Thursday, April 1, 2010

Some women marry houses.

I feel like a 70's swedish/housewife/feminist in this outfit and I love it!Ever since Alexa Chung's collection for Madewell, I have been on the hunt for an overall dress. This overall dress of Oshkosh B'gosh is a little longer than Alexa's but I like this length better, and boy is it comfy!... And now for the debut of the best clogs ever! I was minding my own business in the salvation army when out of the corner of my eye I saw these beauties for a mere $5. I scooped them up and held them so close to my chest that all the old ladies shopping there on Senior Day must have thought I was crazy holding these wooden clunkers like they were my first born child. What they don't understand is that I have been oogling Hasbeens for the longest time and absolutely refuse to spend over $50 for a shoe. Therefore I am probably going to wear these everyday and probably in every post. Get ready!
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Outfit Details: Overall Dress, Clogs, Tee...Salvation Army, Headscarf...vintage Liberty of London

p.s. do not try to google image "seventies housewife" or else you will get a lot of porn...???

Also love that I can find an Anne Sexton Poem to relate to how I'm feeling on a particular day.

"Some women marry houses.
It's another kind of skin; it has a heart,
a mouth, a liver and bowel movements.
The walls are permanent and pink.
See how she sits on her knees all day,
faithfully washing herself down.
Men enter by force, drawn back like Jonah
into their fleshy mothers.
A woman is her mother.
That's the main thing."
-Anne Sexton, Housewife



20 comments:

  1. those shoes are so cute and for $5!! a great find indeed! I too have been longing for hasbeens, but they are just way too expensive :/ I really like the ones you got, I think a little bit more than the hasbeens clog ^.^

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  2. i love the length of your overall dress! and i love your blog. :)

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  3. I love how all the outfits you come up are so creative, but always look so perfectly natural on you. What amazing clogs, too! Ha ha, I feel the same way when I look for clogs in thrift stores . . . most of the time the clogs are really bad '90s, and I feel embarassed picking them up. But the ones you got are so good!

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  4. Such a cute outfit! I LOVE those clogs!!! You look adorable!

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  5. OH my GOD! i would've screamed. your just like me. i love the hasbeens but refuse to spend that kind of money on them. sadly i haven't had my salvation army moment with clogs yet, but i'm so glad to see that you have! i like the jumper too, i say keep it that length, but if you find another just like it, snatch that baby off the shelves and hem her up! you look adorable. (love the stripes too!)

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  6. Those shoes rock! And that dress is very 'wow'! I love it.

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  7. lovely pics!!! cute clogs!
    xoxo jenna
    http://thepetiteblog.blogspot.com/

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  8. UGHHHH these shoes are fucking sweet (pardon my language) and they fit you??? It was a match made in fashion heaven!

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  9. kool clogs
    n wow, you wear that denim dress well dahling :)

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  10. Ahh, I'm incredibly jealous, I too have been longing to find clogs like that. What an amazing find! That dress is adorable too. :)

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  11. wow! you've got quite the thrifting luck! and those clogs are a sweet find for $5! i, too, like the length of that overall dress, but i'm rekindling my love of knee-length.

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  12. love this look. I really do love the overalls and the shoes were a great find!

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  13. Very "Rosie the Riveter" although I'm not sure if she would parade around in those killer clogs. great ensemble!

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  14. :) I love all the poetry in your posts. Cute overalls! Only a truly fashionable girl could pull them off.

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  15. I am so in love with this whole look Rosie!! The overall dress and clogs are just amazing.

    Lulu Letty

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  16. Love those vintage clogs! They really complete the outfit!

    http://www.invasionista.com

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  17. just started following your blog – these photos are simply fantastic! i’m such a huge alexa chung fan so you’re adorable outfit is spot on and delightful. awesome bit of poetry at the end of this post as well :)

    xo.
    princesspolitico.blogspot.com

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