Brass Buckle | Mascara or Motoroil

blazin’ blazer

I cannot believe that I somehow failed to mention all the exciting things that Chicken Lays An Egg is going to be involved in! Among other things, we are participating in a real burlesque show this Saturday at our favorite bar, Mayday. If you live in or around Cincinnati, please come to the free Brews, Tattoos and Hair Do’s show! The Cin City Burlesque Troop will be doing all the dancing and all of the fabulous clothes (and pasties too) are from Chicken Lays An Egg!! Mayday will also be tapping several new specialty beers, and many of the local tattoo shops will be there with their portfolios answering questions. It will be a night you DO NOT want to miss! The Brews, Tattoos and Hair Do’s link takes you to the Facebook event page for all the info.

On the personal clothing end, I have to say that I’ve been kind of disappointed in the similarity of my outfits lately. I don’t feel like I’m being creative and different enough, which simply means I need to put forth some effort and amp it up! Before I do that though, you get one more similar-ish outfit. I just got this amazing blazer yesterday and today is kind of a nasty gray day, so I had to rock it! As much as I love the way blazers look on so many ladies I have a lot of trouble finding ones that fit me right. So obviously I freaked out when I tried this on and looked in the mirror. I bought it off a friend of mine who is built like supermodel (super tall and thin) so I really doubted it would look good. However this is why I always feel compelled to try on things that I know will never fit, because sometimes they do! Sorry for the odd blurriness on some of them, I still can’t quite figure out what’s going on with my camera. : (

Wash-out city

I absolutely love the colors of this blazer, blue and purple herringbone?! Yes please!

WHAT: sheer scarf, thrift

vintage cameo, chicken lays an egg

the perfect blazer, chicken lays an egg

purple v neck, rainbow

brass buckle belt, chicken lays an egg

high-waisted jeans, urban outfitters

faux vintage t-straps, shoetopia (r.i.p.)

WHERE: to the bar last night and work this morning.

WHEN: wednesday, may 19

pass it along!

good karma through the roof

Recently a bunch of people in my life have done some incredible things for me, so I feel like I need to be very aware of paying that forward. I don’t know if I have mentioned it before but I am a BIG believer in karma, it’s about the closest thing to a religion that I can get behind wholeheartedly. One of the awesome things is that I have been invited to cover my first event for the blog! As part of Fashion Week they’re having an event to celebrate local fashion illustrator Anne Wainscott, and I am really excited.

More recently, I spent the last ten or so hours doing some hardcore crafting and I have A LOT to show for it. I had a few minutes before I crash, so I wanted to get a post up before the weekend madness really starts. I can’t wait to post the pictures after the Crafty Supermarket!

I just got this cool vintage dress and it’s so breezy I know it will be perfect for a sweltering August day. Unfortunately since I still had massive blisters from the party I had to wear these shoes. I had been hoping to be a bit more adventurous with this dress.

It's so sheer that without a slip this one would be a naked dress.

WHAT: sheer floral dress, chicken lays an egg

brass buckle belt, thrift

fakelite roses, my gramma

slip, chicken lays an egg

bronze sandals, target

WHERE: work at chicken

WHEN: wednesday, march 14

pass it along!

just another day as a fake librarian

I am pretty much always the ridiculously over-dressed person at my job as a shelver at the downtown Cincinnati Public Library, but it never bothers me. : ) I wish I didn’t make such dumb faces though. Oh well!

modern victorian