What I Actually Wore #0051

Serial #: 0051
Date: 20/11/2010
Weather: forecast 20°, a mild day turns quite cool by evening
Time Allowed: 5 minutes

I race home from work and rush to ready myself for Lulue’s birthday dinner. French girl has picked a French restaurant (par naturellement). I picked out a vintage 70s pink and white polka-dot dress, and after that the accessories were easy. I found the dress in the window of a Vinnies in Brisbane: candy-pink with white polka-dots! Sunray pleated skirt and collar! How could I go past that? I didn’t of course. The saleswoman smiled and said the dress had been put in the window just that morning. She had prophesied to her colleague that it would be snapped up quickly.

I decided to go for a Seventies vibe, with vintage accessories and eyes made-up with cream eye-shadow, 70s style blush and shiny pink lip gloss. My hair was wavy from being in a plait all day, but it would have been perfect if I had planned ahead and given myself a centre part for the day. 

The odd little gold metal earrings are clip-ons, with slinky chains dropping from a flat disk. The clips are murderously painful, and I have to take them off before the end of the night.

I had bought the little handbag fairly recently in another charity shop. It is hard white plastic with snakeskin panels on both sides and a long gold chain strap. I had spotted it in the counter at the shop, but upon enquiry learned that another lady had claimed it and was wandering leisurely about, browsing whilst she decided if she wanted to fork out for the bag. It was expensive for an op-shop ($50 or so), but I had fallen in love with it. My determined lingering must have psyched the other woman out, because she finally decided against the purchase.

I topped the all that pink with a taupe Montana-design linen coat that my sister had made me, and little slingbacks.

Items:

Dress: Knightsbridge, vintage 70s
Coat: Montana, Vogue designer patterns 
Earrings: vintage 70s
Bag: vintage 70s
Shoes: Diana Ferrari