Top 5: Pin Up Girl Blogs

I've been planning this post for a good few months now but for some reason have been putting it off. One reason could be the fact that there are SO many vintage bloggers out there who I could mention and trying to choose which ones to feature on here could be an impossible task. Nevertheless, I've gotten around to it and I've picked my 5 favourites, in no particular order of ranking, all are fab for their own brilliant qualities.

I wanted to do this post because I want to share with you all my personal inspirations and people whose posts I just love reading. Now, you probably know these ladies and if you do, I guess it's just a reminder to go and read their blogs.

1) Alice - Alice In Retrospect
Alice has nailed the hair down to absolute perfection and I've been in utter awe of her for the best part of the last year now. She also has some really helpful YouTube videos up on her channel showing you how to do hairstyles such as the Page Boy. I learnt how to set and brush out my hair thanks to her videos!

2) Amber - Atomic Amber
Amber, along with Alice as well, is part of the beautiful group of British Belles. I always have hair envy with Amber too (there's something about the Belles nailing the hair so darn right!) and she is pulling off pin up pregnancy stunningly.

3) Nicole - Coco Von Vintage
Nicole is one of the loveliest pin ups I've met so far and she pulls it off flawlessly. I'm always so jealous of her wardrobe and in particular this post of hers wearing the Hell Bunny - Karen dress which I'm in love with but cannot seem to find anywhere. I also love her post on wetsetting which I found really helpful!

4) Blaire - Old is NOW
Blaire is another beautiful and lovely pin up I've met. She blogs about anything vintage related from Burlesque (here she is with Nicole from Coco Von Vintage at Sexhibition which I couldn't go to sadly, the babes!) to food and baking/recipes so her posts can be very versatile which I love.

5) Amanda & Katie / Modern June Cleaver & Amelia Jetson - JunebugsAndGeorgiaPeaches
I think most people in this community know of these two but they consistently astound me with how beautiful they are. Their photography is astounding as well as how they manage to balance both blogging and work. Again, these two can both pull off a verity of different looks and always look incredible. They're definitely a big inspiration for me both blogging and fashion wise and I'd recommend following these two especially if you're just getting into mid-century style or blogging.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to you all, I hope you all had a fantastic 2014 and Christmas and I hope 2015 is brilliant for you all!

I've refrained from posting over the past couple of weeks just because I wanted to photograph my new outfits with the DSLR camera but I had to wait until I got a new camera charger (boring); anyway, I did! So here we are....

Okay, so not particularly the greatest of photos; I did rush my mum into taking them for me. I really struggled with my hair today, it just didn't want to curl and my fringe is becoming a nightmare. 

I was in Bedford town centre about a week ago and I couldn't believe I found a Vintage Reproduction store! In Bedford of all places. They stocked the likes of Voodoo Vixen and Banned, so I picked up this Anchor cardigan as I love the nautical theme. The cardigan is by Banned, a brand I haven't tried before, but the cardigan is so soft and lovely. I don't bother wearing a top underneath it (I have small boobs so I guess this allows me this much) as I feel the cardigan covers me well enough. The only downside I have with it, is that the sleeves are slightly too long. I like to try to avoid pulling up my sleeves as I don't want to stretch the cuffs. Apart from that, the colour and the design is absolutely gorgeous. 

I'm also now wearing these specs - no I'm not a glasses wearer, I'm a fully fledged fake. I bought these on ebay and I love them so much as I feel they add an even bigger vintage feel to my look. Ebay is such a great place to find cute little accessories like this. 

Now the belt is from Primark, this is a size small but I consider myself plus sized, being somewhere between a 12, 14 and 16. Waist belts are supposed to be small and stretchy but despite being a "small", it still has so much room to it. Shops sizing methods are weird. 

The skirt is by a budget favourite Lindy Bop - who are great for vintage style clothing at a cheap price! I bought this skirt in the sale for £20 and I probably would have paid more. The quality is brilliant (the last dress I bought from LB unfortunately fell apart) so I'm glad I gave them a second chance. I love the long length and the floral pattern, you just cannot go wrong with the price!

Best Christmas ever! I was gifted the Tilly dress and the matching Eleanor cardigan for christmas after lusting after them for so long. Safe to say I was and am a happy girl! 

The first thing I loved about this outfit was the colour. The greens and pinks mix together so well, and the floral patterns are so vintage and girly. The cardigan is a great fit, and the sleeves aren't too long (yay), the size is large and fits well when buttoned together. I would say size up if you have a larger bust. The dress is also in a large, a perfect fit for me. With it being sleeveless, with some dresses like this the dress can cut into your arms/pits, but there is plenty of room and is very comfortable. I'm very fussy about dresses having well fitted buttons and zips. I've owned so many clothes where the zips just break and the buttons fall off after a few goes. Thankfully, the dress and cardigan are of very high quality and you can feel they are very well made. For the price, you absolutely cannot go wrong and this why Voodoo Vixen will remain one of my firm favourite brands. 

I'm also wearing a petticoat underneath both dresses which is by Lindy Bop. 

Retro winter fashion selection.

Looking for some retro and pin up clothes for the winter? Here are my top choices. 

There are some incredible vintage reproduction brands out there and they are doing excellent bits for the winter season. My particular favourites are from Collectif Clothing, who are consistently brilliant. 

I've been really surprised with Miss Selfridge's winter collection this year too. They've had some excellent retro and pin up style coats and knitwear, a surprise for me to find on the high street. 

1. Pippa cardigan by Voodoo Vixen

2. Phyliss velvet pencil dress by Collectif Clothing

3. Camel faux fur collar cardigan by Miss Selfridge

4. Pearl coat by Collectif Clothing

5. Florence Noelle check skirt by Collectif Clothing

6. Retro seamed stockings by What Katie Did

October wishlist: Voodoo Vixen!

If I had the money, I would a 1000% buy the entire contents of this website, in my size, and wear nothing else ever again (okay and Collectif Clothing too).

My mind has been pre-occupied with staring at the clothes on the Collectif website really, that I'd forgotten about other vintage reproduction sites.

The first items that made me internally scream "I must have this now, right now" are the Isabella and Marietta cardigans.

They're so pretty and would make an amazing addition to a lovely flowing skirt. 

Keeping on the theme of red and black, this Connie dress is so beautiful and I don't have anything like this at all in my wardrobe. I am so in love with the kitsch glasses design, and I love a dress that covers the shoulders as I'm not a fan of mine at all. Essentially, I'm all about dresses that you can nip in at the waist with a lovely little black belt.

Finally, the final item on this wishlist is the prettiest and summery (alright I know it's October but it still feels like summer outside) Finley dress. The colours are incredible, yellow and purple work so well together. I feel like I don't own enough clothes with colour - this is starting to change - as I mostly feel more comfortable with navy, black, light blues and so on...this dress would be perfect for bringing me out of my comfort zone.

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A lovely walk around Greenwich Park

I went for a lovely walk around Greenwich Park on Sunday as I had a day off and we decided to take my brother's dog for a walk...this babe:

She's a Miniature Schnauzer and just about the best thing in the world to me. 

In the top left photo is my crop top and skirt set that I bought in the Tara Starlet sale. It's absolutely gorgeous and I was planning on just saving it until I went on holiday. However, on Sunday the weather was just so nice, it seemed like the perfect outfit to walk around in London's best park (not biased, it's beautiful).  I'm wearing my beautiful pink patent shoes I got in the ASOS sale, the outfit is just cute as pie. I didn't have time to do my hair so I just stuck it up in a simple ponytail for good measure. The belt is just a simple Primark one, only costing £3 but really added to the outfit and helped nip in my waist, just a tad. 

I later added a white cardigan, which I may or may not have stolen from my mum on a temporary basis. I really feel like my vintage and pin up style outfits are really coming together and I love seeing the transformation I've been making over the past few weeks. Writing these blogs have certainly helped with that as well, so my self esteem is on the up! yay.

Ooooh and now my baby; the bottom right hand corner is a photo of my new coat from Miss Selfridge. I have a beautiful mum who surprised me with this coat by ordering it for me!! It arrived today and was waiting for me as I arrived in the door from work. Obviously, I look a little worse for wear, but the coat is magnificent. The faux fur lining is to absolutely die for and the belt at the waist accentuates your figure, and so to me, is the perfect winter coat.

The question is now; do I order the pink one and be greedy and have both colours? I just love both colours so much but I'm not sure if this would make me irresponsible or not, ha. 

Finally, I must apologise for the poor quality phone pictures. I will start taking pictures of my outfits on a high quality DSLR soon :)

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love

Outfits.

The Friday just gone, I went to see The Front Bottoms in London with my boyfriend. I wore this beautiful and super sweet dress from Collectif Clothing. I felt like a real little princess, and I got a nice comment from some girls on the train on the way there! It's the first item that I've ever bought from Collectif Clothing and I only have good words to say about them. The dress itself feels so well made and put together as well as just being beautiful to look at. 

I also had a delivery from Glamour Bunny Clothing - the Jenny Red Pin Up dress. I was so excited for this one because I bloody love a good tight dress, I love my curves! Also, I have the most ABSOLUTE gorgeous shoes to match, as you can see in the photo. It's like they were made for each other. I'm going to have this dress taken up a bit as I feel it's far too long for my body. However, apart from that it's perfect; it perfectly clings to my body and sucks in my lumps and bumps so I feel so sexy! 

I'm now tucking these two dresses away in my wardrobe for my Mexican jaunt next month. 

Now for a sort of different look!

I bought myself a little cute nylon headscarf from eBay; it's so sweet and it's such a perfect accessorie. Please excuse how tired I look...I've been up at 3am all this week for work.

Now...the lipstick. I've been intrigued by black lipstick for a while now, so I bought one for the bargain price of £1 from MUA - a brilliant low budget make up company. 

I've been slated for this lipstick but I love it!! 

I think I'm calling this look "goth princess" hehehe

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Lindy Bop - 'Deanna'

I think I might actually be stuck in this dress forever!

They're definitely not the greatest photos in the world of this dress but I am not really feeling up to taking decent photos as I haven't really been well today. 

This dress does everything I hoped it would for me; it totally accentuates my curves and makes me feel sexy. It took a little time getting into the dress, this is my first wiggle dress so I should have expected it really! 

It's so glamorous and tight, all I really need to add is a pair Louboutins (I can only dream) and I will feel like the sexiest girl alive! No really, I think the dress looks much better on in person, I don't really think these photos do it much justice. 

The best part of it all though? With delivery, it cost me a total of £25. What a bargain! I absolutely love Lindy Bop, such gorgeous dresses for such good prices and the quality is fantastic. This is my first dress from Lindy Bop and it certainly will not be my last..I'm now eyeing up their gorgeous 'Ophelia' dress range. 

I've had my eye on this particular one for a while now:

http://www.lindybop.co.uk/

*This post is not sponsored or written in partnership with any brands. All words are my own and products I genuinely love