What I Actually Wore #0076

Serial #: 0076
Date: 27/07/2012
Weather: 14° – brrr! 
Time Allowed: 8 minutes

This simple workaday outfit started with the hat, and, with the chilly temperature in mind, warm woolen trousers. The striped jumper added a graphic element, and the raspberry suede heels a shot of delicious colour. The 50s velvet bandeau is new, and I am utterly smitten by the periwinkle colour. How funny that is such an American term – Aussies don’t use it at all, and would simply say ‘bluish-purple’, or possibly hyacinth. This is most likely due to the fact that periwinkles are not a common flower here at all. But I just love the colour.

Most of my pieces of jewellery are souvenirs: the ceramic earrings from Spain, the red carved jade bangle and the onyx ring from Vietnam. A lady at work tells me I look very French, but, given my Slavic heritage, I suspect that is due to nothing so much as that old cliché of the black and white striped top.

Did you notice I am wearing black trouser socks under my peeptoes? Once upon a time I would have considered that a profound sartorial no-no, but these days I am fine with it. On the other hand, I would not wear sheer pantyhose with peeptoes or sandals though – that would ‘seam’ a bit wrong!

Items:

Top: Meredith
Pants: Ming
Hat: vintage 50s
Earrings: souvenir
Bangle: souvenir
Rings: (0nyx) souvenir, (silver) Roun
Shoes: Zoe Wittner