Since Dollydagger opened their boutique shop in Brighton, I'd been eagerly awaiting my next trip home from uni (in Leeds) so I could visit it and see all the gorgeous dresses in the flesh. Last weekend I jumped on the train and headed along to Brighton for a day of fun with friends and so I tracked down their shop in the lanes and made a bee-line for the boutique! It was lovely to see some of the dresses I lust about on their website and it made me want them all the more! I think when I get my first proper wage in September I will have to treat myself to one! But in the meantime I will have to lust after the dresses on their website... including some of these lovely newbies in the "Bettie Page" collection... enjoy!
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Showing posts with label fifties. Show all posts
Thursday, 11 August 2011
Dollydagger - Brighton Boutique and Bettie Page Dresses
Since Dollydagger opened their boutique shop in Brighton, I'd been eagerly awaiting my next trip home from uni (in Leeds) so I could visit it and see all the gorgeous dresses in the flesh. Last weekend I jumped on the train and headed along to Brighton for a day of fun with friends and so I tracked down their shop in the lanes and made a bee-line for the boutique! It was lovely to see some of the dresses I lust about on their website and it made me want them all the more! I think when I get my first proper wage in September I will have to treat myself to one! But in the meantime I will have to lust after the dresses on their website... including some of these lovely newbies in the "Bettie Page" collection... enjoy!
Monday, 9 May 2011
Graduation Ball Gown! Vivien of Holloway Dresses
It only just hit me today just how close my Graduation Ball is... and I suddenly thought, (and Danny will I've just recieved my final (ever!) student loan instalment and after four long years of hard work I think I deserve to treat myself to something pretty and polka dotty. I've been lusting after a beautiful Vivien of Holloway dress since... oh... the beginning of time! So what better way to treat myself! I think the gorgeous red and white polka dot 50's halterneck dress above is my current favourite. Which one do you like best?
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Double Dose of Polka Dots - Vivien of Holloway Dresses!
To kickstart your week with a bit of dotty delight I have some gorgeous red polka dot dresses for your viewing pleasure! One of my favourite shops in Leeds (and I only say "one of" because a Cath Kidston shop opened up recently and I literally cannot go into Leeds without oggling the beautiful things it harbours inside...) is Rose and Co. I wrote a guest post on my sister's blog (The Style PA) about it a while ago - Vintage Treats in Leeds. Not only do they have th most wonderful apothecary style shop on the main floor, they also have a whole world of gorgeousness if you go downstairs... they stock the most amazing polka dot dresses by the likes of Vivien of Holloway along with some vintage inspired hosiery and lingerie too. But for now lets just focus on the GORGEOUS polka dot dresses!
Dose number one!Red Polka Dot Halter Dress - £69-99
How amazingly gorgeous is this halter dress?! VERY! I absolutely adore the vintage 50's style and the full circle skirt... not to mention the obvious love for the polka dot fabric! Also, if red isn't your colour but you don't want to sacrifice the polka dot design... then it comes in 9 different dotty designs! Which, I might add, is completely and utterly brilliant. Red and black, black and red, blue and white, pink and black, multi-coloured spots, spots large and small... I'll stop here before I get a bit too carried away! Basically you've got a plethora of polka dotty choices at your disposal.
Dose number two!Polka Dot Tea Dress - £59
Here's yet another beautiful dotty delight courtesy of Vivien of Holloway. This time it's a lovely 40's style tea dress. I love this style of dress and it's actually quite a flattering cut on me. As much as I adore the 50's style of dosage numero uno, the shape only serves to accentuate my rather large bum a little too much for my liking! This lovely tea dress, alas, does not have the same multitude of polka dot fabric choices as the previous dress. However, it does come in a range of floral designs if polka dots aren't your thing (shock, horror! How could that be so?!)
Sunday, 13 February 2011
Vintage Specs - 50s Eyewear
I love my glasses. I don't think I could really be persuaded to convert to contact lenses. My optician tries every time I go for an eye test and every time I can't bring myself to take the plunge. Mainly because putting things near my eyes freaks me out, it's expensive and I think I look a bit odd without glasses on! The only thing that I think could possibly persuade me to go for contacts is if my eyesight gets any worse and I need stronger glasses - currently my prescription is somthing like -8/9 in each eye (if that even means anything to you non-glasses wearing folk!) and the lenses are getting rather thick! But put simply, the world looks a bit like the photo below without my glasses on... I can't see people's faces unless their inches away from me and I certainly couldn't cross the road without running the risk of getting hit by a car. But anyway, I digress - here are some pretty vintage specs for you...
Vintage 50's Eyewear - Etsy Shop
Vintage Blue Eye Cat Glasses - £50I love this pair of specs. They're not too over the top, a lovely colour and quite similar style to glasses I usually go for, but with the 50's style wings.
Vintage Satin Cream Cat Eye Glasses - £60I love these vintage frames, but I know for a fact that I couldn't pull them off, but no doubt there are many people out there who can!
Saturday, 4 December 2010
50's Dresses For The Party Season!
The party season is now upon us! It's almost Christmas and New Year and there will be a multitude of occasions where a pretty dress is required. There's nothing I love more than an absolutely gorgeous 50's halter neck circle dress. I've got a beautiful black and white musical notes 50's circle dress that I cannot wait to unveil this Christmas! But if you havn't already got one knocking about in your wardrobe just dying to be worn for the party season, then there are some lovely ones over at Vivien Holloway!
Masquerade Print 50's Circle Dress
Skeleton Print 50's Circle dress
Skulls Print 50's Circle DressThis one is possibly my favourite (I know, shock horror! It outranks the polka dot print!?)... If only I had the funds for such a delightful dress!
Red Heart Print 50's Circle Dress
Blue Anchor Print 50's Circle DressSaturday, 9 October 2010
Style Icon - Katy Perry - I Want Her Hair!
I've been wanting to change my hairstyle for a while now... I LOVE vintage and rockabilly hairstyles and I've always wanted to have gorgeous hair to accompany my many pretty dresses.
But how does a mere mortal achieve such heavenly locks!? Especially one that has never really been that "into" hair. I don't own hair rollers, I never straighten my hair, I'll blow dry it occasionally but mostly I don't bother because my hair seems to do what ever it wants regardless of my efforts!
If I were to choose one hairstyle that I want the most, it would have to be this gorgeous hairstyle sported by none other than the lovely Katy Perry. But I wouldn't know where to begin on making my hair look even half as amazing as this... So this is where you lovely people come in...
I need your help!
How can I achieve this lovely hairstyle???? I need educating in the ways of pretty hair styling and quick. Too long have I suffered with my out-of-control and dull hair. I need a revamp!
But how does a mere mortal achieve such heavenly locks!? Especially one that has never really been that "into" hair. I don't own hair rollers, I never straighten my hair, I'll blow dry it occasionally but mostly I don't bother because my hair seems to do what ever it wants regardless of my efforts!
If I were to choose one hairstyle that I want the most, it would have to be this gorgeous hairstyle sported by none other than the lovely Katy Perry. But I wouldn't know where to begin on making my hair look even half as amazing as this... So this is where you lovely people come in...I need your help!
How can I achieve this lovely hairstyle???? I need educating in the ways of pretty hair styling and quick. Too long have I suffered with my out-of-control and dull hair. I need a revamp!
Sunday, 22 August 2010
Dollydagger - Gorgeous Retro Style Dresses - Floral, Forties and Frills!
I just love Dollydagger, I love their retro styled dresses and their cute and quirky accessories. They stock a range of vintage inspired styles from the forties style Stop Staring dresses to 80's style prom dresses and a little bit of fifties Rockabilly in between! Here are three dresses that I am currently loving from the Dollydagger website...
I absolutely LOVE this dress!! Scarlet English Rose Dress for £130 Apparently the skirt has a whopping 5m of fabric to give it that beautiful very fifties shape. Love it!
Cherry Red Obsession Dress by Stop Staring for £163 I love the pleated waist-band and curve-hugging skirt... even if those two things don't necessarily love me! Even though it doesn't suit my body shape, it doesn't stop me loving it.
Red Star Print Party Dress for £55 this adorable dress comes with detachable straps (which is good for me, I can't wear strapless dresses) and in 5 different colours. Perfect for an upcoming party! I love the look of the this dress with a gorgeous frilly petticoat peeping out of the bottom.
I absolutely LOVE this dress!! Scarlet English Rose Dress for £130 Apparently the skirt has a whopping 5m of fabric to give it that beautiful very fifties shape. Love it!
Cherry Red Obsession Dress by Stop Staring for £163 I love the pleated waist-band and curve-hugging skirt... even if those two things don't necessarily love me! Even though it doesn't suit my body shape, it doesn't stop me loving it.
Red Star Print Party Dress for £55 this adorable dress comes with detachable straps (which is good for me, I can't wear strapless dresses) and in 5 different colours. Perfect for an upcoming party! I love the look of the this dress with a gorgeous frilly petticoat peeping out of the bottom.Thursday, 20 May 2010
The Baseballs - my favourite new band
I have officially found my new favourite band... The Baseballs. I have been eagerly awaiting their debut album, and I have not been disappointed! I love everything fifties, especially the music, and these three charming gents take modern songs and give them a fifties inspired make-over, with brilliant results!
The three rock and roll singers met in tea room in a heavy metal rehearsal bunker in Berlin, noticed their shared hairstyle, started jamming and formed The Baseballs. With pomade in their hair and the king in their voice they easily make their fifties styled cover songs sound like originals. Simply put this album is great fun! And I defy anyone to listen to the album through and not want to don a fifties circle skirt dress, red lipstick, heels and dance around the room! (if you are a man: substitute the dress, lippy and heels for a checked flannel shirt, comb in the back pocket and sideburns... unless of course the dress is your thing)
Their debut album 'Strike' is out now and available on Amazon now. As the band have said, "we take good songs and lead them to their true calling"... The track listing is:1. Umbrella
2. Love in This Club
3. Hey There Delilah
4. Bleeding Love
5. Hot'n'Cold
6. I Don't feel like Dancin'
7. Don't Cha
8. Let's Get Loud
9. Angels
10. Crazy in Love
11. This Love
12. The Look
All that remains now is for me to eagerly await their tour and visit to the UK so I can get on my finest fifties gear and see them live! I am jealous that Germany gets to keep them all to themselves! Needless to say, the second the tickets go on sale, I'm there!
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