Birthday Week: Last Outfit, and Blue Desmonds

And here we are: I'm on vacation, it's Birthday Week, this is my last outfit of the spring/summer wardrobe, AND I bought a birthday present for myself with the help of my amazing Winesday Women. 

That's a busy day! 

• Dress - Apanage; first seen here in August with rust sandals
• Boots - Coffee Kope Tiam, Fluevog; last worn here (2nd outfit) with swooshy palm trees in July
• Coat (below) - Lord & Taylor, thrifted; last seen here last week

The city was wreathed in fog all day, even though it was sunny and we could see blue sky. 

I love the Castle in all weather. 

I spent some time in my closet (my happy place) last night, pondering what to wear for my last outfit created from my spring/summer collection. 

The autumnal colours of this dress decided for me, especially when I discovered how well my copper jewelry went with it. 

The dress is a very light cotton and quite sheer - you can see my tattoos on my back through it. 

I'm wearing a vintage slip under it for coverage, and to keep it from riding up - the fabric clings to itself. 

Although I love this dress, it is not staying out for chilly fall days. Bring on the sweaters/jumpers! 

These "shoulder season" garments are perfect for this time of year. 

Masked up.

I liked how the light tones in this leopard mask worked with the dress pattern. 

Outerwear - one last wearing of this delightful coat. 

It's just right for warm weather but useless in fall/winter. 

The stuff: 

My lovely booties - I showed them off to Rae-Ann at the Fluevog store. Oh yeah, I went to the Fluevog store! 

Copper bling: 

The white parts on it are slightly crackled enamel. 

• Necklace/earrings - Matisse by Renoir, vintage 60s, vintage fair
• Pearl ring - Erth, consignment
• Brass/jade ring - vintage 70s, Mom's

So...Fluevog had a 3-day sale on the Big Presence Family of shoes last weekend...

...and that happens to be one of my favourite families...(I have these, these, these - those are all links to Flashbacks, scroll down to see them - and used to have these)

and they had just released a pair that caught my eye, the Big Presence Desmond in cobalt blue patent leather...

...with $99 knocked off the price!

And I had a $100 birthday gift card from Caro, Vero, Cat and Yvonne...

What's a girl to do? Buy the shoes!

I picked them up today from the store - my final price was $157.59 from the original $329.00, Fluevog site link  here (link 'cause I love), and they come in black too. 

The box lid says, "There are two types of people in this world: those who shy away from attention,
and those who wear Fluevogs."

Do you love them? I do! 

And I love my Winesday Women dearly! Thank you so much for helping me add these to my collection!