Outfit in Motion!

One of my absolute requirements for an everyday outfit is a full range of motion.  

If I can't dance, bike, run, jump, and generally fail around at any given second then I'm pretty much just using myself as a hanger for a nice piece of clothing.  

I don't like the idea of being a hanger.

This dress is filled with a most wonderful amount of patterns put together by Hannah Webb Franco yogi and fashion extraordinare!  I feel pretty awesome getting to wear her creations, just saying.

clearly I need to work on my bike-photography skills!

A body in motion wants to stay in motion - make sure your clothes let you do that!

Dressing Up

Normally I don't care much about what the "big name" designers do - but I stumbled upon some recent photos that I think are worth sharing.

The designer is Jean Paul Gaultie, and the collection is inspired by Amy Winehouse who happens to be one of my all time favorite singers.

Let's take a look:

how's that for a sultry look? 

Holy colors and textures batman!  Also the most excellent pink beehive hairdos are wizard.

It's so eclectic which I love the look and feel of - but tasteful eclectic.  Eclectic that's well put together.

On another costume note: I got to do costume design for a theatre scene I am performing with my group at the end of the Month!  The play is called Trifles and is really a pretty good piece of literature if you're ever interested.

There's loads of good symbolism in the costuming to be sure, gold stars to anyone who guesses it - or the time period for that matter! (yes, that's a challenge)

Really, everyday is an opportunity to costume - so take it!