TARDIS Tuesday - Clara's glamorous red outfit from The Caretakre

 Hello there.

This week for TARDIS Tuesday, I am featuring yet another outfit from The Caretaker.  I featured one of Clara's two main outfits last week from this episode.  You may be wondering why she wears so many outfits.  Well, the episode begins with a series of flashbacks from Clara's manic double life trying to juggle a full-time teaching job along with dating Danny Pink and running off in the TARDIS for adventures with the Doctor.  Thus, we see a variety of outfits from Clara.

The most dressed up is this one.  Clara is just about to go on a date with Danny Pink and the Doctor arrives in the TARDIS inside her flat.  He persuades her to go off in the TARDIS.  Unfortunately, she turns up to her date with Danny with seaweed in her hair in this outfit.

Let's look at it:

Image borrowed from 
https://claraoswaldcosplay.dreamconnect.de/?p=622 

Clara wears this red lacy mini-dress from Kooples along with her Topshop black and gold ankle boots and a silver sparkly handbag on a chain.

Image borrowed from
Clara Oswald Cosplay

I can't seem to get a full shot of Clara wearing the dress from the front so here it on my friend Chrissi's mannequin.

And here's my version of it:

Kooples is a very expensive brand and to be honest, the fitted nature with daring front plunge (though covered in thick lace), means I would probably not pursue the screen accurate dress unless I found it super cheaply- I don't think it would suit my pear-shape.

I found this alternative dress (originally from Oasis) in my local charity shop and I figured for a fiver to charity, it was worth a try.  It's much more my shape as it has a loose skirt but I can definitely see the similarity to the original.  It only JUST fits me- I had to work hard to do it up! 

I have Clara's original Topshop boots which are very smart.  

My sparkly handbag is one I bought for another Clara outfit but realised it would definitely do!

I'd love to wear this out for a smart evening with CBC.  As it is, I just wore it for photos on a Sunday afternoon!

I thought I'd try to do 2 side by sides with the photos I had.

Alas my lighting is a bit different, but it was funny to realise I had a suitable corridor to recreate this photo!

Just for Sheila, here's the STUFF in a closeup!

A rare outfit with no jewellery!

What do you think of this outfit? 

Do you prefer my one or Clara's?

Hope you are well!

xx

Striped sunflowers

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I do love a good set of stripes!!! The Two Birds inspiration for today's Inspiration Monday was the above lady with stripes and a short skirt!! I knew that I'd have to make mine school appropriate so decided to don black leggings to complete the look.  When I bought this stripy and lacy sunflower top in TK Maxx around a year or two ago, it was completely on a whim. I just saw it and loved it, didn't bother trying it on. It's quite hard to get your head into (tight neck with no give) but once on, v comfortable.  The skirt is from Forever 21 but it's Canadian F21- my work colleague gave it to me as it was too small for her. I wasn't totally sold on it at first but I really like it here. Finally teamed with Aldo heels, white lacy headband and daisy earrings.




Today, I taught my year 6's music for the last time.  Well, one class is off to play the Gamelan next week but I will be accompanying them but not teaching them and the following Monday is school concert rehearsal.  When I look back at the HORROR class they were in year 1 and think how much affection I have for them now, it's really funny! They were my first year 1 classes I ever taught and year 1 is my least favourite year group to teach, so the fact that they were naughty, made it even harder, particularly as I was new to teaching music. They have grown as musicians and I love the genuine liking and passion for music they have- boys who think classical music is cool and always used to come to me after singing assembly to ask for copies of the music so they could sing it at home.  I feel genuinely sad to lose them and that's the whole class, not just some of them.  One of the 'cool boys', when I said that it was their last lesson said, "I have to say that you are the best music teacher we've had," (at which point I replied that they'd only had another teacher for one term before me, 7 years ago!).

Tomorrow, my senior recorder group is staying after school till 5 to practice and prepare for their recorder exam. I've gathered some snacks and juice for them and it was all going to be so smooth for their exam on Thursday until I discovered my school is closed on Thursday because of the strike (My union is not striking). I'm not saying anything to do with the strike but I am reeeeeeeeeally annoyed that it's got to be rescheduled- hoping the examiner can do next week instead. Lucky it's our AST and she is kind!

I had a marvellous weekend in Herefordshire which I will share with you anon.

Hugs to all.
xxx

Em-E

Hurrah, for the preeeeeetty, preettty, preetty and very talented Emmy Rossum who is the muse for Inspiration Monday again with the lovely Two birds! This girl could wear anything and I would just look at those big eyes and cute shy smile!  However, I decided that her outfit was rather nice anyway, so that's good!

Here's my interpretation!



I forgot to bring my bag for the shot and I decided that I didn't want to wear my converse so ivory-coloured brogues would have to do! Plus, the turquoise tights sent me a yearning glance from the washing carousel this morning as I went out to religiously water my empty bed plundered by birds weed collection wedding wild flower bed this morning, so they had to add a splash of colour to it! This dress always makes me happy when I wear it (even if I find it difficult to get out of when it comes to bed time! Oh backzips, you are the bane of life for those who live alone!)

The rather interesting setting for these is the Woolwich ferry in South London- a free less-than-5-minute ferry service that takes drivers across the River Thames if they want to avoid the bendy Blackwall tunnel.  I have NEVER been on it before so it was rather exciting.  CBC deeemed it was a rather more romantic mode of travel than the Blackwall tunnel!  Oh dear, what must the other drivers in their cars have been of the frantic dash across to the side of the boat, taking of outfit shots and frantic dashing back again (all the more frantic because I had taken my polka-dot jacket off in the car and realised I needed it!).  It was definitely blowing a hoolie as you can tell from the super-messy hair which was neat before I was attacked by rapidly-moving-air!

We were on our way to Eltham to meet a couple that CBC has known for a few years who he has always said I would really get on with, but have not met.  They were just as lovely as he told me and an extraordinarily talented pair!  They are both doctors, excellent musicians, fantastic cooks, lovely people! We had the most amazing feast at their house.  She is Chinese and we had a starter of chinese-lettuce wraps, 9 different dishes to choose from for the main meal and then raspberry pavlova for dessert.  He is German and I reallly love Germany/German language/German people so I was really happy to talk to him!  I was in the kitchen reading a card (in German) on the fridge, reading out loud and he commented on my good German pronounciation (yessssss!!!!) just as I was translating it out loud to myself!  We had a lovely chat about Germany and Switzerland (where they went on honeymoon and where we are hoping to go).  It's always lovely making new friends.  We also had a lovely time getting to know their friends who they had also invited!  It's been a really lovely weekend all in all! I do hope yours was too!

Linking to the lovely Patti at Visible Monday and the Twobirds