A Day by the Sea and a Floral Frock
July 22, 2013Vintage In the West Country
July 26, 2013How do you dress every day?
In an online conversation a couple of weeks ago someone mentioned that bloggers only show off their favourite or fancy outfits, so you don’t really know how people dress every day.
So I decided to spend a week documenting my daily outfits on instagram, and then come back and blog about them.
I’ll admit, you may consider yourself lucky that I had to leave the house every day this week or otherwise there might have been some pyjamas in there, I am self employed, and whilst I don’t do that often, sometimes, maybe, I just do. It was also a week that was hot, hot, hot, so not all of the outfits are things I wear every week, but if I carried on this experiment for any length of time you’d certainly see a lot of repeats! Maybe I’ll do it again in cooler weather.
Monday
❤ Playsuit – George at Asda last year* ❤ ballet pumps – Primark ❤
Monday I only left the house for Roller Derby training in the evening. I normally wear leggings, but it was so hot that I thought I’d drag this playsuit out of the wardrobe as it’s a bit cooler.
Tuesday
❤ T shirt – TU at Sainsburys ❤ Skirt – Lady K Loves ❤ Shoes – F+F at Tesco ❤
❤ Hair Flower – Betsy Hatter ❤
I was in hotels for a couple of days last week, so living out of a suitcase. This is a classic summer outfit for me, T shirt or blouse and a skirt. The shoes are now sadly out of stock at Tesco, which is a shame as they’re great summer every day sandals.
Wednesday
❤ Dress – Vintage 1940s ❤ Shoes – F+F at Tesco ❤ Hair Flower – Betsy Hatter ❤
I spent the night in the hottest hotel in the world. I actually had to go and sit in an air conditioned KFC because I thought I felt queasy. This is a 1940s pinafore sun dress with frilled shoulders that is one of the coolest dresses I have for hot weather. I set my hair, not because there is any point having curls when it’s so humid, they’ll be long gone soon, but because the alternative to a wet set was using a hair dryer. Shudder.
Thursday
❤ T-Shirt – bought at the gift shop at the SS Great Britain ❤
❤ Skirt – Vintage from a Charity Shop ❤ Shoes – Chatham Marine* ❤
See, straight hair again, without washing or straighteners, stupid humidity. Today I was heading out to try out my new roller skates at an over 18s “Roller Disco” I didn’t stay long, just long enough to see if I could stand up on them. Almost is the answer. This skirt is a regular in my wardrobe at the moment, I probably wear it at least one or twice a week at the moment, it cost the grand total of £1 from a charity shop back in May.
Friday
❤ Blouse – New Look last year ❤ Skirt – Antoni & Alison at TK Maxx ❤
❤Shoes – Carvela @ TK Maxx* ❤ Bangles – Charity Shop ❤ Hair Flower – Abilu Creations* ❤
Another stonking hot day, and I ended up wearing this last minute as nothing in my wardrobe fit me. I was so hot and horribly bloaty that I couldn’t get zips done up on any of the dresses I intended to wear, so I ironed a blouse 5 minutes before I had to leave the house to shoot off to an evening meeting. I was very hot and irritable, hence my starey stressy face.
Saturday
❤ Dress – Tu at Sainsburys ❤ Silver hair band and ballet pumps – Primark ❤
Evening meeting became evening drinks and no dinner, so on Saturday I was horribly hungover, so easy dress and ballet flats it was. The sun had disappeared too, to be replaced by drizzly rain and grey skies to suit my mood.
Sunday
❤ Dress – Love Ur Look* ❤ Cardigan – TK Maxx ❤ Shoes – Rocket Dog at TK Maxx ❤
The iPhone snap of Mondays post outfit! I actually wore this dress again on Monday, when the sun came back out, should have take the photos then instead, although a trip to the post office is less photogenic than Yarmouth seafront!
So that was a week in my wardrobe! There’s a couple of fancy outfits in there, and a few boring every day ones, and a few nicer every day ones, like most weeks I guess.
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Even your normal day to day clothes look chic and glamorous. I’m not sure that if I did this that each day would be so stylish xx
Great post! Please, do that again! I especially love the 40’s pinafore sun dress. It looks really gorgeous on you! Sunday’s outfit is just perfect and super cute, too. I’m a little bit envious… 🙂
Many of the outfits I post on my blog are daily outfits, by the way 😉
I love that white and green combo on friday, but wednesday probably wins the dress catergory.
I love your skirts, particularly the Antoni & Alison one! Although i love skirts I only buy second hand clothing and for some reason I have a bit of a blind spot with them. Maybe I’ll make an effort to look for fuller ones as I usually find bias cut midis and they are definitely not flattering on me!
I work for someone else 2 dys a week & from home the rest of the time so usually I think there would be plenty of pyjamas in my week too…
I’m the same in second hand shops! Though I have trained myself to look through the skirt rail for fixed waistbands! So many skirts have elastic or no waistband, you can spot potential good ones easily!
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Ah, you look so beautifully vintage every day, even when you’re wearing modern stuff. (Note to self: see, it can be done!)
I dress quite smartly for work – we have no dress code, but I like to look nice – and then slob around at weekends, though my slobbing clothes are actually quite nice too!
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I’m really impressed by how fabulous you look every day: I’m also self-employed and work from home, and I have to admit that if I’m not planning on leaving the house, I have a tendency just to reach for anything I don’t have to iron before wearing (My closet is so crammed at the moment that everything emerges from it in a rumpled mess!), which will normally end up being jeans or trousers of some sort! I do make an effort when I’m actually going somewhere, and I’m better in summer, when it’s warm enough just to throw on a dress and still look like I’ve made an effort, but in the winter everything goes to hell! You’ve inspired me to wear something a bit nicer than jeans today, though!
I love your outfits, you look so glam each day! I work in an office so I’m surrounded by people in boring black suits so I like to brighten up the place a bit with my 60s crimplene 😉 I must admit though, in the winter when it’s freezing cold I have a tendency to just get into my dressing gown as soon as I get home!
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LOL, your everyday is my fancy day I think! The world would be bored to tears by my weekly wear most weeks!
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Lovely outfits! x
My my my, on Tuesday you had the most perfect pin-curl I’ve ever seen! I love the full skirt/white blouse look on Friday. 🙂
I follow you on Instagram, and it was nice to see a prominent blogger such as yourself posting daily outfits. They were lovely too! 🙂 I myself work 9-5 in an office environment, and usually try for a pretty frock on most days. Weather always determines what I wear (Alberta is hot/sunny in summer and dreadfully cold/dry in winter), so incorporating new or repro into my wardrobe helps. Thanks for sharing & happy blogging! xx Erin
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I loved this post! I’d certainly be a happy camper if you did this once a season (or more!)
I love love love your Friday and Saturday outfits! And your Sunday dress is absolutely gorgeous!
You should do more posts like this one, I love your style 🙂
Danielle xo
Thursdays outfit has inspired a winter version for me today 🙂 thanks for sharing, you’ve made me all nostalgic for a British summer.
Wow, lovely outfits. I can’t believe those black sandals were from Tesco…AMAZING! I love your style and the mix of prints : D
Hm, I do not know what you are talking about, I don’t see any boring outfits here. And oh, the Carvela shoes!!!
Even your everyday outfits look very lovely and glamorous 🙂
Lovely post! My favourite is Saturday’s red dress – it goes so well with your blonde hair as well. I would obviously team it up with some vintage jewellery, maybe a Sarah Coventry bracelet or some Coro earrings! x