Happy Birthday to me! La la la!
Today is my birthday, and before I collapse under the weight of expensive gifts and drown in a pile of personalised birthday cards bought by the extra posties they’ve had to draft in specially (I wish) I thought I’d pop in and show you my eventual interpretation of futuristic retro for BoNanafana last night.
I discussed going for a bit of a Rachael from Bladerunner vibe back in April. And eventually my outfit looked like this (excuse the stupid awkward smile):
⤠Blouse - Calvin Klein ⤠Skirt - Lady K Loves ⤠Belt - Rosa Rosa Retro ⤠Jacket - Warehouse ⤠⤠Stockings - Jonathon Aston ⤠Shoes - Faith (Sob) â¤
The pictures are a little blurry as Mr Chick needs training with my camera, but I’m sure you get the idea.
The skirt was custom made for me by Lady K Loves and fits beautifully. I find pencil skirts really difficult to get to fit, so it’s fantastic to get one made! I’ve also got a Stockings and Romance girdle on under there courtesy of Vintaga, because a bit of authenticity in your undergarments is nice on big nights!
I did my hair myself and I was quite pleased with how it came out. The fringe did start to slip a little towards the end of the night, so maybe more kirby grips next time! The only photo I took of my hair was using the exciting Lomo filter on my iPhone, but here it is, and you can see the back in the second full length photo.
The BoNanafana team treated us to some artificial Hip Hop from Ida Barr (The worlds first Music Hall star turned RnB rap superstar) and some Electro Swing Hop from The Correspondents. I suggest you check them both out as I was impressed!
Finally I shall leave you with a blurry picture of me in front of a radio car thing, as I think the radio car is cute although the picture is terrible…
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17 responses to “Happy Birthday To Me…”
Happy birthday!!
Your hair looks unbelievable! Making me regret my pixie cut 🙁
Very Rachel. Love the hair.
Happy birthday Gemma!
Happy birthday and great outfit!
Happy birthday, and yep, great hair! Are there any good online sites to help with vintage hair-dos, btw?
Happy Birthday! Hope you’ve had a fabulous day. xox
I love your outfit and hair! How long is your hair? I’d love to do that with mine, but I worry it may be a bit long, plus I haven’t got any fringe.
Happy Birthday! You’ve picked a great outfit to wear, and I’m loving your hair!
You look great! And what a fab way to start your birthday celebrations! I can relate with the hubby needing training on the camera. I have a gazillion nice pictures of the hubby, but he manages to cut off my head or make me look like a total dork in every pic he takes. How’s that even possible?! Lol!
Happy Birthday Again!!
Happy Birthday! I LOVE the hair – I’m obsessed with 40’s style at the moment (getting ready for the Chap Olympiad in July!)
I love how you did your hair!
Sooo Rachel. You look absolutely gorgeous. I wish I photographed as well as you. Happy Birthday love!
hApPy (belated) bIrThDaY to yoooouuuuuu! Hair looks faaaabbbulous! I shall be trying something very similar this weekend with my first hair “rat” (courtesy of Diary of a Vintage Girl blog/you tube) Hope you had a fantastic night and were spoilt rotten!
You look great! Happy birthday!
Happy Birthday Retro Chick!
Happy (belated) birthday! Love the outfit but am especially impressed by the hair. It looks great 🙂
You look darling! Happy Birthday!
XO Piper