I know it’s a bad pun but I’m not the one going for broke, it’s Prelude designer Polaire Aeghin. She is going to extremes to create outfits you can wear three, four, five different ways even before you start mixing and matching with the rest of your wardrobe. Good grief, she even includes two *TWO* parrot canes, one with and one without an AO.
Has anyone else noticed a recent surge in the creativity and in the sheer volume of clothing releases lately? There’s always a massive number of new releases week in and week out – but this week the volume seems to have surged and even better, some of them are just so exciting and fun. Now, dear readers, you all know I am Girlie Girl, not a Gothie Girl, but some Goth designs are just irresistibly feminie and cute and I cannot resist. That’s certainly true of this lovely teal dress from Blue Blood.
I got an IM from Polaire Aeghin the other day asking me to take a look at her collection for Prelude. Little did she know that I had recently visited the store and picked up a few items to blog, but the clothes she dropped on me were so fun and so versatile, they completely jumped the line.
I am wearing another belated St. Urho’s Day outfit. If you’re confused, see the previous post that explains this now-international holiday that began as a prank – a tall tale invented holiday that has spread across America and back to Finland. This dress is from Ivalde – called Enya. Hmmmm…should I have gotten it in green and worn it yesterday? Well, for the drinking, dancing and purple libations of St. Urho’s it’s perfect – especially for the dancing. The skirt is magnificent.
I am Irish on my mother’s side and so we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day though I have never drunk green beer. Of course, the Irish ancestry is far and distant and long away because Mom’s ancestry was that wonderful American melting pot of everything from Iceland to Iraq and Russia to Romania, England to Egypt and all points in between. However, among her Irish ancestors is that great hero Brian Boru who probably did not unite Ireland, but gets credit for it anyway. However, it was not the scant trace of Irishness in me that led me to choose the Emerald version of the new Lelutka Maria dress, but just my love of green as a color – rich and deep and vibrant green.
and of course, the stunning constrution that includes this marvelously well-done sculpty two strap bodice. With the straps sculpted like this, there’s no fading, disappearing and melting strap to mar the look. My only wish was that the attachment point for the bodice had been the spine, not the chest as the chest is the most common attachment for necklaces and so I had to resit the bodice on the spine.
This fun and creative pink halter to with prim fringe is one of many special items available at Hope Valley created to raise money to fund breast cancer research. BOOM – where you can find this and a man’s I <3 Boobies shirt is only one of the many stores selling special items. Others are The Sea Hole, Naith Smit Designs, Republica, *BOOM*, Diamond Photography, .tga swimwear, Gigi Couture, Aden, and Meya. I recall from a group notice that Meya also has a free “Luck of the Irish” pose over at their Hope Valley store as well – if you can find it. So tonight or tomorrow, you should head on over to Hope Valley and check things out. The Hope Valley fundraiser ends tomorrow, so get on over there.
There’s no sure touch with separates than Iki from Dutch Touch – whose newest release of casual separates will not disappoint. For me the highlight is the striped sweater – which comes in many different color combinations including the lovely pink/raspberry sweater above. The skirt is Baiastice and comes with that bright silver belt right on the glitch pants layer
No, I am not heading out for a sleigh ride, but it’s snowing again!!! So I wanted to cuddle up in something cozy and warm This lovely nordic dress from The Closet seemed just perfect – with it’s lovely pinks and greens.
I guess because I grew up next to the Red River Valley of the North, whenever I see the phrase winter white my mind thinks of winter wheat. It’s a form of wheat that’s planted in the fall, needing the cold to flower. Of course, sometimes the winter is too hard and it kills off the crop, but then farming is possibly the only form of gambling legal in every country of the world. Now I would not wear these Novocaine winter white pants on the farm – but this truly is a perfect farm girl goes to town outfit, after all they are officially called City Slacks.
You and I all know that Ivalde’s clothing is more versatile than the word vintage implies. Now I won’t say you can wear any Ivalde item anywhere – that would be extreme. For example, I would not wear this dress fishing, but I would wear it dancing at the disco. to a cocktail party, at a fundraising event and to a concert. I could wear it today and change the belt and I could have worn it a decade ago – and that’s what classic means.