Blue Toile Ruffles and Effortless Flashback

Monday, always my favourite. Time for a dress. 

This lovely toile-patterned dress was due for another wearing. 

• Dress - Part Two; first worn here (2nd outfit) for Mom's 75th birthday in May
• Jacket (below) - Dolce & Gabbana, vintage, thrifted; last seen here in June for a birthday stroll
• Shoes - Effortless Vivian, Fluevog; last worn here in September 2019 with baby blues

It also gave me the opportunity to wear these lovely shoes, which have been languishing in my closet this season. 

I'm also rather fond of all the ruffles on this dress.

Ruffles at the neck, around the arm holes...

And five layers of ruffles in the dress itself. 

Outerwear - I could have gone without a coat, but it matched the shoes so well. 

Masked up: 

My lovely blue toile one that Cat made for me. 

The stuff: 

I realized today, that I've had a blind spot this year with these shoes! They have been ready to go since I unpacked them from fall/winter storage, but this is the first time I've worn them this whole year! Tsk! I'll have to remedy that before I pack them away again at the end of September. We will have a Flashback on them shortly. 

Silver and blue bling: 

Some favourites. 

• Acrylic cuff - thrifted
• Filigree cuff - St. Paul's Cathedral gift shop
• Shield ring - Nine West
• Silver/sodalite ring - Scotland, 1996
• Lapis lazuli ring - Wendy Brandes
• Earrings - Vancouver

Flashback! 

I bought these lovely Effortless Vivian Fluevogs in Vancouver on our anniversary trip here in March 2016 - actually, L bought them for me, because that's what we do as gifts for each other. 

I buy him shoes; he buys me shoes! These were $299.99 originally. Don't they look good with my travel/shopping outfit? It's like I planned to buy them (I was hopeful, and had stalked them online first).

This is my first "real" outfit with these shoes, in April 2016. 

That's a cute dress, but it was a cheap one and didn't last too long with me. 

I didn't have a lot of baby blue in my closet when I first bought these, so I wore them with this same blue blouse multiple times. 

This was also in April. That skirt had flecks of blue in the pattern. 

With another cheap patterned dress in April 2016 again.  

The shoes went well with the dress, but what was I thinking with a red jacket? Nope, nope, nope. 

A fun and colourful combination in June 2016. 

I still have that yellow wool skirt, but the top only lived with me for a year or so. 

My beloved "stained glass" dress (and that same blue blouse!) in April 2017. 

Complete with a cat who is studiously ignoring me. 

I like this outfit, also from April 2017.

The shoes are all that's left - the moths ate the sweater, and the skirt was moved along.

I went through a mesh top phase - why, I'm not really sure. 

This was in May 2017. 

A month later, in June 2017. 

My eyeball dress is in the giveaway pile - it was always too tight in the boobular region. 

My cashmere tee makes an appearance in July 2017.

While I adored that skirt's pattern, its scuba material meant that it rode up when I walked. Gone! 

I love this outfit and wore a variation of it four our Spring Tea in 2019 - this outfit came first, and is also from July 2017.

I have yet to wear that jacket or that skirt this season - they're coming! 

Pondering whether I should keep this top and/or my culottes, in August 2017. 

I got rid of both of them. I slightly regret the culottes - they were pretty awesome, as you can see. 

That baby blue blouse gets one more outfit, and it's a good one. 

I love when a little ruffled collar and cuffs poke out from a tough leather jacket. This was in April 2018. 

Showing off my pink crystal articulated salamander brooch (it's on my shoulder) in this look from June 2018. 

I have all the jewelry, but none of the clothes. All gone. 

I have all these pieces still, from this August 2018 ensemble. 

Those dotty pants are a wee bit snug, but I'm keeping them! I'll get there eventually. 

Looking wistful here in April 2019. 

Today's jacket makes an appearance. That was a cute dress (with pockets!) but I had enough of it. 

I paired these shoes with my Lifesaver dress the first time I wore it, in July 2019. 

There is a bit of baby blue in the stripes. 

And here's the last time I wore them, for a Friday work outfit. 

I still have both that blouse and skirt, but I don't think I've worn either of them yet - that needs to be rectified! 

Mathy stuff: Including today's outfit, I've worn these shoes 18 times, which brings them down to $16.67 per wear. They're in excellent condition, so I expect to double that eventually!