Woodstock

 

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Dress: Sacha Drake silk, embroidery, jersey

Booties: Wittner matte leather

Bag: Vintage Advantage jaquard, beads

Tote Bag: Tree of Life upcycled sari fabric

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

Ring: Precious Stones Jewellers silver, amber

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All dressed up & ready to "turn on, tune in & drop out" for the day at a Woodstock Anniversary event in my beloved River City. Most people already know about the 3 days of peace, love & music that occurred in Bethel, upstate New York in 1969 at Max Yager's family's dairy farm that is widely regarded as the absolute pinnacle of the counterculture/anti-Vietnam-war/hippie movement but what I find hardest to believe is that it was 55 years ago! So much of the sentiment, the social upheaval & the themes of the music are still current today & I've been lucky enough in my lifetime to have seen some of the performers from the festival at subsequent concerts & they still seemed as youthful & exuberant as they played to a crowd, so I guess it's true when they opine that there's nothing new under the sun.

But I digress. For the occasion, I was elated to wear this absolutely stunning orange & gold floral & paisley print silk midi dress with lightly puffed sleeves, heavily embellished cuffs & belt & soft jersey slip underneath for modesty from Brisbane label Sacha Drake, styled up with a pair of black matte leather pointy-toed heeled booties from Wittner for a modicum of height, a vintage black floral jacquard bag with fringing from Vintage Advantage to carry some essentials & a slouchy, upcycled patchwork sari offcuts tote bag from my local Tree of Life store to carry the rest. When it came to jewellery, I chose special pieces in the form of a stack of vintage Mexican silver bangles that dear friends brought back from overseas, a single vintage silver bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles that you've probably seen on here a million times by now & finally, a silver & amber cocktail ring from the delightful ladies at Precious Stones Jewellers that was a thoughtful birthday gift from my wonderful parents earlier this year.

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Well, I came upon a child of God

He was walking along the road

And I asked him, "Tell me, where are you going?"

And this he told me...

"I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm

Gonna join a rock'n'roll band

Got to get back to the land

Set my soul free."

We are stardust, we are golden

We are billion-year-old carbon

And we've got to get ourselves

Back to the garden...

Pegasus

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Dress: Sacha Drake stretch bengaline

Cardigan: Kitten D'Amour fuzzy mohair

Mules: Wittner leather

Brooch: Gift, Mrs Polly Lucite plastic/lucite

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A bit of a change of pace for me with the more muted tones of this gorgeous brown & white leaf-printed stretch bengaline midi-length dress with tie belt from Aussie designer Sacha Drake, mixed with a vintage-inspired fuzzy mohair cropped cardigan from Kitten D'Amour to ward off the autumnal chill in the air, comfortable yet stylish tan leather pointy-toed mules from Wittner & kitschy "bucking horse" lucite brooch from Mrs Polly Lucite that some dear friends gifted me for my birthday that always has me humming one of my all time favourite tunes from one of my all time favourite albums, "I Am Pegasus" from Ross Ryan's "My Name Means Horse."

Scenes from Social Distancing (part 1)

A little peek at how social distancing is going for this fashion blogger...

Walking around the neighbourhood for some daily activity in the fresh air & sunlight wearing a gorgeous chartreuse linen mini smock dress with embroidered yoke detail from boho-luxe label Little Tienda & a pair of tan & yellow leather rope espadrille sandals from Armistace Australia via Petrol boutique in Paddington.

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Trying my hand at some jigsaw puzzles to pass the time... my favourites so far have all been Ravensburger brand as the pieces are less flimsy than some of the others & the artwork is absolutely stunning!

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Baking Muffins... so tasty fresh out of the oven & also after being frozen & heated up in the microwave. Best recipes so far have been for the raspberry & apple varieties... 

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Watching some of my favourite movies, both old & new.

How many of these titles have you seen?

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Spending quality time in nature in my back garden, breathing in fresh air & thinking about better day to come...

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Trying to fill my mornings with some new works of fiction from Booktopia. These two were particularly gripping...

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More walks around the neighbourhood - this time wearing a funky blue & white striped jumpsuit with wooden buttons from Tree of Life (I'm wearing it backwards as I prefer it that way), brown leather thongs from Ripcurl which are extremely comfortable but on further reflection, not recommended for long walks & a pair of faux tortoiseshell sunglasses from my local Sportsgirl store.

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Letting sleeping dogs lie...

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The best part about frequenting certain local stores & small businesses is the "extra mile" of care & attention they take when packaging & shipping your items...

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Autumn afternoons filled with the sounds of vinyl from the 1960s & 1970s. Some of my all-time favourites include Neil Young's "Harvest," Ross Ryan's "My Name Means Horse," Simon & Garfunkel's "Bridge Over Troubled Water," The Door's "L.A. Woman" & The Allman Brothers Band's "Brothers & Sisters."

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The best part of the day is often a "video chat" with these hilarious individuals... Spending quality time together even though we are physically kept apart by this lockdown.

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Trying out YouFoodz & loving their tasty & healthy dining options...

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