It's been a very long day, so let's get to it.
It was the perfect day to wear the OTHER dragonscale skirt.
- Leather/wool/fur capelet - no label, consignment; last worn here in March
- Wool sweater - no label, not tracked
- Silk skirt - Strawberry Jill, thrifted; last worn here in April with black linen
- Boots - Original Sabado, Fluevog; last seen here (2nd outfit) in September, worn all day for Vero's birthday bash
I did a simple wool sweater (I have a full vintage slip underneath).
I found these fluffy cuffs in my archive stash when I cleaned out on the last swap-over and pulled them out. Why not wear them? What am I saving them for?
I featured my lovely olive green capelet.
Incognito.
I only waited a few minutes for each bus today - good "bus luck"!
I just did a small silk scarf and fingerless gloves.
I forgot to take the outerwear pictures all done up, so enjoy my hall selfies.
You can see the colours in the "scales" there - they are iridescent.
There we are, done up.
The stuff:
I was on my feet for a lot of the day, so glad I had these comfy boots.
- Leather purse - Aimee Kestenberg, thrifted, Powell River
- Fluffy cuffs - Fairweather, c. 1999-2000
- Wool gloves - Parkhurst
- Silk scarf - vintage, Lanvin, thrifted
Brassy bling:
Two of Mom's pieces - I know she likes seeing them.
He's very stubborn - he really wants to be out there.
- Brass/leather cuff - vintage 70s, Mom's
- Carved faux cinnabar bangle - consignment
- Stone bangle - consignment
- Two brass rings - both vintage mall
- Silver/carnelian ring - thrifted
- Bronze ring - P. Sarpaneva, vintage 70s, vintage expo
- Earrings - LA Express, 1994
- Brass astrological necklace - Mexican, vintage 70s, Mom's
Barnabas huddling on the deck in the cold morning.
Whateley sits in the bedroom and watches the squirrels on the lawn.
Many acorns are being buried there.
The tower, as I got off the bus.
Lots of red and yellow leaves out.
The stick tree.
There was a bald eagle vocalizing as I walked through here - I watched her in the distance.
Red leaves!
So vivid!
Mom and me!
Good to see you, Mom! Thanks for having me over! I love you!
She was very excited to show me her "new door" - my awesome nieces took her shopping for a new front door to her house, took pictures for her and helped her figure out the features she wanted.
She raided her quilting stash for door colours - it's going to be green! - and the contractor was very impressed with her organization. I do not come from a family of wafflers! We know what we like.
I bought this puzzle a few weeks ago, at Good Things consignment, for $9.95.
This cat watched us very intently.
I knew it would be a good one for both of us. It's so pretty and reminded us of the Japanese gardens at Gorge Park.
While we had lunch, we had visitors!
Sort of ignoring us.
I can see your ears turned towards us, madam.
Hi, Rodney!
"No time to chat."
Bye, Rodney!
Mom exhausted from all the day's excitement of her door guy's visit, me and all this puzzle work.
Love you!
Another awesome day!
Cloud Drama.
I bused back to town, and spent a few hours looking for items in WIN and Csino's Vintage to make our costumes for my birthday/Hallowe'en party this weekend.
I liked these leggings. They'll be good for around the house as well as my Mental Health Walks, to be resuming in January.
No rain, yay!
They're by Calvin Klein and only $14.95.
I prefer larger over smaller sizes in leggings - they're way more comfy!
This will be chopped up.
I'm not going to tell you what I'm doing just yet, though.
The sleeve lining was sewn in twisted, hence the donation to WIN.
That doesn't bother me.
It was only $9.95.
Someone cut the tag out!
But I can look up the CA number: it's by Talbots!
How exciting! I bet it sold for more than $9.95.
This top is for L, not me.
It's that icky bouncy jersey, but the animal vibe of the pattern and the colour is what we wanted.
It's by Penningtons, a plus-size store.
Only $11.95 and I'm cutting this up as well.
This pink fuzzy sweater is perfect for my plans.
It's thick and very stretchy as you can see from how it's hanging. I like the big sleeves.
Ugh, it's Temu, a gross fast fashion brand.
At least I didn't buy it new - and I'm going to cut it up! It was $11.95, as you can see.
This was a maybe for L, but I might keep it for myself. It's reversible: a scoop neck on one side, and a wide V on the other. And fully lined.
I didn't try anything on until I got home, just held it up against myself and hoped for the best.
Only $8.95.
It's by Reitmans, a mall brand.
At Csino's, I didn't find anything else, but this beautiful pinky-red coat called to me.
It's wide-wale corduroy, with batwing sleeves and defined shoulders (small shoulder pads) and does up with snaps.
It still had its belt, which is a miracle, as there are no belt loops!
I prefer it without, but it's good to have options - and I could swap for another belt!
There's a small tear on the stand-up collar.
I can easily fix that myself.
I was floored to see a full set of tags still in it!
Unusual to see larger sizes from this era - if you guessed early 80s, you'd be correct. This is before the Great Size Shift - this is a modern size 9-10.
I was floored to see a full set of tags still in it!
100% cotton.
And it is fully lined in acetate, as is also typical of the era - you can't wash acetate! It becomes very unhappy!
Ooh, a Union label! International Ladies Garment Workers Union of Canada - according to the Vintage Fashion Guild (here, link 'cause I love) this label was in use between 1968 and 1984.
Obsessively watching birds, squirrels and the neighbour dog-walkers.
However, the CA number yields "Niccolini Company" and when I search on that, I can see the history of the company by trademark details (here, if you're interested, I like this stuff!). The previous CA number holder changed it to Niccolini on Nov 25, 1986, so this was right at the tail end of Canadian union manufacture.
I think we can establish that this is from the mid-80s! It still very much has a 70s vibe to it, especially with the belt.
The top tag says Made in Canada. The brand is "Electre" and it says Paris, but of course, it's from CANADA.
It was only $68.00 due to that collar damage. The Electre label is coming undone on one side too, so I might also tack that down so it doesn't come off. What a find! This is unrelated to our party...just a cool thing I found.
And finally, more of the boys.
You can see the family resemblance!
And now, signing off for the weekend, my friends! I'll be back on Sunday with tales of adventure!
Oh oops I double posted and subsequently deleted both comments in error. Cool cuffs! Beautiful skirt that I think will work well as a dressed down skirt too.
ReplyDeleteNo worries, Lise, I tidied it up. All good. Thanks so much! Absolutely - all of my skirts must work in my casual looks now as well as fancier.
DeleteI do like the way the capulet works so well with the skirt. It's a lovely outfit and the cuffs are genius! I'm intrigued with your Hallowe'en costume plans, can't wait to see what you come up with. I think your Mom has chosen well for her new door. We chose a subdued green door too when we replaced ours, and I love it.
ReplyDeleteI love that little capelet - it's split in the back into "wings" so works with a cross-body bag. I hope you enjoyed the party post from the weekend, so you can see what I did with these weird pieces.
DeleteShe was humming "Green Door" all day, ha ha! It's a good colour!
"capulet"! where the heck did that come from. Darned autocorrect doesn't know what it is talking about. Must be fixated on Romeo and Juliet or something.
ReplyDeleteHa ha, it always wants to auto-correct Whateley to "Whatever."
DeleteHi Helen! Beautiful blue sweater you're wearing and lovely green color that will soon set your front door ready for entry. :-) Beautiful selfie of you two. :-)
ReplyDeleteSheila, yay for the capulet and your three bracelets! The puzzle is perfect for this time of year or, in my mind, even better for the dark of winter when flowers are scarce. Good point about slightly larger leggings being more comfortable. I am finding that out from experience… Oh, whatever costumes you have planned for you and L, they are sure to be interesting and you have, of course, piqued my interest. The colors are vivid, which first had me thinking of pirates in the Caribbean, but also possibly of dressy vampires… Whatever the case turns out to be I know it will be fun! Cheers, Laurie
Thank you for the lovely comment, Laurie!
DeleteI had to take off my bangles as they were loud and clanky while working on the puzzle. We both loved the colours in the puzzle - this is my favourite one so far! I hope you enjoy the party post!
Heading over to the party post now and I am quite certain I will thoroughly enjoy it!!!
DeleteHere's the Other Dragonscale skirt, and what a stunner it is! In fact, the whole out fit is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteThat pinky-red coat would have come home with me as well. The small tear will indeed be an easy fix. I can't wait to see your Hallowe'en creation(s)! xxx
Aw, thank you, Ann! While I love both skirts, one fits and the other...does not.
DeleteIt's such a lovely coat - I need to get that repair done ASAP while it's warm enough to wear it!
So lovely outfit, that Dragonscale skirt is gorgeous (I'm admiring the iridiscence and those small pieces of fabric sewed together, wow). Also lovely jacket/cape, what a shape and so fab different textures!, and obviously those boots are Fabulous!
ReplyDeleteGreat finds, particularly that red coat (always in love with red coats!) so 80's and so damn cool!
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Thank you! I know, I'm amazed at the amount of work that's gone into that skirt. I'm very excited about the red coat.
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