Ugly Sweater Day

So, today was "Ugly Sweater Day" at school, and I had to actually search my closet in order to find sweaters that I thought were ugly, even though I'm sure that on terms of normal humans, I own at least a dozen really normal sweaters.

First up, and the eventual winner was this vintage thrifted Silvercord sweater that is covered front and back with strange eye-less dogs. It's horribly wonderful, and I couldn't pass up this opportunity to actually wear this sweater to school!

 Next was this bright yellow sweater with elbow-length sleeves, and red stars. The McDonalds-meets-Rachel-from-Glee feel of this sweater made it an almost-winner, but it's been bundled up in my closet for such a long time that it had some nasty wrinkles, and I thought that the shorter sleeves would be an uncomfortably cold choice for the day. It is an adorably ugly sweater, though, and I'm really excited to wear it one day, eventually. By the way, I believe that this sweater is vintage, and is a Perry Ellis.

 This sweater is a disturbingly neon hand-knit piece from Heirlooms Classics. The teal, orange, pink, and purple paisley is one of the most ridiculous things I've ever seen, but I just couldn't pass up thrifting this for myself when I heard that my Drama Closet at school was being dumped of all it's "modern" sweaters. (I also got a great pair of vintage heels that day!)

 This particular sweater is comprised of some super-itchy wool (I think), and is from Nell Flowers by J.G. Hook. It's honestly super-cozy in size, but really can't be worn without some full clothing on under it, so I had to pass it up today, as my school trends on being blazing-inferno warm during the winter. 'Tis a shame, though. This sweater is delicious.

'Til next time,
 -Bliss

Theater-Geeks have all the Fun

This weekend, I was in a production. I played Dora Bunner in the Agatha Christie murder mystery A Murder is Announced. Being that this was a small-time high school production, I had a lot of fun being so elderly. I used an annoying voice, curled my hair, and waddled around on stage while wearing very old preppy clothes. It was fun.One thing I must say though is that I really liked the look I woke up with the next morning. Grey-spray gone, hair a little flattened, and make-up smudged, I woke up with a very "whorish" 1950s look on Sunday. I took a couple pictures in order to share.

With glasses!

Without glasses!





I'm sorry about the shitty web-cam quality photos, and my disturbingly pale appearance in that second image, but I'm rather diggin' this look. I'm actually contemplating getting a perm in order to have curly hair always. :]

Bliss

Busy Night

Tonight, I have a lot going on, so when I was getting dressed tonight everything was meant for function. The opaque tights are actually part of my costume for a play I'm in, and so I decided to wear them in order to cut my dressing time down. The dress is a really simple cute shift dress that's easy to pull off, but looks somewhat decent. The cardigan's purpose was simple-- To keep me warm, and to add a little bit of colour. Head-to-toe black is really not my thing. The heels are probably the most ridiculous part of the costume, but seeing as I'm going on a movie date after my play, I figured that I couldn't pass up the chance to wear them out.

All of my pictures are a little inconvenient, and awkwardly taken seeing as I didn't want you all to see the ugly rag curlers in my hair (the things I do for theater...), and I couldn't go outside because it's unbelievably frigid out there.

I probably won't get in until about three AM tonight. This outfit is ultimately meant for comfort more than anything else.




Dress: Forever XXI
Cardigan: Land's End
Shoes: Nina Shoes
Belt: Target
Tights: Forever XXI

Bliss

Geekin' it Up

These babies (though the picture doesn't do them justice) are my glasses. Without them, I think I may fully well be defined as "blind" by some. Honestly, these Lacoste glasses, with their black plastic, and slightly-marbled detail at the temple make my day. I picked these up at some point last May, when, after a scary stint in the hallways at school, I realized that I should probably get my eyes checked. Come to find out, I reaaaally needed these things. Thank goodness I wasn't driving at the time.

I've always liked glasses. Ever since I was a kid, I always thought that the dorky, somewhat awkward appearance of glasses was awesome, and though I never really got into the whole "emo" phase, I was delighted when glasses worked their way back into fashion. I love the large, almost over-sized grandpa frames, and the 1960s black plastic.

Two of my favourite brands right now for glasses are my beloved Lacoste, and Michael Stars. Both lines are really working a vintage-inspired line right now, and I like that the glasses aren't over-the-top runway fashions, but are actually affordable, realistic pieces of eye-ware for the average Joe.

 I just recently bought Stars 1960s-inspired 'Punctual' glasses, and had them fitted with my prescription in tinted glass. Viola, stylish, amazing sunglasses! Below is a picture of these Punctual frames.

I've actually taken to these glasses so strongly that I'm thinking I may buy another pair to use as my regular glasses.

Give your eyes some lovin',

Bliss

Filling the "Theatre Geek" stereotype...

...One Shirley Temple hair-do at a time.

Good morning (or evening, depending on where you're viewing this from)!

I decided, after months of perusing, bookmarking, reading, testing, and loving fashion blogs that I would start my own. Some of my favourite blogs, such as Hipster Musings, and Vintage Vixen have been going on for years now! I suppose I'm a little late on this whole thing, but I felt that this was something that I'd enjoy doing, and could possibly get a kick out of. I'm curious as to how long I can keep something like this up, but the Holidays are all about new beginnings, so I suppose the time is right to try my hand on the blogging wheel.

I'm not hipster, I'm not chic. I'm a drama-club member with a heart of gold, and an adoration for "ugly" sweaters. I'm not a size 0 (or even a size 7, to be blunt), but I love fashion with a passion (forgive me for rhyming), and I wanted to put my own little words out there on the internet.

This blog is probably going to be musings, opinion articles, how-tos, don't-dos, and outfit break-downs in the future, but this post is my little Bonjour to the blogging ring!

Always ready for an adventure,

Bliss