What I Wore To Derby Day
8 Nov
I only had a couple of days to pull an outfit together for Derby Day. I got the call up to go along to the Saturday event on the Wednesday. Because I was busy helping others put together their outfits, I didn’t have any shopping time and needed to work with something I already had hanging in my wardrobe. Fortunately I had all the pieces I needed, but despite that, I was still sewing at 11pm the night before.
Derby Day is traditionally black and white dress, so that worked in my favour, given 70% of my wardrobe is black. I knew that the marquee I was going to, given it was being hosted by a corporate group, would be relatively conservative, and kept that in mind when I put together my race day ensemble.
Here’s what I wore..
A vintage black silk skirt. I bought this from an opshop for $10 a couple of years ago and it’s been hanging in my wardrobe unworn til now. It started it’s life as a floor length evening skirt, but I cropped it (& hemmed it by hand myself the night before) to the knee.
A Zara blazer with a black body suit underneath.
A belt around my waist that I made from a piece of ribbon from Spotlight and a *buckle I’d taken off a jacket I threw out about a year ago.
I’m not really a hat person. I wish I was, but because I’m quite petite they swallow me up, so I prefer, if I wear anything, for it to be something little. I pulled fluff and feathers (that I would never have worn on my head) off this headpiece I’d had for years but never worn and simply added some net and a vintage brooch I bought in a little fishing village in Massachusetts over 15 years ago. A very sentimental piece, which is always a lovely thing to add to your outfit to make it feel special.
The bag I carried is a vintage cream snakeskin clutch I bought on Etsy.
My shoes were black patent leather open toe heels from Zomp.
And on my toes I wore my favourite nail color – Rouge Noir by Chanel
(I have even been known to salvage items from a clients wardrobe that were destined for Vinnies or the garbage bag, because the fabric was lovely and I thought it could be used as a cushion)
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