Outfit Post: Elizabethan Inspired Coat Transformation – With A Touch of Deathrock

I’m in love with this outfit and I think this is my best outfit yet. I was so happy to wake up to pouring rain and concerning winds (I was very worried about the cats and my partner getting to work) but I was so happy to get a chance to wear this coat that I tailored, for the first time. You would probably remember this coat from it’s review here and another outfit post I did with it here (oh god, it’s embarrassing looking back on). I really wanted to go for an elegant feel today. I’m lucky that it was so cold considering it’s summer here!

Cutting this coat up was so frightening, considering it’s a two hundred dollar coat that was a gift from my partner. Of course I checked with him first and well, he didn’t even remember buying me it. Even so, I knew I had to do something with it, otherwise it would hang under all my other coats for another year. Buying it was a complete catastrophe but I can finally feel better about it. Damn you Fanplusfriend custom sizing!

I ended up raising the waist line and making it straight rather than pointed as it’s more flattering on my figure. I removed the arms, slimmed them down and removed the puff sleeves, made some alterations (some of the buttons were coming off and the lining parts needed adjustment) and completed remodelled the cuffs (though they aren’t what I wanted them to be).

Don’t mind the creme on my nose, it’s Bepanthen. (Yes, I’m STILL unhappily fighting infection).

 My hair actually has curled extensions in it. It’s not actually completed in this photos and looks a tad messy. Curled extensions are so useful when you don’t want to use heat on your hair or any product and generally it’s very fast – all I do is clip them in and clip some layers back so the curls peak out.

I had to take this rainy chance to get my favourite parasol/umbrella out, besides I was looking for elegance today!

Outfit:

Coat: Fanplusfriend originally, but remodelled and tailored by myself.
Socks: Cotton On. It’s so cold I have to wear crochet socks over my stockings!
Stockings: Anonymous.
Blouse: Secondhand.
Skirt: EBay. It’s my tulle cake skirt, layered underneath so you can’t really see it but it puffs the coat out nicely.
Boots: Dr. Marten.
Necklace: EBay. It’s an octopus.
Earrings: You can’t really see them but they’re my bird skulls from EBay.
Parasol: Alice and The Pirates (bought at Supanova)
Gloves: Anonymous.
Hair extensions: EBay and yes, they actually are human hair. I made sure to test them before curling them myself..

Best wishes,
– SaryWalrus

Outfit Post: Purple Corset, Striped Socks and Fishnet Shirt.

Today I felt like wearing these boots and this fishnet shirt that I recently cut out of some stockings that I never wore. It was raining again today; perfect weather for dressing up!

Also, Coen was taking the pictures. That’s why my face seems so strange. He refused to take the picture until  smiled, so instead I growled at him. Unfortunately he refused to take the picture while I was ‘duck’ facing at him. (Hehehe!)

Corset: Gallery Serpentine, second-hand from eBay! I barely ever wear it, it cuts really badly into my hips, I’m not sure if it’s because I’m wearing it too low (or high?) or if it’s because it’s already moulded to fit the first owners hips and they were significantly smaller?
Shirt: Made out of an old pair of fishnets that came in a big combination acket. I think I’ll be wearing them a lot in winter; they’re actually really warm!
Skirt: Second-hand from my mother. Ii really like this skirt, it’s lovely and tiered. I should wear long skirts more often.
Socks: Sparkly purple and black. The reason I don’t wear these more often is the sparkles can hurt my legs at times and they’re under the nee socks. Gift from my mum.
Necklace: My broken Amethyst on it’s silver chain, given to me by my grandmother.
Choker: Bought at Animania by the loveliest woman. I actually wasn’t going to buy this at first but second time around I finally did. Actually I thought it was a bracelet.
Boots: Good old Kmart.

Oh! And here’s my adorably fat, pregnant cat, Kitty. :3

Best wishes,

Sary!

Outfit: Past Lolita Outfit.

Today I was suppose to post the pictures of what I wore yesterday because I went to a friends party but then my camera decided to break, after trying everything I decided I’d have to buy an SD to USB converted. For any one who doesn’t know what that is, it’s basically something you put the memory card of the camera in and plug it into the computer so that you can transfer files across. I’ll be going to Sydney on Tuesday so we’ll just have to wait until then.

Back to the point. I was glancing through old facebook profile pictures and came across this photograph my mother took of me last year(?) and I still love it to bits. This was taken when my parasol first arrived and I was super excited! It’s taken with my dads camera which is probably why it looks so much better than most of my photo’s.

Surprisingly enough when this photo was taken I didn’t think it was Lolita-esque.

What I’m wearing:

Dress: Ten dollars from Fashion Fair.

Stockings: Ten dollars from Kmart. (This was when they weren’t ripped, as much)

Shoes: Mary-Janes, given to me by my grandmother.
Collar: Seven dollars from eBay.
Necklace: Gift voucher from Equip
Parasol: Twenty five dollars from eBay.

Enjoy!
-Ms. Walrus.

P.S. Just ignore my annoying face in this picture.