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How do you style a vintage midi skirt with Gucci Flair?

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Style A Vintage Midi Skirt With Gucci Flair

What’s Gucci style about this outfit?

The clashing scarf with the vibrant vintage blouse. I could have added a beret and funky glasses to punch it up even more.

When I rescue fantastic secondhand vintage pieces like these and give them a second life it makes me so deliriously happy I’m known to randomly break out in song.

Thank heavens there is no one here to judge me other than the pug.

I think she may be tone deaf so we get along just fine.

As a petite person, what trick am I using to avoid looking like a munchkin in this midi skirt?

If you guessed a high waist and matching the boot colour to my skirt to visually elongate my body you win! (Your cheque is in the mail.)

I’m only 5’4″ and a bit but I figure that little trick adds on at least two inches.

The day I wore this to the AGO I bundled up adding a dark blue vintage leather coat, a wool beret and patterned scarf.

The weather has taken an icy dip since these photos and it is hard to maintain any fragment of style when you are shivering uncontrollably, knee deep in snow, slush and salt with a windchill of -20 C.

Winter only recently arrived but I’m already WAY over it.

We went to see the Guillermo del Toro Living With Monsters exhibit at the Art Gallery of Ontario. It was fabulous!

Can you imagine having a house that looks like this?

I don’t think I’d be so keen if it were just me and the pug at night though. Plus I can’t imagine the team of maids required to keep it all clean.

Here are a few more photos I took while enjoying the exhibit.

Guillermo del Toro explained his penchant for moving the eyes on his monsters and putting them in unexpected places is meant to unnerve us. The eyes are considered the window to the soul and when displaced the creatures appear soulless. We can no longer judge their intent.

guillermo del toro living with monsters — Hellboy II, The Angel of Death, Pan’s Labyrinth Pale Man

The creatures that arise from del Toro’s imagination are cunning, intricate and terrifying.

living with monsters exhibit guillermo del toro — The Faun, “Pan’s Labyrinth”, The Ghost Mother, Crimson Peak

The costumes from Crimson Peak took my breath away.

I read that the undergarments required to keep the shape of the dresses were numerous, heavy and terribly uncomfortable often restricting the movement of the actress wearing them.

victorian dresses from crimson peak movie — Victorian style dresses from Crimson Peak. The back of the red dress is designed to look like an external spinal cord.

The massive Frankenstein head that hangs in the foyer at Bleak House del Toro’s home in California.

frankenstein monster del toro exhibit toronto — 5′ tall Frankenstein head by Mike Hill

Here I am in the comic book room, one of the many sources of inspiration for Guillermo.

My vibrant blouse matches the bright comic book illustrations.

I always find learning about artists, no matter their chosen media profoundly inspirational.

Feeding our creative impulses keeps our imaginations and minds vibrant.

What feeds your creativity?

P.S. I loved this outfit so much that I used the same clothing equation to create several other outfits that I’ll be featuring soon.

Wishing you happiness and love in the New Year.

Linking up to Visible Monday with the lovely Patti.

DIY Thrifted Vintage Gucci Inspired Look

I’ve fallen head over heels in love with everything Gucci since the new creative director Alessandro Michele came on board in 2015. He has a very unique sense of quirky vintage style.

“The way you dress is really the way you feel, the way you live, what you read, your choices.” – Alessandro Michele

Many of his designs are based on vintage pieces from his own personal collection.

Vintage is reborn!

Break All The Rules

Mixing prints, over-embellishing pieces, clashing colours everything goes in Alessandro’s eclectic visions. There is no wrong way to put together an outfit.

It’s fantastic!

DIY thrifted vintage Gucci inspired look. Create a gucci look with thrifted clothes suzanne carillo — When I wore this look out I switched the black tights for magenta and added magenta velvet booties. I topped it off with my blue vinyl raincoat. Shame I didn’t take a photo that day since I liked the look even more. All items thrifted apart from the shoes.

Freedom to create, freedom to play, freedom to be.

Let your imagination take you to places you’ve never been.

That’s what having fun with fashion is all about.

That is where thrifting comes in.

Any avid thrifter will tell you they don’t go thrifting with a set goal in mind. You have to be zen about the whole experience. Be open to what you find that day. You may find something totally weird and unusual, that’s a good thing! It stretches your mind. It is an opportunity to imagine new possibilities. The more colours in your crayon box the more options you have.

create a gucci look suzanne carillo style over 40 — Zoë was doing her best to remind me I was late for her early afternoon snack.

It is fascinating when I purchase items that speak to my heart they somehow magically work together.

Given that there are no rules you can combine and wear whatever you want, no matter your age. Confidence is the only accessory required.

Choosing how to dress yourself is active play for grown ups.

Here are some other Gucci inspired looks I’ve created in the past.

There are some other fabulous thrift and vintage loving bloggers out there that also have a bit of a fab Gucci vibe to their outfits that I’d like to share with you today.

bag and a beret — Melanie from Bag and a Beret

vronni60s blogspot — Vronni 60s Blogspot ( I just realized I picked two outfits with the same top! I must like that one : ) )

vintage vixen — Vintage Vixen Vix looks like she is straight off the pages of Gucci’s campaigns.

What’s stopping you from creating your own DIY thrifted vintage Gucci inspired look?

Linking up with Fancy Friday.