Frocktober Day Six

Smockin It To Ya!

 



or

(and Anthony thinks I should go with this...)

 

Kyle-Foo-Fighter!

 

I'm wearing: Gorman denim smock, Gorman boots and Target leggings.

 

In case you didn't already know, I'm putting my dukes up to raise funds for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation. I get all gussied up in a frock, every day for the month of October, and you guys (very generously) throw money at me.

 

It's only Day Six and already we have raised $1220.50!

 

Wanna help fight the good fight too? Please sponsor me HERE

If you don't:

"I'm going to come round to your house and I'm going to rip your bloody arms off!"

(Aunty Jack, The Aunty Jack Show, 1972-1973)

Only joking! See you tomorrow x

p.s. many thanks to Jane and Nadya for their recent donations x



 

 

 



Frocktober Day Five

 

"I'm livin in the 70's

 I feel like I lost my keys

 Got the right day but I got the wrong week

And I get paid for just bein' a freak"

 

(Living in the 70's, Skyhooks, 1974)

 

Today's Frocktober post is dedicated to my lovely bloggy friend Curtise, and to the memory of her dear friend Carol who lost her battle with ovarian cancer thirteen years ago. Curtise writes about this (and growing up in the 70's) on her blog today - you can read about Carol (and catch a glimpse of Curtise doing what she does so well - she puts my feeble attempts at posing to shame!) here.

 

it's gonna get worse folks, that's all I can say...

 

Today's little number is a vintage 70's halter-neck. It is cotton, size 12 (although we're talking old-school size 12) and as fresh as the day it was made. The tag says "Exclusively Virginia Grae". If you like daisies, stripes, spots, primary colours and showing a bit of back this is the frock for you! Send me a note if you're interested. Purchase price will be donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, and I will pay for postage.

 

To date, thanks to the lovely people (that's you guys!) who read this blog, we have raised $1190.50! This money will aid in the development of an early detection test that will save women's lives. This is a bloody good thing, right?!

 

I would be extremely grateful if you could donate too.

Any amount - five dollars, fifty dollars, fiddy cents - will help make a difference.

 

Please sponsor me here.

 

On the honour roll today are: Mel, Imogen, and Linda. Thanks for your generosity girls x

 

told ya! See you tomorrow x

 

p.s. if you're interested in being a guest frockster (because seriously, I am gonna run out of frocks!) please send me a note. Some of you are born to do this(!) and I'd love to have you here...

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frocktober Day Four

"Could you please help? I'll give you five percent of the profit!"

Sister Bertrille (Sally Field), The Singing Nun, 1967-1970.
 

 

It's probably just me...but today's frock reminds me of something hipster nuns might have worn back in the late 60's - you know, when some of them ditched their traditional habits to fit in with the rest of the world...

 

(although, even a hipster nun would've kept her knees covered! In future Frocktober posts, I will be doing that too!)

I reckon Sister George from Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows (along with its prequel, The Trouble With Angels , one of my all-time favourite flicks) could've worn something very similar to this Gala Travelon linen frock. It has something of the uniform about it. I love the little box pleats and brown top-stitching detail though.

 

Perhaps you think I'm talking out of my hymn book with all this Nun stuff, but after all, I've got a bit of a thing for them...Remember?

 

little Kylie, 1972.

 

(I thought it deserved another airing - some of you might have missed it first time around - and it's good for a laugh)

 

"The Flying Nun", "The Singing Nun", Audrey Hepburn in "The Nun's Story", Rosalind Russell in the flicks I mentioned above, I loved them all!

 

And I love you too, for your generous support and sponsorship.

To date we have raised the incredible sum of, drum rolllllllll,

$1110.50! for research into ovarian cancer.

 

If that's not awesome, I don't know what is!

 

Today thank you's go out to: Terry and Maryse (my lovely in-laws), Tam (who doesn't write her blog anymore, but you can check her beautiful stamp jewellery here), Emmah, and her lovely Mum Gaye, Max, Claire, Daisy and Nelly.

 

I'd love to add your name to the list.

Please sponsor me Here. It would be terrific if you could.

 

Here are some Sisters having fun...

   

 

 

(first and third image from here)

 

Thanks for reading, sponsoring me, and spreading the word.

 

God bless and see you tomorrow x

 

Frocktober Day Three

 

"Everything you see I owe to spaghetti"

 

 

 

Sophia Loren said that. Not me - I should be so lucky!

 

 (so lucky, lucky, lucky - get it?

 

I am on fire this arvo! Ha-ha!)

 

Ok, so I know the only thing Sophia and I have in common is our love for pasta (truth be told, there's lamb shanks in that pot - not spaghetti!), but I thought I'd include this pic so that you can see our newly painted kitchen cabinetry. It looks so much better now that all that horrible orangey-oak is covered up with (more than!) a few coats of Murobond Dark Night, don't you think? And once those hideous apricot tiles are replaced with some of these babies



 

- bearing in mind dash for cash ratio - it's going to look pretty snazzy I reckon!

Anyway back to more important things.

It's only day three of me poncing about in a frock, and already, between us, we've raised $920.50 for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation!

What can I say? You guys rock! Your support and generosity has blown me away and I thank you very much.

Special thanks today to these lovely girls: librarygirl, Bron, Sally (check out her sharpies), mmmc and the PipSTAR xxx

Maybe you could sponsor me too?
It would be wonderful if you could...Do it here. Please.

Today I am wearing a gorgeous frock from the 50's.

It is in beautiful vintage condition - if you'd like to buy it just send me a note - as before, I'll spot for postage.

The vintage net petticoat I am wearing underneath is also for sale. It is white and in perfect condition.  It will make whatever you're wearing puff out very nicely. Indeed. If it's froth, or flounce, or boof you're after, this is the petticoat for you! I'd like $20 for it because I know they're hard to come by, and twenty bucks is a bargain really.       *petticoat sold*

(all money I raise from selling my frocks will also be donated to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund)

One more little thing (and I hope you don't mind me asking), would you please pop a link to my Frocktober posts on your blogs? Or facebook, or whatever it is you hip young things do? I would be extremely grateful if you could. Together we might be able to raise even more than $1000! I hope you'll give it some thought...

 

I'll leave it with you x

 

Frocktober Day Two

 "never a frown with golden brown" The Stranglers, 1981.

 

Golden Brown was one of my favourite songs back (waaay back!) in the Summer of '82. I was only 17, fresh out of high school (a Catholic, all-girls one at that!), as naïve as they come...I had no idea that Hugh and the boys catchy love song, was an ode to Heroin, as I sang along with it whenever it came on the radio.

 

What this useless bit of information has to do with Frocktober, and why I've written about it here, is not worth thinking about...although, I am wearing a brown frock with golden threads running through it, and because of your lovely generous donations I am well and truly over the half-way mark in my fund raising efforts - already, so I am smiling, not frowning. How's that?

 

(I've been away from this blog for a while -  obviously I need practice and a good editor!)

 

 

Anyway, today I am wearing an old, not vintage, but op-shopped, Fleur Wood frock. It is one of my favourites and it only cost me fiddy cents!

 

(Fiddy, btw, has got more in common with The Stranglers than I ever will!)

 

I think I'd better quit for today while I'm slightly ahead (ahem!), but before I choof off, big thank you's to: Sarah, Sue, Dana,  Curtise,  Tove,  Tanya,  Zara, Sandy, Anne, and Woolfy * for your kind and generous donations.

 

By sponsoring me, you have made a positive contribution to the development of an early detection test for ovarian cancer. This will ultimately save women's lives, which is pretty awesome. 

 

Would you sponsor me too please?

 

Just click here .

 

I also really appreciate your positive and supportive comments x

 

See you tomorrow, Kylie x

 

* if I've missed anybody out - sorry - I'll pop your name down next time :)   

 

 

 



 

 

 



Frocktober Day One

Here's the first in a series of photos of me trying my best not to look like too much of a dill, frocked-up to raise funds and awareness for Ovarian Cancer Research.

It's not as easy as I make it look you know!



I'm wearing: 80's Masuka frock ex Salvos, crimped hair, and Annabel's boots. I'm posing in the hood (nice, isn't it?!)

 

I actually paid $60.00 to have this little number taken in - some might say:

 

a) what was I thinking?

 

and

 

b) that they could think of better things to do with sixty bucks - like donating it to the Ovarian Cancer Reasearch Foundation, for example!

 

(I know...on reflection...what was I thinking?!)

 

Fashion blunders aside, only one day down, and already, thanks to these lovely sponsors: Anth, Adelaide, Claire, Megan, Vicky, Loo and Al, I have raised $320! To say I'm stoked would be putting it mildly...I guess you could say it: 

 

I hope you'll sponsor me too. It's as easy/safe as buying something from etsy/ebay - just a few clicks and you're done.

 

Every ten hours, one woman dies from ovarian cancer, and this is just in Australia! The Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation receives no government funding, but you can make a difference!

 

Sponsor me Here please.

 

I'll think "you rock and your (sic) awesome" if you do.  

 



 

x

P.S. this frock is for sale to the highest bidder. It's size 8, in beautiful condition (although sadly missing its shoulder pads. Sniff), and I'll shout postage. Just send me a note if you're interested.

Hello.
Is there anybody out there?

It would be nice if there is.

It has been two months since fin, and here I am again, because I'm wondering...if I resurrected the blog for a little while

(for the month of October in fact)

so that I could participate in Frocktober, to (hopefully) raise some money for the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, would you pop by and sponsor me?

Even though:

1. I hate having my photo taken - I'd rather go
    to the dentist. Fact.

2. the little voice of reason/common sense inside of me is
    saying: "Don't do it! You'll look like a dummy! You'll be
    sorr-rrry!"

    and

3. I'm pretty sure I don't even have thirty-one frocks in the first
    place...

since I've read about Frocktober, I just can't shake the idea that it's something I should be doing, from my head. It's stuck there like a chorus from an annoying song, or the interior of an awesome mid-century home I've seen for sale that I've fallen in love with. I know we'll never be able to buy it, but the more I try to forget it, the more I keep seeing our furniture (and us) looking perfectly at home in it! 

Right now, as I type this, I'm thinking I should get over myself and just do it! I should throw caution, my fragile ego, and my paint-stained tracky-dacks to the wind! And I will, but only if you guys are prepared to chuck some money at me and my frocks (I'm planning to sell some of the vintage numbers because after this I'll never, ever wear them again. Any money raised would also be donated)

I'd like to raise 1000 bucks (!)
Is this a big ask?
It's got a nice ring to it, and it's a useful, tidy sum, so that's what I'm aiming for.

Please let me know what you think, and I'll make my decision in the morning.

If it's a yes, I'll have to get my act together quickly. It's the 1st tomorrow!
OMG! What am I gonna wear, and who am I going to get to take my photos? (I've got a feeling volunteers round here are going to be thin on the ground...) Will my bum look big?

Dithering over the publish button, Kylie x  

there will probably be lots of pics taken from this angle!

Update:

Okay, I'm doing it. Get ready for a month of awkward photos!

Please sponsor me here.

Thank you x