December 13, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fashion & Beauty

Retro Chick and The SuperHero Dress

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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ā¤ Pop Art Dress – New LookĀ ā¤ Jigsaw Backseam Tights – Pretty PollyĀ ā¤ Shoes – UnisaĀ ā¤

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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.

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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?

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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?

51 Comments

  • Hannah April 15, 2013

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

  • Donna Watson April 15, 2013

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

    • Gemma April 15, 2013

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

  • wendy April 15, 2013

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

    • Gemma April 15, 2013

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

  • Helen Mae April 15, 2013

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

  • only1katieb April 15, 2013

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

    • Gemma April 15, 2013

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

  • Rosy April 15, 2013

    I do not think you can beat this! This dress is amazing! You look spectacular! I love your madness …
    http://sewingadicta.blogspot.com.es/

  • Melody April 15, 2013

    OH MY GOD THAT DRESS IS AMAZING.

    And you look absolutely amazing IN it!

  • You look STUNNING. I love how the dress hugs your figure, the length is so lovely, the print so much fun… I love it šŸ™‚ 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 šŸ™‚

    Huge hug Gemma xxxx

    • Gemma April 15, 2013

      That’s amazing! Good luck with world domination! šŸ˜‰

  • Ruth Young April 15, 2013

    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

  • Porcelina April 15, 2013

    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

  • avintagewife April 15, 2013

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

  • Louise April 15, 2013

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

  • Miss Magpie April 15, 2013

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

  • LandGirl1980l April 15, 2013

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

  • very beautifull outfit, with very good look

  • Jess April 17, 2013

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

  • CurlyTraveller April 21, 2013

    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?

  • Alana Michele April 22, 2013

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

  • themediabasketlee April 24, 2013

    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

  • Vintage Fashion London April 25, 2013

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

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