my incentive for losing weight....
 

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...06ef949ab8.jpg

although i want the red one:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...e/IMG_5613.jpg



of course, the problem is that these kind of things look good even when one is oversized....

i used to be punk back in the days of REAL punks - not "skinheads". "skinheads" were basically the boot-stomp targets of "real" punks. a "real" punk didn't have to shave the head or wear pseudo-military or anything - a real punk wore whatever the heck they wanted, secure in the knowledge that they could.

me, i used to wear a really classy, corporate-type dress (which looks best on me, instead of the unfitted, loose structure type stuff) but with shredded pantyhose, big black high-heeled boots with lots of straps and buckles, and my hair and makeup completely "out there". another outfits i really liked was a "merrie olde englande bar wench" type getup - white puffy blouse with layers of lace on the sleeves, tight corset, but with laddered jeans instead of a skirt.

these days, looks like it's called steampunk - which i *adore*.

"dress your age" - make me! lol

Dude... that's a fabulous dress.

almost that far back, but not quite, lol - this was mid-70s in toronto.

these days, "punk" and "skinhead" are synonymous. they emphatically weren't back then - punks wouldn't have been caught dead with neo-****s (okay, that's a wierd word to get blotted out)

Where are you going to wear this dress ?

I love it! Though I confess I didn't wait for weightloss to wear skirts, corsets, and the like, they look better every pound I go down. I love it in red, in particular. When you get to yor goal and buy that dress I simply must see pictures!

where would i wear it? grocery shopping, of course!

with boots like these:

http://files.fashioni.st/uploaded_im...oes-780131.jpg

(cause i doubt i'll ever be able to wear high heels again)

a jacket like this:

http://www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thin...=l&tid=8719068

and naturally a hat and gloves:

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2ewkzNHJie...0/mudlark1.jpg

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m1...z6vbo1_500.jpg



(hey, *somebody's* gotta liven up the joint around here!)

lol - oh, absolutely! no point doing up the feathers if you're going to keep them hidden!

i already have a reputation as being a little wierd so probably nobody will even blink.

OMG I love that jacket and the hats....WANT! :)

I used to wear tops like that jacket in my rock chick days.....ahhhh the stuff I used to wear....:D