garçon

pants - self made

blazer - mom's, from late '70s

shoes - doc martens 

my current obsession - pants!

how did that happen?

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i call this particular look

elevator operator chic

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mokosha

the shirt

                   

shirt - self made

pants - thrifted

i've finally found a perfect shirt pattern

after years of search

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so far, i tried bunch of different patterns

even drafted one or two myself

some of them looked nice

but not a single one was quite what i was looking for

(and i wanted something that looked 

like that mom's shirt from the '70s

that i often wear, and that you can see here, here or here)

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and then it hit me!

if i want to have a proper '70s shirt

i should probably use a '70s pattern

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fabric is rayon chiffon

and i thought it's going to be hell working with it

but i guess it was my lucky day

everything worked like a charm

and this shirt is one of my neatest makes to date

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and i kind of like the pants too

maybe i'll sew a similar pair

as these are not in the best shape..

 i bought them last winter

when i was freezing my ass off at the excavations site

they were cheap and made out of wool..

i make the strangest choices when it comes to my excavations outfits

can't think of anything more unpractical to wear while working in dirt

maybe a chiffon gown?

bear costume?

atmospheric diving suit?

i'm open for suggestions

as i'll leave for new round of excavations in may

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mokosha

tale of three little black dresses

dress - self made

just realised that i've made 3 black dresses in a row

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first, there was a little black dress

in recycled but luxurious sparkly wool knit

(sparkly wool always dreamt of becoming party dress

she eventually became a dress, but is still waiting to go to a party)

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then there was a littler black dress

in thick wool  (wool that has spent 20 years in closet

not knowing what it wanted to become..

but once the closeted wool was out

she became quite fun, quirky outgoing dress)
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and finally there is the littlest black dress

made in itchy and see-through 70's polyester knit
using 70's pattern

(she's a real groupie, that one
she has only parties and concerts on her dirty polyester mind
she asked for pink faux fur coat
she demanded heels of impossible height
and when i refused to obey to her tacky requests
she quickly found herself a new host..
i was really lucky to see her go)
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mokosha

floral pants

 shirt - mom's, from the 70's

pants - self made

winter decided to skip a year

in this corner of the world..

we had indian summer, that lasted until end of december

and now it's apparently spring, for over a month

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planned to sew a new winter coat

got fabric and quilted lining and pattern ready

but now i'm not so sure i should get into that adventure at all

it's not a coat weather

why bother laboring over coat for days

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i made a pair of pants instead

and i plan to make few more pairs

and few shirts too
(so i don't have to wear this one all the time)..

i feel that my style has changed a lot

over the past 6 months

i got a bit tired of girly dresses and poofy skirts

and ready to try some other things too..

so today

i wear pants

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mokosha