What I actally wore #0009

Serial #: 0009
Date: 28/10/2008
Weather: rainy periods in the morning only, 20°
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

Doesn’t your heart just palpitate with delight at the sheer gorgeousness of this silk knit top? Ruched and puffed sleeves! Polka-dot bow! Beads on the bow!

It was actually my friend who picked this adorable garment out of the dross hanging in the op-shop. I immediately felt a stab of envy and contemplated a quick shove-and-grab manoeuvre. But then I remembered we’ve been friends for 20 years, and also she knows where I live.

Imagine my joy when she regretfully passed it over to me because the style of the sleeves don’t suit her broader frame. “Oh, really?” I say sympathetically. “What a shame. I suppose I could bring myself to make use of it.”

The cute velvet turban is also an op-shop find – one that a different shopping companion turned her nose up at, but which received much adulation the day I wore it.

“Prada have brought turbans back into fashion!” I say brightly, but my friend isn’t buying it.

When I got home that night, I decorated the hat with a vintage brooch made of Aurora Borealis rhinestones that I found on eBay. It was described as an abstract motif, but I think it looks like a sheaf of wheat. I paid about $15 for it; it’s the type of brooch that would set you back $90 in vintage boutiques here in Melbourne.

I wore the hat on a jaunty angle and together with the top decided I was going on a 40s kick that day. Accordingly I wore my man-style, pin-striped trousers. Soft, cream leather mules pick up the same shade in the knit.

Items:

Knit: unknown origin, but not vintage
Trousers: Miss Shop
Hat: vintage, Kama’s Silhouet, Danish-made
Brooch: vintage 50s
Earrings: pearl teardrops from Camberwell Market
Shoes: Nina Martini