Picture Perfect; Trio of Ladies in Hats!

How cute are these hats? Very!

x Sianne

On your bike, ladies! The wonderful Raleigh Coasting

Today I wanted to show you this cute as a button bike by Raleigh Bicycles is a must have for the summer.. I want one!

Over viewed by Raleigh as; Combining retro good looks and the very elegant 3 speed auto shifting Shimano  A fun bike that is simple, fun to ride and the only thing you have to think about is, ‘where do I go now’? Hooray, they're most certainly not wrong.

This bike is priced between $400 - $700 (ouch) but it does come in a gorgeous aqua colour this year.. I've seen a couple in a soft pink too & would definitely want the latter with a little wicker basket at the front. Perhaps eBay is the answer to procuring one of these babies.

Aqua Coaster from the 2009 Collection

Oh too cute to pass up - Coaster in soft Pink

That's all! Sianne

Friday Fashion Feature

After a few weeks of a self inflicted ban on myself from shopping for items I can wear (insanity!), I am now allowing myself to get back into the swing of things it feels amazing to shop again! I have purchased a few bits and pieces lately and in my search for a new playsuit, I've stumbled across this uber cute website - Blue Velvet Vintage - classic fashions for classy dames.


Blue Velvet Vintage stocks everything you could want or need to deck yourself out from head to toe in beautiful pre-loved vintage. The best thing about the site that stock is kept up to date (i.e. not all 'SOLD'), the measurements are accurate & there is clarity around what is genuine vintage stock and was is a reproduction. They have an alluring collection of lingerie, crinoline slips, nightgowns, kimonos, loungewear, peignoir sets, robes and glamorous Hawaiian and pin up style swimsuits from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. It's love at first site.

Here are a few of my more favoured pieces;
 

50S/60S Paradise Hawai Swimsuit/playsuit
with sarong style skirt
Priced at $134

50's Rose Marie Reid Black Pinup
Style Swimsuit
Priced at $165

50's Plaid Pinup Style One Piece
Halter Swimsuit

Priced at $145

60's Alix of Miami Blue Playsuit
Romper Swimsuit

Priced at $110

60's Hawaiian Swimsuit/ Playsuit/ Romper
Priced at $124

60's Rose Marie Reed Fish Scale Print
Playsuit/Romper
Priced at $110

60's Gabar White and Pink Eyelet Playsuit/
Swimsuit Romper
Priced at $110

You can view the whole gorgeous collection on their site; http://www.bluevelvetvintage.com/lingerie-swimwear/


x Sianne

Going green with glorious envy!

So the days have gotten away with me again and I'm running late on a post, by a week... how symbolic of my life at the moment! It's continuing to be a hectic few months but I'm looking forward to Spring-time shopping already... only 2 more months away.

Last week I gave you a feature of 'blue' and today I bring you glorious green!

No more time to type, please enjoy :)

McCalls!

Something borrowed, something blue

Last week, I gave you a colourful collection of vintage imagery, with the theme being yellow.
In keeping with this trend I'd like to share some more images, this week with the feature colour of blue!

Blue is a colour I might wear on occasion, I have a few gorgeous spring / summer dresses and a lot of my beach wear is based around the resort style very GC look... which just happens to be a great way to experiment with blue and also greens along with my much loved monotones... but that's another post.

For now, I hope you enjoy this little collection.

Next Sunday, I am hoping to feature the gorgeous green numbers floating around on the internet...

'Til next time,

Sianne

Friday Fashion Feature

This week I was flipping through the May/June edition of Frankie Magazine and then looking up the products they feature in the front few pages... I came across Japonica’s ‘Traveller Necklace’ feature and it was love at first sight.

Bit of a background of the brand... Japonica, was named after the Japanese wild flower and symbolizes purity, wilderness, hope and freedom. This stunning little shop sells necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings online as well as at markets in Japan. Although I’m not usually a fan of costume jewellery, Japonica’s quaint, vintage styled pieces really appeal to me and I think I might place an order...

Prices range from $18 upwards so they're rather a bargain!

Alice in Wonderland

Framed rabbit

Bird cage necklace

They have a blog you can view as well with all their updates and new stock releases.

Til' next time,

Sianne

A vote of confidence, short hair is hot

Up until late last year, I had rather long hair, which was frustratingly heavy, so I cut bangs in.

Brunette bang days

Ultra cute bob with bangs

Bangs were an awesome idea - except that they had to be maintained on a weekly basis to keep the length right & straightened & blow-dried daily. Not only was my hair ultra long, but it's very thick, so my head would ache if I left it up too long and I used 2 sets of hot rollers to get all the hair in... just. It got to be a little bit frustrating.

After a few months of deliberating & tossing up the pro's & con's of various hairstyles, I figured why should I make a mild change (i.e. chop off a few inches), when I can start afresh with a whole new look. Alas, a trip to the hairdresser was booked & I left the salon with a bob & bangs. Delightful change!

It looks pretty awesome but I've recently been second guessing my decision to go short with my hair. 

I miss my long locks but enjoy the freedom of not having to think of new ways to put up my hair, in fact my current style requires little to no styling or maintenance. The standard bob has now morphed into more of a concave style to prevent that mid-length awkwardness but my patience is thin & there's nothing to be done to excelerate the growth either.

Is it really as sexy as long hair? I'm not sure... so I found a collection of images that reinforces my confidence that short hair most certainly can be feminine & sexy, please enjoy!

And they were all yellow.

Well! It has been a good while in between posts, must get wifi or cut my working hours! It's been a very hectic few weeks and I'll make a big effort to catch up on my blogging... lots in the memory bank to share.

Among my favourite things to collect is vintage imagery. Not only hard copies like magazines, patterns, photographs, flyers etc, but soft copies as well. Hard copies are fun to hunt down on eBay or in opp shops, but the web has vaults worth of oh-too-cute pictures just waiting to be drooled over. There are currently a few USB's sitting on my desk with a few thousand images from all over the place; Vogue magazine covers, McCall's advertisements and personal snapshots. I've had the urge to share a few fabulous vintage images I've either found in the treasure trove of the Internet or scanned onto my computer from magazines & books - so I will be doing so over the next few weeks.

My theme today is yellow, and the scanned images were found online. I think they're cute as a button, and whilst yellow is a colour that doesn't feature in my wardrobe, I'd surely love to own a fitted golden trench coat (last image).

Enjoy! 

McCall's 1964

McCall's 1964 range

You can find pictures everywhere, one day I want to cover a set of drawers in decopage of my collection... check out these sites for some more visual goodness.

http://www.vintageimagery.com/

http://www.art-e-zine.co.uk/vimages.html

http://photobucket.com/images/vintage/

'Til next time,

Sianne