Hello there!
What beautiful weather has now arrived! This is a common occurence in September!
It has been a rather busy and lovely weekend! More on that soon.
For TARDIS Tuesday, I realised it has been over 4 years since I shared this particular inspiration outfit. It is one I loved and needed no modification although I HAVE modified something- nothing new acquired but I did decide to wear something slightly different. Here is my previous post for comparison- I'd be interested to see which version you prefer.
It was a historical outfit worn by 4th Doctor companion and fellow Gallifreyan- the Timelady known as Romana. Played by the beautiful Lalla Ward (who actually married Tom Baker!), she wore a series of quirky and fun outfits, some that looked Edwardian. She wore it in famous episode Shada. This was supposed to be a murder-mystery set in Cambridge colleges but it was never finished due to Strike action at the BBC. We only have part of the episodes filmed. The rest was read with pictures and remade with cartoons for BBC video and DVD.
Have a look at this beauty!
Here's my 2023 version. Slightly older Kezzie, shorter hair, slightly different outfit:
I started with the lacy top which was actually a dress- £2 from the charity shop 4 years ago. It's very pretty and one of these days, I will wear the dress in its own right rather than a blouse.
The hat was an ASOS one I have had for a very long time, a miniature boater which I embellished with a Cherry brooch that CBC bought me and some white flower hair clips. I think if I did it again, I would have pinned up the sides of my hat...and found some cow parsley to embellish with
Two things I did differently this time were that I looked at Romana's skirt which seemed to have a patterned blue tinge to it so I decided to wear my FabIndia @ Anokhi skirt instead. Do you think it works better than my white one?
Last time, I just wore a piece of thin red ribbon round my neck as the choker whereas this time (I couldn't find it), I wore one of our old dance school headbands (every grade had a different coloured headband so you could distinguish between the different level children in our class)- it used to be Grade 3 then became the Grade 5 headband. The red belt (Poundland ancient) was the same. I did consider wearing a red scarf but decided not to.
I thought it would be fun to try and recreate this photo of Romana in a punt. It took several attempts of pressing the self-time then throwing my self down onto the cushions, adjusting my hat, picking up the book, arranging my legs and then lifting my skirt slightly...all in 10 seconds!
I do hope all is well with you and you are enjoying the sun! I shall be in school, trying to get my room back into order!
xx
