On Tuesday, I celebrated Melbourne Cup at my local turf club. And I backed Shocking for the winner – yahoo!!
I went for a lilac/purple + tangerine/orange theme with Luella’s Spring 09 collection as my main inspiration. I’m very happy with how it came together + really loved playing with bright colours on the one day in the racing season when you can really go all out with fun/colourful/vibrant outfits.
There were nearly 400 entrants overall for Fashions on the Field with so many gorgeous looks. I was lucky enough to make it through to the final 16!
• I found the lilac Seduce silk beaded dress at Dot Wears a Dress, reduced from $280 to $40, so I knew it was meant to be + it was the building block for the rest of my outfit! It had spaghetti straps, which I didn’t like so using the extra material from the hem, I sewed a halter strap + beaded it to continue on with the lovely beading from the bodice.
• I located a 50s skirt pattern at Spotlight + this gorgeous purple floral fabric from a local craft store and my Nan’s friend Joyce made it + the interfaced bow belt up for me (I wore a petticoat underneath that I had made for my Magic Millions outfit in January).
• I found the Miss Shop suede purple pumps @ Myer for $79 reduced to $56 so I used my Myer gift card I won from Caulfield Guineas finals + they cost me a total of $6!
• For the bag, I hand-sewed extra fabric from the skirt onto this tapestry bag I found at The Village Markets (using my $200 voucher!) + secured it with an orange rose + a couple of vintage brooches.
• I found the orange vintage gloves on Etsy + I made my Flair Vintage headpiece from scratch!
So overall it was not a very costly exercise, more of a creative endeavour – of which I am very stoked with the final ‘product’!!
(To tell you the truth, undertaking this fun project has made me crave that such work in creating/styling was my full time job!)
that head peice is beautiful!