Metallic Silver Brocade

I love this metallic blue brocade shift dress. It was from one of the last genuinely cheap op shops in the inner city- and it only cost me $10.00. 

The last time I wore it was for a work Christmas party a few years back. The theme of the party was the incredibly politically incorrect  "A Night In The Orient". It was a great party- but I'm sure you can imagine some of the costumes that eventuated from such a theme... My personal favs were Confucius and an entire team of Chinese table Tennis players.

I bought this parasol to "oriental" up the dress for the night. I also wore it with a black bob wig to finish it off. I have added the white mary janes and white wrist gloves for this shot- and would almost certainly pair them together again.

While the parasol works very well with the dress itself- I can't really imagine why I would use it as an accessory outside of a theme. A parasol is a fairly awkward thing to carry around and could even be dangerous in the wrong hands after a few too many drinks!

The pattern on the fabric is nothing short of beautiful. Metallic blue embroidered flowers with spidery swirling detail. I would love to have this design as a wall paper. Maybe not an enitre room- but at the very least a feature wall.

Purple Paisley

You gotta love a good 60's shift frock. They are pretty versatile overall. They work in Summer- and you just need to throw them on with tights, boots and a cardi for Winter.

Minor length issues aside (it is quite short... no bending down in this one!)- I really like this dress. It has been around for close to 8 years now and has had a great deal of wear in that time.


I seem to have a bit of a soft spot for paisley. This was is particularly awesome with its purple and dusk pink colour scheme.

Il s'agit d'une petite robe jaune

I just noticed how many of my blog titles have the word Yellow in them. Quite a lot actually. This is why I attempted to title this one without it. I cheated and used google to translate "This is a little yellow dress" into French. Makes this post much more exotic I think.



I have only veered slightly off the paisley theme from the last few days. While this frock isn't technically paisley- it is really about as close as you can get. It is floral. And being a 60's shift dress it's quite "Go-go" too.



The picture's speaks a thousand words I'm sure- so I am going to stop trying to add any more.