Fancy Friday: Denim Vest-Dress and Pink Pencil Flashbacks

Welcome to Fancy Friday! I'm not especially fancy today, but I count dressing in "real" clothes as fancy these days, don't you? 

I'd actually planned this entire outfit around my new blue shoes (these ones here), but when I put them on, they looked too dark, chunky and clunky with the outfit, so I swapped them out for this taupe-y pair. Maybe the new shoes will be better in the fall? I'll try another outfit with them soon.

• Vest/dress - Only, thrifted; last worn here in December 2019 over red and pink
• Blouse - Le Chateau, thrifted; last seen here (2nd outfit) in May with lilac and linen
• Skirt - Studio J, vintage 80s, thrifted; last worn here in July 2017 with dots and black and white pattern
• Shoes - Seychelles, thrifted; last seen here (3rd outfit) in May with my orange jumpsuit for a park party

I have a lot of physical work to do at the office over the next couple of weeks, so I'm keeping that in mind as I dress for work. I got rather sweaty in this today as I lugged around boxes and crawled under desks.

This denim vest - is it a vest? is it a dress? Yes! - will be featured in a Flashback below, as will this lovely vibrant pink skirt.

Add a pattern to tie them together, and bam, we are done here.

 The vest-dress has a matching tie belt, which I tie in the back when I wear it open like this.

When it's done up - the rear view.

I like that the top half has that overhang; it carries over to the front.

It does up with two snaps; the belt is really just for show.

I wore it like this walking to and from work. And we actually have some sun today (still very windy, though), so I sunblocked up my arms/tattoos.

The stuff:

Sometimes a neutral shoe is just a neutral shoe. I do like the studs on the suede straps.

Copper bling:

First wearing of Karen's copper cuff and poison ring. Aw, my Kare-bear...

• Copper cuff - Karen's
• Copper ball cuff - vintage 70s, vintage expo
• Copper/enamel leaf brooch and copper earrings - Renoir by Matisse, vintage 60s, vintage fair
• Silver/stone poison ring - Taxco, Karen's
• Silver/amethyst ring - vintage mall

Flashback time!

I spotted this sleeveless vest-dress at the same time as my sleeveless black coat, shopping at Flavour Upstairs back in September 2017 here, for $22.99.

I wore it right away, in September 2017, layering a cami and summer-weight wool vintage pencil skirt under it.

And nearly every time since, I've layered tops, pants and skirts under it. I've only worn it as a dress once!

I'm showing off my vintage Dior slip here - stay klassy, Sheila! - which I let show in lieu of a skirt.

This was in January 2018.

This is my favourite of all my outfits that I've done with it - I just love the black and white pattern and the punk-ish accents.

That was in May 2018. I can't quite fit into those trousers right now...working on it!

With trousers again in November 2018.

Those metallic weave pants were itchy on the seams, and the moths ravaged that wool sweater.

I loathed this February 2019 outfit, particularly the bottom half.

Ugh, horrible grey trousers! And those loafers were just not me.

What's this? I'm wearing it as a dress!

This was for a shopping expedition in April 2019. I recall I had to clutch the vest-dress closed while I walked - even with tights, it was showing a fair bit of leg.

And here's the last time I wore it, in December 2019.

I like how the extra denim layer really adds a bit of pizzazz to what is a pretty simple outfit otherwise.

Mathy stuff: Including today's outfit, I'm at 8 wearings of this vest-dress, which brings us to...$2.87 per wear, and still going strong.

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Super-duper bonus second Flashback!

I found this amazing 100% wool (it's a very fine summer weight) skirt here in August 2016 at Flavour Upstairs again, for $12.99. It was made in Vancouver, Canada, and is marked a size 10, but fits like a 6, so vintage 80s (pre-Great Size Shift).

And of course, I wore it right away, also in August 2016.

I don't have that denim jacket anymore - this outfit revealed that I needed more of a top underneath it.

I wore it again only a month later, in September 2016. Better outfit.

I recently read somewhere that pink and yellow are a "thing" - pshaw, I've been doing that for years! I love those two brights together.

Because the skirt is a summer weight, I only have it in my closet during the warm months - this is in April 2017.

We're going to have a fun Flashback with those shoes in the fall - I have worn them a lot.

In June 2017, I wore it with a darker pink top and cream accents.

Eh, it's okay. I like the colours together.

This is a fun summer outfit from July 2018 - sandals, sleeveless and tassels.

And pink! And leopard! Love it.

And finally, here we are at the last time I wore it, in July 2019.

I really like the bright pink mixed with two different black and white patterns. So fun.

Mathy stuff: Today's outfit marks the 7th wearing of the skirt, so we're at $1.86 per wear. Excellent! Another good cost-per-wear!


Vizzini, what do you make of all of this?

"I just want to hide under the covers, Woman."

But it's the weekend! There is too much fun to be had!

I'll be back on Sunday with tales of adventure. Have a lovely weekend, everyone, and thank you so much for dropping by.