fashion for faith in four colors: green dress
Showing posts with label green dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label green dress. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2012

Comic Con Outfits ~ Night Two Black & Green

After a day spent in the cream, brown and blue dress, I changed into my black and green i.magnin for the Eisner Awards ceremony.





I paired it with black, as usual, for I still have not found the perfect green shoes, clutch, and gloves.

Proenza Schouler Tiki stingray clutch at barneys.com



I'm looking, but that emerald green is scarce on the ground. I did, however pick up an adorable feather green and black headpiece at the Alameda Vintage Fair a few months back and with the addition of a broach to one side am rather pleased with the resulting look.



The necklace is hanging woonky, but its a lucite piece I found on my last trip to london at a little fleemarket near St. Charles. I'm not happy with my current earring options to go with so that might have to get added to the list.

 Hair Ornament  Mid-19th century  The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Back to the hair feather thingy. Above is a vintage look that kind of had the same feel to me. Almost cabaret, or something.


This black and green dress is a tulip style, which can be flawed as it often adds bulk to the hips. Since I'm top heavy I rather like this feature as I think it balances me out. It's better with heels though.

Here's a few black a green outfits for inspiration.

 Chiara Ferragni-Rome; a cute striped one from rusty zipper.

Pin up style; Florence-Welch-In-Tadashi-Shoji


1937 Elsa Schiaparelli  The Metropolitan Museum of Art

And for the characters?


Something for Sophronia int eh Finishing School series. 

1850-1855 Evening Dress The Metropolitan Museum of Art

And this could be a drawing of her.

Toussaint Fernand-The_Green_Dress

Something for her friend Dimity, who is a bit more flashy and loves velvet.

1855-1857  The Victoria & Albert Museum

That's it for now! Still more Comic Con outfits to come.


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Monday, March 5, 2012

Lust Objects: Green

For some reason I have been obsessed with green lately. It should come as no surprise that I wore green for two of my recent book tour events. I wore an old favorite 1940s style forest green dress at Mysterious Galaxy and one of my newer acquisitions a black dress with green fuzzy roses for Powells.



The Portland outfit included an octopus necklace, typewriter key earrings, small velvet hat, and shoes with little teapots on them. I'm on the hunt for some quirky emerald green pumps.



I paired the forest green with white and gold for my San Diego event. This is in contrast to previous outings when I wore it with brown, but that was fall, and this is almost Spring. The weather certainly seems to think so.


I seem to be perking up and paying attention every time I see green on the runway and in the fashion magazines. So here are a bunch that I am craving.




 Egyptian Revival Necklace  1910  1stdibs.com


Vanity Case  Chaumet, 1925; Vanity Case  1925; Vanity Case  Mauboussin, 1925 all Christie’s


Other lovers of green . . .