Mucha & Sparkles

Florence writes:

Mild shopping today. Firstly the Christmas tree which, although it is tradition to deck the tree in shiny and sparkling things, I quite prefer to be a consumerist-pagan leave it green. I am alone in my house with this sentiment however. Happily, sparkles do not prevent the tree from scenting the house with a lovely fresh pine smell.

I had a very small list of purchases to make at the shops. Shampoo. Pickled onions from Coles or Bi-Lo. De-Alcoholised sparkling wine from Dan Murphy's. But then I arrived at the shops and in my defence I've been sick so my brain is a bit slow right now, and it was all busy and confusing and I wandered like a person with no list through stores and (dangerously) looked at things.

I found this top/dress in SES. It can be found here: Prt Inner Drape NS Cardi

It has a kind of weird bunching stitched part-hem at the front and sides, which I plan to remove so it sits flat without the semi-bubble hem. I really don't need extra width at the hips. I was moderately sure I could make the piece work for me, but it wasn't perfect at purchase point, so there's always that risk that perhaps trying to make it better will only make it worse.

I don't know if it is a top or a dress, or both, but for me I suspect it will be a top over leggings or something of that nature. I quite like it though. It reminds me of paintings by Art Nouveau and art by Alphonse Mucha.

I spent some time in the evening unpicking the stitching and I adore it. I paired it with a belt I picked up at Reverse Garbage, and it's a little bit magical. I shall consider taking a picture and sharing the loveliness of the dress with the internet. The item also comes in a variety of other shades not listed on their website (string purple, black, white, strong green and pale blue). I was sorely tempted by the green, and I may yet cave and have two dresses that are reminiscent of art that I love.