Some Daily Outfits give me more challenges than most – especially when children and roller skating are involved! I was invited to take Miss Five on her first skating expedition this week along with a group of mothers and children from her school.  She was SUPER excited about going, wondering if she was supposed to win a gold medal and jump off big stuff! Me, well I used to be a big skater, going a few times a week and carving up the floor…. but that was a very long time ago.  I still had the old skates out away in the cupboard, but the have only been out on the rink about once or twice in the last eleven years.  This presented a whole new wardrobe challenge – just what does one wear when rollerskating with a bunch of five year old children??

I had to think long and hard on this one as my first instincts were to go with some of the outfits I last wore and break out the whole Olivia Newton John in Xanadu tpe of look.  But just in case that may cause the other mothers to shield their children from this crazy woman I decided to go with something a little less theatrical.  There was no way I was going to wear my workout gear for this ,as for me, workout gear belongs only in the gym so I had to think of the next best thing.

After a bit of a rummage around in the depths of the wardrobe I came up with an outfit that I haven’t worn in a while – it was one of my last pregnancy staples!  I have this great skull print jersey dress that has an open, cross over back that I used to wear backwards while I was pregnant with Miss 2. I’d throw this over yoga pants for casual days and it did the trick.  So it was the perfect thing to be both cute and comfortable whilst skating too.

Outfit Details:

Skull Print Dress – Episode    Tank Top – Portmans

Cropped Yogo Pants – Puma   Pewter Ballet Flats – U.B.H

Hair Bow -Bought so long ago I can’t remember!

Skates – Check your local skate store!

Of course it turned out that none of the other parents intended to skate and I ended up the only one over 3 foot tall on the rink!

Today’s Daily Outfit is a special guest appearance by Miss Five.

Styled and directed by Miss Five….

Outfit Details:

Dress & Cardigan – Target

Shoes – Grosby

Mask – Costume shop

Necklace – Candy

Today’s daily outfit was for meetings, lunch and generally gadding about in bookstores. The dress is a gorgeous early 1960′s, late 1950′s piece in a cotton waffle weave fabric.  I feel in love with it the minute I saw it at the Love Vintage Show earlier this year and had to have it… even though at the time I couldn’t even get the zip done up. *cough* Perhaps I’d been to lunch too many times that week. Anyway, it hung around in the wardrobe for a while but I could only wear it when corseted down, that is until today! Yay!  Cause let’s face it, corsets might look dead sexy but I tell you, trying to get down and play lego in them is hell and not advisable.  Heels on the other hand (foot?) are do-able. They just need to be cute AND sturdy to work.

Outfit Details

Dress – Vintage circa 1959

Shoes – Paragon dept. store Bangkok

Earrings – Vintage

Gorgeous Baby – Miss 2

I love my vintage and I love my things a little extra fancy, but it is critically important that I can still do everything I need to without fear of dirt, damage or puncturing a rib. And that is why I take a leaf from the book of women of the past to make it work.

The secret? An apron!

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Working from home is fraught with danger. Overeating, daytime T.V, believing that Snuggies are fashion…  How do I deal with this workplace minefield?  By watching children’s television in the daytime.  Given, it isn’t that often, but when it gets too quiet here and I need a little something in the background, I tune into Sesame Street and this is why.

Sesame Street does Mad Men!

You know how sometimes you are happy and then something happens that makes you even more happy than usual? This was one of those weeks – thanks to you my fabulous readers! I wanted to begin this weekend post by saying a big THANK YOU to everyone who took the time to read, comment, email, tweet etc… yesterdays post. It is in moments like these that I appreciate you, my readers, even more.  The fact that you have come along on this great ol’ blog ride with me as it has developed into something that is about more than just what to wear, but the how’s, why’s and where for’s.  I love that we have created a community that can share our different perspectives on being and our experiences in life, all being drawn together by our common love of style.

Because yesterday’s post attracted so many well written and deeply thought out comments, it seems inadequate of me to answer you all in short sentences in the comments section. Thus I will craft more responses in the form of further posts on my thoughts on Life, The Universe and Everything! This will not take over from all the usual life, style, outfits and vintage posts; but I will create a little corner for more depth and discussion, as that is what gives meaning to the rest of it.

And so, on with the weekend!

The 24th is my little Miss One’s second birthday, which means yet another round of cake, pinkness, balloons and craziness. Last night was spent indulging in chocolate cake and several rounds of “Happy Birthday”, which is sure to continue well into the weekend. I asked her to pose for an incognito birthday photo for you, which results in peering into the camera looking for said audience. Behold Miss Big Eyes! Yes, she really does look like a doll.

This weekend I am also off to the Baby and Kids Market on Sunday.  It is a great way of recycling your good baby and children’s wear, being environmentally responsible and saving some cash all at the same time! So it means that this weekend will see me fully ensconced in baby land, whether that be partying, playing, boxing up or selling – the things that is – NOT the babies!

And it wouldn’t be a weekend without a few….

Links à la Mode

• A Typical Atypical: A look at the unexpected fashion gems on offer at this year’s new designers exhibition in London – cut-out dresses, paper-like jewelry and more!
• Bonne-Vie: Pincurl project – experimenting with glamorous retro style techniques to create a saucy updo!
• Confessions of a Fashion Editor: Polling for the next Vogue Cover Girl – Bonnie Wright’s first fashion shoot.
• Denimaniac: Camo’s SS 2010 “Horses” collection and thoughts of Meryl Streep…
• Dramatis Personae: Celebrating a two year anniversary with a great giveaway – $50 gift card to BeautyTicket.com!
• Duper: Interview with Raoul Keil, founder of NINETEEN74 and Schon! Magazine.
• Fashion Cents: How to get glam for a movie date so that there is real life lights, camera, action!
• Fashion is My Crush: It’s a mosh pit: A studded DIY belt, some jellies from the kids section at Payless and some concrete comfort.
• Fashion Pulse Daily: Hand-picked favorite looks from 10 of the Paris Couture collections.
• Fasshonaburu:Finding a new hair dresser and how to break up with your old one.
• Idiosyncratic Style: A design board of inspiring comparisons of cool sorbet treats and summer fashion choices.
• Retro Chick: Sunglasses to flatter your face.
• Shop Diary: Cozy up with a snood for fall and how to improvise in these recessionary times.
• Style Symmetry: Interview with Cammila of Dressed Up Like a Lady.
• The Coveted: Turning Red, How to go monochromatic…
• The Musings of Ondo Lady: A look at Style Sample Magazine – featuring articles about a wide variety of bloggers across the world.
• Unfunded: Drooling over the sexy styles of Brandon Boyd and Robert Pattinson.
• V is for Olive: Inspired by a road trip through the American West – taking color palette ideas from nature and applying them to your own summer wardrobe.
• WorkChic: Teamed with Polyvore to show examples of a blouse makeover by style and your office type.

Enjoy my Friends!