Red and Black Week: Shopping Outfit

Today I went shopping and I finally got to wear the waistcoat that I thrifted a few weeks ago.

Thrift Shop Find

 I was wondering around in Goodwill and found this awsome dress. My favorite part of it is the bodice. I like the skirt of it but I may change it to a pencil shape.



 

Christmas Presents

 This is just a short post to show you guys what I got for Christmas. Mainly I got gift cards and money, but there were a few material items. I treasure them all, especially my first pair of boots.










December Theme Entry

  This month I decided to participate in the Sophistique Noir December Theme.  I don't own any maxi skirts and it was time for me to make a polyvore set. I kept it simple. Very simple.                      

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I feel that the skirt looks like one solid color, but it was the best I could find in that color.

Wing to Wing: Creativity With Dress Codes

  Greetings! Today I had a motive to write my first advice post. School is soon aproaching and some baby bats may be having some trouble with there dress codes. I have spent a small amout of time reviewing my dress code and I have noticed a few loop holes in it that are easy to get around.

 

My Dress Code's Loop Holes

        = Quoted from my uniform code

• "No students are to have any unusual or unnatural hair colors." This rule is a giant pain if you love how the color purple looks on your head. I  have gotten around this rule many times. The automatic color that came to mind was black, but I tried colors like white and grey, that are technicaly natural colors. Also, I had black hair with white and gray streaks instead of solid colors.
 




• "No students are to have unusual hair styles." This rule depends on what your school considers unusual. Mostly it means no mohawks, spikes or sidecuts. I usualy have bangs or slightly big and messy hair, but a way to immitate a side cut look is to braid, twist or gel/slick down the area where you would have cut you hair. 
• "No students are to have any visable peircings exept on the ear." This rule never say how many peircings you can have, so go on and get an extra peircing.
• "Students are to only wear predominately black or white tennis shoes. Exeptions depend on occasion." This one doesn't bother me much considering that there are tons of black tennis shoes out there like these creeper-like sneakers and these studded sneakers. 

Other Ways to Show Creativity

 

  Your Body

If you are a male don't exclude yourself from any of these listings.

•  Make up is a great way to show creativity. Simply some dark eyeshadow will do for those not allowed to do much with makeup or wear very much. Possibilities are endless or at least too much to enter here. 
• Nail art is one of my favorite things to do every Saturday. I usally glue some eyeballs or paint cobwebs and spiders.
• Temporary tattoos or body art are usually forgotten in my dress codes. I usually have small ones around my hands that I paint myself.

Your Material Items

• For notebooks, try to get the ones with tranparency film pockets in front. this way you can insert artwork in. If you can't find any, draw or paint on the  front or back (if allowed).
• On pencil pouches and backpacks sew, paint or iron on decals pictures or whatever you want.
• Find odd backpacks. There are weird shaped backpacks such as coffins, but I have found that many of these odd shaped backpacks don't offer much space. Some designers actually offer nice artwork already on their backpacks. There are some nice backpacks in this post from The Everyday Goth.

Yet Another Shopping Trip

 It seems that the majority of this blog is about shopping. I think that is because of my journey to outgrow the baby bat title. Anyway, I spent nearly the entire past week shopping.
  While shopping, I came across a new thrift store in my town. It's called Plato's Closet, and(if you went to the link) you will notice it's a very mainstream place. Even though it's mainstream, I really like the store because of it's quality. The store is really strict on what it sells, interesting, and the one in my town organizes by color, size, and item. That means I can skip to what I normally like and then spend time looking in an area with less possibilities. In conclusion, I'll be going back.
  I found a really cool jewlery rack too. This is not from Plato's Closet it's from a locally owned discount store, aaaand I forgot the name. I love it because it's also a headless doll. I used to pull the heads off of my dolls because I liked to imagine what they looked like. The gown has the stichings that I love from time to time.

Red & Black Week

 Hello to the 5 people that came across this blog. Today I am very glad to be paricipating in Sophistique Noir's Red & Black Week.  I think that she looks very lovely today, as always. I decided to wear a black pants, a red tank top, my lace sleeved vest, and a red clutch. I pretty much got dressed up, after a hard day of shopping to find these items, just to post a picture. It was worth the work though. Enjoy the rest of your Red & Black Week!

Claire's Finds!

Today I was poking around in Claires and I found some of the items that I wanted online. I could have just bought them online, but who likes shipping fees?

1.   The item I loved most was the "Talk About Toxic" earrings. I searched the rack until I finally found them in the back on the floor. I am lucky they are in good shape, but I am dissapointed that they contain glitter.
2.   Next to the best is a "Material Girl Headband." I like it because I love hats, but sometimes it gets a little hot outside. I end up having to take my hat off to continue living.


3.   The third item was supposed to be a " White Lace Fingerless Glove". The best thing is when I came in they had it in black. I like the black because it can go with more in my wardorobe. The bad thing is the black one isn't listed online.

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Thrift Shops are Not Working For Me at the Moment

   I've been doing my research on some lovely blogs and I now know that thrift stores are really handy for finding some great items for a spooky style. Unfortunately, my mom doesn't like to take the time and wait for me as I search through thrift stores. I end up having no ride to my favorite thrift stores. Fortunately, I can find cool things in department stores, it just takes a little more time an effort. Although time an effort is a small price to pay for the perfect wardrobe. Unfortunately, it's about the only price I can actually pay. A lot of younger goths (like me)don't have money for quality goth clothing.
  For accessories I sometimes shop at Claires. It seems they have failed to open up to many goths as they have attempted to do.



Here are some things I found at Claires that I wouldn't mind wearing. It's sad that they have only that one choker.

  

Heart and Lace Choker



Talk About Toxic Earrings



White Lace Fingerless Gloves