Black Coat, Three Looks

You can have one black woolen coat for the winter,and exchange your scarves, all colors, your gloves can match the scarf or the coat and now have so many different looks. You can wear this same winter coat with jeans, a skirt, flats or boots.

Dressing Room Shoot

The Dress Code always holds something special for me to try on. Here in the dressing room, I thought I would photo a suit, sweater and two shirts for you to see that you can find other items and not just vintage.

Before I go to the Dress Code monthly, I go through my items at home and pack them into the car. My daughter and I go to the orthodontist out in Gloucester, then we make our monthly stop at the Dress Code. I bring in my items; pocket books, jewelry, clothing that I may not be using any more and see if they are interested in selling the items. Usually, 1/2 of what I bring in is taken. I am not so sure the rhyme to reason of what they select, but they take the items, price them and set them out on the floor in a decorative way to sell. So every month, I make a bit of income to either use for our hard times or if my daughter or I see something we could use, I pick it up. Grrrrrrrrrreat! isn't it? This time around, I only selected one shirt and the rest went into the bank for bills.

You can also bring in shoes, boots, pocketbooks, scarves and small household decorations.

BLING FOR THE SEASON

I love to dress my outfits for the season depending on the month, the holiday and or the season. My closet actually holds a few pieces of clothing I only wear around Christmas; a red sweater, a bling bling Christmas tree pin, rhinestone earrings, and a shiny rhinestone ring.

This Black Friday, I visited Old Navy and found some really cute long sleeved tee shirts with sequin, sparkles and glitter.

"Hope" "Peace" and "Love" were the words presented on these wonderful tees.
Grey, aqua, hot pink, red, green, and white were some of the colors to pick out from.
Price-$5.00. The day after Black Friday, they went up to $8.00 and then went up in price after that so as you can see Black Friday was the best day to buy these. I did not show up at 6:00 am. I went late afternoon and did miss out on some inexpensive items.

My favorite was the grey tee with "Hope" on it with a sparkly diamond ring. XS and S were the only sizes-see, if I had gone at 6:00 am, I would have been able to get one:)
The day after Black Friday was my hit though. I ran back just in case, just in hope that I would find one. Yup, someone left a L behind. Three dollars more but I knew this tee will be one of my favorites and never go out of style, and if it does, I will just sew up a tee shirt pillow.

Just a reminder-buy some woolite and wash your items on a delicate setting especially the more fragile and less expensive tees that may shrink or lose their glitter.

Wear your tee under a jean jacket, throw on a vintage pin on your lapel and you look Christmasy. I did that with my grey "Hope" tee.

My hot pink "LOVE" tee that I got for $5.00 I wore under my black wool coat, threw on my hotpink and yellow green scarf, hot pink leather gloves and I have just dressed up my jeans for a night out with my hubby. Your shoes can make a difference. A Pair of flats can make your outfit more casual and your heels a dress up.

Your tee can be worn with a dressy skirt and then casual it down with a corderoy jacket and winter scarf. Great for the office.

Lace

Are you ever a bit embarrassed when you see that little lace top in the stores today, nice and neatly folded, lace shirt upon lace shirt and you wonder, how would I ever wear that?

You remember in the Victorian age, in those wonderful Pride and Prejudice type movies, where the lace is under the dress, not shown, only for the bedroom, or the lace draped over the lamp shade or over the edge of the bed.

Pick up the same color tee or tank and wear it under that little sheer thing. Or, make the shirt stand out a whole lot more by wearing it over a bright color. That is when a scarf or wrap around the shoulders pulls this whole delicate top together with your jeans and boots.

Silk flower pins are a big thing. In 1975, I wore silk peach earrings with my cream colored Victorian dress to the prom. Now, you can wear one big and bold on the shoulder area of your blouses, shirts, and jackets. This would look like a knock out on a day that you need to feel like it is spring rather than fall or winter; on a day where it is dreary and rainy and throw on a little wrap around raincoat, or the new trend----a poncho on top. Don't worry, the lacy of your arms will show and create a sneak peak when you take it off going indoors and now the whole outfit shows up.


There are shirts that are not completely see through that are made of lace. The Avenue had a black lace shortsleeved shirt with a black liner underneath the lace. This is an adorable little top that can be belted, or worn plain with no belt. Jeans and a lace top are the best thing next to fudge on top of your vanilla ice cream; Yum yum. A squirt of perfume, a bit of lip gloss, a medallion necklace, boots or flats and off you go---fancy or casual. Nothing that sweat shirt or jacket can't go over if you are freezing. Then when you are warm inside by the fireplace, the lace will be a dazzle.
But.......if that is too much lace for you, a nice two or three inches on the bottom of a tank or sew it yourself, on an older shirt or tee, and you have some lace that can really make this outfit snazzy.