Merry Christmas North and South

Celebrating the Roaring Twenties in a Special Series

If I was celebrating Christmas in the northern hemisphere in the 1920s, I think this is just the coat I would wear to ward off the cold. Isn’t it luxurious, with its fur trim and matching pompommed hat? I was very excited when I realised that my vintage 1970s Stephen Dattner coat was cut along very similar lines – it is just not so full, nor is the rabbit fur trim so extravagant. My fur-trimmed velvet cap is vintage too, even if it doesn’t match.

But here I am in the southern hemisphere in the twenty-teens, and instead I am wearing a vintage 1950s top and a 1980s gold foil rah-rah skirt with my new ikat print heels (scroll down below to see those). The top is not quite ikat printed, but its washy floral has a similar feel, and I was pleased to see that the colours of the shoes and top clash slightly – it’s so much more modern not to match isn’t it? It has a mini-peplum effect which is very now too, although it’s tight enough I might just have to cut back on that third piece of dessert.  

Merry Christmas dear readers, and may your day be beautiful, joyful and bright, wherever you are.