It’s OSCAR Week!!!
Today’s piece comes from the Coen Brothers western remake with 'The Dude' aka Jeff Bridges…
TRUE GRIT!
I channeled my inner western movie/on a plain/earthy look today and began with this...
Time to find some grit and speaking of...grits sound kind of delicious right now!! "They say he has grit. I wanted a man with grit."
First off, I knew that I wanted to dye this! I used RIT Dye's Tan shade...
...added it to my washing machine...
...and got a dress looking a little bit like this...
It was super prairie feeling - I loved the lighter shade especially when I wanted to pair it with some darker brown boots. Thinkin ahead... Here's a little close up of the pearly-lace waist.
I cut off about a foot of fabric from the bottom of the dress, pinned it...
...and rehemmed it.
Now, I also used another trick of turning the dress around and wearing the back in the front. I liked the lace neck, however it felt too constricting when I was trying it on that I decided to flip it around to see how it looked. Loved it - also, I ended up gathering material and pinning it at my tailbone area instead of taking it in. I loved having a little bustle there and used a vintage gold pin to keep it cinched.
My dress was complete!! Brown boots, dark shades...all I needed was a horse and a companion like Matt Damon :)
Being this was western themed, I took a little trip to the Gower Gulch, which is literally a mini mall area on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood with western themed facades and murals. There's a Denny's and a Starbucks there too, so it's not like getting rations from general stores.
It also happened to be National Margarita Day (!!) so post work I went out for Taco Tuesday ($! tacos!) and jalapeno margies with A-squared.
I couldn't resist a little recreation shot of me with Roy Rogers...
...before pretending to get on the saddle with the boys and gal :)
It's like I'm Hailee Steinfeld today, except I'm not fifteen nor nominated for an Oscar!!
I've always come to the Rite Aid in this mini mall, but never have I taken photos...until now!!
Not sure who of you guys saw this movie, but I have to say that I was just obsessed with the character name 'Rooster Cogburn'. May have to go with Rooster as my nickname from here on out :)
Day 2 of Oscar Week down! Another nominee tomorrow!!
