Sophistiqué Noir monthly theme post: hoisery

 This month's theme from Sophistiqué Noir is hoisery. Oh, how I love all sorts of legwear! I have a gigantic collection of especially stockings and I am always finding new ways to organize them. If anyone has a brilliant  systematic sollution, please let me know! :)
Black stockings go with everything and I have a big staple of them. No cheap ones, for they usually rip within a day or so (perhaps it's just me, but I can't wear them successfully).
Where it gets really exciting though, is when we have a look at the many patterns and colours that stockings can have! I love to go to the bigger warehouses and see if they have anything interesting, especially during the sales. What I really like about those patterned stockings is that they can alter your look completely, without costing all that much. It's much more affordable to acquire a large collection of different stockings, than dresses!
Anyway, due to lack of time I have only one picture to share for this theme. It's the one from my previous post (the Halloween outfit I wore yesterday), which I brightened a little. I'm wearing my favourite baroque-print stockings here:

Stockings: red on black baroque pattern from V&D

Lace dress: Velvet kitten

High heeled boots: Dr.Martens

Wool cardigan: H&M

Bat necklace: Alchemy Gothic (planning on selling this one! Contact me if interested :))

Red lipstick: Illamasqua

Sophistiqué Noir monthly theme post: flowers

For lack of time, I'm not doing an outfit post for this theme or showing you what hairdos can be made using flowers (would have loved to do that!), but I'm only showing you a photograph of the clothes I have that have flowers on them. I really like flowers, but I always pair these items with something less sweet, like combat boots or lavish gothic jewellery.

From left to right:

-Purple skirt: Vive Maria

-Dress with tiny flowers: Vive Maria

-Dress with flowers: King Louie (I'm going to wear this one for Easter)

-Skirt with flowers and baroque print: King Louie

- Skirt in Spanish style: from the market place

- Skirt with English roses: King Louie

I also have a picture to share from a photoshoot that I did last year:

(Photograph: Inge Fienieg)