Vivienne Westwood Lady Dragon shoes – £88

Silk Star Scarf – £47.50

Nautical Nancy Stripe Dress – £52

I’ve already got one Vivien of Holloway dress, a black one with white polka dots. I love it so, so much. I decided that a similar style dress in red satin would be perfect for Christmas day. (I want to find my self a little vintage apron to wear with it whilst I cook.)

I need to do some Christmas shopping. 

You probably do too, so for the final time I will direct you to Vivien of Holloway so you can buy yourself an early Christmas present and be reminded that there is under one month until the big day!

The Outfit:
Black Corset from: www.corsets-uk.com
Purple Skirt from Dorothy Perkins
Pink, net underskirt from Oxfam (89p – bargain)
Black leggings (I’d love to wear stockings but I really don’t think I can pull that off)
Christian Louboutin Rolando shoes.
Mini Tophat from Ann Summers
Sequined Waist Coat from Next
Feather Boa from Yarmouth Indoor Market
Possibly false lashes
Possibly black nail polish

Of course you’ll have all the pictures from the night. With all the outfits, how to recreate them and who was wearing what. Bring on the weekend folksies!

This dress is from Monsoon and I love it. What a colour!

Here is me in my Vivienne of Holloway dress, spotty, 50s dress. Gorgeous. Next to me is my Mum on the right is my Brother.

I always feel like people in charity shops don’t know what they are doing, they can’t tell the designer pieces from the crap. You hear stories of people picking up expensive vintage pieces for a couple of quid in charity shops. I don’t think this happens all too often and I think charity shops must have some idea of what they are selling. However, one can hope and below is a rather exciting list of the things I would love to find.

Chanel-

These pieces are marked Chanel or have the Coco Chanel logo (forwards ‘C’ crossing the backwards ‘C’)
They can be sold on for a huge price range of anything from £75-£1000.

Miriam Haskell-

These are often flowery and can be identified by ‘Miriam Haskell’ on the back. Worth up to £1000

Coro-

Marked Coro and can fetch anything up to £500. I really like these pieces, more so than the Haskell or Chanel stuff.

Bakelite -

I’ve always loved Bakelite stuff because of my 1940′s obesssion. I remember finding some at a flea market, a gorgeous bracelet for £125. I was so tempted. It is a type of plastic, often quite heavy yet unmarked. There isn’t a great deal about but there must be a shop out there that has mistaken a 1940′s Bakelite bracelet from a cheap one from H&M and thrown it in the bargain bin for £1. (One can wish…)

Stanley Hagler

Always terribly shiny. Gorgeous pieces from brooches to necklaces. Clearly marked and easy to spot, however very delicate so finding a piece in tact in a charity shop may be difficult.

Joseff of Hollywood -

Most often just marked Joseff, I’ve seen some of the early pieces sell for £600 plus. The stuff is a lot less gaudy than other vintage jewellery from the same period. I’d love to have some Joseff in my collection!

Thanks to: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1665752/vintage_costume_jewelry_collecting.html?cat=46

Below is the Lip Gunk from Urban Decay in Kiss.

Products used:
UDPP
Urban Decay Oil Slick E/S
Green MAC E/S
Barry M Liquid Eyeliner
L’oreal Extreme volume mascara

And my outfit for the night, a little 50s, a little Emo.

Outfit:
Vivienne of Holloway Polka Dot Swing Dress
Yellow cardigan from New Look
Footless tights from new look
Yellow Kurt Geiger Shoes
Pink Bow headband borrowed/stolen from Ali.

Lose 7lbs by 1st October
Start – 224, Current – 223, Goal – 217
6lbs to go

Lose 1 stone by 2nd November (My Birthday)
Start – 224, Current – 223, Goal – 211
13lbs to go

Be a dress size 16 by November 2nd

Lose 70lbs by April 2010
Start – 239, Current – 223, Goal – 169
54lbs to go (That’s almost 4 stone!)

So I have four goals, I like goals, they make me happy. For my birthday, my 21st I am going out for Halloween for a meal with the family, I am uber excited and cannot bloody wait! For the halloween thing I’m thinking either 50s pinup which means buying some sort of awesome dress. Or going all burlesque. I’m not sure how I’d pull off the burlesque look, definitely a corset (obviously I’d have to buy a new one of these,) but I’m not walking around in stockings and suspenders. I must research ways of pulling off the burlesque look whilst wearing a skirt or trousers!

Red, ‘Wiggle’ style dress.

£38 from Asos.com

Black, high platform court shoe.

£65 from Faith.co.uk

Black Waist Belt

£30 from Asos.com

Total cost of outfit: £133

Splash out on this lot whilst you are saving for that gorgeous $500 vintage dress. You’ll have three items that can be dressed up or down for most occasions.

Products used after the pics.

Benny decided to get in on the picture. He looks lovely.

Products:

Barry M Eyeliner, black.

L’Oreal Mascara

YSL Foundation

Cheapo red lipstick.