Emma chose this month’s Thrifty Six theme, and it is Inspired by Frida Kahlo! Even though I don’t care much for the Mexican painter’s work, I was so excited about this styling prompt—I immediately pictured big flowers in my hair (and Frida’s infamous unibrow, ha). It took several iterations and a pile of clothes on my bedroom floor, but I finally landed on this modern interpretation of the artist’s look. Continue reading “Inspired by Frida Kahlo”
It was Jane’s turn this month to choose our Thrifty Six style prompt, and she decided on “the colours of your soul.” Sometimes it requires a bit of brainstorming for me to come up with these themed outfits, but today’s was obvious—I knew I had to style this colorful, geometric-printed dress! Continue reading “The Colours of Your Soul”
I’m obsessed with today’s spring outfit! I’m a little late posting this month, but yesterday marked another Thrifty Six collaboration with five of my blogging friends to showcase our secondhand style. May’s theme was The Long and Short of It. As my dad will happily tell you, I’m famously bad at knowing euphemisms… so I wasn’t exactly sure what this saying meant at first. According to Merriam-Webster, the phrase is “used when making a statement that is brief and that tells someone only the most important parts of something.” So basically the same thing as “long story short,” I think. Continue reading “The Long and Short of It”
