(vintage velvet dress, thrifted gunne sax blouse gift from a friend, pamela love necklace)
Here is me making an extremely awkward face, in last night's outfit that I wore to Late Bar. Inspired heavily by Dolce & Gabbana's fall 2012 collection. Honestly, I've never been much of a D&G girl, but this collection is DIVINE. Two separate people both mistook me for a sort of religious person, offering me blessings (which took the place of catcalls, I suppose). Barking up the wrong tree on that one, folks.
I got this necklace on ebay recently and it has become a critical part of my Inner Self.
(house of matching colours dress, aa leotard, miu miu shoes, pamela love necklaces)
My HOMC dress is literally a giant piece of sheer black lace which is a VERY good thing. On Saturday I wore it to Nocturna, a really adorable all-ages goth night at the Metro. Nocturna has been running for something like 15 years, giving at least 2 generations of weird kids a safe place to dance to the Sisters of Mercy. A really special moment occurred when Scary Lady Sarah played "Destroy Everything You Touch" by Ladytron because I remember loving that song when I was 20 and wishing that I could dance to it at a bar. At 27 that mini-dream came true as I danced with my friends. Life Aspiration Unlocked!
Here's a better photo of my necklace situation. I used to believe that wearing crosses was really reductive to the sanctity of Catholicism, but lately I'm a lot more comfortable with doing so as a means to integrate my ex-faith into my identity.
13 comments:
So much beauty in this post! I'm recently getting into black myself again after almost three years of exclusively easter egg pastel dressing and I'm so excited about it. Btw I totally loled at the clergy-calling..so great
I love both dresses. You look beautiful. I am glad to know someone loves wearing black as much as I do
i love both of these outfits but i am DYING FOR the second dress!
OMG I am in love with the dress in that second outfit.
You totally look like some kind of religious official! Ugh definitely beats catcalls.
My mouth dropped at that second dress. I had to stop myself from petting the screen. It's gorgeous.
I love wearing crosses, my old friend used to give me shit about it all the time. I don't know, I was raised catholic but I totally deviated as an adult.
That first outfit is perfect. The dress, necklace, collar. Perfect.
xo, Tori
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I came back to look at this post twice because it is so beautiful. :) Seriously... you have the BEST style. xxx
ah, the whims and fancies of the inner fashion pendulum. the only problem i have is that sometimes im feeling inspired by the same outfit for a whole week, and it gets smelly.
love you in black
x Peter
Oh wow, both outfits and dresses.
It's funny because I really really admire your gothic-ish look with the black and iconography etc etc, (you can describe better than me of course) but I can never wear it, though I try. But yeah- you have to go with the flow, see what you feel like wearing. I do once in a blue moon get black days where I did out all my black and greys and dark reds, but not often enough.
Still, or not still- 'all the more' beautiful. I adore both dresses. Both looks.
And it's nice to have a 7 year wish come true.
So the first outfit makes me think of an era long go. Definitely not a bad thing, I love the shirt and the dress. I agree by the way, I'm not usually a D&G fan either, but I agree, that fall collection is soo well, almost perfect I think. I actually think a lot of D&G's recent collections have been quite nice.
I really like Ladytron, that is awesome :)
pshhhhhhh you being all Dark Ghost-y. Love every time.
THAT HOUSE OF MATCHING COLOURS DRESS!!! You're the best.
that ladytron song did come out when i was 21! so it always brings back a lot of good memories of drunkenly swaying with my friends at "indie rock dance parties" until the wee hours on a school night.
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