I saw this wool knit Son de Flor double slit dress and it was instant love. I’ve been really into Medieval inspired historybounding lately and this fits perfectly into that aesthetic, while being practical, modern, and comfortable.
I was tempted by every one of Vincent Briggs fabric, but I got the biggest amount of Monsters #3 in green. I had a specific dress vision in mind. Something a bit artist smock, a bit chef jacket, a bit 1950s inspired…
It’s been a very warm summer in Wellington. The warmest summer on record in fact. So I’ve been making, and wearing, lots and lots and lots of shorts, and lots, and lots of short-sleeved Scroop Miramar tops. I tend to make my shirts in solids and stripes, but I like fun, patterned bottoms. Summer shorts should be a wee bit silly. You’ve already seen my Smaug Shorts as a pretty good example of that. When it comes to fun and wacky, my latest pair of shorts leaves the Smaug shorts well in the dust. Yes. They have hedgehogs all over them. In green and fuchsia purple: I just couldn’t resist when the fabric came in at Made Marion Craft. It’s a beautifully soft cotton drill, and Hedgehog Girl is my superhero alter ego after all (she rescues hedgehogs). I know it’s slightly ridiculous to wear hedgehog shorts when you’re on the dark side of 30, but I’ve embraced the fact that slightly ridiculous is something I’m OK with being. Fuchsia and bamboo green on taupe-grey …
