The Egyptian snake charmers daughter

Frock number two has travelled all the way from New Zealand...

The Frock:

I was sent this stunning vintage wrap dress by bona fide frock goddess Helga in July last year. 

I often start planning a holiday wardrobe long before I'm even planning a holiday and as soon as I clapped eyes on this beauty I knew it had to come with me on my next magical mystery tour and so it did ;)

It is labelled 'Oriental Crafts'.

This frock ticks all the boxes in my opinion with its comfy & chic cut, stunning brick red colour and amazing print.

The Trimmings:

Also featured in the pics are a pair of vintage 70s St Michael raffia wedge sandals that I bought from a local charity shop, a pleathora of jingly-jangly bangly things that I've picked up from a variety of markets & boot sales here in London.

The Hair:

 Two synthetic ponytails bought from PAK cosmetics, attached with the help of one thousand and one kirby grips...it certainly felt like that many anyway ;)

It has to be said that it was a bit of a pain in the proverbial to do this at five in the morning.

The Hindsight:

I could have saved myself a lot of bother if I had only brought a wig instead.

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 Have a great week peeps, thank goodness it's only four days til Friday!

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx

Pricetags & KATI frocks

This morning something really lovely landed on my doorstep; a parcel containing this fabulous vintage 70s frock...

I've recently bagged four dresses by the same label, namely 'KATI at Laura Phillips'.

Two of them I won on eBay and one I bought from my vintage dealer friend. 

One is still in the post & it's actually the same as the one below but in navy.

When I went to Portobello Market last Friday I actually spotted this dress on one of the stalls there, the seller was asking a whopping £70 for it.

So personally I wouldn't recommend Portobello Market as a place to go bargain hunting but for inspiration it's a cracking place.

How much would this frock cost at Portobello Fashion Market...I wonder ;)

I was scouring the net earlier for 'KATI by Laura Phillips' frocks and I found quite a few on eBay, etsy and various other vintage clothing retail sites. 

I've stuck a heap of links below if you want to click around and have a wee peek on what's up for grabs out there in virtual vintage land.

I did find one frock with what I thought was a 'piss take' rather than a 'price' (and it was in the sale)...

I'm sure you will figure out which one I'm on about if you have a flick through the links but most of the frocks are more than reasonably priced and there's even one up for grabs from the very lovely Liz over at vintage-a-peel...

it's a beaut, I think you'll agree?!

Here's another 'KATI' frock that I bought on eBay last Christmas...

I'm not the only one who likes to wear a 'KATI' frock though!

Here's the always über stylish Vix in two of her 'KATI' wonders...

She bagged the blue one from 'the 20p man' at her local Wednesday market...

that chap wouldn't get very far at Portobello, the other traders would have his guts for garters ;)

Here's that list of links for your perusing pleasure, 

each one will take you to a 'KATI at Laura Phillips' frock:

etsy

love miss daisy

urban village

chichichic

devoted2vintage

marthas closet

etsy

frockery

vintage bits

priestleys vintage on coggles

devoted2vintage

vintage-a-peel

eBay

eBay
The last one is the same as the one I bought on eBay, obviously they must have made a shedload of these cause that's the fourth I've seen in one month ;)
eBay

 I hope my other 'KATI' arrives tomorrow, I can't wait to try it on in blue ;)

Lot's of love,

Jennie

xXx

YOWZA, go Jessie J :)

P.s. Darlings don't forget to enter the That's my bag! giveaway,

it finishes on Thursday evening ;)

A frock by a royal mistress

Last weekend I bagged this awesome 80s 'Kanga Collection' dress made by Dale Tryon.

Apparently she was Prince Charles’ other other woman besides Camilla.

For an ugly bloke he sure got a lot of action that one…just as well he was born a prince really.

I love everything about this dress, the print is fab, the skirt is pleated & super duperly swishy, yay!

The frock also features gypsy chic ruffle trim neckline & cute puff-sleeves, double yay!

Lady Tryon's obituary makes for very interesting reading if you've got a few minutes to spare :)

I scoured the net to find other 'Kanga Collection' garments for you guys to have a look at but was rather disappointed  to find only three; a dress on eBay, another dress from the  London Frock Exchange & a floral two-piece from the Clothes Agency.

I'm definitely adding this designer to my eBay search list ;)

Frocktastico!

Have a brill Sunday my lovelies :)

Jennie

xXx