What I Actually Wore #0068

Serial #: 0068
Date: 03/06/2012
Weather: 14°
Time Allowed: 10 minutes

It was a cold day in June when my friends and I travelled to the country town Bendigo to view the Grace Kelly exhibition. I wanted to wear something with a retro silhouette, but I also wanted to keep warm. And there were a pair of new shoes that were begging to be worn. These were 40s style cherry red suede platform T-straps, so my outfit was built around those. They have become one of my favourite pairs of shoes (although I have been very remiss and forgot to photograph them for this story).

The wide-legged trousers are wool, as is the red jacket, and both would keep me toasty. Vintage pearl ‘grape’ earrings echoed the shapes of the red pompom scarf. The final touch was the 50s grey wool felt hat trimmed with a jaunty stylised feather shape and bows.

I received numerous compliments from other visitors to the exhibition that day, but oh, how my feet ached in the new shoes! There was too much standing about, edging from display case to display case in the crowded exhibition rooms. But one must suffer for fashion. I’m sure Grace Kelly must have done once or twice.

Items:

Jacket: vintage
Top: Veronika Maine
Pants: Ming
Earrings: vintage
Bangle: souvenir from Barcelona
Watch: Kenneth Cole
Hat: vintage
Shoes: Zoe Wittner