Today's Reverse Inspiration is a sort of mysterious photo that I saw on Pinterest. When I attempted to visit the site where the photo originated, my browser blocked it. Eek. OK then. All I know is that other than this accessorizing with ankle boots on bare legs and a wide-brimmed hat, the basic idea of dress and sweater length dress in shades of blue came through.
 |
| Mystery photo from pinterest.com |
This outfit became a weekend outfit for me because the dress is just a tad shorter than I prefer to wear to work (without tights). I'm pretty conservative about skirt/dress lengths in the workplace. At least in my workplace. If you're a professional go-go dancer, conservative skirt lengths would be inappropriate.
Dark grey-blue short-sleeved dress-length cardigan (thrifted, JCP), $2.62/wear
Light blue dress (Kohls), $6.67/wear
Medium blue flats by Sofft, $4.37/wear
Blue/crystal necklace (Baublebar), $8.67/wear
Outfit total: $22.33/wear
I enjoyed wearing this semi-monochromatic look in different shades of blue. I even resisted the urge to put a patterned scarf with it to alleviate the overwhelming solid blueness of it all. Instead I wore this necklace that kind of makes me want to name any outfit including it The Something-or-other Princess. I didn't resist that at all as you can see.
In other news...This morning I purged 10 shirts from my wardrobe, after trying on perhaps 20 candidates. I'm trying to get serious about getting rid of things where I don't like the fit or the item is a clear inferior substitute for something else.
Robert and I have gotten back on a crossword puzzle kick this week. Today was both too warm and too allergy-prone for a birding outing so it was a good day to do last week's Sunday newspaper crosswords--our paper has 2 every Sunday.
Tomorrow is the first day of August, which is state fair month! I'm really excited that this year Robert and I are visiting on two Fridays (Aug 26 and Sept 2) to see (1) the 4H rabbit show and then (2) the open rabbit show. In the time in between, when no rabbit show is occurring, they are having a Hop, Flop, and Sniff exhibit with a variety of rabbit breeds available for viewing. So instead of all rabbits being present during a 3-day period, they are stretching out the buns across the fair. This will be great for us because we will have two different occasions to view and photograph rabbits. Really, the number of 4H and open show rabbits is almost overwhelming even for me! Even seeing half the rabbits we saw last year in one day is a lot of buns! I will enjoy the opportunity to experience rabbit overload twice instead of only once.
Also sporting a monochrome blue look is this blue Havana rabbit. The blue color occurs when two dilute (dd) genes are present in a rabbit that would otherwise be black, softening the color from black to blue. The solid shading occurs when two recessive agouti (aa) genes are present so that the typical "wild rabbit" banding on the individual hairs is turned off, leaving only the blue color--this is called a "self" coloration.
 |
| Not to be confused with Blue Havana cigar shop. Rabbits disapprove of smoking! |
2 comments:
The rabbit almost doesn't even look like a rabbit. Something about the ears.
Yes, he's holding his ears at a funny angle. Havanas do have normal rabbit ears.
Post a Comment