Thanksgiving!

I know it's a little early (by a week, anyway) to be talking about **Thanksgiving** but I'm so excited, I just had to post about it.  I'm going on a lovely cross country trip on Sunday, and won't be coming back until the following Saturday.

I had the ingenious idea of planning out all my outfits to be based on my favorite movies and miniseries, which is SO helpful, and SO inspiring!  I'll be adding my own touches and channelling some of my favorite outfits from Das Wilde Leben, Young Victoria, Daniel Deronda, Marie Antoinette, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, and The Tudors.

I won't be doing my regular posts that usually involve recipes, etc, but I will be posting my outfits and the things I did.  I'm going to a place I've only been to once before, so it'll be really exciting!

Until Next Time,

Ashley

Inspired by Bleak House

Isn't Bleak House a terrible name for a book?  When I first heard about the miniseries (my introduction to the incredible Dickens novel), my first thought was that it must be very, very depressing.  Well, I recently watched the full BBC miniseries, starring Carey Mulligan among others, and was stupefied by the beautiful clothes, and intricate, lively plotline.

It's difficult to describe the actual plot of "Bleak House" since it involves so many people and has several different intertwining storylines.  Suffice to say, it's not as bleak as it sounds, and actually has a very happy ending.

Once again, I was struck by the beautiful period costumes of the miniseries, particularly this one worn by "Esther Summerson":

Beautiful, isn't it?  Once again, I raided my closet for something similar, and found an Anthropologie dress I bought last year.

I took advantage of the lovely fall foliage near the top of our driveway as well.

This weather is beautiful.  I haven't experienced a real winter since I was 13 (so about six years?  Wow), so I'm pretty excited about this one.

The book "Bleak House" is on my Christmas wishlist, and I definitely look forward to being able to read it as a r-e-a-l book, not on the internet.  I don't think I'll ever be an internet book convert.

Have you read/seen Bleak House?  Are you a Dickens fan?  Let me know!

Until Next Time,

Ashley

Inspired by Gone With the Wind

I was re-organizing my wardrobe this weekend (which contains very little clothes, and mostly movies, perfume, nail polish, and lots and lots of DVDs), when I found my copy of Gone With the Wind.  I watched it later that night and (as usual) was struck by how beautiful the clothes were.

Sometimes I find myself wishing that really beautiful, elaborate clothes would come back in style.  Then I remember CORSETS and feel thankful to live in this century:)

Anyway, I was particularly struck by this outfit Scarlett O'Hara wore in the movie:

The very next day (absolutely by chance, I swear!), my new Anthropologie dress came in the mail, and of course it was red!  Recently I've gotten really into buying clothes used/off ebay, particularly when I'm not a fan of the brands current offerings.

I found myself really inspired by Scarlett's amazing red costume, and came up with this (which I wore to the grocery store!)

Absurdly short dress by Anthropologie, leggings by Juicy Couture, necklace by Lucky, bag by Juicy Couture, shoes by Sam & Libby.

What do you think?  Are you inspired by Gone With the Wind?  Movies in general?  Let me know!

Until next time,

Ashley