Sunday Lemmings: Vintage Inspired! (& DIY Half Moon Nails)

Vintage has become the ultimate trend of the moment... but proper vintage means sourcing for a unique piece of clothing or accessory from a different era... it has to be at least 20 years old, and it has to be well made (not just some piece of old shit).

I admire vintage fashionistas who fork out a lot of money for vintage pieces, and those who put in the effort thrift shopping to collect their vintage pieces.

But, Hello???? Not only is that either very expensive and nearly impossible to find ... but it's also kind of creepy ( I don't want to wear some dead chick's clothes).

But I do I love the look of vintage... and I don't think that we (short-cut, unorthodox vintage girls) should be left out of the vintage trend, especially since there's nice stuff that's Vintage Inspired and very affordable!

I love the frills, the femininity and all out prettiness of the look. Think Mary Janes, basket weave bags, florals, chiffon, lace and cameo pendants.

And yet, 80s inspired vintage fashion can be loud, and fun and colourful too. Think neons, spandex, flare pants, tinted shades!
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My Vintage Inspired Lemmings this week....

I've been trawling around Milly Walker ... and they have some fantabulous vintage inspired pieces! And by fantabulous... I mean Vintage Pretty... not vintage tacky.

Chiffon, and frills, and pearly buttons... *heart*

I'm wearing the Huxley Chiffon dress in cream.

Apart from being short and comfy, the bit I like most about this dress is the collar... it's crinkled chifon... it adds texture to the whole outfit.

By the way, on my lips is ettusais lip color PK1, it's a light nude pink. Oh so dainty! And on my nails, I painted the classic HALF MOON nails to go with the vintage inspired look. ( I show you how to do this at the end of this post!)

I also did my own hair in a vintage inspired up do.... only hair spray and 4 bobby pins! No heat etc. ( Nice ah??)

P/S- Milly Walker wants my readers to know that - First time customers can join their mailing list to receive $3 discount for regular items. And all my readers, if you mention 'HollyJean', you will get 5% discount on their latest collection. :)

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These dainty Mary Janes would go sooo well with vintage dresses...

I am deciding between those or these YSL inspired heels from xquisis to go with my vintage inspired dresses.

Xquisis has also brought in a Vintage Inspired bag collection.

Their Mulberry Alexa Inspired Vintage Flap Bag is only $27.90. That's cheaper than other blogshops. It's a good deal... (also in black and pink)

There are many nice vintage inspired pieces in this collection, so don't miss it ( I think the bag orders close today)! (But they can do back orders)

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I wore a nice pare of flare pants (skirt??) in TheStyleHunter's latest shoot which I thought was really nice ( and slimming too).
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I am lemming vintage Sunnies too!!!

These are from Missy Jay.


They have quite a range of vintage sunnies in their collections, from aurdrey hepburn-esque to the vintage rockstar type shades. You can see their vintage sunnies in these 3 links -> 1, 2, 3.

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Ok, as promised... here's how I did the Half Moon Nails... using a white base, China Glaze-Paint the town red (from bellouna.com) and ettusais Gel Nail top coat. No need for stickers or stencils.