TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond Time of the Angels

For TARDIS Tuesday this week, I thought I'd return to a comfy outfit worn by Amy Pond in two episodes, Time of the Angels and Flesh and Stone. Mainly because a) I spotted my Converse trainers yesterday when getting my Gamelan costume ready and b) also spotted the red hoodie in the drawer.

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Here's the outfit as worn by Karen Gillan. I first wore a version of this in March 2015 then October 2021.  

Here's my 2024 iteration which is exactly the same as my 2021 one except for a better hair length!  No need to upgrade this one.

Recently, whenever I've worn a red sweater for work, people have commented on good the colour looks on me. I always enjoy wearing red so I am glad it works for me!

My sweater is from Primark but charity-shopped, the skirt and Converse trainers were both gifted to me. I bought the leggings in Tescos about a decade ago and I have never found any other legging brand or type as comfortable or durable as these ones.  All my other ones (except some Aldi/Lidl) ones have always developed holes or been uncomfortable.

When I was getting this outfit ready to wear, I realised that I really don't need 2 pairs of Converse trainers. I bought my black and red ones in Bali in 2006. I texted my niece (who, serendipitously, has similar-sized feet) and asked her if she would like them.  She was so excited and said she'd actually asked her Mum for a pair of Converse trainers recently. It's nice to be able to pass them on, clear a little shoe-space AND to make her happy.

Funnily enough, a colleague, the other day, said to me, "Can I ask you about something. I had a funny feeling you might be the one person who might know about this."

It turned out she wanted to know if I had ever tried Saltwater sandals as she was interested in them but as they are quite expensive, wasn't sure about them.  I said that I did have a pair and I really liked them.  I told her I'd bought mine 2nd hand from Depop for £12 (which is a really good 2nd hand price for them).  I suggested I brought mine in for her to try on and I asked her footsize.  

"I'm afraid I've got big feet- size 8!" she answered.

"Oh good, so have I!" I answered.  That's perfect. I can lend them to her for an evening so she can try wearing them around the house and see if they work for her!

I had a great weekend.  On Saturday, after a pleasant breakfast of porridge, I got lots of washing done and hung in on racks outside as it was so beautifully sunny.  Whilst outside, I picked some Kale from my extremely gangly plants from last year which have continued to grow and currently have tender young leaves. I also picked some hairy bittercress which was growing in my olive tree and blueberry pots and then some three cornered leek from the side bed! I love free food. Then I headed into London as  I had a Gamelan gig at LSO St Luke's.  It went really well and we had a hugely appreciative audience.  Afterwards, CBC and I went for dinner at Wagamama's on Old Street before we headed home.

 

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Sunday morning, I managed to get up in time for church...just! I got out of bed at 8.52am and managed to get to church for 9.10am to play flute for the first hymn. It was a lovely service with a very meaningful sermon. As we were playing one hymn, I had a vision of someone, who I couldn't see, walking with a wooden crucifix all around the church. 

After church, I came home and had some breakfast and folded up washing and put other washing one. Annoyingly, our washing machine keeps getting an error code which is a draining error and I never know how much it has actually washed the garments and the only way to get it to open is to do a Rinse and Drain mode.  

I received Nancy Birtwhistle's Green and Clean book for my birthday and I decided to try her method for washing oven shelves. I recently bought some Washing soda (ash) for cleaning from a Refill service which delivers door to door and I left the shelves and grill try in the sink to soak for a few hours. Happily, it did a good job.  This may be the first time, shamefully, that I have cleaned oven shelves.  Nancy replied to my message on Instagram where I asked to her to clarify what she meant by 'one cup'. I'm really intrigued to make up her Pure Magic shower cleaner once I've got a new large glass spray bottle to do it in! I really hope it can do something about the limescale!

Tomorrow (written on Sunday!) , I am taking my school orchestra to the Barbican to watch the London Symphony Orchestra.

Sweetly, on Friday, two little girls in Year 4 stood on the landing outside orchestra (with my permission) to teach another children who wants to join recorder club 7 weeks late, how to play all the music she's missed so far.  It was such a darling thing! All three girls are such sweet, gentle, kind girls.

On Friday afternoon, I got some of my choir to come upstairs to learn a harmony part for our new choir song for the competition (I have to add to the programme from the last round).  They sounded really good- I hope I can hear them above the rest of the choir!

Hope all is well with you!

2 weeks left of term!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond in The Pandorica Opens and Series 5 Promo

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Image borrowed from
https://impossipondrobe.livejournal.com/tag/amy%27s%20choice?utm_medium=endless_scroll

https://ic.pics.livejournal.com/eowyn/4158581/522567/522567_original.jpg

I mentioned last week that I wanted to attempt some closet cosplays of some new characters or outfits just using items in my wardrobe.  I didn't mention any modern Who characters or not many.

This morning (I'm writing this Sunday), as I was getting dressed, I happened to glance at one of the boxes in my wardrobe and spied a lilacy/pink cashmere jumper I've owned for about 14-16 years at least and remembered I'd seen a cosplay by a girl called Lucy of this outfit and thought I could easily attempt this from my wardrobe. So I quickly put it together as I got dressed.

I broke it down into items I would need to grab

1.  Lilac/pink v-neck top

2. Black/navy vest

3. Black waterfall leather jacket

4. Black trousers/jeans

5. Black headband

6. Red cable knit scarf

7. Red handwarmers

8. Black biker boots

9.  Initial necklace

Quite a few items in one outfit but all adaptable!

Obviously, I started with my cashmere jumper.  This comes from the Tescos finest collection. They had cashmere at super reasonable prices. At the time, I bought this jumper and a similar pink and red jumper for my sister (who coincidentally was staying with me this weekend!).

Next, I added some ASOS black trousers (not the regular skinny ones I wear but the slightly looser more comfy ones I charityshopped in Saffron Walden). Underneath, I wore a black vest top. I do have a navy one but it had the wrong neck line to work.

I have Black Ugg leather biker boots (fully shearling lined)- they cost me £25 from Barnardos about 3-5 years ago and were an absolutely brilliant buy! You can wear these ones in the rain, unlike regular Uggs!

There are a couple of other cosplay items I used in an alternative role.  I don't have a black leather waterfall jacket but my All Saints black waxed denim jacket from last week's cosplay worked well enough. It's a good windblocker despite only looking a light jacket.

I utilised a Yaz item too for this outfit. Amy wears a gold 'A' initial necklace so I wore my Yaz Khan K floral initial necklace for this. It's obviously not super similar but in a closet cosplay, works well!

Funnily enough, also I have a red scarf which I have used for another Amy cosplay, I couldn't find it. It's more of a pashmina though so not similar. For Christmas from my work colleague, I received a lovely orange cable knit scarf from Joules which I'd worn yesterday and figured it looked the part even if the colour was not.

I wore my pale blue TurtleDoves cashmere handwarmers/fingerless gloves but forgot to actually wear them for the photo!!! Doh!!! They actually have cable knit red ones which I think are lovely!!! So tempted by them but must resist! I did contemplate cutting the ends of a pair of CBC's old red cycling socks which are in a bag in the spare room (trying to find a use for the many socks he has culled...not found one yet unless they need stuffing at school for some sort of DT activity) but when I thought of it, my sister was in the spare room getting ready!

I wore this for:

• Brunch in Leigh on Sea sitting outside
• Rehearsal in College Hall for Orchestra
• Walking around Leigh.

How did it do?

The cashmere jumper and black jacket combo was a really good combo for a warm outfit along with with the cable knit jumper and sheepskin biker boots. Despite sitting outside the cafe for over an hour (in January), I was not cold and even donated my scarf and fingerless gloves to my sister. It was also lovely and warm in the orchestra rehearsal.  Obviously, the orange scarf and pink jumper are a little bit of an odd combination but I don't mind!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond from Vincent and the Doctor

Greetings!

As I type this post, our neighbour's dog is howling like Hound of the Baskervilles and repeatedly barking loudly and continuously.  It REALLY doesn't like to be left alone and at night, it cries, howls and barks.  We only remember it does it, when it does it! I wonder if the neighbours who do not adjoin them, hear it quite as loudly and distressingly (it sounds SO bereft and melancholic!) as we do?

I thought for TARDIS Tuesday, I'd return to an outfit I have worn a version of twice before.  Last shared in April 2020, (and originally March the 9th 2015), I am wearing an outfit worn by 11th Doctor, Scottish companion, Amy Pond.

It is considered her most iconic (and probably most-cosplayed) outfit and worn in the most beautiful episode, Vincent and the Doctor.

Photo borrowed from this Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/45599014960729471/

Image borrowed from
http://amypondoutfits.blogspot.com/2010/06/outfit-from-vincent-and-doctor.html

Image borrowed from:
https://impossipondrobe.livejournal.com/2445.html

And here's my version:

She wears a tiny black mini-skirt, a red v-neck sweater, brown knee-high boots, a H&M red crocheted scarf, a teal coat from Jasper Conran (at Debenhams)

And here's moi!

Now, the reason I decided to wear this outfit is one that the eagle-eyed of you may have noticed...

It's pretty much the same outfit I wore 2 weeks ago as Amy Pond but with a different coat and the addition of a scarf!

Pretty much everything I am wearing belonged to someone else I knew first.

The coat is CBC's.  He bought it to dress as Newt Scamander for Harry Potter night at his school.

It's a lovely coat which he doesn't wear very often. It is, thus, fair game.

The skirt and jumper came from my Canadian work colleague when she moved back home. I have so many regrets that I didn't stay in touch with her. She was so lovely. CBC is actually FaceBook friends with her!

The belt belonged to my Mum.

The only bits I bought are the red scarf which I bought in a charity shop (but forgot to wear it with the ends thrown back!)

The boots are the recently fixed Italian leather boots.

Since it's Winter, this was only worn for the photos. I just swapped coats after I'd taken the last set of photos! I will wear a version of this for school but with a longer skirt! OR leggings!

I hope you are having a lovely day and there are no unhappy dogs howling in the background of YOUR life!

xx

TARDIS Tuesday - Closet cosplay of Amy Pond from Victory of the Daleks

Hi there,

I pondered what to wear for TARDIS Tuesday this week and thought I'd try a Closet cosplay of an outfit worn by 11th Doctor companion, Amy Pond as I'd seen my red jumper in the drawer this morning.

I like lots of Amy's outfits except for the fact she wears stupidly short skirts! 

Let's look at the inspiration:

Image borrowed from 
https://badwolfcloset.tumblr.com/post/62435153818/amy-pond-series-5-episode-3-victory-of-the

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00nn8ns/p00nn3kw

• Red scoop neck top
• Navy vest
• Brown aviator jacket
• Sunray brooch
• Gold 'A' initial necklace
• Grey denim mini skirt
• Brown buckle belt
• Brown cowboy boots

I decided to put together a closet cosplay of this- e.g.  I will not specifically seek an items to make the outfit but use what I have.

Here it is:

I started with the red sweater which was given to me by my work colleague when she moved home to Canada.  That was around 2014 I think!  Underneath it, I wore a black vest top- not sure why I didn't dig a bit deeper for my navy one!

Amy wears her red top out but unfortunately, my belt is on the loosest setting above and fits my waist exactly so I had to tuck my red top in so it looks slightly different. My skirt was also given to me by my Canadian colleague when she left. It's not the right colour but it's the shortest, most fitted, plain skirt I own.

I don't have lighter brown cowboy boots so I wore my eYe Boutique brown leather boots which I have had for about 12 years. I had to have the zip replaced in one of them over the Summer as I broke it the last time I wore them!

I LOVE this sheepskin jacket which I got from the Dog's trust charity shop a few years ago- it's not the right colour for Amy's but the look is right

I added a vintage brooch from the charity shop to try and look a bit like Amy's and my K floral initial necklace to finish the look!

I wish PicMonkey was free still so I could 'dye' my hair red with the lipstick function like I did when I did my first Amy Pond cosplay 

I have to say that I could not wear this like this, without leggings but I totally would wear it WITH leggings underneath.

What do you think of this look?

xx

TARDIS Tuesday - Amy Pond- Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

 Hello! 

I hope you are well today! Today, for TARDIS Tuesday, I am sharing a cosplay I tried twice, back in March 2018 and April 2019.    It is worn by Amy Pond in 11th Doctor adventure, Dinosaurs on a Spaceship.

It has changed slightly since last time but not deliberately (e.g. not because I bought a new piece FOR this cosplay) but just because I tried a different garment!

Let's look at the original:

Image borrowed from DoctorWhoCastandCrew blog

She wears a blue and white cotton striped, cable-knit sweater from Reiss, blue skinny jeans, brown brogues AND, I believe, her black heart-shaped 'A' initial necklace as well as a watch. Sadly, we don't see her bottom half in this necklace. 

Let's see it:

I wore this on Saturday for a day at home.  We were in all day and didn't end up going out at all until the evening.  We changed to go out for a Thai meal. I might share that outfit another day!

Let's start with the jumper.  My jumper is the same jumper as Amy's but in a coffee shade instead of the blue.  Reiss makes very good quality clothing and I really like this jumper. It's a good jumper for a day in Winter that isn't too cold.

This time, I added a pair of indigo jeans from ASOS which I wear for a Clara cosplay which work better than any of those I've worn before plus my Clarks men's brogues.

I couldn't find my 'K' initial necklace so I just stuck to a Swarovski heart necklace.

I thought my hair was looking a good length for this cosplay (and I am thinking of having it cut soon!) so it seemed a good time to photograph it.

I will rewear the jumper for school on Monday I think but with an alternative bottom half- perhaps some other trousers! Perhaps some brown ones to match the jumper or some black ones.  Hmmm...

Hope you are well.

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond in the Time of the Angels

 It's been 6 years since I last cosplayed this particular Doctor Who inspired outfit! Is that the longest between one on here? You can see it here, before my posts even the nomenclature of TARDIS Tuesday on this blog.

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Last time I wore it, it was a closet cosplay using items I had in my wardrobe anyway.  I wore a dull red zipped hoodie, a black skirt, grey tights and black Converse shoes. It's a comfortable outfit.

This time, one item was purchased specifically for this outfit, the others were all in my wardrobe.

Here I am next to Amy!

 I didn't intend putting together this outfit but I went into the spare room to look for a Clara dress I am swapping with another cosplayer on Saturday and in the same bag, I found this red  Primark hoodie I had bought from Oxfam for £4 a couple of months ago.  It struck me that it would be a comfortable Saturday outfit and it could be my TARDIS Tuesday this time.

Next, I found my black skirt which I wore last time. This was given to me by my work colleague who was moving back to Canada back in 2014.  

I couldn't find the grey tights I wore last time but realised that even more comfortable would be the grey leggings I have.

When I went to search for my  black  and red Converse high tops in the under stairs cupboard, I could only find ONE of them!

Disaster!  So I went upstairs to look in the spare room cupboard and to my delight, discovered...

I actually had BLUE Converse hightops with a TARDIS handpainted on them!

I'd completely forgotten that my penpal K (who used to blog) had sent me these for Christmas last year!

There is an interesting story behind these shoes.  K is very creative and has large size 9 feet.  She finds it hard to buy interesting shoes in her footsize and so had taken to buying grey Primark plimsols and drawing designs on them in Sharpies- she's made Octopi, rainbows and clouds, dinosaurs and other delights.  I told her I loved them and it would really cool if one day, she could make me some as a fellow bigfoot!  She was very excited to do so but I said I wanted to use more ethical brand Toms to make mine so I was going to keep a look out for some second hand.

In the meantime, she got together with a lovely man in Lockdown (they were friends but had fallen for each other!) and they'd subsequently moved in together.  Both had 1 bed flats and needed to combine into one so both needed to ruthlessly cull possessions. During the cull, she found these in his cupboard.  These were actually the shoes he wore for his wedding to his ex-wife as she was a Who-fan!  He wasn't a fan but agreed to do that for her (ha, CBC would NOT do that for me!) and these had been handpainted for him.  He'd never worn them again and obviously, not being a Who fan and having split with his wife, didn't want them so K, discovering they were MY footsize, sent them to me for Christmas!

Isn't that perfect! They were second-hand, hand-painted AND unwanted, helped someone unclutter, were found a week or so before Christmas AND they turn out to be Screen accurate Amy Pond shoes (I didn't realise this till now!) 

I came down the stairs wearing this on Saturday. CBC looked me up and down.

"Is that a Doctor Who outfit?" he asked.

"Why?  Do you not like it?" I retorted.

"No, I like it, it's cute." he acquiesed.

"It IS a Doctor Who outfit!" I blurted gleefully.

"I knew it! Is it Amy Pond?" he laughed.

"Yes!"

"I'm starting to recognise the outfits now!"

It was a fun but comfy outfit to wear on a Saturday trip to town and meant I was ready for TARDIS Tuesday.

Given that 2 out of the four items I am wearing were gifts and the hoodie was £4 and the leggings £6 from Tesco back in about 2012, the cost of the outfit was very reasonable.

What do you think?

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond in The Curse of the Black Spot AKA- the day I had bright pink legs at school.

 Hi there,

Oof, I'm tired! Went to bed waaaay too late last night after doing some marking I've been putting off as I've got reports to do and need to use the marking for those too.  Definitely felt rather ratty at school today.

Today's outfit for TARDIS Tuesday is 11th Doctor companion Amy Pond's outfit from the historical series 5 episode, The Curse of the Black Spot, set aboard a pirate ship. 

Image borrowed from:
https://impossipondrobe.livejournal.com/11393.html

She begins in a pink and grey Uniqlo checked shirt, worn with a peach-coloured cardigan.  She wears a very short fitted denim skirt with hot pink tights and brown knee-high boots.

Later in the episode, Amy dons a tricorn hat, a grey buttoned man's coat and a brown leather strap to hold her cutlass once she becomes part of the crew.

Here's my version:

I wore a similar version of this outfit back in May 2018, 3 years ago but with a few changes.

The first thing I started with was the shirt.  My shirt is also from Uniqlo, bought second hand but it isn't exactly the same shirt, though I think it is pretty similar.

I added my pink Primark tights- the pink tights are pretty iconic. I got rid of a lot of my bright tights collection and shared them with bright tights lovers Polyester Princess Ann and Becky as I decided I didn't like them but I kept this pair for this very outfit.

The next element I added was the skirt.  I don't have a fitted denim skirt (nor do I want one) but I do have this black Zara skirt which my work colleague gave me when she moved back to Canada 6 years ago.  Finally, I added my brown knee-high Italian boots, bought from eYe Boutique in Ilford back in 2009 or so.

 I got lots of compliments on the outfit today from colleagues as they don't often see my legs apparently, even though I wear leggings all the time!

When I got home, I added CBC's grey Reiss coat for the above photo but sadly all the Tricorns were in the loft and I annoyed CBC as soon as I got home, apparently with a whinge-fest and ratching in my bag to find my camera, so I wasn't going to ask him to get them out.

If only I had the red hair.

I should add that I put on trousers over the top to cycle in- there was no chance I would be cycling in this skirt!

Ah well, better get on with those reports!

Hope you are well.

xx

TARDIS Tuesday-Amy Pond's Christmas Jumper from The Doctor, the Witch and the Wardrobe

 Hi there,

Here's another week of TARDIS Tuesday and this week, I am featuring Amy Pond and her Chrsitmas outfit from the Christmas episode, The Doctor, the Witch and the Wardrobe which has a Narnia-esque ilk to the episode.

Amy only features right at the very end of the episode as the Doctor realises, after his exploits, that he needs to let Amy and Rory know he is still alive and that he didn't die.

Here's a collage I made:

She does wear pink tights and black boots with this outfit but you barely see those so I focused on the top half of the outfit.

She wears a dark Scandi Christmas jumper and appears by her front door (with wreath.)

I am glad I took these as the next day, CBC finally took down our wreath (I wanted to leave it up)

The jumper belongs to my German cosplaying friend, remember the parcel mentioned in the Cheese-incident post? I tried it on before I posted it to her (with her permission of course!) 

It's a very cosy jumper and I am sure that Charlotte will be very cosy in it!

This post was more about the fun of trying to recreate some of the pictures though it was hard as I didn't have my regular camera or tripod and was working with a music stand and a mobile phone!

Ah well.

x

TARDIS Tuesday outfit- Amy Pond in The Angels Take Manhattan

This week, I hadn't really got in mind what I was going to do for TARDIS Tuesday but I knew it needed to be something comfy and cosy.  I didn't really know what to wear that I hadn't worn fairly recently.  Then, I saw a stripy top lying on the clean washing pile and suddenly thought of which outfit I could try to cobble together.

Here's the inspiration:

It's Amy Pond's outfit from The Angels Take Manhattan- her swan song episode.

Image borrowed from Digital Spy

She wears a round necked white top with thin black stripes with a pocket on the front.  Over the top, she wears a tan parka coat, some fitted blue jeans rolled up and brown brogues.  Finally, she dons some tortoiseshell glasses and if you look carefully, you will see she is wearing a black disc necklace with an 'A' for Amy initial on it.

Image borrowed from 
The Mail Online

Image borrowed from Cultbox

And here's my version!

As I alluded to in yesterday's post, I decided to head to St Mary's churchyard to take some photos as there is a really lovely graveyard which I love to walk around and look at the gravestones and the pretty flowers.  I walked there lots in the March lockdown and I picked my nettles for my soup here. I knew I needed a reason to leave the house- otherwise I'd have been in all day.

I started with a white top with black stripes and a pocket- it's just a charity shop top I found a year ago or so but I think it works as a good alternative for her one.

I added my M&S gold sequinned jeans which I bought in my second year at University. I am amazed they still fit me considering I am bigger now than I was then.

I realise I forgot to take a close up of my brogues. They are men's ones I bought 2 years ago when I was jealous of CBC finding all the good shoes in his size. There is never anything in the size 8's women's section in Clarks so I always head over to the men's section which is more to my taste.

My jacket is actually a Barbour one which I bought for a Clara Oswald outfit- it's a lovely jacket and I thought it worked well for this outfit.

Finally, I remembered this cute necklace my sister in law bought me for Christmas in 2015.  It's a good alternative to her A!

I thought I'd take a picture with my glasses to emulate that earlier picture of Amy looking at her Melody Malone novel which is a key plot device in the episode.

What do you think? A comfy, casual outfit but one I really liked!

TARDIS Tuesday - Young Amelia Pond

 I thought I'd try something a little different this week and play a character who is a child!  

Young Amelia Pond is the first person Matt Smith's Doctor meets in Series 5- she is a little red-haired Scottish girl wearing a long white nightie with red pattern and buttons and a knitted red cardie or dressing gown. She's also wearing red wellies but they aren't pictured.

https://screenrant.com/doctor-who-amy-origin-story-animated-short-song/

https://www.higgypop.com/news/do-children-in-the-uk-pray-to-santa/

And here's me!

I'm purposely only showing my top half as I am wearing a white and red patterned shirt (and white skirt) and wearing my red-knitted cardigan which Norma, my dear, deceased family friend, made for me.

I thought I'd strike the same pose as Amelia!

What do you think?

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond in the Impossible Astronault

Hi there!

Hope you are well.

Today, I am sharing a costume from Doctor Who series 6 worn by red-headed, feisty companion, Amy Pond.  She wears this in the first episode of the series called The Impossible Astronault in a very strange episode in which the Doctor is killed and then is seen alive later! It ended up being a brilliant finale to the season!

• She is hiking so wears a practical outfit for it:
• Reddish orange and white checked shirt
• Cropped jeans
• Brown hiking boots
• Hair pinned to the side.

Image borrrowed from
 https://www.pinterest.ca/KittyLeeSpencer/cosplays/

I last attempted this back in 2016 or 2017 I believe.  Here is my interpretation:

You may recognise the shirt as I wore it last week for my Jo Grant outfit.  Here, it is more visible.  The check colours are reversed from Amy's shirt but other than that, I think my charity-shopped shirt is a good match.

I added cropped jeans in a lighter shade of blue (second hand) and then my Mountain Warehouse walking shoes.

I'm missing the American flag!  This is a comfy outfit- one I wore for walking in though I think cropped jeans are an odd choice for walking, even though my ones are very soft material!

What do you think?

Would you wear this outfit? 

What do you wear for walking?

x

TARDIS Tuesday - A Good Man Goes to War- Amy Pond

Hello there!

Apologies, I have been a little bit AWOL from here!

Firstly, before I continue, I want to thank you for all the lovely comments on the Bloggers Art Gallery and thank you for visiting other artists. If you didn't comment, or were having trouble commenting (like Mike's, I had trouble commenting at first!), please do go and say a quick , "Hi!".  I'd also like to invite you to visit Rach's posts too- she joined in last minute and she is the reason I blog- it's her first blog post in FIVE years so the posts on her art are super special. Plus, her art is SUPER varied and interesting!

Today, is one of those opportunistic cosplays.  Here is an outfit worn by Amy Pond in a big denouement episode called A Good Man goes to War.  She has given birth to her baby Melody and is trapped. She wears an all white outfit consisting of a linen shirt with brown coconut husk buttons, white linen trousers, boots and her hair tied up at the sides.

https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com/2018/03/11/amy-pond-a-good-man-goes-to-war/

And here's my version!

I have been an English postbox for my German cosplay friend Corinna again, so I am wearing her screen-accurate shirt here- way too big but that's ok!

The facial expression is angst- Amy's worried about her baby! That's Mr Pineapple tucked inside a sheet!

On my bottom half, most serendipitously, I decided to treat myself to some new pajamas from Debenhams.  I have a continually expanding wardrobe but pajamas rarely get added or subtracted! I get very attached to them!  I got them home on Tuesday from flute trios with these and suddenly,, when contemplating a TARDIS Tuesday, I realised my new pajamas would make the perfect trousers!

It's a very comfy outfit- not one I would wear out- maybe the shirt but these pjs are a bit translucent so I won't be wearing them in public without a dressing gown! Brilliant for Summer though!

What do you think?

x

TARDIS Tuesday- Amy Pond from Vincent and the Doctor

Hi there,

Today's TARDIS Tuesday was one I attempted on March the 9th 2015- so I think 5 years is a suitable amount of time to leave it before reattempting it again!

Photo borrowed from this Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/45599014960729471/

Here's the inspiration. In what is frankly one of the most beautiful Doctor Who stories, the 11th Doctor and Amy Pond meet Vincent Van Gogh after seeing something sinister in the window of one of his paintings. If you want to watch it, if you are UK-based you can watch it here.

here

Amy wears a beautiful teal coat by Jasper Conran. Underneath it, she wears a dark red v-neck top together with a loose-weave red scarf.  On her bottom half, she wears a frankly obscenely short denim shirt and brown knee-high boots.

Hard to see, but she wears a small gold A initial necklace and a tan bronze-buckled belt which I can't see in any pictures.

Image borrowed from
http://amypondoutfits.blogspot.com/2010/06/outfit-from-vincent-and-doctor.html

Image borrowed from:
https://impossipondrobe.livejournal.com/2445.html

And here's my version:

I have to say that when I came downstairs in this, CBC asked me, "Why are you dressed like a tart?"

Firstly, I never use language like that to describe anyone, so I demurred but I take his point that it is all a bit SHORT! If I wasn't at home in lockdown, I would have added black leggings to this to make it a bit more appropriate for going out in public.

Most of this outfit was given to me or borrowed.

Let's go through it.

The coat, for the eagle-eyed and those with good memories, is CBC's Newt Scamander coat which I wore for World Book Day 2019. Not the charity-shopped velvet jacket I wore last time which I redonated.

The jumper and skirt were both given to me back in 2014 by my Canadian work colleague when she returned home and needed to get rid of things. I do not own a denim skirt- so you get black. The jumper is the wrong shade of red. I do have a top in the right shade but the neckline is wrong. Oh well- maybe I'll wear it the next time I wear this outfit, for variety.

The scarf was one I bought for £1 in one of those cheapy clothes shops- I have it in bright green too- they were bought back in 2010 or so, so a long time ago!

The belt is one of my Mum's that I found in a drawer in my old house.

The penultimate item (except for my suitcase which once housed Sarah Nelson Grasmere Gingerbread) are my brown Italian leathers boots, bought from eYe Boutique in Romford in about 2008. The area by the zips at the side is very flaky and old now but the rest of the boots are perfect still, which is super annoying.

The final detail is the necklace. I don't have an initial necklace, but I have this gold necklace which sort of emulates an A shape so I wore that.

What do you think?

xx