Yes, yes, lots of picnicking going on.....but I love picnics. They´re (usually) a bit cheaper than going out, and you get to enjoy the grass, the sun, the breeze....and horse around with your friends, without bothering about people staring at you because you´re supposedly being too loud. Oh, and you can lie down while talking, hahaha. Definite plus.
So, here´s the outfit. I used "Red, white and blue" as an inspiration....take that however you will, but the truth is that those colors look really good together.
You can´t really tell, but the blouse is white with blue mini-polkadots. And that little purse that attaches to the skirt is the best invention in the world.
The ribbon on the hat is the skirt´s waist-ties, pinned, tied and placed on my favorite sunhat. It looked really nice, if I do say so myself, and shaded me from the worst of the sun (especially useful while waiting for the bus to come).
I know that lolita requires socks to be worn at all times, but I decided that the rules were made for bending a bit.....especially when it´s 32ºC outside in the shade. Plus, outside of Japan, socks+sandals is still considered a fashion faux-pas (and I tend to agree).
I noticed that you can´t really see my shoes in the pictures, so I took a picture of these lovely red wedge-heel sandals of mine when I got back. They make me even taller. But I love them.
What do you think? I´m pretty pleased with the outfit as a whole. Even the fact that I used the thin petti that came with the skirt, instead of one of my poofier ones.
I´m going on another vacation tomorrow, so my updates will be even more sporadic than they currently are...but I do have a bit of a backlog of entries I want to post (from pictures to book and drama reviews), so there will be news.
Until then, see you soon!
