Saint Pants Day

Sandy

The pattern on the shirt

Sandy: My jeans ripped and after an appropriate morning period I figured it was time to get new ones. I found these bright green pants on sale. They match perfectly this old silk scarf handed down to me that might be as old as from the 60's or 70's.

Wendy: Well, I guess that color is back in style.

Head To Toe

Sandy Matching

Sandy: This is one of those times I wish I would have started this blog earlier. I don't have any making of pictures of this outfit I made last year. 

I wanted to wear a pattern from head to tow. But that's one of those things that magazines advertised as a big trend, yet it is difficult to actually find in any shops. At least for a reasonable price…

I bought a big long plaid skirt for 1€ from a sale at UFF. Very reasonable. 

I cut about half of the length and used the rest of the fabric to make the bolero. I never make clothes from scratch but this was easier than Iris in The Taxi Driver. The only problem was I didn't have a lot of fabric to work with. Thats why the sleeves are short which luckily looks totally intentional with the shirt couffs showing. 

Wendy: More intentional than the ill-fitting movie reference.

Sandy: I also like to mix patterns though it's a bit more difficult. Here I think I did a better job than usual, combining two geometric patterns of the same tones of grey.

PS. Sorry about the lack of shoes in my posts. I take the pictures indoors without my boots on, most of the time.

Sandy Mixing

Pretty in Plaid

Sandy

Sandy: I had a classic moment of "I know I have a ton of clothes but I can't think of anything nice to throw on". The clothes that I like 99% of the time suddenly didn't rock my boat.

So I spiced up the outfit with a belt.

Wendy: Yes, my belt.

Sandy: A wide belt none the less. To show off my waist. Just like the magazines told me to.

Conan The Librarian

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Sandy: I think I look like a professor in this bow-tie and pullover combination. 

Wendy: You won't settle for being just a hot librarian.

Sandy: I wore a masculine look in celebration of Mens Week.

The bow is actually a hairpin. I just attached it to my buttonhole. The shirt was originally a bodysuit but I just cut the panty part out and wear it as a regular shirt. Who wear their knickers attached to their shirts?

A Hairpin

Last of the Summer Lemonade

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Sandy: This is unheard of! My outfit is more colorful than Wendy's recent outfits.

Here's a tip how to wear your summer dresses in the Autumn - or is it Winter already.

Wendy: What's the tip?

Sandy: Duh, wear a sweater.

But seriously though, I like wearing dresses underneath. It gives a nice touch to the outfit when the same fabric is showing in two places.

Chicken Legs

Sandy

Sandy: I usually don't wear anything with this Pied de Poule pattern because it's a bit too "rich old lady" but in this case the pattern is so small I figured it's just looks grey from more than a pied away, right? 

I love the buttons on the shoulders. They came handy when I needed to make the straps longer. I just took it apart and re-attached it at a different length. I'm not sure weather this was made for someone much shorter or it is meant to be worn with pants. That not being my look I try to get away with it by wearing shorts or skirt underneath.

London Red II

Sandy Still in Red

Sandy: Still in love with variations of this outfit.
The bag says NDS Airways as if I'm taking off...

London Red

Sandy in Red

Wendy: And you made fun of me for wearing a lot of red! 

Sandy: I never said I don't like red. 

This color makes me think of London. I've never been but I know what I'll be wearing if I go. 

This… I guess you could call it a dress… is second hand and apparently it's french kids wear. Or the french are tiny. It almost fit me so I opened the turns to get the crucial few centimeters and moved the buttons around to make it look almost not-weird. I also cut off the cuffs and reattached them lower. That's a good trick and no-one will ever know.

A couple days back I found this canvas bag that is the exact same colour! The colour bytheway is neon red, I haven't fiddled with the colour in photoshop at all. (My spell check is complaining about my spelling of colour. How sad.)

Maybe it's the colour that's reminding me of london. It's as red as a telephone booth.

Wendy: Or a double decker.

Twins?

Identical!

Sandy

Moomin Bag (Tutorial)

Sandy with Moomin

Sandy: I found this blue mess that once was an umbrella in the ditch. I took it washed it in the tub and threw away the (broken) metal parts. (In the recycling bin, not the ditch.)

So, in the likely event you encounter a similar tossed-away umbrella, here's a tutorial.

1. The plastic had holes in it so I didn't have as much material to use as the picture would suggest. (I didn't take any actual before pictures since it was before I started this blog.)

Before Before

Simply cut out the sides and the strap.

Hei Muumit!

2. Sow the pieces together. You don't have to worry about threading, it's plastic! 

I used the snap from the umbrella to close the bag.

I still had enough material and an old zipper to make a small clutch / pocket book. (I don't know why it looks so shiny and wrinkly in the photo.)

Sandy's Hand

Twin Set

Sandy, Wendy

Sandy: We decided to be good twins and wear mating clothes.

Wendy: I bought this skirt from a flea market and Sandy found a second hand top with the same pattern, just a little darker stripes.

Sandy: The top and skirt would look so stupid worn together. Like a pyjama.

Wendy: luckily we can mix and match.

Sandy: If you think matching is childlike or uncool check out our favorite designer duo Dan and Dean.

Dan & Dean, which is which?

SlutWalk

Sandy SlutWalk

Sandy: This is what I wanted to wear to the SlutWalk.

Sandy SlutWalk II

And this is what I actually wore because it was raining.

I wore my sluttiest clothes but it was still something I could very well have been wearing to a bar. But that was kind of the point too. The SlutWalk was a demonstration against putting blame on rape victims ie. for what they were wearing.

Freedom to wear what you want what better reason to march!

Black Swan

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This huge heart was a gift from someone with a huge heart.

Sandy: I bought this skirt from a flea market with Wendy in mind but first wore it myself on a romantic date.

Wendy: I could describe the style of that skirt a mix of goth Lolita and porn star.

Sandy: What a treasure!

Peace

Wendy: I want to express my sorrow for the victims of the Norwegian tragedy.

Sandy: I'm sad for the people who immediately went on web forums and barked at the wrong tree while the killers ideals, in fact, were very similar to their own.

Wendy: People speak words of hatred but when someone acts based on those thoughts no one takes any responsibility.

"If someone can do so much evil, think how much love we can create together."

Sandy

Sandy: One can express oneself with clothing, political views included. Breivik took photos of himself in some kind of military uniform.

Wendy: Also, most religions have wearable symbols.

Sandy: The messages may get mixed up sometimes, a punk might get mistaken for a skinhead and so on.

Wendy: And sometimes people make assumptions based on false stereotypes. Like when I wear a short skirt and bright lip stick to some women it means that I'm an antifeminist slut.

Sandy: Ironic how "feminists" have such stereotypes about other women.

Sailor Sandy II

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Sandy: A small change to the previous outfit. It looks a bit like an anime characters outfit. I'm not an anime or manga fan (except Stuodio Gibli). My outfits sometimes get inspiration from the same sources as some Japanese styles, sailor and school uniforms.

Hello Kitty decapitated and made into a purse

Sandy: This leather Hello Kitty bag would be fabulous with this outfit.

Wendy: It's mine.

Sandy: I said "WOULD be".

Sailor Sandy



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Wendy: You're awfully quiet today, Sandy...
Sandy: Shh, I'm watching the sea.

Bumble Bee

Sandy in a Daniel Clowes comic



Sandy: I'm wearing Wendys yellow top. It matches so perfectly to my fanny bag. Black and yellow are so wonderfully contrasting together. But if I had had a pare of those bee antlers on, you know those halloween headbands, I would have looked like I was wearing a costume. That's exactly what I go for: one accessorie away from a halloween costume!

I have the same top in navy blue. We try not to borrow eachothers clothes too much since it's from our clothes that people tell us apart :)

Wendy: We haven't yet worn those matching tops at the same time (at the same place). I'm not completely sure would it look ridiculous or fantastic. One thing is certain, it would definately turn heads.

Sandy: I'm reading this WONDERFUL book right now titled Wise Children. It's so funny I can't describe it! And it's about twin sisters! And their relatives that are all twins too! It's crazy. Kind of like One Hundred Years of Solitude but not as long and much less confusing (four people called Jose Arcadio plus one Arcadio and 22 people called Aureliano!).

Wise Children

Polka Pig / Old Lady

Wendys accessories

Wendy

Sandy: Do you think you have enough red and white accessories there, sis? You look like Polka Gris or Marianne candy.

Wendy: I have a sweet tooth. I made the 'Polka Gris' necklace myself from those beads.

Sandy: You are imitating Nelliinas style quite well.

Wendy: Isn't getting inspired the whole point of reading style blogs? Besides, there can only be one Nelliina.

Sandy

Wendy: I see you're wearing your old lady skirt.

Sandy: I was surprised to hear you don't like this skirt. I think the colour is amazingly vibrant. Yes, the fabric is completely synthetic but the skirt is loose so it's not uncomfortable. The lenght is rather unflattering, I first thought I would trim the hem but the material might be a challenge for a regular sowing machine. It might strech and curl. It's second hand and propably self-made. Nice to think that someones handywork isn't going to waste after they've stopped wearing it themselves. So I wore really high heels (not in the picture) to balance out the granny hemline.