Ping pong post

Classic lavendar courts with pale blue tights and ?

Well, this biker love affair continues, but that's no surprise is it? What it's covering may be however...

...yes, nearly 60 and I'm wearing a mini.

Ping pong refers to the game I've been enjoying with my dear friend Samantha Blair from Fake Fabulous where we dare each other to test our style limits. It started when Samantha wore her over the knee boots (as seen here) and I suggested she try them with some shorts. She egged me on to wear some shorts too, not realising that I already have (as seen here). And recently Samantha has posted her shorts styled (see here) for the winter in a lovely autumn themed colourway. So, here I am with my next challenge from Samantha - to wear a mini with coloured tights. This is the outfit I wore for our end of season party, but Polly and I were too busy having fun to remember to take photos for the blog. Anyway, we had glorious weather on Sunday so I did a bit of photography for my blog and thought I'd showcase this. Ping...pong...ping...pong. Ball's in your court Samantha, what are we planning next?

The vintage mini dress was from my September shopping trip to Exeter. When I tried on all the clothes the changing room had no lights so I didn't notice that the hem of the dress had come down. After putting it in the wash, I hand stitched the hem back to it's original length and discovered that it wasn't knee length, but in fact a mini. Problem is, after all my sporting efforts during my youth, I have decidedly chunky thighs! Please don't try to tell me otherwise; them ol' thighs have done a whole lot of running, played volleyball, basketball, and hockey in their day building them up to perform all of the tasks required. And I'm happy, nay proud, of their achievements, but they're not these slim, lithesome legs that look fab in a mini dress. Having said all that, this is still wearable for me and is as short as I would chose to go.

The next bone of contention could be the photos showing mini dress, drapey neck and wrinkled face - do these things sit together in harmony? Well, and here's the rub, I'm happy with who I am, otherwise I wouldn't be here doing this. But somewhere out there, "those who sit in judgement" may well be shaking their heads. And to them I say, "So?" 

The beautiful fashion blogger Catherine Summers of Not Dressed as Lamb runs a campaign called # I Will Wear What I Want (as seen here)- and I wholeheartedly agree with her sentiments. As intelligent, thinking women we really ought to get over these "rules" and be our true selves. To quote the wise words of the Bard himself - 

"This above all: 
To thine own self be true, 
And it must follow, as the night the day, 
Thou canst not then be false to any man."

Jacket: TK Maxx. Dress: Vintage charity shop. Shoes: TK Maxx. Tights: charity shop. Necklace: Charlie Dodge. Blue ring: charity shop. Turquoise ring: old.

Thank you to all the ladies I'm linking up with (see the links on the right) 
Jess of Elegantly Dressed and Stylish
Catherine of Not Dressed as Lamb
Patti of Not Dead Yet Style
Ann of Kremb de la Kremb