L'Erba Voglio:

by Janey Clothing

Daddy's Girl

                   

 When I remember my father I see him wearing corduroy lederhosen, thick red socks, 

hiking boots and most of all a red plaid shirt, pretty much like in the picture above. 

That's how I saw him most Saturday mornings as he was leaving the house to go mountain climbing. 

We would stumble into each other at the door, me ready for bed and the worst for wear, him with a rucksack stuffed with bottles of wine, salami and chocolate (essential mountaineering tools, so I was led to believe). 

Wearing that red plaid shirt he reached the summit of  Mont Blanc, in it he sat with his friends laughing, drinking hot wine, singing out of tune and leaving little mountains of breadcrumbs on the tablecloth.

In it he gave me hugs that smelled of sweat, pine trees and snow.

I wish I had that shirt now, to wrap myself in it.

The shirt is gone and so is my dad,  I miss him so much even after all this time.

I was thinking about finding a substitute (for the red shirt, obviously, not my dad!), it as to be red and wool. I know I'm not supposed to wear red having red hair, it is a fashion rule that has been drilled into my head since I was a child and one I follow to this day, but I just don't care, for the perfect substitute all rules will have to go out the window!

Virtual Dressing

I'm officially addicted to Polyvore, I blame my cousin for rekindling my interest. When I
first discovered the site I played around for a little while and then abandoned it, now I'm back in full force. It is fun to play around with a fantasy wardrobe with no regards for budget. I made a few sets that I think could be easily implemented even given my meagre finances. It's given some direction to my second hand and high street shopping as now I have specific items in mind to look out for, as opposed to randomly buying stuff that might fit in my wardrobe or might not, although I doubt that I will be able to let those random items pass me by.
Following are a few daytime outfits I put together:

Items to look out for from this set: brogues shoes, leather shoulder bag, jacket and nice leather belts.

From this set : grey suede jacket, neutral vests and t-shirts, coloured shirts and beige skirt
(another thing I blame my cousin for is introducing me to the colour beige, a colour I used to avoid at all costs!).

In this set: warm woolly jumpers and  parka coat.

Not a print in sight! That's a new thing for me, while prints won't disappear from my wardrobe any time soon, lately I feel the need to simplify things.
I have put a link to polyvore on the side bar, come on over and play with me!

Prints&Patterns

Yes, it is way past Springtime but I had to
bookmark this Steven Meisel editorial for Vogue Italia.
I love this pattern overdose, very much resembling
the interior of my wardrobe,

and by that I mean
the vast majority of my clothes are printed
or have a pattern of some sort,
not that I keep models in it, although that would explain
the make-up, in the dark it must have simply gone too far.
What did they use? A make-up gun set to whore?

The dresses are lovely though!

We Love Lucy

Sequins, prints and beads,ruffled dresses, lace, silk
and suitcases, mysterious drawers, hidden delights,
all this and so, so, so much more is Lucy's Lounge,
Dee's delightful second hand clothes shop.

Dee's blog documents her outfits and the colourful
and stylish costumers of Lucy's Lounge
in the basement at 11 Fownes Street,
Temple Bar here in Dublin, if you happen by
make sure to take a peek inside and say hallo!

I Want, But I Can't Have!

Well, I was on my way to bed ...so what am I doing posting at 2.30 am?
I'm doing you a favour that's what! See the dress?

It's only $33 from the Urban Collection.
I love it, but I can't buy it because of my Wardrobe Refashion pledge,
even though it is vintage and technically I could ... O.k., I can't
buy it because I'm totally broke and literally counting the pennies!
This dress needs a good home, please adopt it!
With that ... I shall love you and leave you ...
Buonanotte e sogni d'oro!

Peggy Moffitt

Her face is etched on the 60's movie reel in my head, my idea of the 60's that is, collected from a mish mash of references, swinging London, Paco Rabanne, Pierre Cardin, Velvet Underground, The Factory, Twiggy, Edie Sedgwick, Nico, Blow Up, Penelope Tree, David Bailey, The Beatles, the list goes on and on... 'til yesterday Peggy Moffitt was only a face as I didn't know her name (shame on me I know), but always remembered that famous picture of her wearing the controversial Rudi Gernreich monokini taken by her husband, the amazing photographer William Claxton.

Muse and collaborator of american designer Rudi Gernreich, Peggy Moffitt embodies the spirit of the 60's, her style heavily influenced by Japanese Kabuki theatre, the biggest false eyelashes and heavy make up, and of course, her signature haircut by Vidal Sassoon
which she's still sporting today.
These days she still champions the work of Rudi Gernreich,
with exhibitions and a book which came out in 1999,
this led to a collaboration with Comme des Garçons
re-creating a number of key pieces from the designer archives.

Basic Black

I like this woman, I like her a lot, she's just as stylish and original today
as she was in the 60's, living proof that you don't
have to squeeze into a sensible suit when you reach a
"certain age".

English Rose

Ella

I realize that forking out £290 for a pair of shoes
is far from most people priorities at this moment, it surely is far down my list,
but I can't help loving these beautiful hand crafted shoes by Hetty Rose,
hand made to measure, covered in the most gorgeous vintage kimono
fabrics of your choice.

Yuki


I bookmarked her link more than two years ago and never blogged
about her unique shoes, revisiting her site tonight I
am still taken by these beauties, so I earmarked them here
for future reference!

Amalie

Hetty's blog: Shoes With Stories.

Imari

These are my personal favourites ... one of these days ...

Starlight Spotlight!

Fab, fab, fab springtime photo shoot by A Field Journal.

In my "grown up house" I will have a room like
this ... outside, inside ...
Via This Is Glamorous

Offshoot fantastic photo shoot inspired by printing
colours, cyan, magenta, yellow and black ... loved it!

Pictures by Kirtsy O'Keeffe.

The Portmanteau posted about a not so unlikely
style icon, Dot Cotton rocking the granny style!

I loved these images from Vintage Vienna.

And finally for all you vintage lovers in Dublin,
I Blog Fashion gave us the heads up on the
Dirty Fabulous open day sale
taking place this Sunday 5th of April
at 97, Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2
12 till 6.

HAPPY WEEK-END!

It's Official!

My eyes are about to fall out! Again I got lost in internet land,
this time I took a trip into the past after clicking on the extensive archives at the
Jalou Gallery website, there you can find past numbers of L'Officiel
De La Mode starting from the 1920's till the present time.

Not only that, there's also archives for Jalouse,
L'Officiel Homme and other magazines,
as well as international editions of L'Officiel De La Mode,
all available free of charge for you to peruse.

This is a fantastic resource and one, I'm sure, I will be dipping
in over and over again.

I only wish Vogue would do the same with their
archives, as far as I know only the magazine covers are on line,
I would be more than happy to stand corrected on this one by the way!

Starlight Spotlight!

It seems this post is constantly getting bumped to Saturday,

when it happens at all that is, but that's just me, I like to keep you on your toes!

I love specimen drawings and these are quite beautiful.
The rest of A Field Journal is a little gem, happy reading!

I love purple, I love shoes ...
purple shoes therefore are just perfection!
Thanks, again, to The Sartorialist!

From This Is My Heart, It Is A Good Heart.

Happy Sunday!

All Wrapped Up

I realise that at this time of year many people are thinking about their summer wardrobe, the evenings are getting brighter and it's not as cold or wet and snowy as it was just last week.
This is a fixation of mine, I've been in Ireland for more than 15 year (!) and I still don't have a proper winter wardrobe, every winter I freeze, my shoes are inadequate, my hands turn blue, and I don't even have any excuses, I'm originally from the north of Italy, it gets really freezing there during the winter so I have experienced the cold before ... and you would think that after all these years I would have it sussed ... but no, that's why I'm enviously salivating over these girl's beautiful outfits, they look cosy, warm and super stylish!

Facehunter

The Sartorialist

How great is this coat?
Very, very great I say!

Yes, More Shoes!

My shoes obsession is no secret to the readers of this
blog, I just can't help myself, when I look at clothes I always think
I could make them myself (I never do, of course, but that's beside the
point), but shoes no, I can't make shoes, so I fall in love and obsess
about them ...
These beautiful shoes from olsen Haus are quite
special, being 100% vegan you can click your
heels with a clean conscience.
Good news for Irish readers, they are available
in Ireland at
Maven
64 Aungier St
Dublin
I'll be sure to take a stroll downtown to have a
look at this beauties!

Starlight Spotlight!

1. blurrywindy, 2. Myth Of Instinct (365/230), 3. while I wait for you, 4. Hand Spun Yarn - Jelly Bean, 5. Hey Mickey..., 6. sally's memory, 7. A Florida Summer, 8. another foggy day, 9. As I turned my eyes towards the skies, I knew I am happy... I knew I am happy!!!, 10. Discreto, 11. The Deep Blue Yonder, 12. Galaxy

Another week-end is here, not that it makes any difference
to me, since I don't have a job to go to everyday is like
Friday (or Sunday, or Monday, or whatever).
I missed this segment last week, that's because it was a messy,
running around, filling forms kind of week [it's very busy
work being unemployed!] and I was glad
to see the back of it!

This Friday Round Up:

Another Shade Of Grey posted about textile
artist Jo Deeley, beautiful stuff!

I'm madly in love with Akira Isogawa
collection: the colours, the shapes ... just perfection!
Brigadeiro posted more pictures on her blog,
run along over there and swoon!

A big big thank you to Anna at Absolutely Beautiful Things
for this link to illustrator's Samantha Hahan
website, right up my street!


Oh, almost forgot! After being scolded by my niece
Barbara, who accused me of being Jurassic, the cheek,
I signed up to Facebook, you can see the link in the
sidebar, come visit, befriend me ... show me you care!

Happy Week-End!

Plastic Fantastic!

Keeping my resolution not to shop is getting harder, especially since I stumbled on Plasticland, a fantastic website full of great stuff ... I am particularly enamored with their shoes, just look at them, great, aren't they?

These Red Houndstooth Platforms are
currently on sale at only $28.80, they
are also available in black.

These beautiful Maryjanes are only
$ 38.00 ... mmmh, makes me wonder if I can
put off paying my bills and subsist on coffee and fresh air!

Starlight Spotlight!

Friday is here and you know what that means?

Yes, another recap of my starred posts from
the past week:

Love, love, love this tutorial from
Outsapop Trashion ... so many possibilities!

I will hunt all the charity shops next week
for the perfect jumper and attempt my own ...
fingers crossed!

Mmmmh, how cosy does this cowl looks? Perfect

to keep me wrapped up and warm for my daily walk in the park.
Thank you to Miss Milky for pointing out this gem!

"Milano e' sempre Milano"
(Milan is always Milan)
Gorgeously stylish lady captured by the Sartorialist
lens in the Italian capital of fashion.

Words of wisdom from Jim Jarmusch,
via to AceJet170

Happy week-end everyone!

Starlight Spotlight!

I'm hoping this will be the first of a series of posts about the starred items in my google reader, every Friday I will post about all the bloggers that inspired me during the week. So let's go! This week starred posts, in no particular order, are:

Queen Michelle at Kingdom Of Style, always amazing
individual outfits ... inspiring to say the least!

Krisatomic flower obsession is contagious!
I fell in love with this parquet floor, divine!

A Forest Of Apple Charleston outfit and pictures,
spot on!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to Oh Joy
for posting about the amazing photography of Denise Grunstein

Style Bubble weaved paper belt,
the colours are yummy, it would be equally fab made with ribbons!

Creature Comfort mini prints, so cute, so tiny!
You can get yours here.

Design Undercover brightened my day

when she posted this picture!