The Oktoberfest in Frankenmuth, Michigan (aka Funtown, USA) was completely outta pocket! I had bought this beautifully made vintage bustier drindl with flourescent pink flowers of love from my friend Jen’s amazing store, Thunderhorse Vintage (17th & L in back of Bows & Arrows, Sacramento) for the occasion, but I was pretty sure the corseting wasn’t going to allow me more than a couple of Hof Braus. Not only did it last me through innumerable beers, it also held out through 2 brauts with extra kraut, a bavarian pretzel draped in dijon, table-top polka dancing with my good friend Andrea, a nap on the river bank, and all kinds of photo-op antics.
Look at these lovely vintage filigree bird earrings and the silly little ruffles!! Heaven.
pink floral vintage bustier dress – $30 at Thunderhorse Vintage, Sacramento
black cut-out ballet flats – $10 at Marshall’s
black bird filigree earrings – $10 at Bows & Arrows Vintage, Sacramento
Man, I’m having a hard time trying to think of another non-Bavaria-centric occasion I could wear this to. Can you?
originally uploaded by iidaelina for wardrobe_remix
So far nothing has been able to get me excited about fall weather until now. Suddenly I’m craving tapestry, tights, and mismatched leather like nobody’s business. This outfit is as rich as an overly custardy tiramisu.
originally uploaded by missemma.peel for wardrobe_remix
etsy enthusiast, reconstructionist described missemmapeel’s outfit, with her layered tops and belt as headband, as very “urban tribal warrior princess.” i think she just looks incorrigibly hip, to the point where if she got any hipper every dive bar in the US would name a drink after her.
originally uploaded by rebecca was a recluse for wardrobe_remix
This can’t possibly be as simple as it looks, can it? I’m pretty sure some alterations would have to be done to make an oversized shirt fit so well in the shoulders… this plaid consists of the most divine color-combination I’ve seen in a fortnight. Or 12.
So I’m in Chicago and two of my best friends in the whole world are putting me up (putting up with me?) for a whole month. So Andrea, of the mouth-watering Forkable Blog, is going to collaborate with me on an fashionably forkable event for highly-hip Midwesterners. Forkable really is sort of the food-centric version of Painfully Hip in that it’s all about creating captivating concoctions on the cheap. Oh man, you have no idea what you’re in for with Andrea’s droolicious cooking.
If you’re in Chicago and you’re painfully hip, you best be up in there! Any excuse to don your favorite cocktail dress, right?
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