–Fall-themed place in Georgia. The picture above is from the time we went to the corn maze with some friends. It was fun and absolutely wholesome, though some scenes in the haunted house reminded me of this really terrible but fascinating horror movie I saw on TCM that took place in Athens, GA, and if I were a southerner maybe I’d be offended, but I’m not so I thought it was funny.
–Baking! I’ve been making bread every week for a month or two now; usually halfway-healthy honey wheat bread, though last week I tried my hand at Guinness bread to make believe I was in Ireland again. Then yesterday I made pumpkin spice cookies with cream cheese frosting, and I still need to turn all those Ellijay apples into a pie . . .
–Fall reading. Does anyone else have different books for different seasons? For the past two years I’ve been into southern US literature during the warm months, but as soon as it gets cool outside I switch out to British novels. Two years ago it was Evelyn Waugh and last year it was the Mitford sisters. My Ireland trip has me on an Elizabeth Bowen kick, so today I think I’ll go to the library and pick up another one of her books to read this weekend.
–Sweaters. Well I love them every fall, but maybe this one most of all. I wear them whenever I get the excuse, a lot of times when I don’t really need to. I’ve picked up a few at the thrift stores already–right now I like the slightly cropped ’90s kinds and fisherman knit ones, but I’m always on the lookout for another animal-themed sweater. The Peter Jensen one in this little book I got from Urban Outfitters is so perfect.
–Fall-themed drinks like hard cider and regular cider and pumpkin spice lattes, of course.
–Knitting. I’m hoping this weekend will be as cool out as it is today because cold weather just makes me want to sit inside and knit. Right now I’m making a sweater from this pattern–it’s 60s and a little boxy and I’m crossing my fingers it will turn out.
–I like how animal friends get snugglier when it gets cold outside.
–Halloween! I don’t really have a proper costume, but I used the holiday as an excuse to get this dress I’d been eyeing at the antique mall. So I think I’ll just dress up as something creepy–that’s my favorite part about Halloween anyway.
My favorite thing in Rachel Antonoff’s spring ’11 collection had to be the little white dress–it’s small and sheer-ish and looks like the Edwardian child’s dress of my dreams that I’ve spent way too much time searching for on Ebay. All those candy-colored saddle shoes were a close second, so I was really excited to be able to get a sneak peak at the lookbook for the collaboration Rachel Antonoff did with Bass. Bass shoes are pretty great as it is, but don’t romantic flourishes and 1930s-ish shapes and flowers make them so much prettier?
The lookbook certainly doesn’t hurt either. Pies and floral crowns and secret girl-crush of mine Tennessee Thomas, who probably is to blame for my velvet/polka dot obsession. And she’s wearing that dress!
Now in the store . . . Southwestern mini skirts, silk dresses, simple denim, and lots of autumn colors. As always click on the descriptions below the photographs or click here to see the rest . . . .
1. Navy Loose Silky Blouse and Southwest Striped Skirt . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Blue Denim Smock Dress . . . . . . . . . . . 3. 1970s Red Wool Cardigan and Polka Dot Wrap Dress . . . . . . . . . 4. Red Print Blouse and 1970s Wool I.Magnin Hat
5. 1970s Grey Intarsia Sweater and Corduroy Skirt . . . . . . . . . . 6. Autumn Plaid Mini Skirt . . . . . . . . . 7. Black Silk Mini Dress . . . . . . . 8. 1970s Paisley Day Dress.
Model: Sarah W. at Click.
Photos by Drew
’70s dress: thrift store
Socks: We umber-stand socks c/o Modcloth
Shoes: Jeffrey Campbell, c/o Modcloth (I think they’re sold out though)
Bag: thrift store
We were meaning to save this year’s apple orchard trip for a good, cool fall-like day. When I lived in Illinois I remember going with my family to the apple orchard and having to wear sweaters and jackets, but I guess that assuming that Georgia apple orchards will be the same is silly. It was almost 80 degrees warm this time around. Sort of hot to be picking apples under the sun but really very nice by the end of it when it cooled down enough for hot apple cider.
I wore a dress that’s one of my new favorites–one of those things I found for my store but tried on by accident and decided I had to keep . Right now I guess I just like the ’70s and fall colors. It was a perfect dress to wear up north to Ellijay, Georgia, where it looks more fall-ish than it feels–all the mountains in the background were gold and orange and red, and it seemed like every little country road had an apple orchard on it.
We came back with two bags full of red apples and a bunch of photos. Also Drew took footage and made a video of our day at the orchard. It’s full of apple-picking, Drew being silly, me being not so elegant, rooster fights (sort of), unsensible shoes, and happy ’60s music. The song is The Byrds cover of “All I Really Want To Do.” It’s another Bob Dylan song, because I guess I just like Bob Dylan for blog videos, and maybe it’s fate, because as we were driving to Drew’s office tonight to finish up the video the wonderful, strange AM radio station started playing the Dylan song from our last video. I love when those things happen.
To watch the video click on the last photo or go here to see it in a bigger size. Hope you like it!
1. Fidelity Cape from Steven Alan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Grey Mohair Sweater from Built By Wendy . . . .. . . . . . . .3. Fall Remy Skirt from Steven Alan . . . . . . .4. Madewell socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. Bass Washington Tassled Shoes.
This has been a thrift store week for me. I’ve gone every day this week so far and I’m probably going tomorrow, trying to get enough stuff for the next batch of things for the store. Today I went with Jamie and I swear she was a good luck charm because I found some of the best things of the week with her–a ’50s dress, a ’60s dress, a fisherman knit sweater, and a long dress that I’m probably keeping for myself.
Really that’s probably part of the reason I’ve been to the thrift stores so much. I haven’t been doing much new clothes shopping lately so I’ve been hoping I’ll luck out and find everything on my fall wishlist in the thrift stores. Things like capes (that don’t look silly on me), fisherman knit sweaters (preferably in pairs, so I can sell one and keep the other), loafers, sheer-ish long skirts, thick knit cardigans, cropped sweaters, wool shorts . . . . Well I’m probably hoping for too much. But it’s so fun to pretend!
1. Topshop Knitted Shawl Cardigan . . . . . . . . . . . .2. Madewell Tea Party Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Madewell ribbed socks . . . . . . . . . 4. No. 6 T-strap clog.
1. Topshop Knitted Cable Jumper . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Monki Lola Skirt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. A Detacher Platform Sandals . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Hansel from Basel socks.
1. Peter Jensen Handknit Cardigan . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Steven Alan Charlton Dress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. Hue black tights . . . . . . . 4. Madewell Clog Boots.
(Thanks, Drew, for the collages!)
