Have. Have not.

Have. Recently purchased. And will look adorable with some boldly coloured anklet socks that I have. :)

 Don't have. I'm thinking about this one. Is it too bold to be practical in the everyday? Should I go for a plain black pump (first)? 

 Don't have. Most definitely would like. Fairy-inspired methinks. :) And could be worn casually or dressily.  

Have. Recently purchased dress. I have to say it looks horrible here, but faery-amazon in person. It is sheer, so that will have to be worked around if it is worn strictly as a dress. Also, I think that may be the reason it comes off so dark in this picture. 

Update: Returned! I will have to replace it with something else. I did like the shape, but the colours were not what I first perceived them to be. 

The Case of the Reappearing Dress

In an October 2009 post entitled (sadly presciently) Long Live McQueen? I included a picture of a hippie-dress-shirt that had caught my fancy. I had seen it at Guess. I liked it, but not quite enough to find it within the scope of my budget at the time.


As the weeks passed, I would check back every now and again to see if it was still there. It was, until it moved eventually to the Sales section. That's when I tried it once more, but the colours seemed different and I let it go. That was that. I never expected to see it again.


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It was not even a week ago that I was walking through the mall, throwing quick glances at the spring arrivals. It was at Suzy Shier that I was stopped short. Something had caught my eye. Something hippieish. So, dutifully I stepped into the store for a quick look. I was more than surprised to see it was my hippie-dress-shirt from Guess! I kid you not. Down to the metal button detailing that adorned the v-neck and the gold lamé that ran down the body. Everything was the same save for the label and the price!—less than half of the original-original price.


I am not so naïve as to not realise that these clothes are made in factories that hold contracts to fill orders for multiple apparel companies. Still I was stunned. There are workmanship and fabric and other differentiating factors I thought. I thought. 

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I won't pretend to know what the moral of this story is because I don't. Either way now you know the Case of the Reappearing Dress. And I am left again with the dilemma of whether to buy it... 


lady p
Long Live McQueen! RIP

Wee blog for the wee hours

Ah, so we meet again, Stranger. And well you may call me one, so seldom have I passed here.


Again, I fear it is too late for the proper post I was planning. I will do that tomorrow. "A la mañana," I blush.


For now, I have changed my profile in the slightest way, and I thought I might share a line of it here:

Wonder and Whimsy, lead the way. And I will follow You. 

Words that surely would lighten the load if only I chose to live by them. It's a thought. :) 


More to come...
Sweet dreams, world.


LP

Colours of the season: 2 new nail varnishes

A tiiiiny shopping detour today (or rather yesterday for those who would insist upon counting days by the hour on the clock) led me to the acquisition of 2 new nail varnishes for my growing polish family. 


They are from the Sally Hansen "Xtreme wear" collection.







The first one is Ivy League (4860-17). It matches a bag of mine so perfectly, it's remarkable. But, apart from that, I think its golden tones make it very versatile. It behooves (just about typed beehives!) me to point out that I doctored the next photo to create this green colour as no adequate facsimile was to be found in my extensive perusals of images online. 











And Marine Scene (4860-19) could not be resisted. Perhaps it speaks of a subconscious longing for summer. Although, I think the hue works just as well as an accent to an icy, chilling wintry day. 




Ack, apologies for that somewhat supercilious sounding language, but those were the words that came to me. In the same way that sometimes "press" comes to mind instead of "iron"; or, how once when I was unable to think of an appropriately courteous way of asking someone what they wanted without blurting out bluntly "What do you want?" the only alternative I could find had me querying, in Dickensian fashion, "What is the manner of your business?"; or, at the other end of the spectrum, common diction fails me altogether and I use "snip-snip" in place of "haircut", which, I add, must be used with care for it may be misconstrued as "circumcision". 


This was meant to be a short post. Just 2 pics... and a tedious amount of blah-blah. ;)


lady p.  

Ramble on!

A few more photos to further my fumbling fashion file :)

My cosy lil grey fabric houndstooth mocs. I suppose, really they're loafers, but I am enamored with the idea of moccasins and I've always envisioned moccasins to be super comfortable and light-weight. In that respect, my cosy lil grey fabric houndstooth *loafers* meet my moc expectations. They wear like slippers for the out-of-doors. (Another one of my 2009 purchases.)

By the way, all of the photos from the last post, as well as these here shoes, were brought to you by the Lady Penguin! *takes deep bow ~ well, not so deep: bends at the... er, knees?* 

I wanted to post a picture of a blue casual dress I bought. Unfortunately, I have not had a camera since its purchase and it is seemingly impossible to find a picture of it online. Does Song (the clothing brand) have a website? Googling "song blue dress" is a road to futility, paved with frustration, unless, of course, you are researching the song "Devil with a Blue Dress on". I will tell you this: It has pockets. 

Just now, rubbing my sore eyes (finally on the mend after a week of eyelids so sore that even the soothing powers of vaseline are compromised by stinging), I had a vision. Picture a yellow loose-necked sweater with ribbed trim of green at the base and pink forms on 3-quarter length sleeves. Colourful like a parrot. I'll have to draw it and post. :P

That's all for now, my furry cyber-rabbits. Congratulations to me for having managed another post. (Every little bit of encouragement helps!) And I hope to tickle your mental ventricles again in the very near future. 

lady p.

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