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Frocktober 30th!

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Second last day of October!  Gosh time flies when I’m blogging every single day.
Today’s dress is a secondhand dress that I bought relatively recently.  When it arrived, it was absolutely filthy, like the girl who owned it had just worn it until it was unwearable, then sold it.  It came out really nice when I washed it though – and the water in the tub was dark brown when I was finished.  Why didn’t she wash it herself?  It was bizarre.
Although it’s newly bought, I had been after this dress for a long time, since I tried it on at the Victorian Maiden Press Room in Osaka, 2010.  I really wanted the burgundy version, but I am very happy with what I got.

With my Alice and the Pirates cardigan.  You guys must seriously be sick of this cardigan now.

 Today was a bit rainy when we were taking pictures.  I like Canberra in the rain.

Dress: Victorian Maiden‘s Dorothy Doll Dress.
Shoes: Payless
Cardigan: Alice and the Pirates

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Frocktober 22nd! Favourite dress.

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 This dress is my favourite dress ever!  It’s Victorian Maiden’s Adele Bustier Dress.  Here’s a link to the Hello Lace info page.  I tried this on when we went to the Victorian Maiden Press Room in Osaka in early 2010, but didn’t buy it.  Then I bought it from the website when it went on special later in 2010!

I didn’t realise how long my hair looked until I saw this photo!  The back of the dress has corset lacing.
Dress: Victorian Maiden
Blouse: Victorian Maiden (Lolibrary link here)
Shoes: Irregular Choice
Cardigan: Alice and the Pirates
Petticoat: Handmade

And then I went and played my drums! We set them up for the first time in our new home tonight.

This dress also comes with previous worn photos!

 Me graduating with my two bachelor’s degrees!  Music and Science (Psychology)

And this is even earlier, mid 2010 when we did a big concert.  I really like that long sleeved blouse!

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Dresses for the Summer

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Since I’m going to America in their Summer (my Winter), I’ll need some nice cool dresses to wear!  And all the great brands are coming out with new dresses for Summer in Japan!  Here are my two favourite that I’m considering buying:
First is another Melche Shutilforc beauty.  It comes in two colourways, this gorgeous brown X pink, and a cream top X light blue floral skirt.  This was only released today I think!
It also has a detachable halter neck with frills.  Cute!  I also really like the underskirt peeking out.
Which colour would be best on a paleface like me?
And this lovely Victorian Maiden summer dress.  It comes in three colourways: this one (cream and purple flowers), cream and yellow flowers, and black and white gingham.  I think I’d go for the cream and yellow colour.  This is still on reserve, due to come out in May.
I’m not usually a fan of fully shirred items, but this is done very well.  It’s nice and understated.  I like the ruffled neckline.  It looks so cool!  Able to be worn without a blouse for maximum air flow!
One thing these dresses have in common is that they’re quite casual.  I could wear these to the shops, or to a cocktail party, depending on my shoes and how I wear my hair.  I like clothes like that!
To be able to wear them in America for what I’m doing, it’s important to be able to breathe and move easily.  A lot of dresses I’ve bought (thankfully not the expensive ones!) are really pretty but constrict my giant rib cage* and so never get worn.  It’s kind of a shame!  I would like to fix them but don’t want to fail and ruin a lovely dress.  The Melche Shutilforc dress looks a little constricting but the VM one looks amazingly comfy.
I added these two dresses to my Wishlist, because in all honesty, I wish I had them.