Baby it's cold outside!

I love my elaborate hair dos and I love my berets - but funnily enough I don't like berets on elaborate hair dos. Well at least not on my head. Whenever I try to put my berets further back behind my ears it just doesn't look right on me - to me. And my ears get cold!

So during the very cold days I am very happy to ditch the hair styling and just plonk a beret on my head. The school-run is also much more on time that way :-)

Moustache-pin on my beloved grey beret - I made it. Watch this space - soon to be on sale!

For the New Year I made the superficial resolution not to buy so many polka dotted garments anymore - I own so many! But this LOVELY dress I bought just after Christmas - didn't count then!

Digging brown accessories at the moment - I am all in love with this black polka dotted very comfortable dress.

I am also very much in love with the beehive currently! And yes same dress again!

Practice makes perfect - I still need a little while to get ready when sporting a beehive but I get faster every time. I crocheted myself some padding and yes there's a giant moustache in my hair. I told you - watch this space!

When I was around 17 I was totally into the late 60s - very short black and white dresses, big round dangly earrings, bouffant hair, the make-up and big big knee high boots - but these days it's the early 60s that make my heart beat faster. 

Watching my current favourite series Pan Am certainly inspired me!

Happy New Year!

I wish you all a very happy New Year!

I rung in the new year very chilled and relaxed but certainly in style! We spend a lovely calm evening with Mr. Bossys sister and her fiancée. And lot's of food :-)

I styled my hair around this brilliant little Janine Basil fascinator my mother-in-law gave me for Christmas. She is by the way the BEST present giver - she always finds the most amazing little trinkets, never fails to surprise and in general I think never ever gave anyone a bad present. Just lovely!

My beautiful red fascinator - the bow is either very dark blue or a blueish black - I can't decide :-)



I went a bit pin curl mad - not a truely authentic vintage hairstyle but certainly inspired by rolls and pin curls. And did I mention that I love my fascinator?




I adore my dress. It is my very first genuine vintage buy and I just love it. It's perfect for me, it fits me exactly, it's in my favourite colours red, navy and white and it has many many different sized polka dots and stripes all over. It's just beautiful. I don't know what era it exactly dates back to. Not sure.
I bought it via Ebay, my red Mary Janes are from Peacocks - bought about 4 years ago.



A few outtakes - in my house it is near impossible to get a picture without my little one trying to get in it. Or in this case under my skirt. :-)



Also worth mentioning - one of many beautiful pins and brooches dating back to the 40s and 50s I bought within an estate sale on Ebay. I just love Ebay, you can find so many vintage treasures from all over the world for so little money!



I hope you all have a lovely and successful 2011!


Edit:
I had a very constructive comment, I love learning about fashion history:
"The material looks like a polyester in the close up picture- what is it made of?Because if it's a polyester mix I don't think it's that old- it was just invented in the 40's and really started to be used in fashion within the 60's-
They did a lot of dresses like that in the 70's, a lot of fashion used in the 70's was based on 30'3-40's- the wedge heels for example."
It is indeed 100% Polyester! That would explain then why I thought that the stripy pattern on top and the fact it buttons up so tightly and highly looks actually very 70s! That's another beautiful thing about vintage - the history behind each garment.