OOTD: Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Today, I was rummaging thru my "to fix" sewing pile and found this gold lurex vintage dress. I had been planning to shorten it but after wearing it for these photos, I'm kinda liking the length. 

I've Told You A Hundred Dimes

TPFF Restyle 2014 l Day 2: Less Than $10

 vintage 80's co-ordinate (skirt) / dorothy perkins

 silk and lace slip / victoria's secret

 gold sandals / dolce vita

 silk scarf

 leather clutch

* all thrifted*

Last week, I just picked up this vintage 1980's Dorothy Perkins two-piece co-ordinate. I'm familiar with the label from shopping in London but I didn't realize that the company is over 90 years old. Wow, I can't even imagine how big their archive of styles must be.

Instead of wearing the matching top, I decided to pair it solo with a peach lingere slip. I love the colors together and it makes it feel fresher for summer. I'm planning on chopping a few inches off the skirt so it'll be below my knee. I kinda like how it looks as is...looks like culottes in the photo (a trend I'm loving right now). 

I tied a silk scarf into a bow on my head just for fun. Here's a tip I discovered to keep the bow from flipping and flopping...I used bobby pins (just two) on the inside of the bow.

Each item worn was thrifted for under $10. Actually, most of my thrifted finds are usually under $10 as I like to take advantage of 50% sale days.  I'm wondering if I could do a whole outfit (head to toe) for under $10? Now that's tough! Anyone done that?

xo,

K

A Glitter Of Hope

TPFF Restyle 2014 l Day 1: Glitter

Ok...so I'm not an Aussie but I'm participating in the Telstra Perth Fashion Festival's Restyle 2014 Challenge so I can try out my styling chops on my thrifted finds. I found out about this thru an invitation by Australian Instagrammer missjanetyang. I'm wondering if there are any other Canadian fashion bloggers joining this challenge?

 Today is the start of the challenge and Day 1's prompt is Glitter and so below is my outfit. I thrifted the gold glitter skirt at Value Village and those suede booties in New York. 

military vest /  kersh

"chanel" tank / diy

gold glitter skirt / h&m / thrifted

suede booties / steve madden / thrifted

my little monkey

I'm not sure if I'll be able to keep up with posting everyday as already it's a lot of work trying to post a couple of times a week but I must admit that it was a lot of fun planning outfit ideas. 

Xo,

K

ps - Here's the calender showing each day's prompt.

Bye Bye Birdie

birdie print onesie/ urban outfitters

sweater blazer / kersh

gold sandals/  dolce vita / thrifted

I like the print on this onesie a lot however I'm not in love with the silhouette. Ofcourse, I liked it when I bought it but now I just find that it doesn't suit me anymore.  It has a blouson top and the waist sits a bit too low for my body. I was playing around and pinning it at the back to make it more fitted and look like a vintage playsuit so I'm going to be throwing this in my "to-alter-to-something-fricking-awesome" pile.

The cream sweater blazer is from my days at Kersh. Don't you like the artwork on the inside of the blazer? Please say yes because I'd be sad if you didn't...creating art takes a lot of sweat, blood and tears.

xo,
K

lil' miss M + I