all I have to do is dream

With my trip to Tennessee under a week away I've begun making imaginary outfits that will (hopefully) somehow translate into the real world using items from my own wardrobe. But if some generous soul would like to lend me the following pieces that would be nice, too.

Bonnaroo Day One by casiejean featuring a straw hat

Bonnaroo Day Two by casiejean featuring vintage earrings

Bonnaroo Day Three by casiejean featuring suede wedges

Bonnaroo Day Four by casiejean featuring round sunglasses

love is all

I love Little Doe. My birthday this year is definitely going to have a headdress in the mountains theme, complete with war paint and blankets as jackets.

air

                           

Each year, around this time I begin to crave the Virgin Suicides. I've read the novel numerous times, and will always adore it, but there is also something about the dreamy, airy quality of the film that seems to invite itself  into my life come spring. Perhaps it's the notebooks filled with scribbles, coded record phone calls, suntanning on front lawns,  homemade floor length florals, windblown hair and platform sandals that draw me in. Though I love the romantic aesthetic of the novel and film, it's a world I can only take in small doses, once a year when I feel the urge to shed my winter wools and layers.

    

     

       

       

       

       

       



the days we spent anchored

I think I have been wearing these vintage Levi shorts for days. I've had them forever, but it seems I become obsessed with them each time the seasons change from winter to spring, I guess the prospect of wearing them again without tights and frolicking in the park excites me. My blouse is something I picked up at Common Sort, along with a few other treasures I will show off some other time. On an interesting side note, I did at one point already own this blouse from American Apparel, it was given to me by a friend that moved to California. I never wore it, so when my friend Lindsay asked to have it I said sure. After seeing her wear it a few times and look super cute, I wanted it back. So when I saw it at Common Sort for so cheap I decided to buy it back. Have you ever given something away only to want it back weeks later?

 It's an excruciating feeling. Oh well.

 I also was fortunate enough to get to 'model' for their blog, which you can see here. I got to try on the loveliest dress and beret!

renewal

All I want to wear this spring are 90s floral dresses, particularly in black and white. I'm afraid this will encourage me to go to more 90s parties though, which always makes me do the silliest things.
(see photo at bottom for my last 90s costume, Kelly Kapowski inspired)

**click the first two images for links to their lovely flickr accounts**

stolen

I was searching for inspiration for my costume for a Cops and Robbers party tomorrow night when I came across Lonely Heart's  AW2011 collection titled Little Bandits. Perfect timing world.

Tomorrow Never Knows

Tomorrow Never Knows is one of my favorite vintage shops in Toronto, and I have been drooling over these photographs from their 2010 lookbook for quite a while now. I'm in love with the little playlists that go up on their blog as well, which you should stop by and listen to whenever you're in the mood for something dreamy but hearty.

I'm just sitting on the shelf

Aren't cable knit sweaters the coziest? After a weekend full of silly boys, my new navy cardigan was just the cuddle I needed. In more fun news, my peter pan how to guide went up on Worn Fashion Journal today!

the hunters and the huntress

Little Doe's headwear makes me want to run around outside playing hide and seek or Cowboys and Indians. It's funny how putting something so beautiful on your head can make you suddenly want to explore forests or climb trees. I think I need to start stocking up on headdresses for next years summer adventures. Though by the looks of the huge lioness feather headband, winter adventures can be quite fun, too.
Little Doe also has a charming website called Little Doe is Love, that you can visit here.

passion turns to sheer compulsion

A perfect fall, inside and out. Venetia Scott for Orla Kiely AW10.
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