R is For Rocket

My parents loved all things Sci-Fi, so growing up I loved all things Sci-Fi, not by choice but by exposure.  It wasn't until I got my first job that I truly developed a taste for the genre.  

I was hired at 16 to be the manager of the book department in a comic book store.  The entire book section was in chaos and the manager simply said "fix it."  So, I did.  I organized everything by genre first and then alphabetically.  It took several months to complete and in the process I found a lot of authors that peaked my interest.  

One of those authors was Ray Bradbury.  I found an entire series of his books published in pulp-fiction style and bought them all for about $2.  I set to work reading The Martian Chronicles first, followed by The Illustrated Man, Something Wicked This Way Comes and then Dandelion Wine, Golden Apples of the Sun., and of course, R Is For Rocket.

While it was the Greentown novels that really captured my heart, I devoured all his works of science fiction with only slightly less gusto.  Every line is so carefully crafted I was engulfed by each story, carried away in time and space to be a part of the adventure.

My reading time these days is sporadic.  But at least every other year, I still dip in to one of Mr. Bradbury's books for an afternoon or so, with each beautiful world, each moment of magical realism perfectly preserved.

I saw this Space Pin Up Doll dress at Collectif and couldn't resist as it perfectly combines my love of vintage styles with my love of classic Sci-Fi.  The space pin-up print is darling and the Dolores style dress is such a flattering fit.  It looks great as is, but is also made to wear with a petticoat and wouldn't a red ruffled petticoat look fab with this dress?

I added the red accent belt to punch up the red in the details and the Jupiter locket is my own creation just to give a little homage to outer space without being too overt.  And did you notice?  This dress has pockets!

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