Franny Gets Frocked: Sunday in the Garden

Thursday 12 January 2017

Sunday in the Garden

Dress: Anthea Crawford shantung

Sandals: Mei rubber with gold hardware

Bag: Forever New vinyl with gold hardware

Hat: Vintage, Ipswich Antique Centre straw & raffia

Square Stone Bracelet: Sabah Lifestyle, Coolangatta semi-precious stone

Jade Bracelet: Wanfu Jewellery jade

Round Stone Bracelet: Tree of Life semi-precious stone, twine

Nothing better than spending a balmy Sunday morning exploring the Botanical Garden Markets in Brisbane City... particularly if by some small miracle, you are up early enough to snag a carpark close-by & when you walk through those imposing wrought-iron gates, the Hierba Santa Iced Tea man has set up his stall & is ready to pour you a large glass of the imaginatively-titled "Aztec Blood," enabling you to sip as you peruse in the sunshine.

Avid readers of this blog will already know that "casual" is not really my style, so won't be surprised that I am wearing a rather fancy chrysanthemum-printed shantung fit-to-flare dress with modified sweetheart neckline & thin straps from Anthea Crawford... however, I am wearing a pair of flat rubber "toe bar" thongs (you know, with the strap in between your first & second toes for gripping) made from red plastic with a lovely large cream bow & gold detailing from a brand called Mei (purchased from an amazing store called LaOnda at Sunnybank Plaza, one of my favourite fashion haunts) to you know, "dress it down." Over my shoulder, I am wearing a pearlised blush tone vinyl handbag with gold hardware from Forever New to carry all the essentials - money, phone, sunglasses, scarf that doubles as a teeny tiny picnic-rug-for-one when sitting on the damp grass to name but a few... Jewellery was simple: a Wanfu Jewellery jade beaded bracelet my brother brought back for me from China, square pink semi-precious stone bracelet from Sabah Lifestyle in The Strand at Coolangatta & finally, a colourful array of rainbow semi-precious stone beads with a "drawstring" clasp that I found at Tree of Life during the Boxing Day sales & just couldn't resist. Well, it was under $10 after all.

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