the classic trench

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It is trench weather here, off and on. When it isn’t bloody freezing.

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Banana Republic trench (thrifted), American Eagle jeans (thrifted), Calvin Klein Jeans pumps, pearl earrings from Etsy shop bluebirrrd dreams, Zara silk top (thrifted).

Yes, another look at these cherry blossom drop earrings, which  I liked so well.

While the shape of this trench is just right – minimally embellished, not too stylized, fitted, standard -, the color of the buttons is all wrong. They wash everything out. I have a plan to substitute superior, properly contrasting buttons, along with getting the shoulder pads out of this one blazer and hemming this one skirt. There is a pile. Wish me luck.

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trick or…candy corn

 Fashion contains the potential for renewal and transformation. 

The more costumes one has, the more fantasy personas one can adopt. 

                                        – Edith Gould

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Action shot.

Halloween is such a great idea.

This would be the wig that caused the current wig surplus. I like it so much, unexpectedly. I’m going to try to work with it in a non-costume context.

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Storm is so badass. And she features my favorite colors: black, white, gold. I cobbled this look together from a few interpretations, taking any elements I liked. One had these incredible earrings on…

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3″ long lightning bolts. Got them on eBay, this vendor had many options for color and finish, and even larger sizes. These I will be wearing again. The medallion belt I’ve had for a while and should obviously wear more, though I think not with this catsuit. This catsuit is the worst.

What makes the costume especially straightforward: this kind of stony, don’t-make-me-come-over-there look is the kind of face I make all the time, anyway.

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So I spent 20 minutes trying to put in white-out contacts while my eyelids/lashes heroically (so they thought) batted them out, which contacts impair vision (so you can imagine that got easier as I went along), only to discover that they weren’t very noticeable in photos (all of the ones I tried with them were no good). They just looked like glaucoma. I’ll never see that $15 again. Instead I have shoddily painted my eyeballs white for bonus festivity. Happy Halloweeeeen…

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Imagine the wig with an otherwise completely normal outfit? That’s happening later.

I know they are just sugar but I love candy corn.

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