Lost Feather

I was so bummed when I went to put on one of my most favorite pairs of earrings to match this dress, one of the feather’s was broken. I didn’t let that stop me though. I put the one feather in my extra double pierced ear and wore it 80s style solo. I got these awesome feather earrings one wonderful Christmas when we were visiting the Kobos in Tailand. All of us went down to Hua Hin and had a fantastic holiday. I will have to ask Caron and Skye to pick me up another set of feathers from the night market during their next trip. Or another option is to find out if my niece Elle wears the pair I gave her. Either way, I am now on the lookout for some new beautiful feather earrings. I might have luck at this Etsy store.

For having just lost one of my feather earrings, I look especially happy in these pictures. I think when Kevin takes my fashion pics there’s an extra smile for him–half embarrassment and half glee that he’s actually helping me out. I suppose the fact that the kids were behind him with a friend might have added to the extra smirks.

The dress I picked up years ago in Bangkok when the only Forever21 I could go to was there in Central World. I found some similar versions here, here, and here. It is the absolute perfect dress easily taking me from day activities to night dates in the summer heat. My bag was a purchase from the Beijing Pearl Market; it was one of those “Julie would love this” purchases where I let my sister Julie channel through me. I always listen to those Julie whispers. They guide me well. These aren’t the same but they’re cool nonetheless: option one and two. The red clog sandals have been in my wardrobe for a few years, so you’ll never find them again at Zara, but these would fit the bill.

These shots were taken in a very colorful alley of Hong Kong called King Sing Street. I know I’ll be going back to this exact spot when I want a really pretty blue wall for a back drop.


Kevin captured me applying my lippy on the sly. Perhaps all this outfit shooting will bring back one of his lost hobbies: photography. Back when we met and were just falling in love, he was quite the photographer and even studied the art in school.

The gloss is a perfect shade that my sister Julie gave me one Christams. She gave all the important ladies in her life the same gloss, Chanel Glossimer in Spark. I’m still enjoying mine Julie–although I’m close to being out!

I’ve inserted my outfit links differently in this post. If you have been reading Kremb de la Kremb lately, which way do you prefer: outfit details below the post in a brief caption OR links woven in with a story? Let me know, so I can adjust.