It is so good to be back in a Studio, even though it is just a temporary place and I have been sewing up a storm.
The top above and the jacket below, plus many others have been added to my etsy shop. Link is in the side column. I also have a dyeing wet studio set up and have quite a few new hand dyed fabrics available.
I haven't been posting on my blog. Follow me on instagram (Tuscan.Rose) for more frequent updates.
The French Punk jacket is becoming my wear every day jacket.
Comfy and goes nicely with skinny jeans and a tee
and works with the altered miliatary bag
But I learned this weekend that it is not a good combo to wear to the pet store to buy dog food.
Especially when the store has free ranging parrots
in a matter of seconds, I had parrots all over me picking at strings, trim and shiney bits
ended up having to strip off the jacket and purse to help the store employees with pucking the parrots off me, there may have been one lodged in my hair, it's all a blur.
= fashion lesson learned
A refashioned flannel shirt that I have distressed and patched.
neo-grunge
distressed, patched and mismatched collars
Getting some of these shirts listed in my etsy shop as time allows
and this one has a bit of paint stenciling along the bottom edge
available at Tuscan Rose etsy shop
have a great weekend
Priairie Style or Grunge Revival whatever name you give it, I love it.
Reconstructed or Lagenlook, these tops are great for layering over skinny jeans, legging especailly sweater leggings.
I like adding unexpected flirty fabrics like the Betsey Johnson silk fabric at the bottom.
sigh, this is the last of the this gorgeous silk
too much?? paired with a reconstructed sweater day dress
never, I love this pairing it's kind of like school girl grunge revival
the sweater day dress with a vintage nine patch quilt square
both the sweater dress and jacket top are available in my Etsy Shop
excuse my display model she has unnatural posture that gives her ridiculously perky breasts and an equally perky backside
The impossibly small men's wingtip shoes that I found last week, the ones that fit me perfectly - well they seemed just a bit too boring and too ordinary - just a bit on the wrong side of cool men's wear for women.
Originally, I used some neon orange nail polish in the wingtip holes but the orange with the black shoe looked too much like Halloween Carnival. The nail polish was drying too fast and getting thick so I switched to acrylic paint, this time in a bright lime green.
I dotted just the rows around the top front of the shoe and didn't dot the heels. Sometimes it's hard to know when to stop and I think dotting the heels would have been too much.
As tempting as it was to add a neon green ribbon tie, again too much of a good thing - I added salvaged tie from some forgotten piece of clothing that I cut up at some point. The mossy green color plays off the neon nicely and gives it a more muted and not freak show clown look.
I love them now and what a great pair of shoes for a couple of dollars.
Plus, it's easy to change the look with a different color of paint and ribbon ties. I am thinking that a super wide ivory ribbon or old lace would be equally fun.
Yes, old lace would be perfect for a urban prairie look.