Spooky Season

 

Well, Spooky Season has come & gone for another year & this time, it was bigger than ever in Australia! For me, it was a time to read some schlocky books, watch some of my all-time favourite horror movies, listen to some creepy tunes (Monster Mash, anyone?) & head to a couple of events celebrating the occasion, which you can see from the pictures below...

All hyped up for the Nicholas Street Halloween Fair (the Saturday before All Hallows Eve) with my cousin & her two rambunctious munchkins wearing a funky specimen jar printed organza puff mini dress with embroidered trim from Dangerfield, a pair of tan vegan leather sandals with oversized buckles & rubber tread soles from Obsession Shoes & a circular black woven straw crossbody bag with tan leather strap from a little bohemian boutique (that used to be beside my hairdresser) to carry all the essentials while keeping my hands free. 

While everyone seemed to be having an amazing time, I was a little bit disappointed with the organization of the event as the placement of market stalls meant that the entire crowd was being funnelled through two tiny spaces (at one point, we couldn't even move as there were so many people & it was extremely claustrophobic) despite a significant amount of unused space elsewhere. Also, there were only minimal food trucks & there were only a few stations with Halloween themed activities for children - trick or treat doors, slime making, face masks, face painting - that each had lines of more than 45 mintues! Not sure if the organizers weren't expecting such a large turn out but perhaps next year needs to be tweaked a little to accomodate bigger crowd numbers. Regardless, we got into the "spirit" & did as many activities as we could before heading off to have dinner elsewhere.

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"Mostly Ghostly" (if you know, you know) for dinner at the local Leagues Club in this gorgeous white linen maxi dress that I picked up from Swop (a secondhand clothing retailer) at West End, antique French late 1800s cream silk bow that I found at one of the stalls at the Collectorville Markets & retro-inspired black vegan leather strappy heels with buttons from Kitten D'Amour for a modicum of height & that Victorian spirit child vibe...

Delicious Meals & Spooky Decor

This Is Halloween

 

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Dress: Taking Shape tulle, satin, embroidered mesh, sequins (altered by me)

Heels: Jo Mercer leather, laces

Face Mask: Fair Dinkum Bargains foam, faux flowers

Prop Flower: Fair Dinkum Bargains plastic, faux flowers

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Following on from my last "spooky season" themed post, I'm sharing my costume from a recent Halloween Party with friends, where I dressed up in a Dia De Los Muertos ensemble, celebrating the famed "Day of the Dead" holiday tradition in Mexico, where families partake in a family reunion, albeit with the deceased ancestors as guests of honour. I chose a stunning red floral embroidered & sequinned mesh fit-t0-flare midi dress with satin & tulle underlay from Taking Shape (black grosgrain ribbon straps chosen by me & added by my amazing seamstress/alterations lady Desley) as the base of the outfit & then added a chunky pair of black leather lace-up heels from Jo Mercer for a modicum of height & some theme-appropriate props from my local Fair Dinkum Bargains store in the form of a skeleton-face-painted foam half-mask with faux flowers & matching faux flower with blood-shot eye to carry with me & complete the look.

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Keep scrolling for a little peek at the "Boo Buckets" that I sent over to some special little munchkins as a Halloween treat...

Spooky Season

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Dress: Aje (altered by me)

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Headpiece: Fair Dinkum Bargains satin, resin, styrofoam

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Sharing all the pictures from my recent "Spooky Season" celebrations with a trip to the historic Ipswich General Cemetery, which many ghost hunters believe is haunted by a coterie of grim, grinning ghosts & spirits from times past. My great-grandparents & maternal grandparents have been laid to rest here & to be honest, in the daytime, I find it a rather peaceful place to visit. At nighttime, well... I can't really say because I'm yet to go on the ghost tour in this location but hope to when the weather cools down next year after an amazing time with the Toowong Cemetery tour group... On this trip, however, I got into the Halloween theme with a funky little (emphasis on the little; its practically a micro mini!) black dress made from soft & floaty plisse fabric with a wired neckline detail from Australian designer Aje, altered by me (with the help of my talented seamstress/alterations lady Desley) with the addition of monochrome spotted ribbon tie straps & styled up with a pair of monchrome vegan leather heels from Kitten D'Amour & a satin, resin, tulle & styrofoam skull headpiece from my local Fair Dinkum Bargains store to complete the look.

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