When I decorated our place for Halloween this month, I put up the customary fluffy fake spider web and plastic spiders. At some point one of the spiders came loose, and ended up on the carpet…which led to me having a big freak out. Completely forgetting that it was one of the plastic spiders that I deliberately put up… Because that’s the kind of person I am. I love spider brooches, spider prints, just spider stuff in general. And I think spiders are cool looking. But if one actually gets anywhere close to me, I lose it. I really hate that fact about how the average human ingests multiple spiders throughout their lifetime while sleeping…
As silly as this will sound, I actually love being scared. All things creepy and spooky are a not so guilty pleasure of mine. Which is how I end up scaring myself stupid a lot of the time. I’ve always been hooked on the adrenalin that comes from being scared. I will go and explore a cemetery hoping for while also dreading a creepy encounter. And if such a thing does happen, I will think it is the greatest thing ever once I have recovered from the fright. I will go out of my way to watch horror films and can’t fall asleep unless I’m listening to a horror podcast. I don’t know why I’m like this.
So while spiders in actuality scare me, I love them as a concept. Which is why when I saw this cape I became obsessed with owning it. It’s so fun to wear! Even if it does make people’s heads spin like that girl in The Exorcist when they see me wearing it out. Cape’s are so glamorous, it really is such a shame that wearing them is no longer in fashion. And for some reason when I was wearing this one I really felt the need to pose like I’m Bella Lugosi…
The cape is such a dramatic piece, so I picked a classic and effortless black dress to ensure that the spiderwebs are the main source of attention. For more photos of The Seamstress of Bloomsbury Mabel dress in all its glory, here’s a post from last year where I also styled it as a gothic look. Not that wearing an LBD calls for a gothic look, it’s just that as an old emo kid these habits die hard. Which is why I am always on board with Halloween, as its that time of the year I can indulge this side of myself with no questions asked…
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