Much Ado About Costumes

I mentioned a little while back that I was in a theater production that was eating up most of my time, and that I had some costumes I wanted to show you. Well, our last show was on Monday, the last of the cast events was last night, and the several people who have been living in my room have all gone back to their houses now, so I finally have time to sit down and show you the amazing things I got to wear.

The show I was in was Much Ado About Nothing, for those of you not familiar with it it's one of Shakespeare's comedies; and I was originally just given the role of watchman:

"We charge you, in the prince's name, share your skittles!"

Yes, the costume makes me look slightly disproportionate, and yes, it's more than slightly ridiculous, however, it's also insanely fun to wear. You can't see it in this picture, but the stripes on the back of my pants are horizontal, and the back of my vest has the same crazy patchwork like pattern.

When I arrived at my second rehearsal, I was asked if I would be interested in taking on another role. I promptly answered: "Of course, I'd love to! Who do you want me to play?" The answer: the sexton.

"Master Puppy! You go not the way to sniff a foot!"

If you are currently saying: "Rosie! That is just a photo of a foot and some pant leg!" You would be absolutely right. It is also the only photo I have of my self in this costume. It isn't nearly as hilarious as my other costume though, the rest is just the white shirt with a brown smock and very deep hood.

My final costume* is that of "Anonymous Purple Dancer".

*mingle flirt dance dance flirt dance mingle flirt mingle flirt*

They needed an extra female dancer for the masquerade ball, and I was only too happy to volunteer my less than amazing dance skills. I was even more excited once I saw my costume, because what girl doesn't want to wear a bejeweled purple corset style bodice with a  long, layered purple skirt? My excitement for said costume died down slightly after I realized how annoying it is to have to get someone to lace up your top everyday, then have to get out of it. (You can't see it in the photo, but my bodice laces up the back.)

Have you ever done any theater productions? Did you get to wear amazing costumes?

Love,
Rosie

*In reality it's the first costume I wear in the show, then the watchman, then the sexton, but I shun logical order.

What I Wore: Wubba Boots

When it started to rain the other day, I mostly just beat my head against my desk. I'm performing in a show which is held in a tent, our changing area would turn into a swamp, we would be stuck in the tiny backstage area for hours, it would be muggy, you get my point.  By this point my head was starting to hurt, so I lifted it off the desk, and what did I see? My RUBBER BOOTS. This obviously made everything much, much better.

Dress, ???, shortened by me; shirt, vintage fabric, gift from friend; belt, Cake; boots, ???

How could I be unhappy while wearing bright yellow rubber boots with black accents, courtesy of a spray paint accident? A friend* and I had to take photos, because the only thing awesomer than wearing rubber boots with mini dresses is taking photos while wearing rubber boots with mini dresses. This worked out pretty well for me, since it meant that I had outfit photos, and I usually can't take outfit photos in the rain because my main tripod**/location is in the middle of the yard so my camera would get wet.

What do you think about wearing rubber boots as parts of everyday outfits?

Love,
Rosie

* Their are two reasons I'm not sharing the photos of her- 1. She doesn't want me too and 2. If I did you would all fall in love with how awesome she is and not want to see pictures of me/read what I write anymore.

** I don't have an actual tripod yet, so I use a wood pile.

For the Love of Rubber Boots

I will admit, I am not a huge fan of rainy weather. Frizzy hair, wet clothing and mud are all unfortunate consequences. The one fun  consequence, in my opinion, is that you get to wear rubber boots without feeling like a farmer/slightly ridiculous. 

I like my rubber boots super bright, like these:

Hunter Original Colours

One of the many wonderful things about rubber boots is that they lend themselves to so many different looks. Yes, if you wore them with many outfits on a normal day they might feel a bit strange, but when it's actually raining I have never lacked ideas for what to wear them with. 

For example; you could go for what I consider a sort of festival look:

Rubber Boots, take 1 by RosieUnknown 

 Nothing better than a simple, stylish outfit with a polar bear hat, right?

Or, if you lean more towards a love of colour you could play up the bright pink
 

Rubber Boots, take 2 by RosieUnknown

And by play up the pink I obviously mean add many other colours and move through life as a joyful rainbow.


We all have days when we just want to blend into the woodwork a bit, and rubber boots won't fail you then either.
 

Rubber Boots, take 3 by RosieUnknown 

They are the perfect complement to a super casual outfit, because sometimes you really can't be bothered. (Even on those days I can't resist a few cute accessories though, which is why I included the brooches.)

Do you own/wear rubber boots? What would/do you like to wear them with?

Love,
Rosie 

PS: If you want to know how I actually wore my rubber boots recently, don't worry, the outfit post should be out tomorrow.

Pointless Pretty Photos

Today's post is slightly without purpose, but my blog is, in essence, a place where I share things I find beautiful, and (not to sound vain) I'm pretty found of these photos I took today.

I wanted to get a certain post out today, but a lack of time and appropriate outfit photo weather has me leaving you with this. Rest assured that I have some more interesting things in the near future.

Love,
Rosie

Eclectic Love 1: More Sweet Strawberryness

For this week's Eclectic Love, I knew I wanted to feature something strawberry related, and I knew I wanted it to be a necklace, so I turned to Etsy once again in search of the perfect strawberry necklace. I wasn't sure what it looked like, but I knew exactly how it shouldn't look. I was several pages of incredibly cute, but not what I wanted, necklaces when I started giving up hope. Just as I was giving up, I encountered this:

The Strawberry Jam Necklace

It was only when I saw this one that I realized how the others weren't right: they didn't have that magical strawberry shine. Even though some had the perfect ruby red colour, none of them had captured the light emitting qualities that only strawberries have, which made me all the happier when I found this one. 

Have you ever searched for something not because you knew what you wanted but because you knew what you didn't want?

Love,

Rosie