Spots and Peonies

Top: Betty Page, Socks: Forever 21, Shoes: Asos

Last Thursday I wore an polka dotted old blouse of my mom's with the spotted dirndl that my dad brought back from Germany for me. It was a nice opportunity to wear my new socks which are very nice and have peonies printed on them which is pretty rad.

My hair was really gross (and I bleached it out that night so now it's light pink) but I just wrapped a scarf over it so that I wouldn't have to deal with it.

I hope you have a lovely day!

Love,

Chloe

Always Ready to Dance

Dress: Vintage, Tights: h&m, Shoes: Amazon

On this day I wore my mom's old vintage dress with a pair of swing dancing shoes that I stole out of her closet. They were very comfortable for heels so even if you're probably not supposed to I would very much recommending dancing shoes as normal shoes. Plus, that way you're always ready to dance, which I did most of the day.

I hope you have a lovely day!

Love,

Chloe

Space Witch #aesthetic

Shirt: Morrissey, Skirts: All vintage or Forever 21

Last week I was working on a series of sketches of these magical and monstrous best friends who are a Ghoul Gang and one girl is a space witch and I realized that that's what my aesthetic is. One day I braided my hair up with silver pipe cleaners, created confetti constellations under my eyes and layered four tutus with my star-printed ballet skirt. Also I wore one of my many Morrissey shirts because I like Morrissey.

I hope you have a *glitterific* day!

Love,

Chloe

Nice Ink

Shirt: (Las Vegas) Thrift store, Skirt: Amazon, Tights: SF Sock Shop

As has been portrayed on here before, I hold a propensity for coloring on myself with gel pens and markers. Over the years I'm proud to say that I've gotten pretty good at it and it's a fun way to brighten up an outfit, or pass time in class. Yesterday I sat and began my own personal garden of flowers blooming from my shoulder and growing down towards my elbow. I've got a peony, a few poppies, some hydrangeas and a small bunch of lilac.

Today I wore an old Morrissey shirt with the sleeves cut off, my shiny silvery skirt, striped tights and black sneakers. I pinned my hair up in a messy up-do and pinned a few flowers in the back.

I hope you have a lovely day!

Love,

Chloe

#actualfairy

Top: Anthropology, Skirt: Thrift Store, Tights: h&m

Today I wore an old Anthro top of my mom's with my velvety leopard print skirt and vertical-striped tights. Over all it just made me feel very fancy (I even spritzed some perfume just because it makes me feel extra super fancy). I like this blouse because it makes me feel flighty and fluttery, like a fairy. As you can see in the last picture, I am a #actualfairy.

*in the second-to-last picture I got excited because a hummingbird flew by and it was pretty.

I hope you have a glitterific day!

Love,

Chloe

Berry Pretty

T-shirt: Voodoo Doughnuts, Skirt: Thrifted, Socks: Betsey Johnson, Shoes: Forever21

Yesterday at the thrift store I found this great floor-length, tulle-covered dress on the Halloween racks. I took it home and cut it up and made it into a skirt, then cut the hem so that the bottom layers are at a tea-length and the top layer of tulle has a high-low hem.

Today I paired it with a black t-shirt that my dad and sister brought me back from Voodoo Doughnuts and sneakers. Last night I re-dyed my hair (which happened to perfectly match the skirt) with crimson at the top fading into more of a pink. Hopefully it'll fade out so that the bottom will be a light pink and the top will be more of a raspberry.

I hope you have a glitterific day!

Love,

Chloe

T-shirt -> Cute Dress

Dress: DIY, Bandeau: Forever 21, Tights: h&m, Shoes: Creepers

This weekend I turned my first Smiths t-shirt into a dress. I used a skirt as the pattern for the bottom and sewed that up with a zipper in the back. Then, I cut the shirt so that it would hit just about an inch below my natural waist and cut a line straight up the back, leaving just the collar attached. Then I sewed the shirt to the skirt and left the back open. I think it's a fun way to refurbish an old shirt, especially if it's already oddly fit like this one was.

I paired the dress with mint tights that matched the colors in the picture, a black lace bandeau and my leopard-print creeps.

I hope you have a pleasant present!

Love,

Chloe

Spooky DIY Dress

Dress and pin: DIY, Tights: Forever 21, Boots: h&m

I made and wore this dress two weeks ago but then I've been sick so I didn't really get a chance to post it but here is how I made my spooky Halloween-print shift dress if you happen to be in the market for your own.

Materials:

2 1/2- 3 yards of fun fabric (I used a Maude Asbury "Spooktacular Too" fabric that you can find online here or here)

1/2 a yard of plain fabric for the collar

1 zipper for the back

I didn't use a pattern because I couldn't find one that I wanted at the craft store and also because I'm too impatient to order one online and wait for it to come so I *wing*ed it (bat pun) basing the shape off of my collared shift dress

Tbh it would have turned out much better if I'd used a pattern but this worked fine. I just laid the dress over the fabric with candles holding it in place and cut out two pieces for the front and back. The front just had to be cut with a lower neckline for the collar.

After cutting out the main dress I sewed up the sides and shoulders. Then, I used the collar on the original dress as a base for the collar for this one. I traced the basic shape of it then changed the lines to look like bat wings

I cut out four copies of that pattern and sewed each pair together, leaving the top open so that I could turn them inside out and attach them to the dress

After I'd turned them inside out I did a stitch along the edge to show off the shape of them

I cut out interfacing from the first fabric using the top of the collar and used that to attach the collar

I also used interfacing to finish the arm holes

Then I just added a zipper at the back and hemmed the bottom

I wore my dress with polka dot tights and witch boots and added a glittery homemade bat pin to help disguise the wonky proportions of my dress. I did my hair up in a messy pseudo-beehive and pinned roses in it.

I hope you have a lovely day!

Love,

Chloe