Bigass Weekend Wrap-Up: Friday's Pleasing Pleats; Saturday's Sporty Vintage, and a Wee Shop

Welcome back, Gentle Readers! Let's see what I wore this weekend, shall we? 

Here's Friday's 'fit to kick this off - I had to wear this new dress. 

I am giving it an A (it misses an A+ due to no pockets - I'm a hard marker) and it pleased me greatly to wear it. I expect to see it in 30 wearings, getting a Flashback. 

• T-shirt - Cynthia Rowley, thrifted; last seen here (2nd outfit) in September 2023 with a vintage skirt for brunch
• Dress - Uniqlo X Claire Waight Keller, thrifted; purchased here for $19.95
• Shoes - Sole Talk Lenora, Fluevog; last worn here in June with a pajama jacket
• Denim jacket (below) - G-Star Raw, consignment, Powell River; last seen here in July over a toile chandelier dress

Colleague Ngoc looked at my layered t-shirt and said, "OH, that's something I should do with my summer dresses!"

I can't take credit for this layering trick - I remember being gobsmacked when I first saw a strappy dress worn with a baby tee under it way back in 1994-5. I copied it then and I've never stopped! 

Since I can't wear a camisole-style dress like this without a layering piece, unless I really want my full-support bra front and center, thin garments underneath are essential. 

I'm looking forward to layering a green turtleneck plus my blue or green boots - this dress is staying out for fall. 

I twirled for colleague Nour, and enjoyed my billowing as I went up and down stairs at the office. I did have to pile the skirt portion in my lap to avoid the office chair wheels.

The colours are much richer in person - and the blue and green print more prominent - under the bright office lights. 

I picked a dark denim jacket for the pockets.

I had a plethora of choice for toppers I could have worn, though - I'm excited to pair the dress with other things in my closet. 

Incognito. 

Temps in the low 20s, sunny, cloudy, windy. Typical summer in Victoria. 

Accoutrements: 

It's an eagle wing! 

• Scarf - Metropolitan Museum of Art "Eagle Wing" scarf, King Tut exhibit, 1970s, thrifted, Seattle

The stuff: 

I enjoyed the subtle inclusion of purple in my accessories and shoes - there is a little bit of purple in the dress' pattern. 

Matchy bling: 

I love this ginormous necklace. 

• Necklace - J. Crew, consignment
• Earrings - c. 1995
• Steel/Lucite ring - Calvin Klein, thrifted
• Silver/amethyst ring - vintage mall
• Orange crystal cuff - Loren Hope, consignment, Sidney
• Steel/purple stone bracelet - Malta, vintage 70s, vintage mall

L spent Friday on Pender Island playing disc golf with buddies, so I had a quiet evening until he got home and joined me for some board games. 

I dyed my hair on Saturday morning, then leisurely played in my closet (THE BEST) and came up with a brunch outfit. 

"Whatever, just leave."

Vizzini remains unimpressed by our comings and goings. 

Post-Ulti, L, Zeb and I walked downtown to John's Place for brunch, and then I stayed downtown for a wee shop.

How to not make vintage look costume-y? Add sporty elements! 

• Cropped hoodie - Adidas, consignment; first seen here (2nd outfit) in April to see Katie Pruitt in concert
• Cheese curls dress - vintage 70s, consignment; first worn here (2nd outfit) in August 2023 with neon orange tied over it
• Sneakers - L'intervalle, consignment; last seen here in July with Mom at Finnerty Gardens

This is a dress (here's a pic of just the dress) but a lot of folks that I saw thought it was a skirt. 

I loved how this cropped jacket worked over it, and I played up the athletic-wear vibe with a chunky sneaker. 

I ran into colleague Viz (not to be confused with Vizzini the Cat) while I was out, who gushed over my 'fit.

The dress is double-knit polyester, and the hoodie is fleece-lined...

...and the day got hotter as it went.

By the time I got home, I was drenched in sweat.

Incognito - this is how most people saw me. 

I had oodles of kind comments from people in the various shops I went in. 

Accoutrements and stuff: 

Even my purse got some love! These sneakers have been an awesome purchase - they go with everything! 

• Purse - Rebecca Minkoff, consignment

Badass bling: 

I had nearly as many compliments on my "Mr. T." necklace as I did on my dress. I picked this up retail at Club Monaco over 15 years ago, on final sale from $89.00 (really!!) for only $9.00. 

• Studded cuff - vintage 90s
• Silver/obsidian ring - consignment
• Silver/onyx ring - Tocara, vintage fair
• Black plastic chain necklace - Club Monaco
• Orange plastic bracelet/ring - Italian, vintage 60s, vintage mall
• Earrings - vintage fair

And now, a wee shop. I popped into the Beacon Ave Thrift Store after brunch, and found these Adidas track pants.

Love the orange stripes, and they have pockets! 

A mere $10.50. Done! 

I promised L I would not wear track pants around the house, so I may put these in my workout/walking wardrobe. Or, I might try to style them up with a street-wear vibe.

I also snapped up this Adidas cropped long-sleeved top.

This will be a good weekend sporty piece. 

Only $9.00.

Such a deal. 

I'd left this tee on the racks the last time I was in, and regretted it. 

I watch enough "Antiques Roadshow" to know who Charles and Ray Eames are (link here if you don't, all links 'cause I love, of course). Those are classic Eames chairs.

And I recognized the SPRZ NY x Uniqlo branding from my Andy Warhol tee (this one here), which I'd paid $19.98 for. 

"Eames Office" and their logo on the hem. 

I spied these online for $25+ and mine was $6.00 - OR WAS IT??

It was actually $3.50, since short-sleeved tops were all half off! I'm not sure if I'll keep this for myself or flip it to one of my friends who likes Eames designs. 

I meandered down to Market Square and had a poke through Vintage After Death, where I didn't need to ponder very hard before I grabbed this two-piece set. 

EEE! I love the Mona Lisa...only skeletonized and with horns! And the mini-skirt has the "Birth of Venus" as a skeleton! 

The back is another skeletal work of art - I don't know this one. 

And the back of the skirt is the Mona Lisa again. I can't wait to wear this in October! 

It's by Trickz N' Treatz, a division of Dolls Kill, and the top alone retails for $57.00. The bottom doesn't seem to be in stock anymore.

"Leonardo and Botticelli would be proud." For $45.00, I'm happy with it. The skirt is RATHER short, but maybe with some thick tights and tall boots for autumn? I can also hike it up to act as a strapless underlayer for the top. 

From VAD, I came out into the centre courtyard of Market Square (this is in "old town" Victoria), where another vintage fair was going on!

I had a wander through, chatted with some vendors, interacted with some customers ("You should buy that!" I often encourage). A shout out to Sara(h?) who was the organizer of this event - she had me do a twirl for the Insta account. Hello! 

I had a leisurely browse through Flavour Upstairs next, where I found this Run DMC "King of Rock" tee. 

I was attracted to the blue, yellow and red - this will go with a bunch of things in my sporty wardrobe. 

It was $19.99. 

I might also end up sleeping in it 100+ times. 

I poked around in Bric-A-Brac next, where this small shallow copper plate leaped out at me. 

Only $3.00, and now I have a nice display for some of my copper jewelry. 

I scraped the fuzzed-up old felt nubs off. 

It's by "Fantasy" copperware, and is "hand wrought" which means all those dents on the rim are from someone hammering the copper - it's not poured into a mold - and t was made in Canada. There is tons of this stuff on the Internet, but this is a banged-up little plate, not worth more than $10.00.

As I walked home, I noticed a tree's branches waving vigourously. I must investigate! 

"Move along, lady!"

I can't resist squirrels. 

"Well, I can resist YOU, so try harder!"

She seemed quite cranky, so I left her to her business. 

And that's my weekend, my friends! We spent Sunday getting groceries, and lounging about, reading, playing board games and chilling out with Vizzini. I hope you had a fabulous weekend too, and thank you so much for dropping by.