Real Bride Ita - Something Old, Something Blue.

How chic does our bride Ita, look in her 1960's, ivory silk suit from Saks Fifth Avenue. The jacket was adorned with beautiful turquoise cabochon and crystal buttons. We paired it with a 1950's, turquoise, velvet headband with veil for a fabulously unique bridal look.

We think she looks adorable and the soft tones were captured wonderfully by Wim from In Love Photography

Little Black Dress Through The Decades

"One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress." —Karl Lagerfeld .... as the head designer of Chanel, a brand synonymous with a monochrome pallet, he should know what he's talking about!

Now, it's no secret that here at Dirty Fabulous we're HUGE fans of colour, but even we return, over and over again to our old reliable friend.... black.

There's a reason that we're all drawn to black at times, it just looks too darn good making it the ultimate fallback.

Feeling a bit bleuch? Wear some black.

Feeling totally rockin' and want to knock their socks off! Wear some black.

Want to look elegant? Wear some black.

Want to look sexy? Wear some black.

Not sure what to wear to a work event or wedding? How about black?

Need something age appropriate? Yup, you guessed it... the answer's wear something black!

The little black dress will continue to be one of the most reliable and fabulous friends you could find in a wardrobe. Is it time that you added another LBDBFF to your collection?

We have travelled through the decades to show you the finest vintage LBD'S to inspire you...

The 1940's

Original 1940's image from Vogue

1940's black lace dress with peplum and blue beading €280 size 10-12

 The 1950's

Original 1950's image from Vogue

1950's black taffeta and velvet sweetheart dress with hip swag, belt and matching jacket €340 size 10

1950's Black taffeta prom dress with fabulous beaded, velvet neckline €250 size 14+

1950's Black Satin wiggle dress with sheer lace waist and train detail 

€280 size 8-10

The 1960's

 
Original 1960's image from Vogue

1960's Black silk chiffon cocktail dress with 3D pink roses under skirt and back sashes. €340 size 8

Original 1960's image from Vogue

1960's Black lace wiggle dress with jet beading throughout €220 size 8

1960's Kim Kory tiered lace, baby-doll dress with satin bow at top €290 size 10

All original vintage images from My Vintage Vogue

New York, New York at Christmas!

This post is really just an excuse to show you all the Christmas goodness in New York that we came across...

Fifth Avenue

The home of Miracle on 34th Street. Macy's is a Christmas wonderland, just imagine that scene in Elf when Buddy has created a Christmas explosion in the store. Every tree in Macy's had a different theme from traditional, Nordic, toys, nautical and candy. There was even a wine lovers tree, who'd have thought it!!! 

One could believe that Caroline planned her outfit to coordinate with guy!

Macy's have these gorgeous Art Deco, wooden escalators still in operation on several floors. They make a thoroughly satisfying clacking noise as you travel upwards!

We normally visit New York earlier in the year so we were determined to see some big department store windows. One of the best was Lord and Taylor. The windows were super elaborate and had a lot of stunning features including lots of movement and little surprises. Sorry about all the glare on the photos but you get the picture!

One of the top, store windows on my list was Saks Fifth Avenue. It's such an iconic store and several of our most beautiful dresses from the 1940's, 50's and 60's have hailed from Sak's. Unfortunately they were keeping their displays under wraps until after Thanksgiving,,,ah boo! 

Since we returned, Fashionista.com shared a post with all the New York holiday windows. Pop over to have a look, you'll see some stunning works of art in there. 

This looked awesome but we just didn't have the time to go...next time!

A trip to New York is not complete without visiting Anthropologie. It's a feast for the eyes and a great place to catch a nap after a hard days travelling (you can't really sleep there, get off that bed Caroline!!!)

New Yorkness...

Phew...we're finished showing you the highlights of our trip. So what about all the new fabulous stock we sourced? Well we're still photographing and sorting it out but stay tuned and the next few post you'll see will be full of vintage delights!