Friday, August 19

Our daily compromise





One of my favourite vintage dresses is this high-collared mustard and black chiffon baby that I altered. It was actually my mum's from the 80's (hurrah for cool mums), an ankle length linear monstrosity that was not very easy on the eye to say the least. There's a picture of her in an old album, wearing it while she was pregnant with me, apparently the willowy-ness was perfect for hiding the baby bump haha. She will destroy me and my blog if I put it up, so it shall remain unseen for now :)

I chopped most of the length off and added some elastic for a bubble effect, both for aesthetic purposes and so the thin fabric won't fly up when it's windy. 

Added my favourite skinny black and gold vintage belt to cinch in the waist, and the whole outfit made me feel a bit like Mozart. But then again, he didn't have hot 6 inch heels! 

A big thank you to my newest followers and browsers, it's been my first month of blogging so I'm still learning a lot, you guys have been so sweet from the start, THANK YOU!
Love x







40 comments:

  1. You look amazing in it! No joke. I love black + white stripes and it makes you look extra classy!

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  2. I adore your straight stripes dress! You look gorgeous :)

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  3. amazing! love your outfit! looks so great! have a nice day, maren anita
    http://fashion-meets-art.blogspot.com/

    i'm following you now!

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  4. you look stunning in this dress! Thank you for your comment on my blog!

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  5. Gorgeous dress!
    Penelopi F.
    thedesertsvisionaire.blogspot.com

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  6. lovely outfit and lovely blog !! thanks for stopping by mine as well and commenting. really appreciate it

    xo
    francesca
    http://www.frankvinyl.com

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  7. Great dress, vintage treasures are so cool!
    x

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  8. I love shopping in my mom's closet :)
    I love the choice of a bubble hem on this dress.


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  9. loving your outfit, looks simply divine and classy. love your blog, new follower :)

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  10. absolutely gorgeous vintage dress, it's perfect!
    Krissy xoxo

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  11. very beautiful vintage dress, following you back dear, you are beautiful ;)

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  12. Beautiful dress ! :)

    xoxo,
    www.tobefashion.blogspot.com

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  13. You should totally do a DIY tutorial post, the dress looks amazing. :)

    renewvintage.blogspot

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  14. @Brooke, great idea! I'll hopefully be able to do a post of a before-after vintage find after I finish off my assignments this week :)
    Thanks everyone x

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  15. Great dress!!! Love the photos :)

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  16. I'm loving that dress...I have a thing for stripes and this is absolutely perfect :) Lovely blog, I'm following now...hope you can stop by mine soon :)

    erica
    seaofbloomingdreams.blogspot.com

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  17. You look so beautiful, love. I'm so addicted to your blog! :)

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  18. loooove your dress!it's perfect!

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  19. Wow, you look beautiful :)

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  20. Beautiful look and amazing shoes!!! <3

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  21. I love your dress. I like how you altered it. The bubble skirt makes it really cute!

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  22. Amazing dress! Followed!

    xx Dagmara
    http://skippedbreakfast.blogspot.com

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  23. yay for cool moms! haha love how you repurposed the dress. i've been wanting to learn how to sew for just that reason. great job!

    love
    kelly

    www.paperdolltheory.com

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  24. I love your blog, what do you think of following each other?
    Kisses!

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  25. i adore each and every photo! your style is impeccable!:)

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  26. You look freaking awesome in these pictures,so tender,so delicate,with the most charming smiles.It's hard to define the inside connection of you and fashion,together with nature,the unknown magic beauty.......Fabulous!!

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  27. absolutely perfect! I wonder what this looked like before~

    Btw I'm loving your blog~ I'm your newest follower ^^

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  28. thanks for following!
    follow you back!

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  29. I'm following you ...
    Thanks for visiting ...
    Let's keep in touch, kisses.

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  30. love your pics !
    we follow ?!
    xx

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  31. I love your outfit, you look so nice, the dress is so nice, the color, the length, the shape are perfect and those shoes are just the perfect touch, you look so good and you are so beautiful! Your blog is lovely and I'm a new follower! Hope you'll like my blog and follow back!

    Pop Culture&Fashion Magic

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  32. Thanks for your comment :)

    lovely outfit!

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  33. How amazing is your outfit?!? esp. those shoes! I WANT!! Gorgeous bella!

    Urban art + street fashion addict:
    C.ULT FRIDAY.

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  34. Such a pretty dress and FAB shoes!!! Love this look!

    Liesl :)

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