Cute Plaid Shoes

Oh my the days go so fast...
Josh loves these shoes for me. I think they are so cute. But I won't buy them, they are way to spendy especially considering that they are largely made of WHITE fabric and I live in Oregon.

But lovely none the less

Vera Wang

Tonight I thought I would blog about an inspiration of mine whose work gave me ideas and a creative outlet all through high school - Vera Wang.

I still cannot put into words all that inspires me about her designs but like many others I have fallen for their beauty. I cannot tell you how many times I have read her book Vera Wang on Weddings and found something new and beautiful. I use to make her wedding dresses my desktop background when I was majoring in apparel design. I had a boyfriend who was so sick of hearing about her that by the time we stopped dating people would sneak into his room to tape pictures of her designs on his wall just to drive him crazy - I didn't know it was that bad but apparently it was, he told me a few years later.

Vera once said "Conventional clothing has always looked pretty ridiculous on me" which may explain why her bridal dresses are so refreshing. Her use of color that year there was a large amount of green and some orange was a much needed addition into main stream bridal. This dress with a green velvet sash was one that I highly considered when I was engaged to be married in 2005 but I choose a choosing a Carmela Sutera gown that had a more attractive neckline

A long week but plaid is Beautiful

Almost done with the first week of school, so far so good except natural resources economics. Ugg I thought I was done with Econ of any kind! Anywho I have to read lots of stuff and clean the house but i think I might get to take Sunday off to go to Portland with Josh and vintage shop.

I love this dress and want it SO bad - I'm not Scottish for nothing you see, its because I LOVE PLAID!

Vintage Beauties!

In my quest for vintage designs yesterday I found the most beautiful vintage website, some of these dresses are so beautiful words can barely touch on describing them. These are a few of my favorite! I think half the fun of having a vintage dress is the experience of finding it at a thrift store or a closet at an estate sale or knowing you got a fabulous deal on it so I probably won't be buying from here, but none the less these are something else! The website is run by one girl and I do wonder where she got such beauties and how I could ever come to be so lucky? She said something about an old warehouse, wouldn't that be beautiful to stumble across. As a little girl I dreamed of being allowed to visit the wardrobe department's costume warehouses, or better yet becoming a star and getting to actually ware some of those creations! Clothing was made so much better back then and with such flair and respect for the occasion I am happy to be able to have a few vintage pieces of my own.