summertime

shorts - self made

top - flea market

my new favorite shorts

lighter version of that gray wool shorts

that i wore at least 50 times since i made it past december

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this supposed to be my summer festival outfit

but it was way too cold outside to wear it to an actual festival

so instead i wore it yesterday to mow the lawn

at my parents country house

(booties are there just for the pictures

i actually wore rubber boots for lawn mowing event)

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bonus photo:

playing air guitar 

as a backup for lawn mower (one that's been rocking since '84)

for the audience of  one boyfriend

and one fallen sumac tree

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mokosha

sweatpants

sweatpants - self made

top - terranova

i keep proving myself wrong this year..

i made and proudly wore bunch of unusual (for me) stuff

pants and more pants and shorts and leggings, that i used to hate

and here i am, sporting sweatpants

that are ranked second on my irrational hate list of clothing items

(no 1 is saved for jeans.. still hate jeans very much

and still think i won't wear them ever..

but who am i kidding, i'll probably end up making them too)

..

i've actually made sweatpants before

and still own and occasionally wear that pair

but, although cool to look at, those are not the most practical of pants

with all that extra fabric in crotch area

..

but these are pretty much perfect

(except when it comes to pattern matching

they are slightly off and it bugs me, big time)

they are great travel pants

great for camping, lounging by fire, hiking, workout

and i even wore them to the local pub one night

(and my grandma is crazy about them

she requested a pair too)

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mokosha

mountain top

top, shorts - self made

photos from the first day of my mountain trip

a really easy climb

but the one i never skip

because the view from the top is insane

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you can't see that from my pics

because i forgot to change lens on my nikon

and portrait lens makes crappy landscape pictures

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also, shorty shorts make crappy hiking wear

unless you have a thing for ridiculously scratched up legs

mokosha

cursed mountains

leggings (and top and shorts) - self made

just got back from my mountain trip..

spent a fabulous week on prokletije in montenegro 

camping and hiking and climbing 

with nikola and friends (and their kids..

and their bichon bolognese

called leo, that you can see in one of the pics)

..

made bunch of clothes for the trip

and planned to shoot all that clothes while there

but i pretty much failed..

i was having way too much fun

and photo shoots looked like such a pain in the ass at the moment

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i did, however, menage to find few pics of me

wearing my favorite leggings ever!

such a shame that the fabric is sold out

i kind of wanna make 2 more pairs of identical leggings

so i can wear them when these fall apart

..

mokosha

leftovers shorts

shorts - self made

shirt - vintage, from the '70s

never been a neat person..

i'll let the dishes pile up

i'll let the laundry pile up

damn.. i'll let everything pile up

and do nothing about it

until i'm in the right mood for it

(or until i'm called hoarder)

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not too neat with my sewing neither

won't stress over wonky seams and uneven top stitching..

but there is one thing i'm obsessively neat about

and that one thing is pattern matching

i just love pattern matching!

and working with stripes and plaid and gingham

and all kind of repetitive patterns..

and these little shorts

(made out of leftovers from this kimono)

were a pure joy to sew

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mokosha

jumpsuit season

jumpsuit - self made

bought a jumpsuit last year
at a flea market
and wore the hell out of it
it was my go-to outfit entire summer
..
but it got a bit too big for me now
and instead of altering it to fit
i made a brand new one
and i really like the way it turned out
(and have few more jumpsuits on my mind
in different fabrics and patterns and shapes and lengths)
..
ok.. i admit that jumpsuits are slightly annoying
because you have to strip down every time you need to use a bathroom
but besides that, i'm crazy about jumpsuits
they are like cute little dresses
but you can bend down or squat
without flashing everyone around you
..
what do you think:
you approve? or i look like a giant baby?
..
mokosha

silver net

top - self made

leggings - self made

apparently, once you take a pvc shorts route

there's no going back to floral silks, rainbows and ruffles..

from that moment on

it's all black net, leather piping, liquid silver

and studded booties

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mokosha