i don’t know what my obsession with stripes has been lately, but it’s all i’ve been knitting (or thinking about knitting lately) and i’ve bought not one, but two, black and white striped bottoms (this skirt and another pair of pants). maybe i just have a deep rooted desire too look like a circus clown/beetlejuice.  by the way, i can’t wait to post the pants….just like the pattern on the skirt but pants, in a 70s style flare cut.  serious circus pants.

i’m also kinda obsessed with these cynthia vincent booties.  i feel like since 90% of my closet is vintage, or either vintage-inspired, some outfits can start to look more like a decade-specific costume.   i’ve found that these little boots are the perfect answer because they are not vintage in the least and tend to add a little bit of modernized flair.  not to mention, that i tend to not do heels very well….but i walked around in these things for hours and hours days on end during fashion week, and couldn’t believe how comfortable they were.

and finally, this is my current (project) obsession.  i’m making a pattern for a summer striped sweater.  it’s summery because it will be cap sleeved & made out of this velvety cotton.  i can’t wait til it’s done!! i actually woke up this morning with a sore forearm muscle from knitting so much yesterday. 

vintage skirt and shirt and sunglasses, cynthia vincent amelie booties, vintage coach purse, a common thread amethyst necklace

last night, rick and i had a very woody-allen-manhattan style date.  roaming the streets of new york, we escaped the rain by ducking into the planetarium.  we heard a lecture about the stars, moon and galileo’s discovery of four of jupiter’s moons.

photo via Alfred Gracombe

the hayden planetarium itself is a magical and beautiful place.  afterwards, we were pretty much the only people in the natural history museum, and we got to explore some of the dinosaurs and elephants unattended.  (only we forgot to take photos! eek!)

my only regret (besides no dinosaur photos) was not being dressed a little more annie-hall-style for the outing.  but then again, i loved it so much that i’m already planning my next trip back to the lecture.

it was pretty amazing, except the lecturer kept referring to this summer triangle of stars as a slice of pizza, and one of the moons of jupiter as having a cheese pizza-like quality, with little bits of anchovies.  all of the pizza talk made me very hungry, so rick and i had to immediately find the first pizza place after the lecture.

this dress was an attempt to add a little color to a very rainy, dull day.  it used to be a below-the-knee frumpy dress that i took the scissors to and give it a new baby hem.  i’m learning that i really need to start taking some “before” pictures.

and then i rode off on my motorcycle. that i found on the street.

vintage dress - reshaped and redone, evan picone thrifted blazer, f21 belt pulled from a different skirt