Fall Fashion Challenge ~Day 4

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{Top- TravelSmith} {Jacket- Talbot's} {Velveteen skirt- Made by me}

{Dotty tights- Target} {Heels- Sofft} {Pillbox hat- Made by me}

Well, today was awfully fun for me, as the "must do" was choose one of your favorite eras and wear it!  I have several eras that I adore (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s...), but it wasn't too hard to decide which one to do--- late 50s.  A la Eva Marie Saint in North by Northwest to be exact.  I love all of Eva Marie's clothes in the movie, so I combined a few different elements from a couple of her outfits.  I'm happy with the result!

Mom and I picked up my velvet jacket when we were shopping on my birthday earlier this year.  What a find from the clearance rack!  It's one of those absolutely love pieces from my closet! (I have a complete and utter nutty weakness for jackets.)  The mustardy-gold velveteen skirt was my take on Ashley's great mustard pencil skirt that I was always mooning over when she posted pictures of it--- now I have my own!

And my hat.  Yes, I did make it.  Out of Anna Maria Horner's velveteen (I am noticing a velvet/velveteen theme here...).  I've been mulling over the idea of making myself a hat, and I was really wanting a pillbox.  So, thanks to some invaluable information from Nanny, I started cutting away and came up with this.  I love it!

xxx Achaia

Comments

[Ashley]

*swoon* I love your whole outfit, Achaia! Of course, that is no surprise. *grin* Now I'm kicking myself on not buying those exact dotty tights at Target. As those are simply adorable, and you know how I love my polka-dots. And your pill box hat is too cute! I would love to have one myself. Care to share how you made it, dear?

Funny that you should mention Eva Marie Saint. I taped McLintock! onto a DVD today off of TCM. And guess what? She introduced the movie {she was talking about the movie & cast}!

[Ashley]

BTW: Gabrielle just noticed that we both wore mustard colored skirts & burgundy on top {yours in the form of a jacket, mine a shirt} today. *grin*

Hey, are you going to wear your floppy hat on Saturday? I am. *grin*

[Jessica]

Great outfit! I'd like to have one of those skirts,too!

[Annie]

So cute, Achaia! Love it! =)

[Lisa G.]

Very cute, but please get out of the road - you're making me nervous. ;-)

[Corporate Logo Design]

Very lovely post! Thanks a lot for sharing this fabulous stuff. I really like this.

[Elise]

Achaia,

I love this outfit! I see you are a sucker for velveteen. I love it too, but my current wardrobe has a bit too much corduroy in it:P

Any tips on hat-making? Sadly, I don't have a grandma close to teach me.

[Nanny]

Oh Achaia, this outfit is adorable! I just love the tights and shoes, oh yes, and the skirt, the jacket, the hat and the girl!!! Next time you will have to bend over and show us the top of the hat. Love you ever so much. NAN

[Marie]

This is a cute outfit! I love your tights and shoes. :)