Festive Footwear

Fed up with trudging through the wet and cold in footwear that is only practical and not pretty? Well I have been scouring. Here are some of my favourites:

These I spotted on the Office website...Red for Christmas and the bow for a feminine touch. Practical wellies but  definitely not dull!

Ok so they have a heel but it is only small AND they are leather! I actually own these...I love them oodles. Sexy almost Victorian feel to them. Team with a skirt or dress...or for those who dare tights and high waisted shorts...bbbrrr but sexy look. These are from Office too...

I love the colour of these ankle boots and the colour! With the brogue detail these chelsea boots are on my want list of Santa! I found these on the Dune site...snap them up and they come in two other colours: black and tan.

Ok ok I know these arent practical but who can resist sparkles at Christmas time? yes I know you need to take care with these heels too but lets just say if you fall over...at least your feet will be pretty! Again another Dune find!

These are fun...the psychobilly appeal is here for me. This is take on the staple 'creeper' shoes. I found these in Debenhams...

I adore these creepers! Pointy toes and purple! Ding dong...I will buy these! I found them at Underground! Fab collection of creepers! 

Christmas - Afternoon Listening

OK hands up, who is done in by all the Buble that is being played EVERYWHERE at this time of year...? I am. I love a good old warbler but I am determined to find some other festive listenings so here they are:

Afternoon Listening

Some new tunes...

Afternoon Listening

A bit late but nevermind.

Here is a sample of what I have been listening to the past few hours..

Wedding Hell

A lovely and good friend of mine is getting married! WHOOPAH! So excited. Sadly her joy has been short lived  as she has found it near impossible to find a dress she likes. Being a plus size 1950s/rockabilly fanatic means she wants a dress to reflect this. With a tight budget she doesnt want to go down the route of a custom made dress if she can get away with it...seems like I am off to the rescue...

Here is what I found:

I have fallen head over heels for the dresses at Elizabeth Avery. Sadly not many items over a size 14. My favourite of her dresses are these two...

A quick glance on Etsy saw a few items. This one from Ellana Couture is pretty but again only up to a size 14.

Another look on the internet threw up a few other style dresses and in a variety of sizes and all over size 14!

This one is available here!

I realise all the dress above are of the tea length style so I have also been researching longer dresses.

Very old school Hollywood. Not entirely sure on the giant bow but it is beautiful... It can be found here

needless to say you have to look further afield to find plus size vintage inspired dresses...but thats not to say they arent there.

Just a Jump To The Left

Owing to a rather busy last few months or so, save for a few moments on the internet I have had no time to shop. So when my lovely boyfriend decided he was fed up with my sulky face...or uninspired wardrobe he took me out for some retail therapy.

Excited I headed out...I did feel at the end of the day that I would have much rather not gone. Whilst it was a fabulous time spent with the boyfriend, the shops were uninspired and I was miles away from the nearest vintage shop. I did however purchase a beautiful 70s inspired jumpsuit. Not at all my usual style but the boyfriend was right: it looked pretty lovely on. He even selected a star belt and before I knew it we were sipping coffees (soy latte for me and a mocha for him) laughing at all the dodgy hair extensions and soggy Ugg boots scooting past us.

Rocking an attempt at a beehive and my beloved Rockalily lipstick I attempt here not to look like a muppet.

Afternoon Listening

I seem to have somewhat failed with this whole 'Afternoon Listening' Session thing so here is another one for you. Lets hope there are more to come.

Afternoon Listening

So sorry this is a wee bit late...

I have been a busy burlesque diva of late. Some pretty ditties for you:

Afternoon Listening

This afternoon listening session for today. Be warned...

Wish I had a better copy of this Janis Joplin cover by the Jessie & The Orbits. Fr better versions of their songs are available on their myspace 

Afternoon Listening

Another musically post from me...today's soundtrack is:

The Peacocks - Gimme More


Reckless Ones - Dead & Gone

Love the video


Tom Stormy Trio feat. Rhythm Sophie - Finders Keepers


Breathless - Bad Bad Boy


Hellsonics -Chasin' Demons


The Meteors - The Devil Went Down To Moose's

Plus Size

Hey dont get a bee in ya bonnet if someone calls you plus size. The world regards anything over a 12 as plus size so thats a lot of ladies in the club there!

Whilst surfing the net I came cross this lovely blog that tries to enhance the coverage plus size vintage vixens and pinup pretties get.

I have to say I am loving her work...

Check it out!

Plus Size Pinup Blog

Music for the moochers

I am a huge fan of rockabilly music but find my tastes have varied overtime and now I am more a collective fan...

Today I have listened to the following (in no particular order or importance)














And yes I am sure you will think there are some dud tracks in there...but in the immortal words of my ma: do one pie face!

Hair Patches

The other week I was heading to a party and couldn't find a hair flower to match my outfit. So after much riffling I decided on a clip I had bought from somewhere. Whilst it wasn't the hair flower i wanted it was the perfect cutie hair piece that the outfit needed.

I cant recall where I purchased this but given how simple it was made thought I would pass it on so you can all have a go yourselves.

Taking a simple hair clip and patch you can create a perfect hair accessory. Glue the patch to the clip and hey presto done. Simple.Not at all teaching you to suck eggs at all (yeah right).

Bettie Page-esque patch hair slide

Glued hair slide and hey presto instant hair accessory. Bad ass!

Enjoy!

Blah Fashion

I dont want some person to tell me what to wear. I want someone to share with me what they like and allow me to make a decision. I am going to be that person. I will mismatch high street and designer, trash and chic and stomp in my heels about the world. So enjoy my blog posts and my twitter. I feel a revolution in fun fashion is needed, I'll start at the front and push though the mundane and tiresome. FOLLOW ME!