well isn't that just dandy...

[bluecastle]

Being all about not actually working here on my last day before a week long vacation ...

I shall post the sartorial splendiferousness that is The Female Dandy...

The linky is making the rounds, but as I have to see all fashion through plus-size glasses... I am always glad when there are trends that adapt themselves well in this area.

The waistcoat works especially nicely in my case, being larger, but still hour-glassy ... and I'm all about a brooch!!  Pair it with a nice man tailored, wide legged pant, or longish skirt with equestrian vibes, and I am one happy camper. I have to be careful about all those neck ruffly things. I love the look of them... but they can get way to Pierrot-y if they're too over the top! I tend towards a much more tailored collar to offset the look a bit, but someone else's MMV.

Vintage-inspired just makes me happy all around. Talk to me about that plum colored smoking-jacket inspired cardigan that buckles at the waist that I just bought the other day!!

Am sad though, that this doesn't come in my size...

In other modish news... I am narrowing down my Halloween outfit options.

1. I can follow up on Little Red Riding Hood from last year, and do Goldilocks.
2. I can adapt my Big Mama costume from Cat on a Hot Tin Roof into The Queen of England with the addition of the right hat and little black bag. (Oh, just the excuse I need to buy a really great Kelly bag).
3. I could be a really extravagant girl and use this as the excuse to buy that Regency dress I've been drooling over for a while now.
4. Keeping my feelers out for some great additional brainstorm...