Time Travels (With a Very 1970’s Sofa)

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist

Here is my number one tip for dressing in the wintertime, once it gets very cold outside:

  1. Put on whatever you feel like wearing.
  2. Stay inside.

For the past few weeks, over Christmas and New Years, and up until this week, here in Canada we’ve been in a deep freeze (-39 C for a few days!). It’s made going anywhere, dressing up and, above all, taking photos extremely bothersome! So, what do you do when the whether won’t cooperate? Dress up in your most favourite 1970’s dress, complete with the glasses your mother wore when she was a teenage, and do a 70’s inspired photoshoot on your very of-the-era 1970’s sofa (inherited from your Grandparents) of course!

This is one of my favourite dresses, but as it is made out of the preferred material of the era (polyester) it is much too hot for me to wear, so I was happy for an excuse to dress up in it, if even only for a couple of hours. I enjoyed the process of doing a “dress up/costume” photoshoot, so I think that I should do that a bit more often.

Do you like to dress up in clothes you wouldn’t wear any other time? What styles do you like, but don’t actually wear day-to-day? And, most importantly, can you stand to wear polyester (or other synthetic) fabrics without overheating?!?

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 1970's sofa and dress 1

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 70's dress

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 1970's sofa and dress 2

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 70's necklace

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 1970's sofa and outfit

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 1970's sofa and dress 3

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage glasses

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage boots

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 1970's sofa and vintage style

Time Travels (And a Very 1970's Sofa) the artyologist, vintage 70's glasses