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Despite creating this website originally for cakes and bakes, it's been a really fun place to share lifestyle musings. I've never thought of myself as a fashion/style person, I just enjoy clothes and makeup, but recently I've been sharing a lot of that kind of content on my Instagram feed and you guys seem to be enjoying it, so on the back of that (and my #OOTD posts) I thought I would share my April in outfits. I've given all the looks random names (if you know me, you'll know I have a tendency to name absolutely EVERYTHING) and I've linked all the shops I can so you can go and have a look for yourselves! Perhaps this will become a more regular feature?   Polka Dot Cotton Top: Collectif Skirt: Vivien of Holloway Beret: Joy Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Shazam Vintage Hair Flowers  Brace Yourself T-Shirt: Unknown Trousers: Collectif Shoes & Head Scarf: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Made for me by Miss Lillian Love   Hello Aubergine Def Leppard T-Shirt: Absolute Cult Trousers: Dancing Days by Banned Head Scarf & Boots: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Shazam Vintage Hair Flowers    This is Tarta(n) Sweater: Lindy Bop Skirt: Vivien of Holloway Beret: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Made for Me by Miss Lillian Love Belt: Unknown   Come on, Cactus is our Friend T-Shirt: Primark Trousers: Dancing Days by Banned Beret: Amazon   Rum Punch T-Shirt: Sailor Jerry Skirt & Head Scarf: H & M Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium, Shazam Vintage Hair Flowers & made for me by Miss Lillian Love  Barking up the wrong tree T-Shirt: Steady Clothing Skirt: Bright & Beautiful x Collectif Beret: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Shazam Vintage Hair Flowers  Pineapple Express Shirt: Joy Trousers: Dancing Days by Banned Shoes & Beret: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium and made for me by Miss Lillian Love  A Little Bit Goth Judas Priest T-Shirt: Absolute Cult Skirt: Collectif Head scarf & Boots: Amazon Hair Flowers: Made for me by Miss Lillian Love   Booby Trap T-Shirt: Unknown Skirt: Vivien of Holloway Shoes & Beret: Amazon Hair Flowers: Hair Flower Emporium & Shazam Vintage Hair Flowers    
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At the moment, I'm in this weird transition between being very 50's and also a little bit "90's metal"; wanting to wear flatform shoes with cleated soles and shit loads of rings (again not conducive to running a restaurant!). With fashion and music being so intrinsically linked and me recently rediscovering my love for bands like Black Sabbath, AC\DC and Motörhead I think this is where this shift is coming from.
I realise also that people who have a very specific style that is all their own are usually people who have a very strong sense of who they are and this is something I don't have; as a person who really struggles with self-love, I've always emulated someone else instead of trying to be true to me (not knowing really who you are or having a sense of self does make that difficult!). Perhaps now is the time to experiment and delve into who I am a little more and see how that reflects in my wardrobe? With all that said, my next post will likely be a selection of outfits of the day! Stay Hep, Cats Unless you hadn’t noticed, I’m a bit of a retro chick. My style, whilst my own, encompasses elements from the 1920s through to the 1970s. I tend to focus more on the 1950s, but it would be remiss of me to say that I am just a fifties chick. There are several things you probably know about me, like the fact I’m a baker, a pin-up chick and a retro gal, but there are probably some things you don’t know about me… Things like the fact I’m obsessed with RuPaul’s Drag Race, that I wanted to be a pop star growing up (and I still kind of do!) and that I’m basically an old lady in a 35-year-old’s body. By this I mean I love all things crafty. Not only do I bake - which I think used to be construed as something only your grandmother or eccentric old aunt did - but I also knit. I’m learning pyrography, lino printing and Tony is (trying to) teaching me origami. I still love colouring in, and I draw. The other thing I’ve been recently turning my hand to is sewing and dressmaking. As a retro girl, whilst there are a lot of companies out there now who provide reproduction vintage clothes - I shop a lot in Collectif and Lindy Bop and also buy things from Vivien of Holloway and the like - there is something in me that would much rather have clothes exactly like the ones that were worn in the 50’s. It’s easy enough to buy vintage patterns, though sizes have changed over the years, so sometimes getting the fit right is the tough part. Enter Sew La Di Da Vintage. They create patterns based on vintage clothes but for today’s fit. Epic. I’ve been aware of them for a little while but hadn’t actually bought any patterns. I was lucky enough to attend the Great British Sewing Bee Live show earlier this year, and happened upon Sew La Di Da’s stall and got chatting with their owner, Caroline Smith. Both Tony and I are quite crafty and Tony is actually an amazing dressmaker and tailor - if you watched him on MasterChef and marvelled at his 1920s oxford bag style trousers and wondered where he got them from, he actually made them - so it was great to chat about dressmaking with an actual dressmaker. An arduous decision ensued as to what patterns to buy, but eventually, I settled on Margo, Rose and Betty-Jean  Inside you get the pattern and some great photos to give you inspiration  I am so looking forward to trawling the haberdashery for the perfect material and finally creating my own tailormade "vintage" outfit. I will post the finished article(s) as soon as I can. But in the meantime, ensure to check out Sew La Di Da Vintage's website, Twitter and Instagram feeds and be sure to buy your own patterns!
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