A New Old Vest

The new trend in western show clothes is an old trend - vests.  This time around though, they are sparkly, blingy affairs.  Equestrian Girl really wanted a vest and had admired one covered in sequins worn by a young amateur we know.  Mom to the rescue!  And I did not put my limited sewing skills to use either.  I just dug in my closet and voila!  Old is new again!  This was actually a very fancy formal affair top I had worn with flowing palazzo pants many years ago for a formal event.  It was very fitted with cut in shoulders and zipped up the back with a tiny mock turtleneck that scratched like hell.  I wore it once.

Equestrian Girl spotted it and thought it was beautiful.  Pulled it on BACKWARDS over a black blouse and she had her sequin vest!  She got many compliments and we were both just cracking up over it.

Even in the horrible lighting of this arena, it sparkled.

Look at that confidence!  It must have been the good luck from my top...

 Later, Equestrian Girl's friend A showed up with her mom to watch for a while.  They'd never been to a horse show.  They brought home made "fingers" to support the team!

I loved the above picture but all those extra people in the background were kind of distracting. Horse shows are crowded places.  So a friend did some creative editing for me and came up with the attached!!  Isn't it fantastic??