*sigh*. Click for link to the site. Someone should own this since I can’t afford it right now.

hand made steampunk tophat

The inside was a bit messy and it wasn't easy to keep it on with only two clips.

Then I moved on to playing with wool felt so I could shape it and made this Shibuya/ Lolita fez type hat. I used a satin ribbon around the edge which didn’t sit smoothly. I made a matching removable hairclip that sits onto the little felt loveheart sewn to the side.

Pink fez hat

Inside my shibuya hat. Satin ribbon doesn't sit that smoothly alas.

Matching clip shibuya hat

And then I thought it was time to take a class, which isn’t that hard to find in Perth. I went on a waiting list to do a class with Fiona Dixon. After an epic 12 hour one day class my brain felt stuffed and I learned a lot, and finished most of the hat below. I finished it and added the simple white trim below. I look forward to making more in 2011!

Hand made sinamay straw hat

Pink sinamay hand made hat back

Pink flowers in magenta hair and green shadow with feather eyelashes

I ripped little bits off the eyelashes accidentally so made them symmetrical and stuck them to the side of my eyes with a diamante in between. The diamante I picked up from a $2 shop in sheets, and I stuck the feathers on with a little bit of liquid latex from kryolan.

Ah suspenders - gotta love em! Berserk skirt with skull print, lotsa kitsch accessories

I’m wearing eye makeup again. Hooray! Still going subtle for a day at the pub. Liquid liner and side flicks, a bit of brown shadow under the eye, a bit of black and brown shadow in the corner of the eyes, blush and a dark red lippie.

I’m really into crosses right now – love these Perth designed sterling silver earrings, and some leather tied around as a choker. (90s orama.) Finished off with some glow in the dark Kreepsville 666 clips. The suspenders are vintage.

But in the past year I’ve been embracing rather than fighting the way I look. Maybe it’s because I realise I won’t be young forever, or maybe it’s because when I’m exhausted after a 40 hour week I couldn’t be bothered redying my hair pink. Yup, I got lazy.

So what will I be wearing in this, the last summer of my 20s?

Hipster goth… in white.
The hipster nouveau goth thing is so hot right now. Perth has gone all Melbourne on us with black simply everywhere and little touches of vintage, pinup and goth. The young alt fashionistas are looking a bit like an army of pale skinned ultra thin girls with minimal makeup in flowing black fabric.

I love my goth, I really do, but when it’s this trendy the alt kid in me kicks up a hissy fit. So  sexy flowing fabrics? YES. But in white. My skin tone has gone three shades darker in the sun so it sets it off nicely, and I’m adding touches of black like dark polish (in a dark maroon rather than jet black) and a femininely cut leather wristband and a leather thong around one ankle.  Plus cross earrings by a local artist I picked up at Beyond the Trapdoor, and a necklace of Queen Nefertiti I nicked from my mum. It always makes me feel like a queen.

Kate Moss in a grecian looking white flowing dress.

1940s and 1950s hits the beach with vintage glamour

I own a white bikini with cherries on it and a matching towel, which sits well with the Stop Staring high waisted jeans I picked up recently. I also own a giant sunhat and like to pair it with giant sunnies I picked up from OJ recently. Beach stylin’ . I’m surprised at how much a good lipstick can add glamour to a look also, so I’ll be living in Mac’s Totally IT lipliner used as a full lippie and their 15+ foundation. The hair won’t stay at the beach but pinning an air-dried fringe back into a faux victory roll can be an easy substitute.

1950s beach glamour

Goth minis for dance parties
I picked up a couple of t-shirt dresses from Mame recently. This is my dance party and dance festival look, with my favourite minis from Kreepsville 666.  I have some heavily buckled knee high PVC goth platform boots for cooler nights and picked up some black gladiator sandals with buckles up the back as daytime flats. Not sure why I’ve gone back to goth looks – maybe a contrarian kick against the minimalism of current makeup trends and also just the desire to wear LESS in summer.

I’d also recommend the Black Milk skin tight dresses which look amazing on. I’ve veered off them because they started as a leggings brand and that style doesn’t suit me (what with me being under 5′ tall and pear shaped.) They do do a number of spooky designs though, and their prints hold up very well to stretch.

While i’m at it I’m slightly in love with tshirt modification tutorials, especially this lady. Check out her suspender tshirt, her side laced dress from an xxxl tshirt and all the slicing and lacing techniques: http://www.youtube.com/user/itsblitzzz#p/u/6/xqes0rflf-0

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Headscarf tutorial. Click for link.

My 1940s look at Beyond the Trapdoor 10 year anniversary party. Click for more pics of the event on The Thousands page! Thank you also to Marijke Loosjes for the photo!

New craft project below. Check this site out if you’re a crafty because they have some awesome free printable patterns:

vintage magic blouse pattern. Click for the link

The makeup of this era really appeals to me. I tend towards a matt look because shine makes me look tired, and I use paler face powder than my natural skin tone. It’s actually pretty hard to find ‘translucent’ powder that doesn’t make dark skin look a bit pale.

I love love rouge (which looks awesome on dark skin), and am currently addicted to Mac’s ‘Absolutely it’ lipliner which works as a ‘glorified natural look’. Click the image below for a better description of makeup from this period.

And finally, the jeans that inspired it all: I picked up a pair of these amazing high waisted cherry jeans by Stop Staring at Beyond the Trapdoor. I don’t know why I didn’t go high waisted before!! Perfect to lengthen a short ass like me.

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Sunday, 13th of November
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Accidentally cool photo. Score!

I’ve been moving away from classic alt or goth looks to a fusion style that incorporates contemporary trends without losing good old alternative fashion drama. Pretty happy with the results.

I’ve been moving away from the multicoloured hair because I miss wearing white. (I get colour run :/) Going lighter with my skin tone is giving me more drama than expected, particularly in this red tone.

After laser surgery and I can’t wear eye makeup for a month. I decided to make my hair lighter in anticipation of this. With naturally black brows and eyelashes, going lighter instantly gives me the bolder brows that are in vogue right now. I used pale pink frosted lipstick to emphasise the look.