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Nowhere To Go But Up

6/2/2015

Happy first week of June! :DDD Summer is almost here. Omfg. <3 I'm super stoked to stick to my couch and to wonder aloud whether hell really is a place on Earth. Heh. Frigid mornings and cold nights will soon be the stuff of dreams. Hence, I'm grinning like an idiot. Nowhere to go from here, but up. ^_^

I wonder if I'll ever get to take a ride in an actual hot air balloon, someday. I bet there's somewhere around here where I could do that. I should look into it. For now, I'll just make do with this hot air balloon dress. :3 The first time I had worn it was last summer. I did a crazy thing and just wore the dress as-is with a pair of Converses. I hardly ever wear a dress without covering it up in some way.

This time, I tapped into my comfort zone and stuffed the dress into a pair of vintage shortalls. :DDD
I wanted people to think that I was wearing a playfully printed blouse and I think I managed to fool most people. The cute collar and hot air balloon pattern carry the outfit. It would be boring, otherwise, IMO.

I added a cute tassel handbag and my favorite vintage tassel loafers and that's that. :P The day these photos were taken, my partner and I were on our way to a nearby watering hole to quaff spirits and partake in lively conversation. I must say, happy hour is the greatest thing ever. Long may it live. <3

Thrifted - Vintage Denim Shortalls, Vintage Tassel Loafers,
Brown Tassel Bag & Hot Air Balloon Dress (Swap Group)
Warby Parker - Notched Key Hole Glasses In Tortoise

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Sherbet

5/28/2015

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I think I started to go a little crazy from not doing any real layering in the past couple of weeks, so I put on two dresses. :P Mind you, they're very thin, so there wasn't any chance of me dying of a heat stroke!

How I managed to wear two form fitting dresses and not look like a burrito, I have no idea. However, I'm glad that I could make it work, because I love these colors together. I'm always experimenting with combining different shades of the same hue and I was recently inspired by a photo of pastel vintage cars (and a scooter). I loved the color scheme in the photo and I wondered if I could combine them in an outfit and do so in a more or less uncomplicated way. Since the light blue floral dress and the dark blue pleated dress had the same colors, I just wore them together. ^_^ Also, I wanted to play up the fact that the outer dress is shorter and highlight more than just the floral collar of the inner dress.

I honestly wasn't sure about adding the white gilled sandals. I'm not completely convinced that white shoes look good on me. >_< Still, I feel like the white color was totally appropriate given the overall color scheme. I dunno. I'd like to wear these shoes more often. Hopefully, they'll grow on me. ^_^

P.S. - If you like the dark blue dress, it is available in a different size in my Storenvy shop!

Thrifted - Blue Floral Dress (Swap Group), ModCloth Blue Pleated Dress (Swap Group), ModCloth Brown Braided Satchel (Sale) & ModCloth White Sandals (Gift)
Warby Parker - Dark Brown Ombre Glasses

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Hi! I'm Anna <3

I'm fond of artistic fashion, esoteric music, retro games (the older the platform, the better), delectable noms, good libations, my Maine Coon, Bonaparte, and my Tabby, Winsome.

Also, I attended university in Hyogo Prefecture and I am proficient in Japanese.

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