What I Actually Wore #0037

Serial #: 0037
Date: 31/12/2009
Weather: a sultry 36.7°, it a spectacular storm hits
Melbourne early evening
Time Allowed: planned out days before*

I was sooo excited when I first saw these little sequinned bloomers by Bettina Liano in a catalogue last winter.

There were two problems: they were ridiculously expensive** (considering their diminutive size) and it was winter. Which meant I wouldn’t be wearing them any time soon. (I’m one of those strange people who like to roam the streets in the dead of winter warmly dressed.)

However, I eventually succumbed to my desire for the pricey pantaloons, and intended to wear them in the springtime at the racing carnival. … It was still too cold then. They would have to wait for summer proper, I realised, and decided they would have their big debut on NYE.

I had a special little velvet strapless tank that I had not yet worn: hot pink and shirred to boot. And I love velvet that is made from silk or rayon – it’s just so soft.

I matched the outfit with a woven metal bangle, patent sandals and a pair of darling little earrings that I made myself. The metallic pink ‘raspberry’ beads are Indian, and the green rectangular beads are jade. I love how they dangle so merrily, and I am always given compliments whenever I wear them.

But it was the sequinned bloomers’ night to shine!

* I was so ahead of myself I took these photos two days before New Year’s Eve.
** There was also a longer length version, in a harem pants style that cost only $30 more than the shorts. I thought this odd considering how many additional yards of fabric they held!

Items:

Top: Third Millennium
Shorts: Bettina Liano
Earrings: So Not A Princess
Bangle: from the Salvos
Shoes: Zoe Wittner