Vintage style shoes on the High Street...

Right, to get down to business, this summer I have been mostly obsessed with footwear. In particular getting good 1950's style shoes to wear with my dresses. Previous summers have seen me wear 1950's style bobby socks with my shoes, be them flat brogues or t bar shoes. This way of wearing my winter shoes through out the year has served me pretty well, but inevitably I'm tiring of this and want to get some proper sandal style shoes, or perhaps in particular peep toe shoes preferably with wedges which were popular in the 40's and 50's.

If money were no object I would look away from the high street and to this lovely site: Remix Shoes.

This site is literally dripping with gorgeous shoes, all vintage reproductions, here's a few pics of my faves...

Well it's unlikely I'll ever get my hands on any of these so I look to more modest means of getting a vintage look..... Clarks! ha

Perhaps I'm going nuts but I could really go for some of these...

Slightly grannyish but quite authentic: see here

Bit more 1960's but I still like: see here

More 1940's formal (perhaps would be better without strap but I need straps or else shoes like this tend to fall off!) see here
And these are quite nice and chunky and come in a variety of colours: see here

So there's my selection from Clarks. I've found myself in lots of less 'trendy' stores in my hunt for this kind of shoe, M&S and places like BHS also had some cheaper but less appealing (to me) options.

However I'm sad to say that my shoe splurge actually happened at the rather trendy Office a while ago after having a summer shoe panic. I purchased these two pairs which are both going strong so far...

Link here

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They're not massively authentic but they do have nice little vintage details. They were very expensive but I got a discount as I bought the 2 pairs together.

I think I may go to Clarks and have a look at some of the above in the flesh, and if the summer weather continues perhaps buy yet more shoes...!

Resuscitation...

Finishing up my degree has meant this blog has become very quiet!

I aim to amp things up again with lots more posts very soon!

I've haven't given up my constant perusal of fashion sites and therefore do have lots of ideas for posts just need to get back into the swing of things again....

Loose Teeth Vintage Inspired Sundress with Petticoat GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Loose Teeth Vintage Inspired Sundress with Petticoat GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

I came across this competition to win this lovely dress!

Click on the link to find out more!

SO...

I am sick of drawing. I have just over a week till my degree is basically over eek which is terrifying but at the moment all I am about is drawing and it is killing me.

SO as a brief respite I thought i'd post some things/people/items I've been 'digging' (mostly found through the internet as I have no life obviously....)

1. Rihanna suddenly dressing way amazing:


Seriously loving the sleeves....

2. Gaga's lips
I really want to get a nude lipstick and try to recreate this (yes I am that stupid)3. These shoes which I now own, they're like Bettie Boop or Minnie Mouse shoes - Amazing!
That's all for now as I have to get back to the drawing board!

Recreating Luella....

I've noticed that if there's one designer the high street have really latched onto it's Luella. Perhaps it's because it's easy for the high street to create a recognisable homage, all they need is pastel colours and netted bows. This is no bad thing as most of us will never be able to afford our own Luella dress. Here's a quick Polyvore set I made of some key pieces for a Luella style look....

luella style edit by Gwendoline Curl on Polyvore.com

French Connection seem to lead the way, they also have some rick-rack detailed dresses which echo Luella's last season (the ones Alexa Chung was always seen wearing). The navy dress with the tiered skirt and one shoulder seems to be a direct lift of a dress I've seen Zooey Deschanel in (I hear she's engaged to Ben Gibbard from deathcab lol).

I also had a go at designing my own Luella tribute frocks on Styleshake...Attach a bow to your hair and maybe a Chanel-esque short jacket and you're off....well kinda.

I also looked into a more vintage inspired take on the trend for sacharine colours...

This lovely Vivien of Holloway Pink Gingham halter (£59) fits the bill nicely (I really want a VofH dress)

Or this cute Bettie Page Clothing 'Peggy' Dress (£60) (UK stockist here, fab shop!)

So there you have it, I expect to see Luella clones stalking the streets in a matter of minutes...ha ha.