OOTD: A post about a hound's tooth coat

Disclaimer: This post happened on a very bad hair day. Please don't judge me.

Naturally the best plan hide and cover a bad hair day is to wear a lovely hat. 

                             

This hat is a beret shape with a gorgeous pattern, it is from Cath Kidston's last season and I got it in the sale a few weeks ago. I think it's rare to find a hat like this that also has a good lining, so that combined with the really cute pattern and I was completely helpless to resist its charms. Especially at £10.

This post however is where I want to showcase this coat:

                   

             

It's a camel and blue/grey hounds tooth weave in what I think is wool (or maybe a synthetic wool mix). And it came from eBay for £4.99!! What a bargain!

But what is really cool about this coat is that it is beautifully home made. There are no labels and you can see around the seams where it has been HAND SEWN together. I mean, hand sewn, that must have taken ages! I do have the feeling that some of the stitches will need re-enforcing with regular wear but that shouldn't be too difficult, I just need to get a stronger set of needles.

I think the colours have a lovely 60s 70s vibe so (although I have no idea when this is from due to the lack of labels but I think somewhere between 60s and 80s but that's as good as my estimation gets) to go with this I did a light 60s inspired make up with eyeliner and pale pink lipstick. This one was from collection 2000 and is part of the Deluxe range and the colour is called Talullah. Its a pretty nice colour, but it does need blotting very heavily.

Underneath I wore a 1960s inspired large lace floral dress from Monsoon, I adore this dress, and I featured it before in this post here.

Finally you may have spotted that these pictures were taken in a park. What was I doing in the park? Going for a swing. You have no idea how hard it is to get a non-terrible swing picture, especially with a shoddy camera phone, as its getting dark.

Coat: Home made vintage via eBay

Scarf and gloves: Accessorize

Hat: Cath Kidston

Bag: Vintage thrifted

Boots: Clarks via eBay

Dress: Monsoon

Lond sleeved t shirt Primark

Anywho, that's it for now, I'll make sure it doesn't take quite such a long time for an update next time!

                                                      

Getting ready for Christmas in a vintage green dress and red cardigan

Well I have finally finished work for the holidays and I am now feeling pretty festive. I thought I could let these feelings show with a festive themed outfit.

This green dress was an impulse purchase from a vintage stall at Pickering this year, it looks hand made from a vintage pattern but I have to say it fits like a dream, and the print us gorgeous! It is often quite hard to find a versatile green dress, but the colours of the flowers on this one, and the black colour that runs through the background means that it is very versatile.

Being christmassy, I decided to do a colour clash and wore a red cardigan that came from M&S via a charity shop.

Close up of the print:

I was also pretty pleased with how my hair turned out today. I usually use bendy rollers to set my hair but have found that this can be a bit extreme for this shorter length of hair. I've never really known what to do with pin curls though so I was starting to feel at a bit of a loss.

However Masters of Sex to the rescue yet again, in the latest episode there was a scene where the character Virginia has pin curls in her hair to set it over night. I made an attempt to memorise the set and had a go that very night! I don't have enough pin curl clips to do it properly, but I think I am convinced enough to buy a few more.

Lastly this coat was my find of the year in a charity shop! It is vintage, and probably from the 1930s or 1940s and an absolute steal for £25! It has a crepe lining and is really heavy and warm thank goodness. Even better than that - IT FITS!

Check out the detail on the collar? Its beautiful in real life.

Dress: Vintage stall at Pickering

Cardigan: M&S via charity shop

Coat: Vintage via charity shop

Gloves: Accessorise

Glasses: Lensway

My husband and I couldn't really buy and christmas decorations this year, so I learned how to make origami christmas trees :) I thought I'd share my best ones.

Lastly, I picked up a package from home today. How cute is the tag on this? How well they know me...

Are you all ready for Christmas?