Today's Outfit: New Red Shoes

Lipstick - Besame Red Velvet 1946, Top - charity shop

Earrings - M&S

Cardigan - Boden via eBay, 1980s Belt - charity shop

Shoes - John Lewis via charity shop

Trousers - H&M

Today's Dress: Cyan

1940s Skirt - charity shop

1950s Necklace - charity shop, Cardigan - charity shop

Earrings - Aspire

1950s Rhinestone Brooch - Vintage Fair

Shoes - Clarks

Today's Dress: Blue Pansies

This dress isn't a vintage dress but handmade in a vintage inspired style. While it has the wide skirt hem similar to that of 1950s dresses, the print, waistband width, bust-waist ratio, bust dart placement, type of thread used and long central back zip are all modern.

It had some major issues when I bought it, including a tacked in pale blue open ended zip, uneven gathering where the straps attached to the front of the dress and a multitude of loose threads. I needed to shorten the straps for my short torso anyway so tidied this up by cutting off the existing gathers. Before sewing in an invisible zip in matching mid-blue, I tidied up the lining and secured it in place. I also took the dress in by a few inches at the waist. I decided against breaking the print by adding front darts and so there is a little gaping at the neckline. To counter this I always wear the dress with a top underneath or cardigan, making it a cheerful dress for autumn-ish days.

1950s/1960s Style Dress - Flamingo Vintage

Lipstick - Besame Red Velvet 1946

Earrings - Boots

Necklace - charity shop

Cardigan - Zara via charity shop

Shoes - Clarks

 

Photo from streetstylesnaps.com

I last wore this dress back in November when I was first photographed for The Street Style Carousel.

Today's Dress: Walking

Today involved walking 10 miles and carrying shopping so I wore a dress that would go with trainers and carried a lighter bag than usual.

Dress - Emily and Fin

Lipstick - Bobbi Brown Berry Noir

Cardigan - Boden via charity shop

Trainers - Clarks

 

1980s Suede Purse - charity shop

Today's Dress: Imposter

Don't panic! This isn't actually today's dress but I didn't have a chance to post this last Tuesday.

Scarf - Vintage Clothing, Necklace - charity shop

Earrings - Boots

1950s Dress - Bus Stop Vintage

Celluloid Bangles - charity shop, Bakelite Bangles - Ooh La la Swap & Sell Group

Cardigan - Primark via charity shop

Shoes - Topshop via eBay

 

Today's Dress: Poolside

Dress - Emily and Fin

Earrings - Aspire

Shrug - M&S via charity shop

Sandals - Clarks

Today's Skirt: Cityscape

Skirt - Emily and Fin

Earrings - Aspire, Necklace - charity shop

Top - New Look

Cardigan - Primark via charity shop

Shoes - Next

Today's Dress: Newspapers

You can read about how I fixed this dress here. I went back to St Cyr Vintage today and straight into a discussion of how to fix a holey Horrockes dress with the shop assistant...These photos were taken at 6am hence the tired look.

1950s Dress - St Cyr Vintage

1950s Glass Bead Necklace - charity shop

Earrings - M&S

Cardigan - Primark via charity shop

Shoes - Gabor via charity shop