Ephemera

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Second Time for Pink Velvet

Just a reminder to vote for your favourite outfit of the year-long 30 For 30 For 12 Capsule Challenge here, in case you missed it. Please leave a comment with your top 3 faves.

Today's the second time I've worn this pink velvet jacket.

I felt very girly and pink today. I know pink's not everyone's cup of tea (I've loathed it myself for a good portion of my life), but this dusty pink is one of my favourite shades.

I'm wearing the jacket with my ultra-fem floral blouse that appeared in the August 2012 capsule (recap here), along with the purple-y-grey Chie Mihara flats. The blouse was the most-worn top of August, and I wore the shoes 6 times. They were just as comfy today.

The skirt is my navy blue swooshy skirt, and was featured in the July 2012 capsule (recap here). I wore it 3 times then, and I'm sure I'll wear it lots now that it's back in rotation.

I wore another new pair of nylons with patterns up the back. They are pretty groovy.

I last wore this jacket here.

Nougat London pink velvet blazer: Outfit #1

The stuff:

I really adore the shoes. I am slowly coming around to having more flats in my wardrobe. It was certainly nice to not to have to change into my runners to dash out on a mid-day errand today!

A close-up:

The three different buttons that I sewed onto the jacket, a pair of vintage earrings, a cheapy ring, and a vintage brooch of my grandmother's.

I always forget to include my Wendy Brandes* lapis lazuli ring. I'm up to at least 100 wears on it since I bought it a year ago, bringing the cost per wear down to the $3.00 range - I believe in wearing your good stuff! It's worth it!
*linking 'cause I love Wendy and her jewelry

Jacket (Nougat London, consignment), blouse (Esprit, consignment), skirt (Tobias, thrifted), shoes (Chie Mihara), brooch (Pastelli, vintage 60s, Grandma J), ring (Nine West), ring (Wendy Brandes), earrings (thrifted, vintage).

Monday, February 18, 2013

Last Chance for Brown Lace

For a Monday, today was surprisingly mellow - spring must be on the way! I've seen crocuses and the first buds of the daffodils pushing up.

And here we go - the third outfit for the brown lace skirt.

For this outfit, I'm pairing it with the jacket from Kim Cattrall's suit (featured with the skirt in the November 2012 capsule, recap here). I had put aside the brown lace skirt with the intention of having it in the autumn neutral capsule that month, but it got edged out by the brown leather skirt (close in colour, but different shape and texture). I learned my lesson of not having two similar items in a capsule, and thought maybe the skirt would go in December's capsule (nope, not a brown-neutral month) or January's (put my crazy-shaped new-to-me brown skirt in there instead).

The shoes are fabulous - I forgot how much I liked them, since I haven't worn them since waaaay back in February 2012's capsule (recap here, where I wore them four times in a month).

Hee, I look half-asleep there

The green top is from the August 2012 capsule (recap here) - I'm wearing it more as a layering piece here. It's got more weight than a camisole and is a bit warmer. It was chilly out today!

The danged nylons got a run right up the back of the leg today. *sigh* Oh well.

Get your voting on!
Brown lace skirt (Planet): Outfit #3
The shoes are by Fly London, and are made in Portugal. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for ethically-made shoes - not easy to find!

My new-to-me copper pin that I thrifted for $4.00.

I got the screw-on earrings at a thrift fair back in November - two pairs for $5.00. They are stamped "Lisner" so are likely from the early- to mid-60s.

Blazer (Pink Tartan, consignment), top (Harve Bernard, thrifted), skirt (Planet), shoes (Fly London), pin (thrifted), earrings (vintage, thrifted, Lisner).

I was so excited - a package came in the mail today from the awesome Lynne of The Good Will Hunting Paralegal.

This lovely snakeskin silk scarf is divine - so soft! And such a sweet card. Unfortunately, a little stick-pin with a leaf encased in resin was broken. Aw...Thank you, Lynne! You are so generous!

Sunday, February 17, 2013

30 For 30 For 12 Challenge - Favourite Outfit! and Wild Card Winner!

First up, the winner of the Favourite Wildcard Outfit of the 30 For 30 For 12 Challenge is...at the end of the post (heh, you didn't think I was really going to put it right at the front of the post, did you?)!

Favourite Outfits - 1st, 2nd and 3rd

This week, we're going to look at the top 3 favourite outfits from each of the monthly capsules. I've shown them as 1, 2 and 3 (including ties) just for information - you can pick your favourites from ANY of the outfits below!

Just for sh*ts and giggles, I've noted my own personal top 3 favourites after each month, with links. Some of my faves were also your faves, but don't let my preferences influence your votes! (and you can't vote for outfits not pictured below).

I'm making this a write-in vote instead of a poll (Pollcode can't handle that many choices), so please leave a comment with your ranking of 1st, 2nd and 3rd from any of the outfits below.

You can click on the dates below each picture to go to the original posts, where you can find more pictures and details on the outfits.

Get your pencils ready to take notes! Here we go!

February 2012: