Style-Volution: The End

And so we come to 2008. I was still experimenting a little but 2008 is definitely the year where you can see a firmer style coming through - the transition was ending and I was much closer to my current look.

As you can see I wasn't wearing red lipstick full-time then, either.

And I was still doing a little bit of 60s (though I think this was actually an outfit for a 60s night - second from left) and wearing a lot of vintage inspired rather than repro or actual vintage.

But I was wearing a bit of vintage - the dress on the far right was a birthday present from my mum and is still one of my favourite dresses.

I was almost going to sell the dress on the far right (it's actually a '40s maternity dress) but I changed my mind.

At the end of the year it seems I was a little taken with menswear.

And that's the end of my style-volution series! I'm glad everyone seems to have enjoyed them so much and hopefully I'll inspired others to do their own (I really love seeing them) - I may do an 'epilogue' of sorts, with a few 2009 shots from before I started blogging, but I'm not sure, yet.

Love,

Andi B. Goode

x

P.S. I'm (hopefully) going to be listing more things on my sales blog from my wardrobe clearout - please buy my things as I'm running out of room to store everything (and am unemployed so low on cash, too). I've tried to keep everything to what I think is reasonably priced, as well. Ahem. Pardon the shameless begging - that is awful, isn't it?

Style-Volution: Three

In my last Style-volution post I think I mentioned having a style crisis in 2007. I’m not sure if this was a particularly accurate description but I was really referring to my lack of cohesive style for the year. I feel as though my personal style changed quite a bit during this year and it definitely fluctuated along the way. This was the year I began my degree (in visual arts) and I wonder if that had anything to do with it...a new course, a new look? Perhaps. But I definitely explored a few different 'looks' during 2007.

For some reason, I thought bleaching my hair would be a good idea…I suppose I just wanted to see what I’d look like as a blonde. Of course, as I’d been dying my hair red for at least six months my hair was rather orange to start with.

I was rather fond of pulling funny faces. And short skirts, sometimes. The far right is as blonde as my hair went.

Then I dyed my hair a brown-ish red. Despite the outfits in the middle, I suppose you can see I still had an interest in vintage-esque looks.

My bedroom looks so different! But that is irrelevant. The third picture is what I wore for my 21^st – Mum made it for me as I had a 1940s themed birthday party.

These are all still some of my favourite outfits, even though I wouldn’t wear them again. And, yes, there’s another silly face!

At the end of the year I dyed my hair black again. I still have that blue dress (it’s 1970s) but I don’t wear it, anymore. I just don’t want to part with it – I think it’d be good for a costume, actually! I also still have the floral two piece but am going to be selling that (also 1970s – don’t suppose anyone is interested?)

So, there you go - that was 2007! I only have one post left to do as I started this blog in 2009 so there isn't really anything to show you, I suppose. Hope you're all still enjoying the series. As with the others, I've uploaded 'out takes' to Flickr.

Love,

Andi B. Goode

x

Style-Volution: Part Deux

First of all, apologies for not blogging much of late; I’m going through another uninspired patch and I’m trying to think of some different ideas of things I might want to do for the blog, in the future. Also, I'm glad so many people enjoyed the first part of this series! I thought it might've just been my own vain self that liked to look at old pictures of yours truly.

And I’m going to preface this entry by saying that I may, or may not, be leaving out some of my terrible outfit choices. Because there are many. But why not show the best of my style-volution?

2006 was definitely a year when my look changed a fair bit (though not as much as in 2007, I think, but you will see that later) – the biggest change was with my hair. I was forever changing my hair from late 2005 – the end of 2007.

On the left is my first attempt, ever, at a consciously vintage inspired hairstyle.

On the left: best rolls I’ve ever done. They were almost solid with the amount of hairspray I used. Then I got a ‘trendy’ asymmetrical haircut.

I grew the black out of my hair and then got it cut short. My first pincurl set is seen on the right, there.

In between these two outfits I spent a month in the USA – California, New Jersey and New York to be precise. I really didn’t look any different there, surprisingly enough. And you can also see I dyed my hair red.

I loved this hair colour – I rather miss it. Sigh. The hairstyle second from the left made me think of a rockabilly Bride of Frankenstein. 

If you didn’t see the first part of the series, you can see it here. Next up is 2007, when I think I had a bit of a style crisis.

Hope you all enjoyed the second part as much as the first. And you can see 'out-take' shots on flickr, again.

Love,

Andi B. Goode

x

P.S. Remember I'm listing some of the things I no longer want for sale here. Some is my own vintage (40s-80s) and some are pieces I bought with the intention of selling on. I'm also in the process of listing pre-loved clothes on there, too, for shipping costs only. So, keep checking and/or follow the blog!
P.P.S. My friend (I like to think we are friends) Kate is having a sale of her really cute art. Please go buy things from her! Apparently if you tell her I referred you I get more discount but I'm really just keen on seeing her make some money. Go here.

Style-Volution: Part, the First.

When Cheri Pinktrix of The Vintage Lesbian Project did a style evolution post, back in June, it reminded me that I had wanted to do something like that for a while (though I suppose I did something similar in this post).

Ever since I got my hot little hands on a digital camera (the first was my mother’s in 2004) I’ve been taking rather ridiculous amounts of photos of myself. Someone once told me they wish they had done the same as I literally have a documentation of my youth. Because there are so many photos I’m doing this as a series, starting with the year after I finished high school, right up to when I first started posting pictures on wardrobe_remix, probably.

So, for the first edition, I bring you Andi in 2005 – she was...well, what some would call 'emo', though (whilst loving that no one in my high school really knew what that meant, at the time) I never used the term to describe myself. I turned 19 in 2005, so I'm either 18 or 19 in these photos.

I spent an awful lot of time listening to The Smiths (still my second favourite band). And Bright Eyes, too.

First photo: classic Myspace shot. Ah, those were the days...or, perhaps not.

I really liked leopard print...and black. This is probably why I wear very little black, now.

And I ended the year looking ever so slightly rockabilly.

I hope this was somewhat interesting (especially as I have a few more posts to do, to complete the 'series') - if you want to see some 'out-take' photos, you can find them here on Flickr.

P.S. I kept getting distracted whilst writing this as I was reading through all of my 2005 LiveJournal entries. It's so strange!