A black wool dress with an olive greenish obi, and green/yellow vintage jewelry.

There's that jacket again, in March 2016.

This time I paired them with a yellow sleeveless sweater that is not the same shade of yellow - my yellows rarely match. Don't care, close enough!

All tonally matchy with pastel yellow in May 2016.

 L hasn't changed a bit, but my hair is so short there (and that's my previous pair of purple glasses)!

I love this outfit - pink and yellow is an unexpected combo. This is also in May 2016.

When I buy patterns, I always look for colours that I can play with.

This is from May 2016, well before the "cold shoulder" blouses were a thing - this is a vintage 90s version.

I still have that pink leather skirt.

In July 2016 with a pussy-bow blouse.

I went through a phase of those blouses. The skirt is one I've had for a very long time...and you'll see it again soon.

There is a tiny bit of yellow in the pattern of this top (it's cranes, by the way).

 That's in July 2016 also.

Third time's the charm with this jacket.

 I'd been on the lookout for a yellow belt to go with the shoes, and there it is! This is in August 2016.

Pink and yellow makes another appearance in September 2016.

There's that yellow belt again.

And again! This is from May 2017 - the yellow shoes get packed away over fall/winter for 6 months.

You'll notice I often wear my yellow Bakelite vintage earrings and my giant yellow cuff with the belt/shoes.

Another pattern with some yellow in it - this is a vintage Etro dress, worn in June 2017.

The full yellow "set" of earrings/cuff/shoes are deployed there as well. A no-brainer!

I loved this dress, but I had to be at my most strict chocolate rationing to wear it.

That was in July 2017. I didn't wear the shoes again for a year! I just wore them less that summer for whatever reason.

For Pride Week in July 2018, I wore one of each of my waxed canvas shoes.

I'm a rainbow! Get it?

A repeat with this beautiful skirt, as promised, also in July 2018.

I have the formula down! Yellow belt!

There's the full yellow set, including jewelry, in September 2019.

 Yellow really cheers up taupe. There is a tiny bit of yellow in the blouse.

None of these yellows match exactly, but I can't imagine any other colour when the dress has a yellow hem.

That was in April 2019.

If you wear a yellow top, you have bookends of yellow.

That was in May 2019, a year ago.

There's today's kimono and a similar swath of necklaces, in July 2019.

 Another yellow top - this one's cashmere - knowing I have the shoes to match.

Variations on the first time 'round, but with all the yellow jewelry added.

That's the last time I wore these shoes, in August 2019. I'm down to $3.33 per wear - which I'm really happy with.

That was fun! Does that convince you that you need yellow shoes? I always have a substantial collection of yellow in my closet - it's my sunshine colour!

"And this is my sunshine, Woman, so move along."

I'm off tomorrow - enjoy your day, and I'll see you on Friday!