Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Happy Birthday!

I share my birthday month with many readers and bloggers and the United States Marine Corps. Today is the Corps’ 234th birthday. I’m going to do 234 pushups in honor of the occasion:

Pushups
Actually, I kind of suck at pushups. I can do about 10. But animated Kasmira can do an infinite number.

To celebrate the anniversary, I’m wearing my 100% genuine USMC uniform skirt with absolutely non-regulation lace tacked to the hem. I also planned the color palette in honor of the Corps. I’m wearing the olive, khaki, and black of the (old) camouflage utilities and the red of the dress pants’ blood stripe.

Sweater, vintage. Tank, Body Central. Skirt, USMC service uniform. Tights, Danskin. Peeptoes, BCBGeneration.

Happy Birthday, Marines!


Zoro is eating a bug in this photo, but he says “Happy Birthday” too.

23 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh this is AWESOME!!! You look amazing and I love the pop of red. Happy Birthday Marine Corp!

Katy said...

You look absolutely stunning, absolutely wonderfully glamorous! Happy Birthday Marine Corps :-)

Rosie Unknown said...

Happy birthday Marine Corps!

You look gorgeous celebrating the occasion.

Julia said...

Oh, I'm envious of the fur/faux you've got going on here. Very nice with the red shoes.

xx
Julia

Rhonda said...

Love it! And the shoes are hot! :)

Unknown said...

You are so funny! The pushup clip is awesome. I always love this skirt! You look fabulous, as usual.

Janni said...

Love it!!! I love the vintage look of it! Happy birthday Marine Corps!!

Lindsay said...

cute! I love olive green and red together.

Trinity Lea said...

ahh, THATS what branch you were in! Semper Fi! my husband was in the Marines!

Onika said...

Hi Kasmira, This is super hot. Very Pinup. Makes me want to listen to 'Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy' and have pin curls!

gina said...

What a great way to mark Veteran's Day. I love that you reused the skirt and added the lace. It looks great, and I was so surprised when I first read that it was part of your Marines uniform. Love the animated Kasmira doing pushups!!

kct said...

You look very classy and sexy! The skirt and hose make your legs look really sexy! Wonderful outfit! Happy Birthday Marine Corp!

Friend in Fashion said...

Happy birthday - you look lovely!

Shoes are fabulous! :)

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xx

Adele said...

Very smart and stylish outfit! :)

shopaholic said...

Very cute! I love the vintage vibe and how you re-invented your skirt by adding that lace trim.

Jan said...

This is what I call a tribute. Super cute

Sheila said...

Great outfit - love the red shoes (and Zoro). Nice push-ups!

Becky said...

Love the inspiration-my brother was in the Marines! I also featured this outfit in my recent blogpost with my top 5 fashion blogger outfits from the past week-hope you don't mind!

hillary said...

Happy belated birthday? (or not happened yet?) I saw this on Becky's blog and said OMG I love love love that I almost exactly copied you and didn't know it. I am not surprised I have been copying you for years at this point! Now I can do it unconsciously!

Audi said...

Oh geez, I guess I'm a little behind on my commenting -- happy belated birthday!

The Starving Student said...

my husband's in the marines what did you do to your dress blues??

Kasmira said...

L.Higgin - the only part of my dress blue's I've reused is the black skirt. I wear it as is.

Londyn said...

How did I ever miss seeing these utterly FABULOUS shoes!?!?!?!? I need them ASAP.