Plato's Dress

If you asked me to describe my perfect dress in a series of keywords, or if you added up my top 10 favourite dresses and divided the result by 10, you'd get this dress. It's got every feature I require in exactly the right ratios - 1950s, decent cotton, blue, rose-print, a decent cut, a good length, sleeves and a work-appropriate neckline. Plus I didn't even have to engage in a bidding war to make it mine. Scooore.

My life at the moment is pretty much entirely consumed by planning for me and Jack's big Christmas-y camping break, but my temporary flatmate Zoe has a tripod so I nicked it to take some outfit photos. At first I tried to get Jack to do them for me but he isn't really photographically inclined (sorry, Jack) so I just got him to push the button once I'd lined up the shot, haha. The experience made me realise that it's dumb that I own like 100 dresses but am unable to spend $40 on a tripod of my own to take bloggy photos without needing someone's help, so I am definitely gonna get my own - but not until after she's moved out and taken her tripod with her.

It is pretty obvious that I was messing around with different backdrop-y things, though. The white curtain is the cover for my wardrobe. Also let's just pretend my carpet isn't in desperate need of a vacuum and there isn't an empty plastic bag on the floor behind me. God. If I had photoshop I would've edited that out, trust me. 

Wearing:

1950s blue rose-print dress - Trade Me

Black and gold leather belt - opshopped

J pin - vintage sale

Shoes - won from Mimco via Lost In The Haze 

Lipstick - Mac Rebel

Satchel - Cambridge Satchel Company
Plus my usual rings and the only hairstyle I can be bothered with when it's this hot. 

Bonus photo: Jack was pushing the buttons on the camera and thought it would be hilarious for me to do this.  For every one photo I post on here there are at least 50 outtakes featuring double chins and mid-blink eyes and poses even dumber than the ones that make it to the public viewing stage.

SOME MORE STUFF I'VE BEEN DOING

Ugh I am so bad at blogging. Summer is grand and things are pretty busy. So here's the ultimate cop-out: an Instagram roundup!! Fun.

 Kelly came to Wellington and I wrote us an opshop schedule, we looked cute in Petone, I got an iPhone and the quality of my photos dramatically picked up. 

 

 Wore novelty prints, got smooshed by Puss, wore my uncomfy 60s flats.

 

 SAW NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL LIVE TWICE AND GOT THEIR SET LIST AND MET THEM AND SHOOK JEFF'S HAND AND HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL, BORDERLINE-RELIGIOUS-EXPERIENCE TIME, went to the Dashfield and co garage sale in Auckland, bought lots of cute stuff.

 
 

Louise looked cute, we spent a day drinking beers and lounging at Mission Bay, it was lovely. 

 

Spent too much time and money at Hard to Find Books Onehunga, got airport donuts, got the best milk bottle lolly brooch. 

 

Won some Mimco stuff and bought cheap Doc Martens, wore more novelty prints, opshopped this amazing pale blue late 1950s dress for $10 in Auckland! 

 

Louise found me a brand new navy Cambridge Satchel suuuuper cheap at Recycle Boutique, got my favourite Karen Walker Patio dress in a second colour, boyfriend's mum bought us tonnes of cheese from the Naki.

   

Puss being adorable in the herbs, a Croatia Vintage dress, a Friday arvo cheeseboard.

Got some really excellent stuff from a vintage sale, and me modelling the best 1950s rose printed velvet dress.

Coworkers at a Filipino feast and the best selfie of me ever.