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dress - vintage, thrifted 

it was rainy november evening

last year

i was walking, to clear my head..

been rather stressed out back then

that last couple months of excavations were quite bad..

so.. i was walking

and then i saw this crazy print in a thrift shop window

i couldn't tell what the garment looked like

but the print made me smile

(and i wasn't smiling a lot back then)

so i had to see what it was

..

it was a dress

that was ridiculously small

i tried it on

well.. tried to try it on

and got stuck in it

in one of those 'mr bean' moments

took me some 5 minutes to free myself from it..

but i bought it anyways

it made me smile, after all

..

altering it wasn't an option

it's a beautifully made dress

(and i believe it's home made one, 

has only simple machine seams, and a lot of neat hand stitching
and handmade buttonholes too)

i guess it's from late 60's or early 70's

can't be sure, if someone has better idea, i'm happy to hear it..

it's made of that beautiful colorful wool fabric

(or some sort of wool blend

no way in hell i'm burn testing it to find out)

and fully lined

and has a matching belt

..

almost a year later i can finally wear it..

it's still a bit snug..
was made for someone with narrow shoulders
so no matter how much weight i lose,
it's never going to fit just right

but i can live with that

..

and it still makes me smile

..

mokosha

today

..

recipe for a perfect day:

a bit of free time

few of your favorite peeps

nature

open fire

and some cannellini beans..

beer is optional

..

mokosha

fall cyborg

dress - self made

heels - borrowed 

to my brain

this print looked like what i imagine

cyborg would look like with skin removed

(as opposed to skinless human

when you get to see all the muscles and fat and stuff

and i'm yet to find a fabric with that kind of print)

..

dunno what the print is supposed to represent

and, frankly, don't care

to me - it's cyborg!

and i had to make myself a cyborg dress

..

and then i killed the whole cyborg vibe

with that autumnal photo shoot

and nature and colorful leaves and shit..

got seduced by autumn, in a way

(we actually may end up being besties, autumn and i)

..

in other news:

made my first ever french baguette

(well, i made four of them actually)

of those fancy artisan kind

when you spend two days working on it..

but it was worth every minute:

mokosha

day in a pine forest

dress - self made

leggings - self made 

belt - vintage

boots - old

mushrooms - suillus granulatus

autumn

i don't like you!

you're cold and not in the mood for bare legs

you're moody and rainy 

but since i can't really move to southern hemisphere at the moment

let's try to be friends this year, ok?

..

 i'm easy to bribe, though

and you know it, autumn..

all the berries and mushrooms and fruits you offer

make me less bitchy than my usual autumnal self!

thank you for that!

not like we're going to be besties now

but i sure do like you a little bit more

so, please, keep spoiling me

..

mokosha

ps

how insane is this dress?

i need more of these

it's a perfect travel dress too

as you can transform it to several different looks

the dress

the dress - self made

feeling obsessed with this dress!

never before i've made anything that feels so much like me

it's loud and colorful and over the top.. and yet simple

not everybody's favorite, for sure

but if you stick long enough

you'll see the other side

the wild 'back' side

one that's more appealing..

but you have to look for it

..

it's also my 'russian' dress

as i first called it

cause the fabric reminded me of those

traditional russian scarfs

and those scarfs reminded me of russian fairy tales 

that i loved reading when i was a kid

..

i don't like to pose for the pictures
but, wearing this dress
i enjoyed it (hence the picture overload)
the fact that nikola was with me to took them helped a lot
but it wasn't only that
it was the dress too, that helped me feel magical
..
mokosha

shift or sheath

dress - self made

is this a shift dress

or a sheath dress?

i've googled the hell out of it

with no definitive results..

in the end, all the beer that i've consumed tonight

decided it doesn't matter:

it's a dress 

why calling it names

..

also

it's a dress that i liked

more than i though i would

..

mokosha