TARDIS Tuesday- Summer 5th Doctor outfit

HI there!

I have enjoyed my last 2 Summer spins on the Classic Who Doctors.I hope you did too!

Today, I am considering baby-faced 5th Doctor, Peter Davison's outfit.

I last looked at this outfit as inspiration in April 2021- here I did a literal cosplay and recreation of the outfit but this time, I wanted to do a Summer spin on it. Therefore I was using it as inspiration rather than a direct recreation.  I have actually done a Summer version of this once before (back in 2015 which you can see here) and I used the same base-dress.

Let's look at the original:

Image borrowed from
The Ultimate Guide to the Fashion of Doctor Who

Image borrowed from
The Ultimate Guide to the Fashion of Doctor Who

And this time, I have created two versions of it with one garment difference:

 

Here's the first one: I started with the obvious item- my Question mark shirt (embroidered by Ang) which I wore for my 6th Doctor outfit last week. As I said last time, the shirt is lovely and lightweight. I rolled up its sleeves for a more summery look.

The next item was my vintage dress bought back in 2015 or so.  I loved this dress. It's handmade and I definitely get cricket jumper vibes from the patterning around the neck and hem. Do you agree?

I added my handmade celery brooch (made from Shrink plastic in 2015). Yes, it looks more like Chard.

I wore CBC's LilyWhite's genuine Panama hat (which I bought from Oxfam for him 7 years ago or so) and added the same red spotty scarf I wore round my neck last week for the 6th Doctor outfit.

Here's the second outfit. Spot the difference!

This time, I took away the white shirt (I could have kept it on but I think in the Summer, it would be a bit too warm with both the jacket and the shirt. Instead, I wore my Whistles blazer which I bought for £4 for my 5th Doctor cosplay. It has ties but I tied them loosely inside the blazer. Celery was repinned.

I wore my Toms Huarache shoes- couldn't wear my white brogues as they are in school (spare shoes) and didn't think that the white Converse high-tops would work so well.

I think I like this outfit better out of the two, but what about you?

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- 6th Doctor Colin Baker Summer inspiration

 Hi there,

I thought I'd try another Summer spin on one of the Doctor outfits from the Classic Who Doctors.  

Today, I am looking at the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker's outfit.  His, is the most garish and costumey of all the Doctors' outfits.

Image borrowed from Tansyrr.com Yay, a blogger I follow!

Image borrowed from Trenmedia

Image borrowed from Wikipedia

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Image borrowed from:
https://stage.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/07/13/how-to-dress-like-the-sixth-doctor.

I've never done a full 'cosplay' or actual dress up of this Doctor but I used it as inspiration twice in 

May 2015 and July 2015.

I thought I'd look at the chief components or features of his outfit to take to turn into an outfit using items I already had:

• Checks in either red, yellow, blue hues
• Question mark shirt
• Polka Dot neck tie in either blue or red.
• Clashing patterns
• Green boots with orange spats (black buttons)
• Yellow trousers

And here's what I came up with:

Let's start with the skirt. If I wanted to do a female version of the Doctor, I wanted to wear as skirt. I had 2 prime candidates:

1.  Vintage Parisian Dirndl skirt bought from Corbridge Antiques for £5.

2.  Seasalt blue checked seersucker skirt (Birthday present)

I tried both on....

The red looked good but I felt like needed more clash in there- it was too coordinated.

Then I tried the blue- but it also felt like there needed to be more red.

I needed something yellow to nod to his yellow and black striped trousers but the only thing that would work was my yellow belt from a floral dress.

At that point, I wondered if I could button both my skirts together to make the outfit a bit more clashing and chaotic.  This made the skirt double sized so I had to pin the waistband and I ended up with an extra sort of bustle....which dangled down!

Next was the Question mark shirt.  Ang was kind enough to offer to add question marks to my teenage self's white concert shirt back in 2015. I always wore it for all the concerts we had to wear Black and white for. It came from Racing Green and was always quite big for me as a teenager. It's thin so it works well as a Summer shirt.  Next, I added a vintage red polka dot scarf as a neck tie. I bought this from somewhere in Northumberland- I forget where.  As a nod to his other blue spotty neck tie, I wore my blue/floral wired headband- it didn't need to match!

In terms of footwear, I didn't want to wear my teal Dr Martens boots so instead I donned my £5 charity-shopped Italian Men's green brogues and added my orange crocheted spats which Lara at Lara's Cottage Crafts made for me.  The spats don't really work with shoes instead of boots. Perhaps orange socks with black spots might work- ha?!

This time, I didn't add a cat brooch- wasn't exactly sure where it was....and, the outfit was fussy enough as it is.

So...what do you think?

xx

Vintage Style Me

Evening!

I harked back to classic Kezzie style when I returned home from Antwerp with this stripy 2Euro skirt.

I picked it up from Think Twice on their 2Euro sale day and really liked it.  From there, the outfit built.  I added leggings and my favourite black, nubuck Clarks boots which I don't wear very often as I worry about rain (and not so good for cycling).  An old Miss Selfridge top to team with it with an Icelandic vest top underneath (a present at least a decade ago from my Mum's penpal from Rekjavik).  Later, when we went out for lunch, I added an ancient Monsoon sale cardigan in royal blue and a purple Monsoon beret for warmth.

Didn't forget about jewellery.  A cute little bird brooch which was a present from Ann when we met in Antwerp (I will write about it!!!!) and then a heart necklace and cloud earrings.

It felt like quintessential me, that I've not shown for a while. My classic, blog style and that was pleasing!

I'm going to leave this post here. I was going to write about being sensitive and being sad that a nice, quiet child has chosen not to come back to choir next term after 2 terms in it  and wishing I didn't feel such a failure when kids don't continue with choir (& only 9 signed up so far for it next term when I had 22 this term)  but I'll only make myself feel sad again after watching some Death in Paradise and Bridgerton to cheer me up.

Hope you are well. xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Missy

 Hello!

For TARDIS Tuesday, I am going to share an outfit inspiration and character that last featured on this blog back on my birthday cosplay party...but it wasn't worn by me!! It was worn by Fil and Sophie!  However, I did have an outfit inspired by Missy back in 2015.

Yes, the queen of mean is my inspiration for this week.

For anyone who doesn't know who I am talking about, The Master was a villain introduced to Doctor Who during Jon Pertwee's tenure of Doctor Who. He was a rival, renegade timelord and was the Moriarty to the Doctor's Sherlock.  He was played by the wonderful Roger Delgado.  He sadly died in an unexpected car accident whilst Pertwee was still the Doctor and the character was not seen for another few years until he turned up burned in The Deadly Assassin with Tom Baker. In the penultimate Tom Baker story, The Keeper of Traken, the wasted character from the Deadly Assassin took over the body of Tremas (anagram of Master!), a Traken man played by Anthony Ainley and he terrorized the Doctor through Peter Davidson's tenure. He disappeared again until the final 7th Doctor Story, Survival where he had become infected with The Cheetah People's something or other.  He then appeared in the 1996 movie played by Eric Roberts  He disappeared for another decade and turned up in David Tennant's era in the form of Derek Jacobi and then John Simm.  Finally, in Peter Capaldi's era, He became She and Michelle Gomez played the bonkers female version of him called Missy!

I'm using the Series 10 version of Missy whose hair is a bit more wild, less-Mary Poppinsesque and her outfit is darker but with Edwardian influences still strongly featuring.

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In this version of Missy's outfit from Doctor Who series 10 (in which the Doctor is trying to redeem Missy, AKA, the Master, she wears a variation on her Mary Poppins-esque outfit.

A dark brown paisley blouse with rounded white collar and cuffs, a brown neck bow with red flowers and a dark purple full length skirt and black boots.  

I saw an instagram cosplayer share a work in progress version of this Missy and thought to myself, "Hmmm, I could do a closet cosplay version of this without getting anything additional that might work quite well."

And here we go:

I'll start from the very begining, a very good place to start...

Wait, that's the Sound of Music, wrong Julie Andrews film.  Hold on, Mary Poppins isn't right either??? Ah, Michelle Gomez, Doctor Who!

I began with my white round-collared shirt from ASOS (which has featured in various cosplays including Romana and Yaz Khan).

Over the top of that, I layered my cappucino-coloured Boden shirt, bought originally, secondhand for my Clara Oswald 60's echo outfit. I tucked its own collar in.

Next, to emulate Missy's neck-tie, I added a black silk with red flowers scarf from Primark.

Yeah, Missy did a dab when she was pretending to be The Doctor in one episode.  This being the only time I would do one! The final two clothing elements were my 1970's Droopy and Brown skirt which was given to me by a friend and my black Clarks ankle boots.

I am notoriously bad at HAIR styling and struggled a bit with this but I put my hair in a highish ponytail (as high as mine goes...which isn't very) and then used hairgrips to pin it messily to the top of my head!

It was quite fun incorporating the piano into these photos.  Right colour, wrong model, mine being an upright, not a grand piano!

It was quite fun trying to pull slightly manic, slightly evil facial expressions!  I'm quite good at those. My A for GCSE drama came from playing a child-killer suffering from Postnatal depression and mania and Satan (modelled from Eric Roberts' Master from the 1996 Doctor Who the Movie), not from nice characters or essays!! Eeek!!!

So, what do you think? Does my version of Missy cut the mustard?  

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Yaz Khan in Survivors of the Flux- second variant- A day late!

Sorry, I just realised that the title makes this sound like a Covid variant! Relax  guys, it's just a Yaz variant!

Last week, I shared my Edwardian Yaz outfit and this week, I have a SLIGHTLY different version of that same outfit! Ha!

Here's a picture of Yaz wearing it.

Image borrowed from:
https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a38359497/doctor-who-flux-multiverse/

We have our straw boater again and a very similar outfit to last time except that this time, we have a light sandy coloured waistcoat with lapels.

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The photos were taken at the same time as my other ones! I just swapped the jacket for the waistcoat!

The only difference between last week's outfit

(which was 

Grandad's 90 year old school boater

My friend Annie's Droopy and Brown skirt

CBC's brown brogu boots

ASOS white blouse)

 is that I am wearing a Paisley tie of CBC's from Coe's and his waistcoat which he bought from eBay for his Newt Scamander costume for Harry Potter evening at school. 

That's a very school-marmish pose!

The French plait was starting to come untucked by this point!

Sorry this is a day late- I was having trouble uploading photos yesterday!

It was fun wearing this vintage look!

What do you think?

Which Edwardian look do you prefer? This week or last week?

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Edwardian Yaz in The Vanquishers

 Hello there!

I decided to pull together what is known as a Closet Cosplay for this week's TARDIS Tuesday.  The idea of this is just searching for items in your wardrobe you have already without searching for and buying any specific item in advance for it.

The outfit in question is from last week and this week's episodes of Doctor Who Flux.  Yaz and Dan, along with Professor Eustacius Jericho are trapped in 1901 after the Weeping Angels sent them back there in The Village of the Angels and last week's episode began with Yaz and co, 3 years later, trying to find clues of how to get back to the Doctor.  Yaz and co have gone Edwardian in their costuming and Yaz is seen breaking into an Inca temple wearing this outfit.

She seems to be donning a green tweed skirt suit with a round collared blouse, brown tartan or chequered tie, a straw boater and then brown satchel, gloves and boots.

The image belongs to the above which I borrowed from 
https://theultimateguidetothefashionofdoctorwho.wordpress.com

I had a look in my cupboards and looked to see what I could find:

I started with a green corduroy Per Una jacket I bought from a charity shop about 16 years ago. Alas, I didn't have a matching skirt but I decided to don my Droopy and Brown navy skirt as it was suitably voluminous. I borrowed CBC's light brown Brogue boots as I had just (SOB!) broken the zip on my beautiful brown knee high boots the night before. To match it, I added my brown charity shopped Clara Oswald satchel

I stole another item of CBC's wardrobe- his brown checked tie and added it to my ASOS round-collared blouse (has been used for various Who cosplays over time) Oh and used a vintage-looking lantern that CBC gave me one of our first Christmases together.

Alas, I had no suitable gloves to don but I did have my Grandad's old school boater (also has been used for a cosplay before)

Finally, a little view from the back.   I mentioned yesterday that my Mum came over yesterday so naturally, she was put to work as my official photographer but also tie-tier AND hairdresser to give me a French plait.  Yaz's hair styles have been very ornate this time and though mine is short, I thought I'd take advantage of Mum's hair skills.

What do you think?

I didn't wear the rest of the outfit for the rest of the day, as it's a bit formal for a Sunday, but I did keep the Droopy and Brown skirt on.

It was fun to see what I could cobble together for this outfit!

xx

Style Imitating Art- Jazz Stories- 3 for the price of 1!

Evening there,

Hope you are well.

This evening, for Style Imitating Art, Daenel picked a brilliant piece of artwork, right up my street!

Inspiration piece: Jazz Stories: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow #1: Somebody Stole My Broken Heart by Faith Ringgold.

Ah, isn't it brilliant! So bright and so many cool features! Plus, of course, it's all about music!!!

Here's my collage I sent to Daenel.  Yes, I went for three outfits!

I'll talk you through my sartorial choices each in turn.

Outfit no. 1 was based round this lightweight vintage blouse I picked up from Polly's Vintage at Battlesbridge antiques centre last Summer.  The pattern reminded me of the stripy edge of the inspiration piece.  Underneath, for warmth, I chose to wear a navy turtle neck (M&S) and trousers (Just Female)- the colours aren't quite on but I thought it could represent the blue suits of the men. My Clarks Originals red desert boots and bead necklace were a nod to all the red.  This is what I wore to school today. Oh, and my red and blue Swatch watch was a nod to all the colours of the piece.

Outfit no. 2 is based on the dress of the main singer.  I took one look at the picture and realised that I had a dress with a very similar sort of print...but I had put it in the charity bag! I love the dress shape but the colour and material doesn't quite work for me. I find it hard to wear in the Autumn/winter in terms of colours and layering but the material is too hot for Summer. I added a beaded necklace (from a local shop near my childhood home).  I did want to wear my red heels with it, like the singer...but of course I couldn't find them! So I donned a scruffy pair of old red spotty ballet pumps.

My third, and final, outfit, is a dress I bought from ex-blogger and penpal, Char from her insta sale last year.  Honestly, when I saw she had a brand new dress with violins on it for a mere £8, I couldn't resist it!  That is, of course, a nod to our Double bass player at the back.  I liked the smart high-necked collar which made a nod to the suits of the men.  My T bar Clarks shoes completed the outfit.

I wished I had donned one or two items of jewellery in my collection, two of which are pictured.

This Tatty Devine musical necklace would work well with the whole vibe, as would this musical brooch trio. I have a saxophone brooch which is attached to a corduroy blazer but it's hard to undo so I didn't bother and believe it or not, I have a blue drum pin badge which is almost identical to the one being played by the drummer.  However, I couldn't find it!

And that's the whole band:

What do you think?

What would you have worn? Which of my outfits do you think is your favourite.

You've got till tomorrow night to put together an outfit if you want to join in.

Flatlays of clothes are acceptable too!

Head over to Daenel on Wednesday for the round up.

xx

TARDIS Tuesday- Mummy on the Orient Express flapper dress

Hello there,

Today, for TARDIS Tuesday, I thought I'd go back to a favourite glam Clara look.

Here it is:

Image borrowed from 
https://claraoswaldcosplay.com 

In Mummy on the Orient express, Clara wears this wonderful bronze-beaded flapper dress from a brand called Leluxe. It must have taken absolutely ages to intricately embroider all those beads and sequins onto it.

I've done a few permutations of this look and today, I'm updating the look a little bit and wearing an alternative dress.

I am a bit sad that I WAS going to wear this for my concert in London on Saturday but I chickened out of it because I was worried my flute might get caught on the beads in a quick page turn after a rest but I WANTED to wear it!

This dress was bought second hand from eBay.  They sell this type of dress by the dozen from Chinese sellers but someone obviously bought one and it didn't fit so I ended up with it for £8.  It's less accurate in terms of shape and detail than my other Mummy dresses but this one is the best colour!

My shoes are from Clarks and my gloves are from Accessorize and both were worn on another occasion when I did this look.

This time, I decided to add a little pearl hairgrip (she wears more of  Rhinestone clip)  and added 2 beaded bracelets which I've had a long time (both gifts) and a wine glass as a prop.

I just did this side by side photo but realise that she's not wearing her gloves here and has a phone in her hand so maybe have to try this again!

The concert went really well on Saturday and we had a really big audience which surprised us all! My audience of Deputy Head and SENCO really enjoyed it.  The soloist, Eleanor Corr, was really amazing good and our Mendelssohn was really exciting, especially the Saltarello (have a listen to the Philharmonia play it below!) 

The only downside of the day was the horrendously busy Central line train on the way home- uhrgh, it was so packed!

Yesterday, both CBC and I were really tired after getting home so late but I did a few things like dig up my Jerusalem artichokes.  I had two big tubs full of them and I picked 3 bouquets of flowers which I took into school to share with colleagues today.  I also made some fruit amber out of some rhubarb from the garden, a tub of blackberries I picked and 3 large cooking apples from a 'Help yourself' box plus some honey from a friend's bees.

I hope all is well with you!

x

The Rainbow checked dress again!

 Thank you for your kind sympathy on my last post. I confess to having cried about 4 times today and feeling utterly miserable about the whole situation since it may last 1-2 years, I've found out. When I thought it might be a term or so, I was able to think, "This will not be long.", but now I feel hopeless. I won't be able to do properly, any of the things that make my job a joy and do all I want for the children and I just want to give up.  BUT, I have had some kind colleagues who have been really supportive (and unfortunately one who I have been fuming about all day... young upstart who needs to stop thinking that she is better than everyone and do her damn job instead of preening, posturing and pretending she's doing it and looking down on people with years or experience just because they are old or don't conform to her image of what someone you should respect looks like. Rant over. Moving on.) and sympathy and as I keep saying, everyone is in a difficult situation in different ways which we are going to have to deal with and we have to do the best we can... I'm just worried I won't be able to do my best for the children after a year of difficulty, but I will do the best I CAN.  And I keep remembering that I have a home and a job and I am not in a war-torn country facing the machinations of an evil government who want to suppress all that I am, unlike the millions I and we have all been worrying about for the last month or so.  It's just a job and I will do the best I can.  However, I am going to offer my own advice to those who say, "My problems are not as bad as what others are facing."   When they say that, I say, "Yes, but these are your problems and what you are facing and they are difficult for you right now and whilst it is good to be practical about other people's problems, it's still ok to be worried and upset about them, because they are what you are feeling."

Anyway, onto something more positive before I cry a 5th time.

Here's another permutation of the rainbow dress.

I wore the dress backwards with a charity-shopped turquoise cardigan and my rainbow earrings made from plastic straws, bought from Lorelai LQ. I added my Nan's floral necklace and wore a scruffy old pair of Toms shoes.

I wore this the last time I visited my Mum's house.  It was a happy occasion. I cycled all along the seafront and then got a train to visit her. We had Spaghetti Ragu for lunch and we spent time in the garden.  

I'm going to wear something happy for work tomorrow. 

xx