Before I start throwing my Cape Town adventures at this blog I have one last Jo’burg outfit that I must share. The look is fun and exciting but I have not had time to show it to you so as I sit procrastinating instead of doing my laundry I thought I would use the time somewhat productively and finally share this look with you.
The look involves an old vintage styled dress that I have and a hand me down red scarf. I was at the time in a good mood and I needed a look that would mirror how I felt. I grabbed this dress doubting its abilities to be fun but still willing to give it a try. I am glad I did because it lifted my mood even further. It is light and loose and when you twirl yourself in a circle while wearing it, it responds almost magically. The only complaint I have about this dress is that it has no petticoat and so I had to scrounge for one of my own and it is never good to add an extra piece of work to an outfit (for someone lazy like me) but when I am in a good mood I don’t mind nearly as much.
The scarf that I have tied around my head in a style to which my mother almost always gives a look of dismay, was my grandmothers and I like it because it seems like the typical red and white bandanna but when one gets closer one may realize it has more individual characteristics (this also makes me feel better about following the crowd).
I had to end the look with the white socks and sneakers. I realize it imitates a sort of school uniform look but that helped the feeling of having fun and being a kid again that the dress brought anyway.
The Polaroid went so well with the colour of my dress that I had to grab it to bring along besides one cant where such a vintage look with out recording it as a vintage (polaroid) picture.
I still think that a contributing factor to all dresses designs should be how well they twirl.
Enjoy your weekend and hopefully I’ll have new Cape Town inspired stuff up soon x
Plain Old Glasses 