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Coat of Arms or Family Crests
My family got this last name when they got off the boat, I believe. I've designed various crests at different times as an exercise (using the SCA rules, usually) but more as art than as a representation of past heraldic symbols connected with my family, since there aren't any. They weren't...- Viola
- Post #21
- Forum: The Golden Era
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New York Fashion Week
I think Fletch is right, I think its more "look like George Clooney in 'O Brother Where Art Thou'" i.e. roguish, ironic, unstuffy, not actually poor. It's the same as really really expensive "rustic" or "industrial" furniture.- Viola
- Post #75
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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New York Fashion Week
This is cute. I would wear it in a minute.* *Not for what this COUTURE ensemble costs but the look, yes.- Viola
- Post #60
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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"Lost World" found,..
Darling, I ride the subway with far more objectionable passengers! I can handle some Ewoks if it means getting my hands on exotic new flowers. lol- Viola
- Post #17
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Make or Buy? Your preference?
Oh Lady Day I don't discount that at all, I'd love to find classes that teach that but the sewing store I knew of that offered it closed and I'm not sure where to go for these lessons, at forty dollars or any other price either. [huh] It would be a good investment IF a very all-thumbs person...- Viola
- Post #52
- Forum: The Front Parlor
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1950'S Mob style
For fifties gangster you need Vegas, a la Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano. I'd look at a Marilyn type halter dress or wiggle dress, gloves, and too much (costume) jewelry.- Viola
- Post #11
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Liquid Eyeliner and other Makeup Conundrums
I have to give much love to L'oreal Lineaur Intense, it's like a thin-tipped marker. Liquid, but sooo easy to apply, and it doesn't drag on my eye like pencils do. I had tried pencils before and could never do it right - had thought I'd never learn to use eyeliner - the very first time I was... -
"Lost World" found,..
I want to go tooooo... I was eyeing a book on "plant explorers" just the other day - I'm a gardener - and there's still so many fascinating things still being turned up.- Viola
- Post #10
- Forum: The Observation Bar
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Show us your vintage hats!
I'm going to get one new, VI/classic ladies' hat this month. It should be sort of dressy but not too flirty, and something I can wear again. I am debating brown or gray or a colour; I already have two nice black hats and I don't get to wear dressy hats often enough to need a third. But I...- Viola
- Post #435
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Make or Buy? Your preference?
Wellll.... yes and no. It's not cheaper than many dresses I've bought new, honestly, at 20 dollars, though 20 dollars is by no means expensive. That said, the dresses I buy new for under 20 dollars are not well-sewn often, or in your choice of color. And you can't (well I can't) change...- Viola
- Post #43
- Forum: The Front Parlor
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Questions About Day Dresses
I am quite fond of those summery shirt-dresses and the khaki "safari" dresses that seem to have just come back in where they're casual button-down numbers with short-sleeves sometimes with that strap to keep longer sleeves rolled up - they and many other casual styles are what I think of as...- Viola
- Post #40
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Questions About Day Dresses
Hmm... what I've always thought of/heard called a housedress by my mother/grandmother is more of a...sleep-shirt, almost? Long, usually mid-calf length, but just a basic shirt shape, no belt or wrap or anything. It either buttons down the front or it pulls over like a jumbo-length T-shirt. In...- Viola
- Post #35
- Forum: The Powder Room
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Make or Buy? Your preference?
I don't know how to sew or knit, though I want to learn both. I buy clothes largely used but not necessarily vintage. I mostly wear seperates, so I like to have a wealth of mix-match options. I can pick up VI shirts for 2-5 dollars at the thrift store or even off the clearance rack new...- Viola
- Post #38
- Forum: The Front Parlor
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Favourite Scents
Vanilla...well I LOVE vanilla fragrance and I just bought a lotion of the Bath and Bodyworks scent 'Vanilla Noir' - which might be a bit too vampy for what you're looking for, it's filed under their "sexy" scents and it is indeed got stuff going on that's not vanilla, as one thing says "Instead... -
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The art of a Belt
I used to never never EVER wear belts. The thought of wearing one would totally depress me. I had no waist, you see, and I'm very short, and I was convinced it'd be like hanging a sign that says "yep, she's a fresh-baked muffin" around myself. Buuuut just in the last few months I've realized...- Viola
- Post #19
- Forum: The Powder Room
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What's your favourite Red Hair colour?
It came out well! I could get used to this redheaded thing! :D -
What's your favourite Red Hair colour?
I bought Garnier Nutrisse in "true red" 66. Wish me luck, ladies, it goes on tonight. (I also bought my first eyeliner I swear its like I'm a grownup! :eek: ) The eyeliner was shockingly easy (I got the felt-tip liquid from L'Oreal - "lineur intense" in Carbon Black) but if my hair gets... -
Vintage vs. Classic - creating a truly a timeless look.
Cordovan shoes and belts for all those gray and navy looks that are also timeless. Sweater vests. Argyle socks. Aviator sunglasses. Eight-eye workboots in cordovan or black not weird nylon-and-nubuck monstrosities. Tweed sports jackets. I'd cast out turtlenecks, though, sorry. lol- Viola
- Post #7
- Forum: General Attire & Accoutrements
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Makeup to go with purple??
I would do gray on the eyes, to be cool and cooperative with the purple and a touch more "there" in photos than natural browns, if that makes sense. I tend to wear a couple of shades of gray at once, mixing eyeshadows, with one of them actually being fairly blue, but toned down by the...
