Friday, May 22, 2009

Styling a vintage dress

Today I found this really cute vintage chiffon dress at Fretex. Most certainly, it is really a slip, but I love the colour so much that I think it deserves a life beyond the bedroom.
Here's how I intend to pull it off.
Old-fashioned Romance
To hide its see-through look I put a white tank and a high-waisted tulle underskirt underneath the dress. To define my waist, I added a linen belt set with shells (that originally belonged to a top). Then, to finish the look, I thought a pastel purse like this from Mulberry would go nicely with the sheer colours to complete the nostalgic romantic look.


Rock & Romance
With a cropped biker jacket and studded heels, the dress instantly got a more edgy look.
Take me out now!
Casual Cool
Jeans go with everything and completes the casual look. Wearing this faded short-sleeved jacked, paired with sunglasses and ballerinas, I'd be ready to hit the stores or meet the girls for lunch.
Just bring on the sunny weather, please!

7 comments:

Linn Emilie said...

ah gosh, LOVE IIIIIT!

blue bird said...

sleeping beauty gone bad!!

Tessi said...

Dødsfin kjole! Lucky u!

The Fashion Economist said...

Tusen takk dere:)
Om man bare leter litt, finnes det flere slike kjoler i ulike bruktbutikker. De er heller ikke spesielt dyre...

Guruizzm said...

nydelig kjole! elsker pastell fargene!

Anonymous said...

Hei, nydelige kjoler. Hvilke brukt butikker går du i? :)

The Fashion Economist said...

Gurizzm: Enig! Pastellfargene gir et ungt, uskyldig og sommerlig preg som er enkelt å style videre fra:)

Anon.:Loppemarkeder er favoritten. Der er det flest skatter å hente, og det er billig. Ellers liker jeg å søke fram vintagebutikker når jeg er te og reiser. Tenk bare hva gamle franske damer skjuler i skapene sine!
Her i Oslo liker jeg Velouria Vintage i Markveien, Uff og Trabant.