Retro Chick Designs a Frock
May 6, 2011Vintage Inspired – High Street Swimwear
May 10, 2011Hey Hey Hey!
That’s always fun to say. And it rhymes.
Last time I tried to do an outfit post with my Heyday! Mary dress I don’t think I did it justice, so when I wore it for the first night of the Norfolk and Norwich festival I thought I’d give it another whirl.
ā¤ Dress - Heyday! VS ā¤ Heacd scarf - vintage from a Charity Shop ā¤ ā¤ sunglasses - from a Boot Fair ā¤ Shoes - Stylist Pick ā¤
It’s a fabulous 40s style frock in a matte satin, so perfect for smart casual type affairs. I was worried I was a little smart, so I tried to dress it down with a headscarf, forgetting that it’s not *actually* the 40s and a headscarf these doesn’t make you look like you’re doing the cleaning, it consitutes “an effort”
The Heyday dress is also really comfortable to wear, I don’t find it at all restrictive, which is nice in such a fitted dress and the fabric is pleasantly soft. It looks like the Mary Dress is all sold out online at the moment in favour of the gorgeously Summery Fleur (which I keep umming and ahhing about treating myself too!) Hopefully it’ll be back soon!
You can also see a pair of my Stylist Pick shoes in these pictures. These have since joined my “not for walking” pile of shoes as this morning my poor toesies are utterly shredded by the peep toes. A review of the Stylist Pick service should be forthcoming this week as I’ve given it a 3 month trial!
And where was I Friday night?
I was here:
The beautiful, beautiful Spiegeltent for a performance of Cantina on the first night of the Norfolk and Norwich festival. It was an amazing and spellbinding show. I absolutely loved it, though it was very nearly ruined by the middle aged lady on my table who doesn’t appear to get out much and felt the need to provide a running commentary. “Oooh she’s going to put the flower in a vase” “Get ’em off” and “Get your own back” during a choreographed fight scene being highlights. When she started singing along with the musicians I nearly imploded.I hope someone who knows her is reading this and next time they go to a show they can gag her in advance.
My extreme intolerance of other human beings aside, though, it really was wonderful.
There was no photography during the performance, so I can’t show you a woman tightrope walking in heels, nor can I show you contortionists, women walking on bottles or naked men making handkerchiefs disappear and reproducing them from unmentionable places. I can suggest you go see it yourself if you get chance.
I can also show you a short one minute You Tube video of some high lights.
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Very pretty dress.
Thanks for the video, think I’m going to have to try to catch one of their shows if they’re still performing.
Lovely dress, the colour really suits you!
I wonder if that woman is the same one I once sat behind watching the musical ‘Dirty Dancing’? She was very excitable indeed, especially when the men took their t-shirts off.
The dress is gorgeous and a really unusual – but very flattering – colour. If the peep toes are giving you gip you could try rubbing some anti-friction blister rub on your toes before you put them on, it’s amazing at stopping rubbing! You can get it from the bit in Boots/Superdrug where they have all the footcare stuff.
Fabulous dress and even more fabulous colour!!
Roisin, thank you I’ve never heard of that stuff!
That dress is gorgeous
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Stunning frock and it looks fabulous on you! I love the color and the cut is divine too…. I have Heyday trousers on my wishlist, but I am beginning to wonder if I need to add a dress or two as well! > o <
xox,
bonita of Depict This!
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What a beautiful sunny day! And I love the fit and colour of that lovely dress.
I do love that dress – lve got a 1947 Butterick reproduction pattern that’s similar, will be making that next. Lovely shoes too – lve only been brave enough to wear peep toes without tights once, and even then l had a pair of flip flops in my bag just in case! x
I’m seeing the show on Saturday night as part of my first wedding anniversary celebrations. Got a whole weekend planned. xxx
mmm, must be the same lady that was sitting in front of me at the Malaga Film Festival a few weeks ago hehehe
love the colour of the dress, and the shoes are veeeeeery nice too, the shade is exactly what I’m looking for … and failing to find š