Zoom-Day Dress Layers and Libby Flashback

Zoom-Day is here! I had three calls booked today, so I got dressed up. Jammy dress time! 

It's also FUH-REEZING out, so I am layered to the gills under this. It takes effort to look light and carefree! 

 

• Dress - Decisions, vintage 90s, thrifted; last worn here for Christmas Day 2019, a joy-filled day
• Boots - Libby Smith Bellevue, Fluevog; last seen here in October 2019...on today's dress' first outing

Zoom outfit factors: be comfortable; be warm; be stylish/fun/silly.

Actually, that's my entire philosophy towards wearing clothing. Notice that "be trendy" is not there. 

This dress is squarely from the early 90s - I had one very similar that I wore for Mom and Dad's 25th anniversary in 1990. I love the wrapped and ruffled neckline on it. I suspect it once had shoulder pads.

I'm amused that versions of this style are now trendy - I just liked it because it was a pretty dress. When is this ever not in style? 

Swooshy skirts! 

The fabric is bias-cut so it has amazing movement when I'm walking. 

There are so many colours in it - shoes are a bit tricky. 

I went with my tried-and-true boots. If they worked once, they'll work again - plus they are super comfy. 

My secret layers! 

I have brown 100% wool leggings on, with Roots lumber socks showing, a peach vintage full slip, and a peach cami (which disappears into my skin). I was snuggly except for my hands/arms. 

The stuff: 

I adore these boots, but they are complicated to wear - they evoke a very specific era/vibe, mostly a steampunk Victorian thing. We'll have a Flashback on them shortly - I've had them for many years, so get ready for some fun hairstyles. 

Bold bling: 

My Dior belt! 

 

• Belt - Christian Dior, vintage 80s, vintage fair
• Earrings - consignment
• Poison ring - Karen's
• Silver/smoky topaz ring - Anneli Neuman, Sweden, vintage mall

I did a Zoom with Nancy of Nancy's Fashion Style in the Netherlands! We are on an 9-hour time difference, so it was 11 in the morning for me, and 8pm for her, which actually worked out well. After a brief few minutes of panic when we couldn't get audio, we resolved it and gabbed for an hour!

I felt like I'd known Nancy for years and years - she even sounded like I thought she would (I have a higher voice than you'd expect, however). It felt like she could just hop on her bike and ride over to have a shop in my giveaway pile! Come on over, hon! 

My weekly call with Mom was next! 

"How did she get in there?"

Vizzini ventured out from his cocoon of blankets to sit on my lap for a few minutes and visit with Mom. 

Otherwise, the hour always flies by! Great to see you, Mom! 

Last but not least, I caught up with my friend Jen. We completely lost track of time and I forgot to take a picture. 

Wonderful seeing everyone - thank goodness for the miracle of modern technology! 

Flashback: Libby Smith Bellevues Victorian Boot, Fluevog

Like many of my early Fluevogs, I got these in Vancouver on one of our anniversary vacation jaunts, this time in March 2011 (here). These were a "last pair" sitting up against the wall in the Fluevog Gastown store (the first time we'd ever been there - it was brand new) and were marked down to $199.00. L graciously bought them for me, at the same time as my Listen Up O'Haras (which I had autographed by John Fluevog himself here). 

Purple with camel and rust buttons (fake, not real buttons - they zip on the inside). 

That is a super-comfy heel and very easy to walk in, so I've given them quite a battering over the ten years (TEN YEARS, where did that time go?). 

I wore them right away to work at my brand new job (which I've now been at for 10 years), in March 2011. 

Four pairs of glasses and three or four hair colours ago! I still have that Myka jewelry set, but most of my clothes from back then are long gone. 

Not this leather vest, though, as seen here again in March 2011. I did a Flashback on it here, and we'll see it a few times below.

I had a much smaller wardrobe ten years ago, so having shoes in these two colours made it challenging. 

October 2011 - I was heavily into mermaid-style skirts. I've always been a fan of that shape. 

I loved that giant denim skirt - it flapped like sails when I walked in it. 

I included these boots in my first month - February 2012 - of my "30 For 30 For 12" year-long wardrobe challenge. 

This was a locally-made skirt that I had for several years. 

I had a turquoise streak in my hair here, also February 2012.

Yet another early 00s mermaid skirt! 

I went full matchy here, again in February 2012. 

The turquoise streak faded out so fast! 

One of my rare blonde looks, from March 2013. 

That was one of my favourite yellow skirts. I still have that belt. 

The leather vest again, in April 2013.

Yet another mermaid skirt - this one was denim. I actually really like this length. 

I wore this outfit to a vintage fair with Cat and Elaine in May 2013. So much flounciness and ruffles!

It was highly impractical for trying on clothes, so I zeroed in on the jewelry and non-clothing items. I still focus less on clothing at vintage fairs, although I always look. 

I favoured steampunk style for many years and still really enjoy it. 

This was in June 2013. 

I wore these boots for our anniversary trip to Vancouver in March 2013 - I walked all over downtown Van in them. 

This is my outfit...

...and this is my outerwear. 

And that's the fabulous Melanie of Bag and Beret - it was the second time we'd met up with her.

I wore the boots again, out for dinner one evening. 

"Buffy" dress Flashback here. 

I love this April 2015 outfit. My hair's super-short and purple with a blonde streak at the front, and I'm swooping it up in a swirl. 

I wore that skirt until it ripped, and let go of that shirt a couple of years ago. 

Some clothes I'd nearly forgotten about, in November 2015. 

Elaine gave me that old suede skirt of hers, but it was very tight on me so I passed it along. 

This is kind of a "kitchen sink" approach to an outfit, from December 2015. Throw it all in there!

I have yet to do a Flashback on that dress, but I should! 

I still have both this silk blouse and this skirt from this October 2016 outfit. 

The skirt is from a vintage Valentino suit. I've started growing my hair out here. 

We just saw the skirt from this November 2017 outfit in Flashback (here). 

I included the outerwear picture from this day, just because it's so cute. I love it when my outerwear coordinates with the outfit underneath.

So delightfully matchy! I gave that coat up after a few years after it started to discolour. 

This is a cute outfit - I wore this out for dinner with Tammy in November 2018.

Leather jacket Flashback here. 

I wore the booties with this fabulous vintage dress for our friend Greg's 50th birthday. 

This was in February 2019. 

And here's the last time I wore the booties - this was the first wearing of today's dress, in October 2019. 

I'm impressed with what a variety of outfits I have managed to create with what are a pretty challenging pair of boots. 

Mathy stuff: That is 21 outfits over 10 years, which works out to $9.48 per wear. I'm quite happy with that, and I'll be lowering that as I continue wearing my funky boots. 

Do you have any two-coloured shoes? What are your favourites above?