Eliza J Printed Sash Tie Dress
A perennial favourite of mine, Eliza J is great for sophisticated evening dresses, but this one is a little more on the day time wedding guest outfit side of the posh frock spectrum. It’s a modern 50s...
View ArticleMarilyn Sash Wiggle Dress
Sometimes I wish I was a different person. Mostly those times are times when I fall in love with dresses that will look truly hideous on me. Yellow really isn’t my colour and off the peg High Street...
View ArticleFaux Fur Hem Shift Dress
It’s November, so we’re officially allowed to start occasionally pondering the concept of Christmas, and Christmas parties, and things that would be perfect to wear at Christmas. And that means that...
View ArticleCheck Drop Hem Dress
Checks are always cute for winter, and for 60s and 70s chicks this would look cute with opaque tights and knee high boots. I seriously wish dresses like this did anything for me, they don’t but if...
View ArticleSALE: H&M Brocade Dress
A beautiful brocade dress with a smooth panelled, rather than seamed, waist which gives it a very 60s feel. So needs a beehive and some diamonds to finish it off! Even better, it’s half price AND most...
View ArticleChantay Rose Kimono Dress
I love the kimono sleeves and the fresh rose print on this Phase Eight dress, it’s a very early 60s feel and I think would be perfect for adding a bit of vintage Mad Men style with a beehive, seamed...
View Article60s Inspired Yellow Cornel Dress
This just looks like a perfect Spring dress to me. It’s a beautiful fresh yellow, and the style is a very understated 60s inspired look that works perfectly for every day. I’d stick with a bit of...
View ArticleLemon Print Dress
George at Asda seems to be particularly good at Novelty prints lately, and this lemon print dress is just perfect for Summer! It’s got that 50s/60s wiggle dress sort of style that means you can glam it...
View ArticleCheck 60s Inspired Mini Dress
Todays dress is one for 60s chicks. It’s a style that doesn’t hugely suit me, but I’ve always wished it did! It reminds me a little of the Summer dresses they used to wear in Home and Away and...
View ArticleBardot Floral Mini Dress
There’s a definite 60s vibe around in this Summers High Street offerings, which would be great if that decade suited me at all in anyway, but lets ignore that. Lets also ignore that when I found this...
View ArticleStretch Sateen 60s Inspired Dress
During “wedding season” the main stream shops are delightfully full of elegant evening dresses that aren’t black, because everyone knows you can’t wear black to weddings. Except mine, because I had my...
View ArticleSleeveless Cut Out Shoulder Two Tone Dress
There’s some serious flounce in this dress! With it’s multi layered chiffon skirt it makes me think a bit of that weird outfit Carrie wears in the Sex and the City credits, but in a much more glamorous...
View ArticleGiselle Blouson Knit Dress
There’s a point when you know a dress will look utterly hideous on you, but you still think it’s gorgeous, and this is one of those dresses. It’s in 2 parts with a stretch shift that has a lacy top...
View ArticleWaffle Weave Belted Dress
This is like a dream Autumn dress. It’s got a bit of a 60s feel with it’s clean lines and A line skirt, but it’s belted, so those of us that need a waist in their clothes are covered. It also screams...
View ArticlePrena Stripe Shift Dress
I just LOVE this dress. I am betting it wouldn’t fit me due to my inability to wear High Street fitted dresses, but if you can you should totally get it immediately and make me jealous! The contrasting...
View ArticleTartan Shift Dress
Winter is coming and it’s tartan time! This classic shift from New Look is perfect and versatile, you could wear it to work or out for dinner. It’s got a bit of Mad Men style wiggle if you wear it...
View Article60s Style Pink Check Mini Shift
This is some super classy 60s chic for Autumn. Woven in Italy from Shetland Wool this checked shift will be warm and chic and look gorgeous with a polo neck underneath, a messy beehive and smoky eyes....
View Article60s Inspired Lace Chiffon Dress
Oh I wish I was tall and long legged. I suspect this dress would make me look like a lampshade, but in my head it’s an amazingly glamorous 60s inspired party dress. I’d wear it with bare legs or flesh...
View Article60s Style High Neck Babydoll Dress
I love that there are so many 60s looks around this Autumn/Winter. It makes such a change from the prom dresses that are always around and if it’s a look that suits you it’s really fun to play with!...
View ArticleHobbs Red Megan Dress
Hobbs touts this as perfect for your workwear wardrobe, but I work from home, so for me this looks like the sort of thing I’d chose for those days when I have a smart lunch, or even a less dressy...
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