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This so adorable it must have taken so long! Well worth it, it looks amazing! I love the skirt and top they are ultimate glamour! :D
that is simply gorgeous.....your headpiece is to die for...il ove the orange gloves.....trey chic
love the hairpiece and the shades of purple, which is my favorite color. definitely got my chic vote!
gorgeous!! i also voted for you in the gold coast competition, good luck! :)
You did such an amazing job at putting this together! Quite the talented lady indeed!
thank you lovelies!! really appreciate the comments + the time to vote!! much much love to you all!! http://www.50bestdressed.com.au
I love your headpeice (and the whole outfits) you get major brownie points for making it from scratch!
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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!)
check out my blog Flair to Remember!
