I know I posted this dress just a few days ago but here I am rocking it again, holiday style. Not being completely happy with how I was styled in the last post of this dress, I'm showing you all again how I'm dressing it to go on a night out in Turkey. 

Make up wise, I've gone for quite a bit of a more autumnal vibe (I guess I'm still stuck in UK weather mode) by opting for MAC - Diva instead of my cult product Russian Red. I actually really love Diva as it creates such a sultry look with it's very berry, dark red like colour. It's not one I opt for often but I certainly will do so more over the next few months. 

I'm standing on the balcony that only got us in trouble a few nights ago; we both had a few drinks and after the bar closed we took to our rooms to sit on this small balcony pictured here to have a heated discussion, a common occurrence with me when I'm drunk. Next thing we know, we hear: "bang! bang! bang!" on our door and baring in mind it's only just midnight, we were wondering what the hell is up? Needless to say, our 'talk' was apparently too loud for the hotel management and they very politely (sarcasm) told us we needed to be quiet and to not talk about such "inappropriate" topics. What topic it was? I don't remember that bit but I do remember being shouted at and laughing a lot. Well we are on holiday aren't we? I'm not about being treated like a naughty child when I consider myself a well-behaved (mostly) adult.

All the drama aside, we headed out on this evening to a drag queen show up on the strip. The comedy was fantastic but we weren't such a fan of the cheesy music, the oldies loved it though so that's all that matters! Turkey is a little bit strange; my experience of it has not particularly been great as we've been harassed and sexualised by the men to such an extreme degree it honestly made us so uncomfortable.

This dress fulfils all kinds of sexiness for myself though and paired with these towering, gorgeous heels from Dorothy Perkins I could feel my confidence radiating out from me. I was not about to let glaring, pervy eyes, stop me from wanting to look myself.

I wish I could say I made an effort with my hair but when the weather is this hot, who can? For a couple of days I honestly tried straightening it but my hair being the mess that it is, frizzed back up again. Now I'm back in London, it's time to get my curl back on!

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OOTD: Lydia Bengaline dress

First things first: I could definitely have downsized in this dress. With tight fitting clothes, I usually go for a size 16 because I'm a little scared of tightness. I really need to stop upsizing so much and embrace tightness because this dress would have looked so much better on me otherwise. Well, it's a bloody good job my mum ordered one too in a 14 isn't it?!

I'm also wearing my What Katie Did - Morticia corset underneath, along with a girdle and stockings. I must admit I felt so sexy this evening. If I look uncomfortable it's because I'm a little peeved off that I had to try and take outfit photos in my tiny little room and was a little frustrated with having no room. Ah life. Why didn't my mum consider I'd need to take blog photos before moving me into this room?! how inconsiderate! (that was a poor joke).

Things I love about this dress is the vivid red; it's such a Joan from Mad Men level sexy dress. It's made of stretchy bengaline material which makes it incredibly flattering which is also enhanced with the gorgeous sweetheart neckline. However, the downside to the dress is that it was clearly designed with a bigger bust in mind as the top was so bloody roomy. I couldn't wear a bra because the dress kept exposing it so I went braless and *just* about got away with it.

So I wore this out for drinks with my BFF and I have to admit I was being checked out and I loved it. It gave me a bit of confidence that I haven't really had before. Like I felt like walking into the bar and snapping my fingers - I didnt don't worry, I'm not that much of a dick.  However I did try a bit of a Joan pose when I got a margarita in my hands. It wasn't great!

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Oh Gwyneth....

I'm the absolute tool who has been spreading these images around my social media before I even bothered to write the post. The problem is, when I try a dress on and I *feel fantastic* I go to take blog photos, then I love the photos so much I just have to Instagram, Facebook and Tumblr them all before I've even had the chance of writing a blog post. I can imagine I am very annoying to anyone who follows me on any of those formats; particularly Instagram to which I am a self-confessed addict.

So I first wore this to the Pinup Picnic In The Park event back in June but I have not worn it since. It was a second-hand buy from a lady on Facebook and I feel I really lucked out with this one. Now, I'm an owner of other Voodoo Vixen dresses, but I was glad to get this one second-hand as I didn't know how their wiggle dresses would fit me. I mean, I was rather happy when I came across this on Facebook because I couldn't afford it at full price, not knowing what the fit would be like (and yeah, VV dresses are really reasonable) so I thought I'd rather take this opportunity to try the dress at a slightly cheaper price but pre-owned. 

Thankfully, and to my utter delight, the dress arrived in pretty much perfect condition. To me, it looked brand new. Fit wise, it isn't perfect on me but these days, I tend to size up on wiggle dresses; I'm a little self concious of my belly and my weight is constantly fluctuating so I'm scared of wearing my ACTUAL SIZE. Silly, I know. However, I needn't have worried here as it's clear that this dress isn't skin tight and didn't leave me feeling vulnerable. In fact, I would have quite happily have sized down and not feel like all my lumpy bits - which I am constantly trying to love - were on show. I believe the dress is still wearable despite the considerable amount of room on my shoulders (at some points during the picnic, the shoulders kept falling down but I found it rather amusing). 

So the dress does come with it's own belt but personally, I found it wasn't sturdy enough for me so that I could cinch in my waist. In these photos, I'm wearing my What Katie Did - Morticia corset so obviously my waist looks tinier than normal and with ALL this extra room, I turned to my trusty white waist belt from eBay to tie the look together. This isn't a thing with just this particular dress because any dress that I buy that comes with a belt, I usually replace it with another..I'm a bit fussy like that you see. 

I need to talk about how gorgeous the print is though; the nautical theme suits me through and through as you may or may not have seen my anchor tattoo on my forearm. I'm a bit fan of this theme so it's fabulous when I get to incorporate it into my wardrobe. I feel the navy and white colours of this dress make it a really simple yet classy outfit to wear as it doesn't really make a statement as such but can easily be dressed up as it can be dressed down. Also, can we PLEASE notice the POCKETS?! Yes, a dress that has pockets is the Holy Grail.

Made of 97% cotton with 3% elastane, there is a touch of stretch so it is very forgiving on the body, as I mentioned before. The one part of it I do really love is how thick the dress feels; it really doesn't feel flimsy or cheap. Yet I was let down in the buttons department; within a few hours of my second wear, the buttons down the front started withering away and falling off. This isn't the first time this has happened to me with a dress. It happened on my other Voodoo Vixen 'Tilly' dress, a Lindy Bop dress and now this. I'm starting to become wary of buying dresses with sown on buttons because they just fall off so quickly. I mean, it's alright when you have the spare button which comes with most dresses...but when more than one falls off and it's in public and you can't retrieve it, you start looking silly. For me, this aspect ruined (a teeny tiny bit, I will find other buttons to sow on, I refuse to let this get me down) the dress slightly, but not much. 

I'm so impressed with the way this dress makes my body look (even without the corset on underneath) as it gives it a silhouette and perfectly outlines my figure. Moreover, the dress is just rather pleasing to the eye and I'm totally in love with the cut of it. The kick pleat at the back does help, along with the slight stretch in the dress, to walk around and sit down in (like when you're sitting around at picnics!)

Now I know their pencil dresses fit me well enough, I have my eye on the 'Allison' dress, you can see here. This one is going straight to my wishlist and I will be purchasing brand new, because who doesn't love a new parcel in the post anyway?! 

Shoes by B.A.I.T Footwear. 

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