weekend distraction: pinupgirlclothing.com

All your retro fashion dreams come true. They have accessories, too.

Surely I ought to get at least one of these beautiful things? At least try one on…

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American Apparel does something very like this, which I already have, but that doesn’t make me like it any less.

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I have been looking for this kind of Lindy Bop, bell shaped skirt for a while.

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Gah.

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Gorgeous, gorgeous. Maybe too fancy to be at all versatile but I don’t need everything to be versatile. Ideally some things will be virtually useless. Loving this color, too.

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I find I have a general weakness for simple yellow floral prints like this. Usually so stoic in the face of floral prints.

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A lovely basic circle skirt. They had these in a few styles.

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And a gorgeous high-waisted, just-below-the-knee pencil. Still looking for one of these…and maybe this is it.

weekend distraction: peonies

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I love peonies. Who can say just why – the delicate proliferation of petals, the elaborate, explosive configurations… some instinctive affinity I can’t explain.  They are in season on the east coast now and I finally took some home,  spending a pleasant, meditative half an hour trimming and fiddling around with them in this porcelain pitcher. Every time I change the water I can fiddle with them some more, so it’s a nice, interactive purchase.

Want to try some more ambitious flower arrangements. Wabi-sabi has been on my mind, the aesthetic of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete.”

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Their fragrance is lovely, like a young, light, restrained rose with maybe a hint of white floral in these particular blooms; tuberose, lily. I hope at some point to lord over a patch of earth and plant different varietals all over.

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