Daily Outfit -- 25th May 2007
[ 27 May 2007 ]
I was meant to go to a fashion parade last night but I got there late because… I was getting dressed! It doesn’t get any more fashion than that. Then I went to the opening of Ocean Blue, a club on the pier in Port Melbourne. The crowd was a bit university-students-with-money. My friend Allan asked me incredulously, “Don’t you like house music?!”. Squawk! How weird. Anyway, here is what I wore. I danced more during the photos than I did when I went out.
Massively teased hair, wrapped in a purple turban (I also stuck a turquoise feather in there)
Fur coat (faux), bought for approximately $40 NZ before Burning Man last year. This thing saved my life out there in the desert, it is sooo warm & I love the collar
Pearls tied in a knot
Dress from World, which I absolutely love but which gives me grief every time I wear it. I kind of liked it with the sash undone but I figured that if I bent over at all, it would drag on the ground. Not so pleasant in a club, really. So, before I left the house I tied the pink satin sash around my waist, but the satin is way too heavy & slips down — so I had to pin it together. Also this dress is one of those items that always ends up smelling sweaty, even if you only wear it for about five minutes. I hate that! & it’s handwash only so as you can imagine, I hardly ever wear it. Boo, because it’s gorgeous.
Purple lamé leggings from American Apparel. (Do you know that if you google “lamé leggings” my website is the second hit after American Apparel?)
Black legwarmers over the top, safety-pinned on so they wouldn’t slip off
Chinese-print wedges
Purple pacifier strung onto purple shoelaces around my wrist (I am totally channelling Claudia Kishi)!
Super-love & cupcakes,
Gala
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your dress looks wonderful, but i COMPLETELY understand what you mean about the stupidly annoying silk belt-thingies.
i bought this GORGEOUS dress for some event i went to and the sash kept slipping off and coming undone!
pity because it looked wonderful until i tried to move.
boooruns to that.
totally cute!
That dress is so cute! It reminds me a purple shirt my mum wore when she was my age and gave to me… it was sooooo adorable but unfortunately the material was too worn for me to wear without fear of ripping it.
Could you just take the sash off completely? I suppose you wouldn’t really want to ‘alter’ a World dress though… hmmm.
you look great!
hmm … BSC ... the next i.d.u.d? or is it too gender-specific?
I can’t believe those leggings are purple! They look very blue in the picture.
And I loooove the legwarmers!
this is my favorite daily outfit in the history of your site!
no joke.
it blows that the best outfits are often the least functional. i have lots of pretty vintage dresses that i LOVE but i never wear them because of the upper-body tightness factor.
Thanks ladies! I think it is one of my favourite outfits too.
Natalie — BSC is an awesome theme but there are a lot of people who read this who won’t even know what the BSC is! Maybe fictional childhood heroes? Then you could be anyone you wanted, whether that was Claudia Kishi, Lady Lovelylocks, Pippi Longstockings, Spiderman or Jessica Wakefield! (Man I loved Sweet Valley High wayyyy too much. I remember when Jessica went “european” & came to school with her hair dyed black & I was so excited!)
Valerie — Maybe the colours on my screen are off but to me those leggings are purple as all get-out? They’re kind of a royal purple, as seen here… http://store.americanapparel.net/rsac306.html
I’m still totally incredulous! :P
I say cut off the sash. Put the dress in a mesh bag and chuck it in the washing machine (what’s it made of? Silk? Polyester?).
And you are So Cute with your safety pins! And I love the fur coat.
Shut up Allan :D
Nadine — I actually love the hot pink of the sash, if I cut it off the dress would be totally lacking something. Pinning it together & onto the dress worked when I went out, so I guess I’ll just have to do that in future. & thank you!
when you next come to London – you’re gonna set this place on fire! i think that outfit is beautiful like the person wearing it!!!
You’re so smooth Robin :D
smooth like a lame legging!!!
Very pretty dress! Why not tie it into a bow at the back? So it will nip it in at the waist area for a bit more definition? Then you can maintain the length of the sash if you tie the bow tightly?
I’ve done this before with similar style dresses because being a skinny minny I find they are often a touch too loose in the waist area :\
I usually do several loops but no matter how tight I tie it or how I do it, unless it’s pinned to the dress itself, it slips down & looks bad…
That is a very very very cute dress!
And your hair (again!)!!!!!
On my computer the leggings are royal blue and the sash is red.
Love the dress!
i never thought to safety pin my legwarmers up! however, i kinda of like them slouchy too :)
i WISH i could get my hair to hold like that. i’m sure i could if i knew how…back to playing with a bottle of hairspray
ohh, and claudia was my favorite BSC member, yey! XD
i wish there was a way i could show you how to sew the sash onto your dress. not like a belt loop (which is also possible), but to stitch it all across so that it won’t slip. or you could try a little snap button. :)
did you know that in japan, land of legwarmers, they have special glue that holds your socks up? it’s amazing!
http://hicalorie.bigcartel.com/
i found this site with clothing and stuff that i thought would interest you