What's your fashion?

When I was a toddler, I lived in a city ground floor flat with access to a small garden.  The building was Victorian.  I was used to visiting Grandparents at their homes (keen gardeners).  In our little patch at home I would copy them working the soil.  Twice, I unearthed not vegetables, but a piece of Victorian / Edwardian costume jewellery.  At the time I thought it was long lost treasure. 

One find was an ornate, stiff, metal hinged  bangle / bracelet, of tiny fused balls, with a strong spring-loaded clasp 

Another item was a white-metal brooch with a stylised plant border around a faceted green glass "stone".  It had a stout, hinged, horizontal bar / pin which you clipped securely into a "c" shaped hook.

I thought they were great finds.  Once the mud was brushed / washed off they were serviceable items to accompany a good outfit when visiting relatives or attending a little friend's birthday.

I still have both items.

These days, I wonder if the two very elderly ladies who lived in the upper floors of our building had spotted my "gardening" efforts and arranged my "treasure".  (Particularly, as both items were of an era and stout enough for a toddler to operate!).  Those ladies were often knowledgeable about my playtime antics and didn't seem to have young relatives of their own Family.

I would say unique fashion caught my imagination, courtesy of my toddler-ish "gardening" endeavour.

If you have found your own style, which makes you happy, I would embrace it and celebrate it (whenever you are comfortable doing so).

In your tribute, I shall wear my green glass "treasure brooch" when I go shopping this week.

When I was a toddler, I lived in a city ground floor flat with access to a small garden.  The building was Victorian.  I was used to visiting Grandparents at their homes (keen gardeners).  In our little patch at home I would copy them working the soil.  Twice, I unearthed not vegetables, but a piece of Victorian / Edwardian costume jewellery.  At the time I thought it was long lost treasure. 

One find was an ornate, stiff, metal hinged  bangle / bracelet, of tiny fused balls, with a strong spring-loaded clasp 

Another item was a white-metal brooch with a stylised plant border around a faceted green glass "stone".  It had a stout, hinged, horizontal bar / pin which you clipped securely into a "c" shaped hook.

I thought they were great finds.  Once the mud was brushed / washed off they were serviceable items to accompany a good outfit when visiting relatives or attending a little friend's birthday.

I still have both items.

These days, I wonder if the two very elderly ladies who lived in the upper floors of our building had spotted my "gardening" efforts and arranged my "treasure".  (Particularly, as both items were of an era and stout enough for a toddler to operate!).  Those ladies were often knowledgeable about my playtime antics and didn't seem to have young relatives of their own Family.

I would say unique fashion caught my imagination, courtesy of my toddler-ish "gardening" endeavour.

If you have found your own style, which makes you happy, I would embrace it and celebrate it (whenever you are comfortable doing so).

In your tribute, I shall wear my green glass "treasure brooch" when I go shopping this week.