Amusement park beauty

It's my birthday in 2 days! (the 13th) So hopefully I'll have some good birthday outfit/present pics to show you :)

For now, I just saw this photoshoot on foto decadent and was inspired.

I want to dress super girly with messy hair now.

80's Flavor

#84, originally uploaded by sailoralison.

Note to self: Find old Spice Girl/Hanson tape and make sweet 80's necklace

July!

Just a couple of looks, to wear my Steve Madden heels (how I love them, even with the pain they cause)

Dress: Thrifted
Vest: Bitten
Shoes: Steve Madden

Dress: Old Navy
Belt: ?
Shoes: Steve Madden
Inspiration: SJP in the Sex and the city movie. Her studded belt was amazing. I found this belt and thought "why not?"

Hairdos

I'm not very adventurous with my hair. I hardly ever wear it up. I don't really know any cute ways to wear it. I dont even really like wearing it in a ponytail (whats more boring than that?)

But lately all the pretty hairdo's I've been seeing have inspired me....

Rebecca was a recluse always has the most adorable hair:

The first one with the cute Heidi looking hair? So cute, I'll have to try it..... Her instructions on how to get the second hairdo are:

" I do this hairdo or something a lot like it almost everyday It is hard to explain how to do it though. I basically have the hair is three sections and try to get a ton of volume for the top one. After pinning all the sections, I use a pair of hairsticks to keep the sections in place as my hair is very heavy when I do this. "

And if that isn't helpful, we can just stare at it together and dream.... Plus, isn't her hair color amazing?

Next is the Freelancers Fashion Blog who by now everyone has seen this post on how to create the most beautiful retro hair:


This makes me want to go blonde and get tattoos. :)


Other 'dos I'm digging:

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So many of these are curly messy beauties....sigh, why is curling hair so time consuming?

Inspiration: Helmut Newton Photo Machine

My favorite inspirations are real people wearing clothes their way -- nothing styled for a magazine, nothing fake. Just how people wear clothes. I like seeing different ways people put things together -- and even what certain people think looks good compared to me. I dont know....

These looks from the Topshop Helmut Newton Photo Machine intrigue me...




The last picture is so crazy, I think it just might work. Ugh...what I'd do to shop at Topshop....

Inspiration! Bandage Skirt + Blazer = Amazing

This is the perfect outfit.

That skirt.
That blazer!
Those SHOESSS.

I want to copy this like I've never copied anything before. I don't have a red skirt though. And I doubt I could look as chic as she manages to do... Still, it makes me want to drag myself to Goodwill and find a skirt worth trying out this look on!

(pic from Treasure Chest Vintage on Chictopia)

Vintage nightgowns as dresses

So, most days I can be found stalking the wardrobe_remix photo pool, waiting for all my favorites to update and ready to make new favorites. Well, I've noticed an amazing trend going on with all these thrifty, fashionable women - they're all thrifting nightgowns to wear as dresses! What a fantastic idea!



Steen Ink looks great in everything, and her etsy store is a dream! I love her natural red hair, too, it compliments this yellow nightgown-turned-dress perfectly! I would have never guessed it was a nightgown, either...which is probably part of the magic.



I believe in Unicorns made this from a vintage nightgown, isn't it lovely?! It started its life as only seeing the sheets and inside of the house, and now it gets to go out in the world and turn heads!



Purple vintage Diane Von Furstenberg nightgown?! Where does she find this stuff? I'm so envious!

So, the real end to this blog is....I have a new section of the thrift store I never considered looking in. Now I can't wait to check it out!