braces/suspenders - and a vintage hat

So here I am, catching up once again... I am sorry. Things got a bit manic (in a good way) and I will have something to show for it soon! I have since had a big allergic reaction to my cat (and I now look gross; oh dear), so in some ways it is good that I got behind with my posting as I have some from last week to share, and can wait for post-reaction-face to settle.

And there have been some other minor irritations, too; like here, my tripod was very broken and the camera kept sliding down the pole, leaving me with some pictures taken from a much lower spot than is ideal, and, in these pictures, me making some rather strange faces. Of course, my tripod wasn't broken at all, and just needed something tightened, but I only worked this out afterwards. Well, you live and learn...



I have had this skirt and attached braces for a few years now, and I still love it. It is new (well, now new-ish, obviously) but I love braces (suspenders to some, but suspenders to me are what you hold your stockings up with. You can imagine my initial reaction when I hear about men wearing suspenders to, say, important business meetings, then), I love them on men and I love them especially on women. These ones are the button attach-y ones, and I have no other skirts with the required buttons on them (I really should fix this) but I do love the shape of this skirt, too. Here it is with a little round collared vintage blouse, cream tights and my old faithful target t-bars. I really must get another pair to replace these, as sadly they can't last forever.



I seem to have been bitten by the vintage-hat-collecting bug! I love this one; the bow! the coral colour! the netting!!! Actually the netting has a little tear, and I am in two minds about sewing it together. The mend would show, and the tear isn't so bad... we'll see. I didn't wear the hat with this outfit, in the end, as I am still deciding (and moving just slightly slower than glacial speed about it, too.) Anyway, I must thank the reader who suggested Mac's Vegas Volt lipstick; the colour is great, and the colour match with my hat is perfect! So, thank you, thank you!