Bonus Fancy Friday: Purple Goth and Room 502 Flashback

Surprise! I had the time so you get a bonus post going into the weekend! Happy Friday - I got Fancy!

I had a reader once refer to one of my styles as "soft goth," which I love. I'm a purple goth today.

• Blazer - Tahari, consignment; purchased here for $22.50
• Sparkly tee - Ted Baker, consignment; last seen here (2nd outfit) with ORANGE LEATHER SHORTS in March 
• Skirt - Twinset, consignment; last worn here in March for our Vampire Anniversary
• Shoes - Room 502 Entrance, Fluevog; last seen here (2nd outfit) for an outfit that never went outside

I built the outfit around this new-to-me velvet moto jacket. The body of it is velvet (front and back), and the sleeves are a thick knit.

I knew I wanted to wear a bigass skirt with it. 

I ADORE this skirt - it's got oodles of layers of gauzy, flowy netting, and an asymmetrical ruffle around it, with even more layers of froof. 

It swooshed and swirled when I walked to and from work. It also took a bit of wrangling not to roll into my office chair.

Jacket off - I took it off a few times when I was hot-flashin', showing my sparkly navy blue tee.

"Did you bring me a treat?"

Vizzini would not leave the skirt alone! He kept trying to bite the hem. 

I discovered that my skirt had attracted bits of detritus. 

I'd found a few pieces when I unpacked this skirt, and more twigs and things when I got to work - this skirt is a twig magnet! 

I pulled off a leaf, bits from a cedar tree, and other assorted sticks and bits. 

The hem is a bit ragged in places, but I can easily trim it as it's not a sewn hem. Disaster averted! 

Masked up - that's my purple sparkly Hallowe'en mask, and all my purple accessories (shoes, mask, outerwear) matched perfectly in real life, so disregard that it seems blue here. 

"I like your outfit," commented a random strange man in the elevator. 

The jacket zipped up - I love it like this, but it's a wee bit boob-smooshy for sitting at my desk. Good only for walking to and from work.

Note the structured "scoops" on the sides - they remind me of panniers (Wiki link here). 

It was quite warm today, so I didn't bother with a coat. 

My purple wool beret, matching leather gloves, and skull and crossbones scarf for the win! 

• Beret - consignment
• Gloves - Danier Leather
• Scarf - Metrowear, San Francisco, 2006

The stuff: 

I always feel like Prince when I wear these shoes - we're going to have a Flashback on them shortly. Oh, in case you are wondering, I wore black lace tights with this outfit - you can see a bit of them in the stair picture.

Silver bling:

Ah, I'm happy to have these back in rotation. I love my "teeth" necklace. 

• Necklace - The Bay
• Belt - vintage fair
• Leather cuff - c. 1989
• Silver/amethyst ring - vintage mall
• Silver/onyx ring - Tocarra, vintage fair

Flashback: Room 502 Entrance, Fluevog

I first tried on these shoes when L and I went to Fluevog in Gastown in Vancouver in March 2016, but waited for them to go on sale (and for my $100 birthday Winesday Women gift card!) before I bought them in October 2016 (here). 

Aren't they a gorgeous two-tone purple? Fluevog has an identical pair right now in orange (they no longer make the purple), but I am not tempted. Maybe when they go on clearance in two years! 

I love the Cuban heels, which give the illusion of being very high, but aren't. 

I ended up paying $165.00 for them after my gift card, which is in my under-$200 sweet spot for Fluevogs. 

I first wore them right away in October 2016, and this ended up being the only time I ever wore them with trousers. 

Those "lock and key" print pants were a favourite for a few years until I got tired of them. The top was put in the giveaway pile earlier this year. 

A simple look with a pleather dress in November 2016. 

This was actually a shopping outfit, so most people saw my spectacular fancy coat instead (picture here). 

I wore them twice in January 2017. I really loved this sweater, but it started unraveling at the neckline. 

You'll see this leopard skirt again - once I find things that work together, I wear them over and over.

This is the second January 2017 outfit, where I styled it to show off this pleather vest (which I ended up not keeping).

I do still have both that silk bird blouse and that mohair miniskirt. 

I wore one of my regular summer jackets as a topper with this outfit in October 2017 (I have always stored the shoes away for spring/summer). This is when I discovered that I had a pair of violet-purple tights that matched the shoes exactly. We will see those tights many times! 

I was building an outfit here around the top; it proved to be difficult so POOF! Off the to giveaway pile. I adore that skirt and still have it. It's another one we'll see again.

This outfit is boring at the top (although that is a Vivienne Westwood blazer), but becomes more fun as you go down. There's that shiny leopard skirt again.

I wore it to look professional for a meeting that I had with the new office's property management company in November 2017. Mustn't let them think I'm not profesh! Never mind that shiny leopard print mini and purple legs, haha! 

A revisit of this skirt again, in February 2018.

I acquired a bunch of navy blue around this time, including this sparkly sweatshirt. It wasn't really me, so it's long gone. 

Some of my outfits are all about the outerwear look, like this one in October 2018. Don't worry, I wore the exact same outfit again a year later, so you can see what I have on underneath.

Seriously, how cute! I need to wear this combo of fedora, cape and gloves again soon! 

This is the fourth time I've worn this skirt with these shoes (and three times in a row!). I wore this for Christmas Day in December 2018.

You'll all recognize my long blue cardigan. I have worn it a fair bit, and I should probably do a Flashback on it one of these days.

Hooray for a PANK dress! This is also in December 2018.

I loved these tights with the purple boots, and we'll see them again too. 

And there they are, in February 2019, with a vintage wool Dolce & Gabbana slip dress. 

I'm even wearing the same necklace as the previous outfit! 

All done up in shiny gold - this is a lovely dress that I bought in Italy a few years ago that is due for a wear. 

This was in March 2019, getting a last wearing in of these pieces before spring, no doubt.

Here are those floral tights again, with the burnt orange dress I just wore last week - this was in October 2019, and was probably the first time I wore the orange dress. 

I see I have a new colourful necklace with bits of purple in it! 

This exact outfit is what I'm wearing under the cape above (October 2018's look). Love it.

Those are indeed the same purple tights, and there's that lovely leopard mini again. My cape-blouse is the best navy blue top I found and I still have it.

And here's the last time I wore these shoes to work, with my new-to-me (then) purple sweater-dress, in February 2020.

Same purple tights - this marks the 7th time I have worn them with the shoes. My tights last forever because I have so many pairs! 

This was actually the last time I wore the shoes, in a "let's pretend" outfit in March 2020 with this amazing vintage gown. No one but my dear readers saw this.

I might have worn this to Urbanite at the Art Gallery if there hadn't been a pandemic - ah, well. There will be more Urbanites one day.

Mathy stuff: Today's outfit marks the 17th wearing of these shoes. Considering that I only have them out for 6 months a year, and have only had them for 4 years, that's pretty good. That works out to a ridiculously cheap $9.71 per wear, and like many of my high-quality shoes, I plan to wear these for years to come. 

And now, I'm really gone for the weekend!