What Are You Wearing? The Festive Edition.

by Retro Chick
December 27, 2010
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14 years ago

I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas?

The Retro Chick household has unfortunately been hit by the dreaded lurgy which we’re now trying to shake off in time for New Years Eve. On Christmas Day we still felt rather spoilt in the present department and had a lovely lunch at Cafe Rouge (no washing up, bliss!) but there has been astonishingly little in the way of excessive consumption.

I’m rather fond of my Christmas Day outfit, but where do I start? So many wonderful bits to it! The Christmas tights from Pamela Mann got an outing. They have limited wear opportunities and that’s them done till next December so I thought they deserved it! When I next wear this outfit it will be with simple seamed stockings.

The skirt is my trusty Lady K Loves pencil skirt and the blouse is a Heyday! Olivia Blouse in Deco Circles Smoke, which I exchanged for some advertising and am now in love with, look at those leg o’mutton sleeves! I also think the circles look a little bit like Christmas Puddings if you squint, making it perfect Christmas Day attire!

❤ Beret - A gift ❤ Blouse - Heyday! Vintage Style ❤ Skirt - Lady K Loves ❤
❤ Tights - Pamela Mann ❤ Shoes - New Look ❤ Bag, brooch and dress clips - vintage ❤
❤ Bracelet & Earrings - Notorious Kitsch ❤

The grey beret was a Christmas Present from Mummy Chick, and you might notice pinned to it is a little green snowflake. This was a replacement, cunningly found for me on eBay, by reader CheekyFairy for the one I lost in London. For once my jewellery is also worthy of attention as Mr Chick bought me some of the beautiful red reproduction bakelite (or fakelite) jewellery from Notorious Kitsch, thus proving that he reads my blog and plans ahead. I’m also wearing a pair of deco dress clips that Mr Chicks Mum found lying around the house and sent me (who has things this pretty just lying around?!)

Phew! One outfit, so many bits! If you made it through that then I shall leave you with a few Christmas Day pictures including one of me looking very silly in a paper hat (and don’t even start on what happened to my hair!).

I made yummy American pancakes for breakfast and pulled out my vintage china. I have the matching set for the pink sugar bowl and milk jug, but I like the green tea cups so much I wanted to use them. Both sets date from the mid 20s-mid 30s.

There’s also a picture of the beautiful vintage hat/hair pin that was another gift from Mr Chick, I’ve been very spoilt this year. I’m a lucky Retro Chick and am also the recipient of an alarm clock that wakes me up with the dulcet tones of Mr Stephen Fry as Jeeves, some bottle green leather gloves and a delicious bottle of single malt whisky (and a bottle of lambrini with a straw taped to it, but we won’t mention that)

Did Santa bring you everything you asked for?

11 Comments

Fi Phillips December 27, 2010

You are a martyr for your art – how cold must you have been? Looking good though.

Didn’t have the chance to dress up glam this Christmas (blame it on my husband’s extended family) but did master the art of the liquid eyeliner.

I got a couple of things I wanted for Christmas but took more pleasure from seeing my children enjoying their presents. Just have to find somewhere to put it all now.

All the best for the new year.
- Retro Chick December 27, 2010
  
  I actually wasn’t that cold! But I did wear a coat and gloves to walk to the restaurant. I’m not stupid!
  
  The light inside is so terrible as I live in a gloomy victorian terrace, so I thought the deserted streets were a great opportunity to go outside!
  
  Have a great New Year!
Steph December 27, 2010

i think your hair still looks fab, we had a family infused christmas and today are enjoying a nice empty house so we can play with our presents! and watch what we want.. poirot anyone?
Retro Chick December 27, 2010

Thanks! The curls collapsed a bit in the damp air.

We watched Poirot too, naturally! Also Doctor Who and Edward Scissorhands both of which made me cry like a big girl.
Lisa December 27, 2010

that is a very well put together outfit and you look absolutely radiant. xxxx
Pia December 27, 2010

You looked beautiful!

I wore a Jasmine Guinness playsuit which went very well with a red snood I made for Christmas Day. I attempted victory rolls – 3 of them and it worked well!
Ina December 27, 2010

You look good in that Heyday blouse, I’ve been checking them out, but think the colours are too strong for me… Jealous 🙂
Franca December 27, 2010

Happy Christmas! Love your outfit, with all the little bitty bits! Mine wasn’t half as exciting, though I did pose in the full on snow, it was snowing all over the camera! Not posting that for a while yet though, because I’m not so good with being current!
Perdita December 27, 2010

Fab outfit. It is jolly Christmassy! Nothing wrong with labrini and a straw. I got a similar version with cider! 😉
LandGirl1980 December 29, 2010

Loving the shirt – you’re right -the circles DO look like puddings! But not so much so that you cannot wear it at any other time of year *wink*
So pleased that you found a replacement snowflake – I did have a look for you in Brighton yesterday – but no luck. Just as well really as you have a lovely new one 🙂
Have a whopper of a new years eve 🙂
Fashion Limbo December 31, 2010

Santa brought me a stomach bug! it was either him or I over did it with the chocolates, wine and other over-indulging… oh well, NYE on meds and boiled rice.
You got some lovely pressies, and that snowflake brooch is indeed a lovely find 🙂
Have a fantastic New Year!!!!