#john wolf

Skirt - Vintage 1950s John Wolf fabric - Lucky Dry Goods

Sandals - Rosetta - c/o Miss L Fire

Top - Trixie Top - Trashy Diva

Bag - Vintage 1940s - Lucky Dry Goods

Belt - vintage-style - c/o Vivien of Holloway

Earrings - Eclipse - c/o Revere Folie

Growing up in Asia, the Western culture has always fascinated me. My parents introduced us to the concept pretty early on. My first overseas trip was a two-weeks Europe trip when I was 6 (my parents won some travel agency competition) and my mother frantically taught us how to use forks and knives, told us not to wander too far away in foreign country ("If you ever get lost, find a police in uniform"), and also told us to absorb as much English as possible by allowing us to watch Disney Channel and Nickelodeon as much as possible. The Western culture always seemed so advanced, and my parents wanted us to learn it and take the best of it to combine with the best of our own culture. I have always enjoyed learning history and culture, but one concept that I never quite get is the Old West. It is just far too foreign for me! The handsome Yul Brynner isn't quite enough for me, the third Back to the Future is my least favourite, and really the fashion isn't that exciting.

In the past few years, however, I find myself enjoying Western genre a little bit more. It might have started with Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained, which I admit is not a typical Western movie. But then I couldn't quite relate with a typical Western flick so you gotta excuse me there. I also like The Hateful Eight and Westworld the TV series. Again, both of them aren't stereotypically Western but they might be as close as I will ever get to enjoying them. I feel like I've overexplained this, but hey I want to justify my love for this novelty skirt. Not that I really have to, this skirt is as adorable as it gets! It's a John Wolf fabric and my second piece from the same designer.It also comes in a different colour scheme and since I'm a sucker for vintage twins I am itching to find the green one to add to my collection. I wanted the skirt and my new Miss L Fire sandals to be the highlight of this outfit so I kept it quite simple with a Trashy Diva top and wore no accessories up top. In this skirt we see cowboy boots, hats, saddles and bandanas - I'm not sure I'll ever wear all those together with the skirt (a bit too much?) but maybe one day Westword theme park will become a reality and I will visit it wearing this skirt. Wouldn't that be fun? Well, without the faulty hosts of course.