seeing SPOTS!

Okay so second post. What to talk about now? Not sure so I’m just going to post about the latest string of things I have bought eBay wise. So I was just checking through my purchase history and monitoring the seven items I was currently awaiting on postage (damn all these public holidays) – when I discovered something quite alarming – THREE of these items were LEOPARD PRINT! Yes, unfortunately this is correct. I am blaming it on party season delusional brain crazy spending.. as I don’t own anything leopard print and haven’t seen it anywhere of late. I desperately checked online fashion bibles – alas no predictions for SS 2013.  On the other hand, all three items were amazingly good purchases – see proof (in handmade collage - thanks Microsoft Paint) below:

sass + bide cotton dress = perfect for summer from their sellout 2009 collection $36

sass + bide silk blazer = just couldn't go past this one - form their 2011 Papa Sucre collection, was retailing for $330 new...... $70

country road silk dress = I tried this on in store a little while ago.. and loved the fit but cannot justify paying full price for anything from CR - retailed for $249... $53

Apart from their bargain fab factor.. where oh where am I going to wear them? And in Ballarat I may add (not sure if I mentioned this before.. but I have since left 'fast paced fashion industry Melbourne life' – instead its 'slower paced pet supplies in regional Victoria life' all the way) where my current employer’s dress code is ‘smart business casual’ – somehow I am not sure spotted cat fabric will go down all that well in the boardroom. In all honesty this seems to be a dilemma I face quite often with quite a number of online purchases.. just HAVING to buy that fabulous item (dress/top/wide-leg shakuhachi batik patterned silk pants) and then getting said item in the post and realising it goes with absolutely nothing in my wardrobe (and then more purchases are required to go with it); OR that said item would be perfect for a particular occasion (like a 1920’s beaded flapper dress from the Mill Markets that would have been JUST PERFECT for a red carpet premiere – thankfully I refrained from that one - although ONLY $120!!) of which I will never attend.

So I am going to challenge myself and dig deep into the depths of my wardrobe room (yes – thankfully I do have an entire ROOM) and create workable ‘smart business casual’ outfits with my three leopard print items, to ensure that these purchases do not go to waste.  Maybe leopard print is so 2010 but one bonus with regional Victorian life is that fashion is slightly slower out here (scruchies anyone?), and no one will be any the wiser with my choice in print.
So as promised I went away and played around in the wardrobe room.. and have conjured up five outfits that I do think cover the 'smart business casual' (however loosely) - and big thanks to Suzanne - what a poser!

Think i might bust out day two tomorrow... the weather is finally cooling down. 
Perhaps leopard is the new smart business casual??


FFIFY xxxx