One person's trash ....

... is another person's treasure. 

I've always dreamed of finding amazing vintage pieces. Where I live, the selection is hardly anything to write home about (so why am  I writing about it here...? Hrm....). Nevertheless, I never give up, and on one of my trips to drop off donations at my local Value Village, I decided to take a wander. 

I found THIS - 

A Christian Dior 'Poison' scarf/handkerchief/pocket square - I did some Google-ing while  was there to see what could be found about it, or how likely it is a fake, but what little research I found, tells me that it is likely a gift with purchase with the perfume, back in the 1980s. 

THRILLED. It is in perfect condition and even though there was a price tag punched through it, I easily managed to rub it out and it looks flawless. 

Best of all, I found it for $3.99 + 30% (because of my previous donations, I filled up my stamp card to receive a discount on an entire purchase). This put me back a total of $2.79 =) 

I will probably frame it 

Excitement! - new favourite outfit and accessory!

I thought Mimmy made a really good point in her post comment about the 'odd man out' - "I think I was actually trying to pair it with things that worked against it." This really spoke to me and she had mentioned she decided to pair her piece with neutrals and let the piece speak for itself. 

Here is that same sweater again - 

(Rosie Neira)

And taking into account Mimmy's words, yesterday, I decided to wear it as the showcase piece and made this outfit with it - 

(Banana Republic, GAP, Rosie Neira, Cole Haan, Coach, Pearson & Brown)

I wish I had taken a photo with the outfit on because the colors look way better together, but this is a new favourite outfit I discovered; it uses my color capsule and a 'odd man out' piece to form a decent outfit, but then is taken to a non-boring level by my shoes and scarf. 

(The more I look at it, this cardigan seems to be a shade of gray with some green undertone ... ya, I still have no idea about its color, sigh...)

Now, let me talk about this scarf - I received it from my mom's latest trip to Asia and it's actually landscape. I don't know if you can tell from the photo but it's mountains and a body of water. I don't know too much about it other than it's silk and by Pearson & Brown - if any one has more info on this brand, I'd love to hear about it! It's beautiful and oh sooooooo soft. It's fast becoming one of my favourite items. 

(Pearson & Brown silk scarf; sorry for the poor photo quality, I used my phone camera to do the pano)

The yellow played off of my shoes and the green picked up the undertones of my cardigan. And since I left everything else neutral, both the scarf and cardigan got to stand out. So, thanks Mimmy, for giving me the idea to let the 'odd man out' shine, and also to the girls on TpF for all the talk about scarves lately that gave me the idea to pull this out. 

Ask and you shall receive ...

... even if I totally ask for it in my head.

The other day, feeling the festive holiday vibes, I thought to myself that it would be really great to have a red colored silk scarf, perhaps something in a floral pattern (since I had recently seen a Flora Gucci bag) and today I received a gift from a co-worker, and lo and behold! A red silk floral patterned scarf!

In a previous post, I had stated that I would not be purchasing scarves for myself since I always seem to be gifted them so the thought was quite fleeting - what are the odds that I would get a red floral silk scarf? Red, maybe. Silk, possibly. But floral? That was a bit of a stretch. But it happened! And it couldn't be more perfect than what I had imagined this said scarf would look like.

Here she is!

Side note: It also came with a matching red tie for my husband, which I thought was a great 'his and hers' gift as they come packaged together in the same gift box.