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April 15, 2013
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Those of you who follow me on instagram would have already had a peek at this dress.

I tend to use instagram as a much more instant kind of blogging almost, so I post things on there when I get them, and then when I wear them properly they get a proper blog post! At the end of March I was innocently browsing the New Look website when I spotted this dress and had to buy it immediately. But I didn’t actually wear it out till this Friday.

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❤ Pop Art Dress – New Look ❤ Jigsaw Backseam Tights – Pretty Polly ❤ Shoes – Unisa ❤

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It’s a bodycon dress, and I don’t often wear anything so unforgiving, but I just couldn’t resist it, and I love the length. I actually have 2 more of these dresses in black and green, they’re comfortable, but the fabric is thinner and I haven’t been brave enough to photograph any of the times I have worn them yet.

The jigsaw backseam tights are from Pretty Polly and also made an early instagram appearance back in March before I got a proper chance to prance around in the sunshine finally and show them off properly.

Super hero dress

The mistake I made was wearing such a tight dress out for fizz and chips at The Birdcage, this is a dress for being a Superhero in, not eating huge plates of chips in. We also got tea cakes with our supper, so we all got chance to demonstrate our origami skills with the foil. None of these were made by me, the only origami I can make is a boat/hat. (2 of these photos were borrowed from my friend ZoeSmash )

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Over the weekend I also discovered these amazing shoe clips from Janine Basil via Lipstick Lori. How fabulous would these look with the Pop Art Dress?

Bam Pow

I plan to buy a pair and dye my hair pink again for the next time I wear this dress so I can look like a proper comic book character Think pale pink curls, the Vintage Super Hero. When I finally get round to it should I do another outfit post, or are you bored of the superhero dress already?

Did you have a lovely sunny weekend where you were?

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  1. Hannah says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:06 am

    LOVE the dress, you’re much braver than me! X

  2. Lucy Crick says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:11 am

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  3. Hannah Routledge says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:11 am

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  4. ofaVintageAir says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:16 am

    @Retrochick_uk love the dress! Think another outfit post would be fab with shoe clips and pink curls! 🙂

  5. Donna Watson says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:19 am

    Love it! But how do you get such a wonderful silhouette under such a figure hugging dress? People need to know! 😉

    • Gemma says:
      April 15, 2013 at 10:41 am

      I have big pants on and made sure I remembered to hold my stomach in for the photos 😉

  6. wendy says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:23 am

    I love Janine Basil. I’d be tempted to take it in to the fancy dress bracket by adding a hairband from there too 😀

    • Gemma says:
      April 15, 2013 at 10:41 am

      That’s already occured to me. I’ve been looking up matching earrings too……

  7. Tracey O'Connor says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:40 am

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  8. Amy Hinchliffe says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:40 am

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  9. Abigail Lucy Bruford says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:40 am

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  10. Helen Mae says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:41 am

    Ugh I love it!! Such a cool print. It would look awesome with those shoe clips as well.

  11. only1katieb says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:50 am

    Wow, I love this dress and you look great in it but I must say I love the tights even more, they are gorge!

  12. Cat says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:52 am

    Something else for you: //folksy.com/items/3116562-POW-Comic-style-embroidered-headband-White-and-Orange

    • Gemma says:
      April 15, 2013 at 11:07 am

      Wow! I can’t wear them all at once, people would think I am even more insane than they already do!

  13. vintage_times says:
    April 15, 2013 at 11:03 am

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  14. Rosy says:
    April 15, 2013 at 11:14 am

    I do not think you can beat this! This dress is amazing! You look spectacular! I love your madness …
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  15. Melody says:
    April 15, 2013 at 11:17 am

    OH MY GOD THAT DRESS IS AMAZING.

    And you look absolutely amazing IN it!

  16. Matt Stevenson says:
    April 15, 2013 at 12:11 pm

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  17. Jessie in Fashion Limbo says:
    April 15, 2013 at 12:27 pm

    You look STUNNING. I love how the dress hugs your figure, the length is so lovely, the print so much fun… I love it 🙂 and the Pretty Polly tights are lovely.

    I had a lovely weekend, it’suddenly became really warm here, but due to my back injury I stayed in and worked …. on how to rule the world hehehe. You probably don’t know this but I always have in my mind, that post you wrote about how you changed your professional life and personal life, by quitting your job, starting your website etc… and I have this thought a lot in my mind, so I’m doing a similar thing, encouraged as well by my own health and I’m working hard to start my own business and be finally happy 🙂

    Huge hug Gemma xxxx

    • Gemma says:
      April 15, 2013 at 1:04 pm

      That’s amazing! Good luck with world domination! 😉

  18. Wittyknitty says:
    April 15, 2013 at 12:51 pm

    @Retrochick_uk you need some comic book tights! I got some on eBay last year!

  19. Sandy Phillips says:
    April 15, 2013 at 12:56 pm

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  20. Porcelina Precious says:
    April 15, 2013 at 1:57 pm

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  21. Ruth Young says:
    April 15, 2013 at 2:36 pm

    Nope not sick of the dress its bloody marvellous – I have a black one and I wear a slip underneath it – its so handy and just the right length xx

  22. VipModniki says:
    April 15, 2013 at 2:48 pm

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  23. Porcelina says:
    April 15, 2013 at 2:59 pm

    I really love this dress!! I wouldn’t normally go for something like it, but the pop art print is just fab! I checked and it’s still in stock online, in my size… Hmmmm! Every girl needs to feel like a superhero sometimes

    P x

  24. Naomi Thompson says:
    April 15, 2013 at 4:11 pm

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  25. Annie Tigwell says:
    April 15, 2013 at 5:38 pm

    Best dress EVER!

  26. avintagewife says:
    April 15, 2013 at 7:26 pm

    Fab dress – will look awesome with the shoe clips and pink hair. Very vintage superhero chic 🙂

  27. Susie Pritchard says:
    April 15, 2013 at 8:25 pm

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  28. Annie Tigwell says:
    April 15, 2013 at 8:25 pm

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  29. Louise says:
    April 15, 2013 at 8:58 pm

    Oh my… at all of it. I love it all, you look fantastic. Xx

  30. Airlie Fleming says:
    April 15, 2013 at 9:41 pm

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  31. Miss Magpie says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    Amazing dress and you look stunning in it, and you’ve managed to wear those tights more than once without laddering them!

  32. LandGirl1980l says:
    April 15, 2013 at 10:11 pm

    POP! and POW! indeed! You look proper KAAAAAAAAAAPOW!

  33. Wake Up Little Susie says:
    April 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm

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  34. Juliet Wood says:
    April 16, 2013 at 12:26 am

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  35. Simon Pritchard says:
    April 16, 2013 at 9:33 am

    KA-POW

  36. LOLO | Luxury Leather Goods says:
    April 16, 2013 at 10:02 am

    very beautifull outfit, with very good look

  37. Simon Pritchard says:
    April 16, 2013 at 2:41 pm

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  38. JylCravenHair says:
    April 16, 2013 at 4:15 pm

    Super cute “superhero” dress plus amazing puzzle piece tights! //t.co/D9Z5O5D8jK

  39. Jess says:
    April 17, 2013 at 9:12 am

    Your figure is perfect for that dress. Hot stuff! Also, YES YES YES to the pink hair.

  40. Tina Kitcher says:
    April 18, 2013 at 2:56 am

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  41. Hazel Pollard says:
    April 19, 2013 at 2:57 pm

    That’s a lovely dress x

  42. CurlyTraveller says:
    April 21, 2013 at 1:59 pm

    Wow, what a fantastic dress and stockings! And you look lovely in them. The shoes are fab as well; very cool.
    So you seem to dye your hair a lot? I love the platinum blonde. Does your hair take al this dying well?

  43. Alana Michele says:
    April 22, 2013 at 2:49 am

    Girl, all of that running is really paying off. You look fab!

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  46. themediabasketlee says:
    April 24, 2013 at 8:59 am

    Hi that dress looks great not many women could pull off wearing such a figure hugging dress. you do it so well with such confidence. The picture of the crazy socks at the end of the post is awesome.
    loved it lee

  47. Vintage Fashion London says:
    April 25, 2013 at 4:45 pm

    That dress is amazing! A superhero wiggle dress – how cool 🙂 Not to mention it looks amazing on you!

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