Etsy Love: Old Age Clothing

I've featured Etsy jewellery shops plenty of times on here before, but never a clothing store, because there are so many it seemed too daunting! However, the Etsy gods must have decided to give me a break, because I found one that I have since bought two dresses from and I think you'll like it too.

Old Age clothing not only has a great range of clothing but also a great range of sizes. This is great for me, who spent hours looking at really cute dresses in Etsy stores, only to find out that the size "M-L" actually stands for a child's size. I know that lots of bloggers can fit into them and still look adorable, but... um... I don't want to end up on here. I am particularly loving the mod little dresses, here are a few of my favourites...

Vintage Pink Puff Sleeve Strawberry Applique Dolly Dress, Size S-M

This adorable dress reminds me of a 50's waitress uniform. Or something a character on Pushing Daisies would wear to The Pie Hole. I would wear it with white tights and grey Mary Janes to a coffee and cake date.

Vintage Green Peter Pan Collar 60s 70s Waitress Mini Dress, Size L-XL

I could be totally off the mark but this dress seems kind of Jetsons to me. It might be the flared mini skirt, it might be the giant collar, or maybe it's the white zip down the front, but even though it's a vintage dress it still seems quite modern and futuristic to me. I would wear it with black, shiny Melissa wedges and a beehive to a sci-fi movie (or the late night double feature picture show).

Vintage 60s White and Red Plaid Peter Pan Collar Mini Dress, Size M-L

This actually does remind me of Summer Bay uniforms (from Home and Away, obviously)... when I was younger I was pretty heavily influenced by the sartorial choices of the Home and Away girls so it's quite possible that's why I think this dress is so cute. It is probably lucky for my outfit posts that I would choose to emulate their school uniform rather than their usual wardrobe of Billabong shirts and teeny denim cutoffs.

Vintage Cream Lace Trim 60s Dolly Collar Puff Sleeve Mini Dress, Size M

I LOVE this dress. It's the kind of 70s, rolling-around-in-a-haystack, kind of Alexa Chung-ish style that I think is very lovely. Clearly at the moment I am on a bit of a collar kick, as well. I would wear this in the winter with thick black tights, black brogues, and one of those big knobbly comfy cardigans to... anywhere, really. It's a very versatile dress.

Vintage 60s Lace Illusion Pink Bows Formal Cocktail Dress, Size S

Probably the priciest item in the store, but with good reason. Isn't it so very Mad Men? I would wear it with my hair in a messy chignon and nude heels, to a cocktail party. Owner of this dress -1, Betty Draper - 0. I think it would be great to have a vintage dress this colour, since most of the things nowadays in this hue are really tacky fabrics and look cheap. Not this dress though...

Let me know how your Etsy shopping goes! And if you have any Etsy shops to recommend for a future post, please leave it in the comments so I can check it out!

x

p.s In case you're interested, these are the dresses that (I hope!) are on the way to my doorstep right now...

{this post is not sponsored by the Old Age Etsy store. The dresses above were paid for, by me, in full}

What I Wore 10.03.10

I have to confess that I wore pretty much this exact same outfit yesterday and I loved it so much that I wore it again today. If I look really tired in the pictures, it's because I was so nervous about doing an interview for journalism today that I couldn't get to sleep until about 2. And we only had to interview one of our classmates! What a nerd I am.

The skirt is vintage fabric (I think 70s?) so I decided to play around with my photo editing stuff (I AM doing photojournalism this semester, after all) and make them a bit more retro looking. OK, and it covers up the humongous bags under my eyes.

♥ Bodysuit by Living Doll from David Jones

♥ Skirt by My Girl Gwendoline, from Unwrapped markets

♥ Black flats

♥ Cocoa Pod ring, from Unwrapped markets

In case you were wondering, the interview went fine (of course). It was my first time using a voice recorder so I was terrified that I would do a great interview (not the terrifying part) and then that it wouldn't record and I would be left with NOTHING. It went quite better than that, although I did record the interview outside so it sounds like there's a tornado AND bombs exploding AND a monster truck rally happening at the same time.

Also... I AM working on some more interesting locations for my daily outfit photos, since now I'm pretty sure you all know what my front door looks like.

x

To Market, To Market

This is what I picked up at the Unwrapped Markets. It was so much better than the last time, there were a lot more stalls and a lot more people. I was really happy to see so much local talent! And clearly very happy to support it, as my wallet will attest...

Owl ring & necklace by OSIER. The face in the necklace is from an old sewing pattern from 1960.

Massive cocktail ring, though I can't remember who from...

Ampersand brooch by Another Empire, and "I like to skim stones and take long walks in the park" brooch by Kearnsie.

Skirt & bag by My Girl Gwendoline! Renee had these skirts at the last market and I was secretly coveting one but thought that there was no way it would fit. This time I actually bothered to try it on and it fits perfectly! The fabric is pretty amazing, it reminds me a little of a Miu Miu print.

x

New hair!

That is all.

x

{photos taken with the MoreLOMO app on my iPhone}

What I Wore 02.03.10

In case you were wondering what one wears to a lecture on Social Inequality & Possibilities for Change... this is it.

{I apologise if my smile seemes more like a grimace... I have a really bad migraine today!}

♥ Vintage dress

♥ Gold bangle from... Diva I think?

♥ Shoes by Isabella Brown

These shoes (I will get a better picture next time!) are my new go-to pair. I got them from Shoe Show for $60 and then saw a very similar pair in Witchery for $130! Ha! They are very Chloe-esque, in my opinion. This dress is another staple in my wardrobe (seen here, here and here) because it doesn't need to be ironed and it's a great colour, lovely print and covered up enough for any occasion!

Last night I watched the documentary on Anvil. I wasn't sure whether I would like it or not but it was one of the best movies I've seen in a while & I recommend it (even if you aren't a fan of heavy metal music!). It made a nice change from all the 90210 repeats I've been watching, that's for sure.

x

{sorry for the short post but as I said before I have quite a horrible migraine!}

What I Wore 13.02.10 & 14.02.10

Hello lovelies! This is an extra special double What I Wore post. The first outfit is what I wore to a friend's 21st, which I had a really fantastic time at. The photos are taken at my parent's house in Bunbury.

♥ Dress by Revival

♥ Shoes by Zu

♥ Covergirl nail polish

♥ I also wore cherry earrings by Table Eight and a purse from Williams the Shoeman but forgot to take a picture, oops!

I tried for ages to do victory rolls with my hair to match the 1940s style of the dress, but could not for the life of me figure out how to do them properly. Can anyone link me to a tutorial or something really easy to follow? I ended up backcombing my hair and ended up with something more closely resembling Peg Bundy than a 1940's film star. I also had shoes with very spiky heels but my boyfriend talked me out of them, since the party was taking place on a farm and all. I think the Zu heels were quite adequate though (and at least they didn't spike millions of holes in the grass)!

This is what I wore to Valentine's Day dinner at the Dux Cafe:

♥ Secondhand dress from a shop in East Fremantle

♥ Diva ring

♥ Miss Shop booties

♥ Williams the Shoeman purse, bought for something ridiculous like $2

I bought this dress a few weeks ago, while I was in East Fremantle (I think?) having lunch with my family for my grandparent's anniversary. Across from the restuarant I could see a little secondhand shop and this dress was hung over the front of the door and I was eyeing it all the while I was having lunch. As soon as it was polite to leave I bolted to the shop and hurriedly tried it on while praying it didn't have any obvious flaws I had missed and that I wouldn't get stuck inside it. I'm so glad I did, it's a very cute shape and a herringbone pattern that's printed to look like it's been scribbled on the dress. I have no idea what era it's from, so I'm not sure it's actually vintage, but I love it all the same.

What did you do with your weekend?

x

My Weekend

Wild Beasts

Mumford & Sons

My sister's boyfriend, my sister, and Boy

Echo & the Bunnymen

The XX

Dappled Cities

Eddy Current Suppression Ring

Me!

This weekend I went to the St Jerome's Laneway Festival. It was supremely brilliant, as expected, although I felt way, way underdressed compared to some of the other punters (see here for proof!). My favourites of the day were Mumford & Sons - heartbreakingly beautiful melodies and a whole crowd singing along to 'Little Lion Man' - and Wild Beasts, who I hadn't heard of until the day but they blew me away. Very Muse-y, but perhaps not on such a grand scale. I was very sad that I could hear but not actually see Florence and the Machine, but from what I could hear they sounded amazing. I think this is my favourite festival I've been to for awhile, and I already am psyched for next year!

Wearing Modcloth dress (first outing, I doubt it will have any outings without tights because it is a lot shorter than I'm used to!), Sportsgirl hat, scrabble tile 'T' earrings, Equip tights, and Mimi Loves Jimi brogues (very comfortable, the first time I've come home from a festival without blisters for a long time!).

Sorry for the lack of posting this week, have had some stuff going on that hasn't put me very much in the blogging mood - however, expect much more in the coming weeks!

x

Hello! Today was one of my very treasured days off, and even better, I actually had the house to myself for a couple of hours. I finally managed to watch The September Issue and did some cleaning.

This is one of the new skirts I picked up this week. I really want to try wearing seperates more often, because I feel like my outfits aren't really worthy of posting if they always just consist of a dress and a pair of shoes. I can't wear pants, and ESPECIALLY not shorts, without looking like a kid trying to play dress up, so skirts are as far as I'm going for now. I have one coming from Modcloth (have you seen their sale yet? It's insane!) and I bought a Wayne by Wayne Cooper mini for less than half the original price. Go me.

♥ Hi There by Karen Walker top - you might have spotted this in a few photos in the past couple of months, I have been wearing it constantly!

♥ Dotti skirt

♥ Mimi Loves Jimi brogues

♥ Sportsgirl nail polish

♥ Frank the Deer brooch by My Girl Gwendoline

And outfit details...

Hello Frank.

x

p.s I wanted to say thank you to Boy for taking my outfit photos since I got my new camera, and also because he bought me Lisa Mitchell's album today <3

What I Wore 19.01.10

My first outfit post of the year! Unfortunately it's not spectacular; this is what I wore to see Them Crooked Vultures and as I was in a rush I only got one good photo!

♥ Ben Sherman top

♥ Supre skirt

♥ Rubi shoes

I bought Boy tickets for Them Crooked Vultures for his birthday way back in October and I have been so excited about seeing them. I am a massive Dave Grohl fan and of course I love Led Zeppelin and Queens of the Stone Age so I was very happy when they announced they were coming to Perth! I hadn't heard a lot of their stuff before tonight, in my opinion it's most heavily influenced by Josh Homme, it had that kind of QOTSA effect where it's like the music runs up behind you and clubs you in the back of the head, it's so intense. But in a good way.

More posts to come this week!

x

p.s You may have noticed I dyed my hair - bye bye tiger stripes!

Tara Reviews... Maurice Meade Salon

I love, love, love my usual hairdresser at Toni & Guy but when I saw that Maurice Meade was having a special where you can get a hair consultation, your hair cut and coloured and a bunch of gift vouchers and products for under two hundred bucks, I thought, new year, new hair (as says the ad campaign) - I would give it a try.

The hairdresser was running really late so I had to wait around for about twenty minutes (not cool! I arrived on time!). I ended up having the consultation with the colourist, who pretty much insisted on having caramel streaks in my hair and assured me it wouldn't be "stripey" and streaky as opposed to highlights. The consultation was over in less than ten minutes. I ended up having my hair coloured first, and the assistants were all very lovely and made sure I was OK for coffee and had enough magazines and such. I also have to add that although I felt the consultation was a bit brief the colourist was really sweet.

When it came to washing it out, the assistant said we would have to go to the back basins because one of them wasn't working in the main room, which would have been OK if there were some lights on in there! I also had a lot of leftover dye on my forehead and around my ears that the assistant didn't wipe off and was there until I actually got my hair cut. Also left in my hair were some big clumps of toner, which again, the hairdresser had to go and rinse out. Despite all my concerns the colour came out looking pretty stripey and not at all "natural" - I know nothing about hairdressing but I have a feeling the colour might have been left on too long so they went a bit lighter than they were meant to?

The haircut itself is OK (and by OK I mean... salvageable), again, the hairdresser had very definite ideas of what he wanted to do with my hair and I didn't really feel like he listened to what I wanted. I was very clear about what I wanted but he apparently disregarded all that and then cut it however the damn hell he pleased! I was really not happy with the end result. I felt like I looked like an 80's porn star, yuck! All in all I felt a bit ripped off.

Gin in a Teacup rating: ♥ / ♥♥♥♥♥

x

What I Wore 20.12.09 + Market Goodies!

This is what I wore the day after the markets. I was so exhausted from being out in the sun all day and no food (too hot to even contemplate eating!) that I missed a Christmas party I was went to go to, oops! Instead I ate pizza (not a good idea after eating nothing all day) and watched season two of 30 Rock, which is my current obsession.

I wore these shoes to the markets and OH MY GOD, my feet are ripped to shreds. Obviously I don't expect much from $30 shoes from Rubi but I can't even contemplate wearing them again. I bandaged up my feet and tried to wear them again today and shrieked in pain. Just a warning!

♥ American Apparel dress

♥ Rubi shoes

♥ Frank the Deer brooch from My Girl Gwendoline

♥ Headband from My Girl Gwendoline

The headband and brooch were made by my friend Renee of My Girl Gwendoline. The brooch was a thank you for helping at the market and the headband was a Kris Kringle present. I feel very lucky! If you are so inclined you can pick up a brooch here.

Anyway onto what happened at the markets - it was INSANELY hot. There was about an hour when I just zoned out and felt like I was going to vomit, it was so hot! But all that aside, it was quite nice to browse and see all these Perth designers putting out such awesome stuff. In my previous post someone commented that they were surprised there weren't many clothing designers showing, which I was surprised about too. Don't get me wrong, the jewellery there was fantastic, but I thought there would be way more people selling original designs, not op-shop gear. Anyway here's some of what I picked up:

Gun brooch by OSIER - check out the rest of her stuff, it's gorgeous!

Mix tape brooch from White Square

...and I can't remember the name of the shop which had the deer pillow!

OK, that's more than enough out of me!

x