Old wine in new bottle

A raid through mom's old suitcase to look for once-outdated-but-back-in-style clothes is a regular activity for me. These raids aren't just restricted to my mom's closet, my aunt isn't spared either. Thankfully for me, she is more than willing to part with her clothes.

While mom chose to stick to feminine, lady-like silhouettes, her sister had the wackiest, most unpredictable sense of style, from dragon-print jeans to floral chiffon dresses.

One such precious find was a military green high waist skirt gifted to her by some distant relative. It had such a beautiful classy cut and fortunately for me, she had it when she wasn't at her thinnest, which means I could manage to squeeze into it, and that was about it.
Definitely not one to be worn to an all-you-can-eat-buffet.
I can't imagine how tiny people were back then, with their 22 inch waist bands.

Now one of the hazards of buying embellishments in bulk is that you start getting the urge to add them everywhere. I have been over utilising these gold trinkets but they just seem to go with everything.

The culprit 

I guess it's okay as long as I don't go overboard. 

To avoid making it look over the top, just a slight hint of gold was added at the waistband; tiny circular gold trinkets alternating with leaf shaped ones.

The barley is turning out out to be a really handy prop

And there it is. I'm still yet to show my aunt what I've done to her skirt. I think she'll like it.