a little place to call my own (art and fashion blog)

Hello readers! How are you doing? Today I'll share some new paintings with you as well as show you a cosplay outfit. Lovely Kezzie from kerenzaallin-garner.blogspot.com is celebrating her 40th birthday and in her honour some bloggers are wearing Dr Who inspired outfits. Kezzie always does such a great job of cosplaying Dr Who, especially so when it comes to Clara's outfits.  I haven't really seen a lot of Dr Who episodes but I'm familiar with the concept of the show.  There are some definitely lovely fashion moments there. My cosplay is not the best because I didn't manage to find anything exactly like Dr Who outfits I was aiming for, but here it goes. I'm cosplaying Clara's red tartan skirt outfit by wearing a yellow tartan skirt. I could have done a better job if I planned this look in advance. I wanted to wear a white shirt with this but I didn't manage to find any white shirts.  This vintage skirt is my mother's and the black top is actually a dr...

Hello readers. How are you? I hope you're doing well. Today just a quick post focusing on sustainable fashion. There are many ways you can be more sustainable in your fashion choices from shopping vintage or second hand to recycling your outfits and wearing your clothes as much as possible. Shopping your closet is perhaps the most economical way to be fashion sustainable as it doesn't cost you anything. Indeed, one of the ways you can reduce your carbon print is by avoiding fast fashion and excessive consumerism by wearing what is in your closet.  Today I'll show you plus thirty ways to wear a magenta coat. I'm sure I wore it even more than that, but these are the outfits I found browsing through my archives. I purchased this coat three years ago in a local store. It was made locally (I do try to support the local brands when I can). I already did a similar post devoted to this coat but then I was on less than 20 wears while now I'm on plus 30. One of the things I l...