bean the fashionista

i don't know where the bean gets her girlie fashion sense from - it ain't from me (although i'll admit to guilty tv pleasures like 'project runway') as anyone who knows me will testify (my own style is pretty much in the preppy-practical-jeans-&-tees category).

she is soooo into her "ballerina dress" i.e. any full-skirted dress that balloons out when she twirls and spins in it. and this must be worn with tights. she usually picks out her own outfits and she tries to match them colour-wise but the overall effect is still somewhat psychedelic.

today, she decided on blue and purple striped tights. then she said she wanted a blue ballerina dress to go with the blue in the tights. i offered 2 dresses and she picked a dark blue-almost purple dress, crying out delightedly, "this one! it's quite perfect!"

the nascent imelda bean
unfortunately (or fortunately) she doesn't have many fashionable shoes. she is very partial to a pair of white sandals with pink flowers and she usually insists on them especially if she's wearing a dress.

last weekend when we went to queensland, i only packed a pair of light green crocs for her. big mistake.

she was happy with the crocs for a (short) while as it has a nemo button attached but then she got bored with them and wanted to wear my shoes (i had taken a pair of silver ballet flats with me) instead.

then at the children's playground in the resort's grounds, she came upon a "little girl" (it doesn't matter if the girl is heaps bigger than her, it's still "little girl" to the bean) who was wearing a pair of keds-style flats - red with white polka dots and white toes. the bean immediately zoomed in on the girl and reverently said, "i like your shoes", while reaching out her hands to caress them.

thank goodness she doesn't have a thing for handbags yet.