Goodbye, Urban Camo - Flashback!

Monday! I defaulted to an as-yet-unworn seasonal item, my Urban Camo dress. As you may have surmised from the post title, this is its last outfit. 

I layered my new-to-me black suede and leather blazer with it, and picked out the red in the pattern with my bright red booties. 

• Blazer - Marquis, vintage 90s, thrifted; purchased here for $15.00
• Dress - Dept, thrifted; last seen here (2nd outfit) in March 2023 with a blue cardi
• Booties - Powerhouse Jyoti, Fluevog; last worn here in January on a snow day
• Eclipse coat (below) - Welsh, consignment; last seen here in February

My view of the Castle this morning - it was clear and cold for most of the day. 

The branches are starting to fuzz out - teeny-weeny buds are appearing. 

I liked everything about this outfit...except the tights - I should have worn black tights. Just pretend I did.

I loved this gorgeous, soft suede blazer - I flipped the cuffs back to let the dress sleeves show. 

I remember structured boxy blazers like this back in the day, the early 90s. I am guilty of cutting out shoulder pads, like the previous owner of this blazer did, when the trend had peaked.

And I realized today, that the dress was my least favourite part of this outfit. It's not a piece I grab for anymore. 

I've pulled it out of the giveaway pile a few times over the years. 

But it's been an awesome dress for a very long time, so we are going to have a Flashback on it at the end. 

Without the blazer.

But I didn't take it off. 

Outerwear. 

Oops, I left my closet light on! 

Accoutrements: 

Love that bright blue. 

• Scarf - Vera, vintage, Mom's
• Gloves - consignment

The stuff: 

Funky boots! I love the colour and shape. 

Black and gold bling: 

Featuring my new-to-me black eelskin cuff. 

• Belt - consignment
• Earrings - vintage 70s, vintage mall
• Gold/eelskin cuff - thrifted; purchased here for $7.95
• Brass/glass ring - Rafael, vintage 70s, consignment
• Brass ring - vintage mall
• Leather/chain wrap - local

Flashback: Urban Camo Dress by Dept

I bought this dress on impulse, without trying it on, back here in October 2024, nearly 10 years ago! L dashed into a store to buy a guitar stand, and I did a five-minute shop in the WIN (Women In Need) Boutique next door. 

I was smitten with the colours and the abstract pattern. I've called it my Urban Camo Dress for years. 

It came with a tie belt in the same polyester fabric, but I have seldom worn it. 

The dress is by Dept (a brand I've seen at Dots for years). 

And yes, it was $8.00. 

I first wore it in October 2014. Enjoy my changeable hair, my rotating glasses, and watch me get older! I am 47 here, wearing purple frames and my hair is orange with a blonde streak in front. 

The hem is on that border of being too short, so I frequently layer vintage slips underneath - you can see a bit of one peeking out here. Those were orange waxed Fluevogs - they ended up getting badly stained. 

December 2014 - remember what I said about the hair! This is my stand-up coif that I rocked for a year or so. 

My hair is a more burgundy purple here. I still have the vintage orange leather belt. 

October 2015 - this is my travel outfit to Nashville, Tennessee. My hair is a vivid bright purple, really short, and the blonde streak remains. 

My beloved cowboy boots. 

I wore the dress each way while traveling, and once more for a day spent with blogger Megan Mae.

A classy hotel room pose. 

This was my travel home outfit - that's L's hat, which I wore as he bought himself a cowboy hat. 

Note the blue slip hanging out - we'll be seeing that again really soon. 

July 2016  - I'm growing my hair out. This was the first time I put the dress in the giveaway pile - I was tired of it.

I must have thrifted my Fendi belt around this time - I wear it a lot with this dress too! 

In August 2018, just returned from a trip to Powell River, no make-up. 

A Vizzini sighting - he's only 7 there.

Late December 2016. Hair's getting longer. 

Fendi belt - check! Blue slip - check! 

October 2017 - my 50th birthday had just passed. New aqua glasses and my hair's all grown out. 

I just wore those shoes last week! 

January 2018 - playing with my hair colour, moving away from the very bright purple (which was hard to apply on longer hair, and a pain in the arse to maintain the colour). 

My blue velvet boots! We know those! 

10 months later, November 2018. I dyed my current pastel over the darker colour until it faded, then switched to a purple non-permanent colour and grew out my natural hair. 

Hated those shoes. This might have been the only wearing of them. 

March 2018 - you can see my natural grey here in my bangs. 

This is the one and only time I wore the matching tie belt! 

November 2019 - hug time for Vizzini! 

It took over a year to get my hair almost fully grown out to my natural state - a boring grey with brassy overtones. I went back to dyeing it purple shortly after this. 

And...it's January 2021! I think the dress might have been in the giveaway pile again. 

Yay, it's a pandemic! I have new glasses.

November 2021 - one of my mullet cuts. 

Love that orange blazer.

And here's the last time I wore the dress, in March 2023. 

Looks cozy. 

Mathy stuff: Including today's outfit, I've worn this dress 17 times in almost 10 years, which works out to 47 cents per wear. 

Thanks for all the easy outfits, Urban Camo Dress!