Day 127: Thursday 3 September

Off to work today. You know what  mean, actual paid work, not art slave labour where you do it for the alleged love not the money, as I have been doing for the past few days. The art slave labour is NEARLY done, just a few bits ‘n pieces to tidy up and slop around. MAYBE then I can go for a surf.

Sometimes I think that surfing is way more pleasurable, meaningful, interesting and gives me far more thrills than art. Sometimes I wonder why do I bother making art. No, that’s not true. Mostly I wonder why I make art. Still, I keep making it.

Here’s today’s meaningful and interesting and pleasurable work-a-day outfit…

I strike a fetching pose outside Adeline, my tiny Newcastle terrace accommodation right by the beach

Top: Jeans West self proclaimed ’70’s Revival denim jacket, from one of Newcastle’s fashion boutiques, Islington’s St Vinnies

Bottom: Just Jeans red stretchy denims

Accessory 1: Denim gym boots, so sweaty

Accessory 2: Denim shoulder bag

DAY FREEKIN’ 100!!!!: Friday 7 August 2009!!!

Can you believe it? I have just completed 100 days of wearing denim: a top, a bottom and an accessory. Every day since April 30. What a fool. I have 256 days to go! Arrgghhhh.

Here are your kind suggestions as to how I should mark, celebrate, commemorate 100 days of denim…

1. Have a Double Denim Party … I cannot be arsed organising a party, buying stuff, cleaning and tidying ( before AND after) the house, buying booze, blowing up balloons etc etc. I might feel different at the 200 day mark.

2. Spend the whole day eating TOOBS … This is something I CAN achieve, especially now I have discovered Marrickville train station vending machine stocks Toobs! You must remember Toobs. They are in a denim styled pack and the have the “BBQ Tang”. The other bonus is the way they completely demolish the lining of your mouth!

3. A denim posse descending on a local- in the Ville … Unfortunately the ‘Ville’s pub’s are uniformly skanky. I choose to spend NO time in them. EVER!! For now.

Late entry…   Have a ritual bonfire burning the worst of the denim so far … The suggestor has also suggested that I burn today’s jacket because it’s “disgusting”

 

Anyway. My 100th day has been anything but easy so far. I got up and planned to do a quick repair on some enticing denim, but then the dog vomited. I clean it up, and get out the sewing machine.

She vomits again. FCUK!!! I curse and clean it up. I start to sew. FCUK!!! The machine keeps locking up. The dog vomits yet AGAIN! Triple FCUK!!

I clean it up, and got back to fiddling with the Janome. But wait… it is completely FCUKED!!

Curses!!  I move to Plan B for my 100th day of denim. Off to the bedroom I go to choose another outfit. Oh no. The dog has vomited in the bedroom. I could weep.

Finally I get to take my photo, but it’s not quite as good as I hoped. It does, however, feature something quite special…

Red ceramic butt plug + stone wash bat wings = special

Top: Here it is, the most sumptuous piece of stone washing I have seen since 1984, Network brand denim stone washed, bat winged, over sized shoulders, suit style lapelled jacket, courtesy of my Southern Highlands fashion advisor, SL

Bottom: Not my original choice, Industrie dark ‘n skinny denims

Accessory 1: Brand new, and of course I’ve bought them a size too small, denim gym boots. FCUK!

Accessory 2: FCUK denim bag, a kind and generous donation from an old acquaintance, HMc

Word has it that today is Jeans for Genes day. Strange serendipity. I guess I should make a donation somewhere to validate all my denim wearing. And I still have no plans for tonight on marking this momentous occasion. I await more suggestions. Otherwise I might get into some real trouble, especially in THAT jacket…

Day 85: Thursday 23 July

Yesterday’s lady denim wear is today turned on it’s head for a more street smarts casual look, with possibly a little more muffin than the kiddies would like to see. But what to do? Lose weight? Buy bigger clothes? Seems a bit extreme to me. Although I am a little concerned that at work today there will be a little more crack action than is probably appropriate, and i don’t mean the drug. So here I am, muffin ‘n all.

The frequently requested (by 1 person) back & front view with string art

Top: Brand new op-shop purchase Ladahk pin striped collarless denim jacket. It screams Now! Now! Now!

Bottom: Another brnd new charity shop buy, ‘Made for Sportsgirl’ denim capri-like so tight I can barely sit, zips-up-the-ankle jeans. They have bonus dark denim insets

Accessory 1: Never before seen here denim slip-on sneakers. Not sure how easy they are to walk in. I’ll let you all know later

Accessory 2: Denim shoulder bag, just hidden by arm, but used frequently by me

Here are those sneakers…

Super casual end to a super casual look