It’s been raining for almost all the month of January, but thankfully the sun came out for one glorious day ~ so I popped on a hat and some heels and went out with the family to enjoy it!
The 1940’s inspired look I created is all based around this gorgeous, summery peach blouse I bought right after Lottie was born ~ which is almost over a year ago… Jeepers! That’s flown by! (ô д ô)’
It’s been laungishing in my closet, waiting for the right moment to come along {you know, as items of clothing obviously do…} ~ and finally the moment to shine was here. It’s actually one of those clever retro 80s-does-40s pieces that are so useful for adding to your vintage wardrobe at a lower price point.
And sorry, I know that techincally anything over 20 years old is vintage, and anything over 100 is antique, but despite the years rolling by, anything from the 80s upwards has simply got to be retro to me. I can’t fathom clothes from when I was a child being considered vintage!
But that’s by the by really ~ my hat is one of those cute straw toppers that has also been waiting for the perfect outfit opportunity to come along, and really, I have no idea what era it’s from. The brim is not actually round, it’s teardrop, which is really different, though sutble ~ and it has a little lip at the front to raise the brim off the top of your head. I thought that was really cute! (⁎＾ᴗ＾⁎)∠☆
Right at the other end of the spectrum I’m also wearing a fresh-off-the-press Forever New sheer lined skirt that I got this summer. So there you go. Not a genuine 1940’s piece to be seen ~ {except that mysterious hat maybe??}
The best thing for me was that, though the outfit wasn’t from the 40s, my hair was! I somehow managed to achieve the most authentic styled 1940s updo I’ve ever tried. One part thanks to the Lush hair products I’ve been trying out ~ they have done wonders in restoring my curls! And two parts due to these awsome hair pins I’ve just ‘discovered’. You know those crazy bobby pins that are really thin and are wide open at the mouth?
Yeah, I had no idea how they could be so useful ~ I thought they’d just fall out! But it turns out that they do work ~ and they work really well! (~￣▽￣)~… Haha, who’d have thunk? I found these are great for holding the shape of your style without squishing the volume. I literally had only five normal style bobby pins in my hair that day {whhaat? That’s crazy for me ~ usually it’s no less than twenty!} and a handful of the open mouthed hair pins. They worked beautifully for catching stray strands that didn’t want to stay rolled up, and for taming random bumps. Oh! And for pinning my hat on! ….Nice. Multi-use hair pins.
So is it just me that didn’t know these hair pins actually work, or have they been a long time secret of all vintage hair styling? I feel like I’ve been missing out all these years!!
xox,
bonita
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Vintage Wheat Drop Straw Tilt Hat | eBay
White Posy Rosette Brooch | Va-VaVoom Vintage, Instagram Sale
80s-does-40s Peach Hearts Blouse | The Braided Bandit
Vintage Crochet Gloves | Canberra Vintage Emphorium
White Amelia Sheer Skirt | Forever New
Rose Bouquet Tapestry Purse | Etsy
Seamed Stockings | What Katie Did
Harrow Oxford in Nude | B.A.I.T. Footwear, Old
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