Teal with Olive Accents

Now when the weather is back to mild (low to mid 50s F), and it is gray, wet and windy, I am playing dress up more. I came to love these kind of temperatures, from 50s to 60s, it is best for layering - not too cold, so you don't wear so many layers that you feel bulky, and yet you can add something interesting to a dress or a skirt, an extra layer for warmth, texture and color. Plus, it is a good temperature to wear all my polyester dresses (which I don't have so many that I can call myself Polyester Princess, wink wink), but still I like polyester for easy care, keeping good shape and bright colors even after many trips to a washer and dryer. So maybe I could be Polyester Duchess or something like that.

In any case, this dress is made of polyester, fully lined, and when is a better time to wear it if not now? I first introduced you to it back in FEBRUARY 2017, but this time you can see the vivid colors better due to better lighting. I love that the cut of the dress is very retro, but the bold leaf pattern placed almost randomly against bthe lack background, is very modern - it creates a dynamic design. I am playing with the pattern colors, by adding some olive accessories, including the velvet ribbon used as a necktie, and my old boiled wool teal jacket, perfect for these windy days. I bought it at the very beginning of this blog, so it'll be my 5th winter with it - and since it was a thrift store find, who knows how many winters it saw before me! I first wore it in the post back in DECEMBER 2013, it works well with my plaid skirt, as seen in the JANUARY 2016 post, and with my plaid dress in the OCTOBER 2016 post, but of course it had many, many more outings in these years, because it's oh so cozy!

I added my vintage hat brooch to the jacket (you can see a close-up photo in my previous post HERE), and grabbed my old time favorite - olive green purse made of very soft leather, and with lots of great details and high quality hardware, which I appreciate in a purse. I also decorated the purse with a faux fur olive green pompom. 

The boots are starting their 3rd season with me and my closet, and I appreciate them more than ever (they also have brown sister boots!). I first introduced them back in DECEMBER 2015, oddly enough in another teal combination! Visit that old post if you're a Kate Bush fan, and see how philosophical and poetic I got there. There is a book of such texts somewhere in me trying to get out. In the new 2018 year perhaps? Mmmm? Yes.

All is remixed from my wardrobe:

Dress - eShakti (last winter)

Wool jacket - thrifted (2013)

Boots - Naturalizer (2015)

Bracelet and watch - Chico's (old)

Clip-on earrings - vintage via antique mall

Velvet ribbon - via fabric shop on Bainbridge Island

Purse - B Makowsky via TJ MAXX (old)

Sunglasses - Christian Siriano for Lane Bryant (2016)

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