Outfit Post: Clowning Around

It all started with the shoes. 

A strange pair of hand-tooled leather brogues in a very 1970s fashion. I liked the mushroom detail on the toes, and they looked my size so I got them. When I shared them on my Facebook page, I loved the comment made about them by an old buddy, Grant. He called them clown shoes. And I kinda saw it. 

A new pair of checkered shoelaces later, I came up with an outfit to uh, highlight the shoes, and my inner clown. Which probably looks like this: 

 

#SHOPSECONDHANDFIRST: 89% THRIFTED. 100% HAPPY.

Gifted vintage boyfriend mohair sweater. Gifted striped bateau top (thank Jean!!), old pants and belt from the depth of my wardrobe, gifted vintage flower brooches (thanks Crystal!!), thrifted J. Crew bauble bracelet, and my freshly thrifted vintage 1970s suspenders and leather brogues. And....who's laughing now? 

Hopefully you. 

And probably me: all the way to the bank! Total cost to clown around: under $20. Fun!

Now Wearing:

• vintage mohair boyfriend sweater, gifted
• striped top, gifted
• vintage brooches, gifted
• vintage suspenders
• J. Crew bauble bracelet
• Lucky Jeans belt (old)
• Target pants (old)
• vintage 1970s hand tool brogues, size 7, listed here

Special Guest Star: a vintage paper mache clown, $6 plus shipping- message me if interested!
Linking to the very seriously visible ladies at Not Dead Yet Style