Awesome thing of the day #4

Guess who found orange moccassins with lemon-and-white-striped lining while she was shopping with her mama and sister last night? Mm hmm, I have happy feet.

PS. You can expect other posts of similarly startling insight and intelligence during these next few weeks leading up to The Great Wedding of 2010 and the Epic End of Semester.

The creative wardrobe :: part 2

In the second instalment of my little bundle of creative wardrobe posts, I want to introduce you to Frocks & Frou Frou, my current favourite source of clothing inspiration.

I love this blog for numerous reasons: Firstly, Lilli is Australian. That not only makes her cool but also means that she shares clothing sources that I can actually take advantage of, seeing as we live on the same continent and all. So much of the wonderful stuff in blog-land comes from overseas; it's nice to be able to read the words of someone a little closer to home. But quite apart from that, Lilli's outfits are classic and feminine and fun. Best of all, she's a curvy lady so her styling ideas don't work just for the waif-like. The images she shares inspire me to do new things with old clothes, and my wardrobe definitely benefits from a visit to her blog.

[All images from Frocks & Frou Frou.]

Bonus: check out ChristaTaylor.com for modest fashion!

The creative wardrobe :: part 1

When I ponder matters of clothing, I tend to swing between two extremes. At one end of the spectrum, I declare that fashion and trends are decidedly superficial, all clothing is going to rot someday, and we are more than what we wear. On the flipside, I decide that, since clothing is a necessary part of all of our lives, it is right and good that I should be creative in what I wear, choosing pieces that are not only feminine, modest, and affordable, but are also expressions of my personality.

At times, my attempts at wearing clothes of character have been hampered by finances (or a lack of them), my awkward sizing, and an absence of personal styling skilz. But in my internet wanderings lately, I've come across some lovely resources which inspire me in all sorts of ways.

The Uniform Project is one very cool concept: "as an exercise in sustainable fashion", Sheena Matheikin is wearing the same black dress (well, one of seven identical black dresses) every day for a year. She redeems the project from boredom by improvising around her classic piece with vintage odds and ends, new items, and recycled fashions, documenting her daily ensembles to raise money for educational needs for children in Indian slums.

While many of the outfits require a lot more courage and a lot more skin than I'm willing to offer (though the outfit in the top picture, particularly, is gorgeous), I think the project is creatively amazing, and brilliant from an ecology/thrifty perspective. I'm definitely inspired!

Stay tuned for more of my creative style-related finds!