The Return of Shallow Fashion Details, the Summer Version

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This time, with bonus DIY notes at the end!

• Black and pink striped ballet flats.


• Black just-below knee-length bloomers, with black lace trim.


• Pink knee-length petticoat.


• Black rayon sundress that has a full, knee-length skirt, pink satin piping, and black lace ruffles.


• Black stretchy lace waist-length cardigan, that buttons with tiny pink buttons, and has pink and black bows on the ruffles at the end of the elbow-length sleeves.


• Jewelry: An antique miniature pocket watch necklace, a choker made from pink and black glass pearls that ties in the back with a black satin bow, matching pink and black glass pearl earrings, and all my usual rings.
  
• Hair pulled up in a bun, and tucked under an antique top hat that is trimmed with pink & black feathers, a pink silk rose, and a pink & black striped satin rose.


• Makeup: YSL Touch Éclat, translucent powder, shimmery white eyeshadow with pink (from a MAC Barbie blush) in the crease, black liquid liner, black mascara, and MAC "Verushka" lipstick.


• For when I have to go outside: an antique parasol that I made a new canopy for: plain black on the outside, lined with pink & black striped satin, and tiny pink bows on the end of each point.

DIY notes. I'm including them because, well, I thought I would give people an example of the regular level of customization I do to things I wear. There is very little that I buy "off-the-rack" that does not get customized in some way, whether it be changing the buttons, adding trim, or (in some cases) being turned into an entirely different item of clothing.

• The shoes were originally black & white striped. I spent an evening coloring them pink with waterproof art markers.


• The bloomers were made from a pair of women's blousy, wide-legged rayon trousers. I cut them off at knee-length, turned up the edges of each leg to make a casing for elastic, and then added lace trim.


• The sundress is one of the Dharma Trading Co. Black Rayon Short Ribbon Strap Dresses. I added grommet tape to the back two seams so I could add laces and make the dress more fitted. I also added the pink satin piping and the lace trim. These dresses are my default summer dresses; they're lightweight, washable, and cheap enough that buying multiples of them to customize isn't completely crazy.


• The cardigan used to be a stretchy lace blouse with a ruffled scooped neckline. I cut it open down the front middle, and then added black elastic loop trim down one side, and the appropriate number of teeny pink buttons on the other. There were already black ribbons on the sleeve ruffles; I just added extra pink ribbons.


• Yep, all the decor on the hat was added by me, too. The pink & black satin rose is another example of coloring things with art markers.


• However, the pink & black striped satin lining of the parasol was from experimenting with acetate satin and a dyebath full of pink rit. I don't think it would be a good way to achieve pink & black striped fabric for clothing, as the printed-on black stripes ended up looking a bit weathered and distressed, but that made for an interesting antiqued effect for the parasol lining.