Red and Pink - Switch It Up You Big Romantic and Wear These Colours Together!

We'll be colour blocking our way into this week! Whether you celebrate Valentines or ignore completely, there's nothing wrong with taking a little timeout to show your love and maybe spend some quality time with your nearest and dearest. 

Personally I'll do something nice with my kids on Valentines and hopefully squeeze in a date-night with the hubby at some stage during the next week or two. It won't be much different to any other week but love is important, essential in fact, so why not spend a little time being grateful for the family, friends and partners that are part of your life.

Just for the heck of it I'll be wearing lots of pink and red! 

Below are some original vintage images and then vintage dresses from Dirty Fabulous in an array of fabulous pink and red tones to inspire!

Have a wonderful week and remember "you are loved!".

  

Erwin Blumenfeld for Harper’s Bazaar, 1942

 1959 Ballgown

 Grès (Germaine Krebs) 1953 Evening Gown, Photo Pottier

 Liz Pringle in Claire McCardell 1952

Photography by Norman Parkinson, 1949

Dirty Fabulous Red and Pink Vintage Dresses to Make Yours


1960s baby pink dress with matching cropped jacket

1950's raspberry pink wiggle dress with matching belt

1960's lipstick red, chiffon wiggle dress

1950s Couture pink silk satin column gown with silk floral corsage

1940s fire engine red, silk satin evening gown

1960s hot pink, beaded cocktail dress

1940's dusky pink rayon dress

1950s pink satin evening gown with beading

Vintage palest pink, illusion top evening gown with beaded bodice

Real Wedding: You Have To See This Stylish Couple!!!

Oh these wedding photos give me bridal style envy! Our uber-cool bride, Jumoke chose a classic 1950's suit with an ivory brocade wiggle dress and matching cropped bolero.

It's a classically timeless suit and she has completely made it her own with a pair of fab sunglasses from Harlequin and jewellery from Jenny Vander.

A big congrats to Jumoke and her equally dapper hubby! 

Vivacious Velvet!

Is there a more decadent, sumptuous fabric than velvet? If there is I can't think of it!

Currently, my house is filled with velvet touches that extend past the vintage dresses I own. I've velvet cushions, throws, armchairs and even curtains in various rooms and I can thank the growing trend for velvet in fashion for influencing my interior choices!

For decades designers have chosen to create fabulous gowns and coats in velvet. The denseness of the fabric allows a really deep pigmentation and it just screams luxurious quality!

From the 1920's onwards, costumers in Hollywood knew what they were doing when they chose to dress their leading ladies in silk velvet gowns. Before the days of technicolour, cinema-goers could look on in awe as the starlets glided on screen in velvet lusciousness!

Prepare to salivate over these original vintage velvet creations...

Original Vintage Images 

 Raspberry velvet dress, 1960's image by Helmut Newton

Betty Threatt  by Louise Dahl Wolfe for Harpers Bazaar, 1949 

Dorothea McGown in Marc Bohan for Dior, photgraphed by Irving Penn 1961

 Balenciaga coat, 1951, Image by Louise Wolfe Dahl

 Jean Patchet in the 1950's wearing a sapphire blue velvet coat

 Christian Dior, 1950's. Image by Mark Shaw

 Christian Dior 1958

 Norma Shearer wearing a velvet dress in 1931

1950s fabulousness! 

 Twiggy wearing a JeanVaron dress for Vogue, 1967, Image by Cecil Beaton

 Vintage lavender velvet suit

 Vogue 1948, image by Clifford Coffin, Grey silk evening gown with velvet skirt

 1940's forest green velvet suit

 Christian Dior, 1957

 Joan Crawford in 1930 wearing a velvet trouser catsuit, image by George Hurrell

YES, A VELVET CATSUIT FROM OVER 80 YEAR'S AGO!!!

 A 1940's vintage dress which is really similar to dresses we have in stock!

 1957 Christian Dior black velvet dress

 1956 Jacques Fath blue velvet dress

1950s red velvet dress, image from My Vintage Vogue

Frances McLaughlin wearing a blue velvet gown, 1947

VELVET VINTAGE DRESSES IN DIRTY FABULOUS

1940's sapphire blue velvet dress with shawl collar €290 size 10

1940's wine velvet dress with pink sequin floral detail €290

 Amazing 1950s cobalt blue velvet wiggle dress with cutouts at neckline €290 size 8-10

1960's forest green dress with sleeves and rhinestone buckle €270 size 10

 1960's yellow satin brocade cocktail dress with dark green velvet bodice €280 size 8 

 

1940s cobalt blue cocktail dress with rhinestone detail €290 size 12

Velvet Accents in Dirty Fabulous:

1950's black taffeta prom dress with velvet detailing on neck €290 size 12-14

1950s black taffeta dress with velvet bodice (part of suit) €340 size 10

Velvet Vintage Accessories in Dirty Fabulous:

1940s Mr John Sophisticate green velvet beret €70

1930's dusky blue velvet peaked hat with cluster pearl €120

1950s fushia pink velvet hat with net €130

1950's black velvet beaded bag €140 and velvet and lace 1950's band €85

1940's pale blue velvet brimmed hat €160

PHOTOSHOOTS FEATURING DIRTY FABULOUS VELVET

VELVET ON THE CATWALK

Image Source

Image from Pinterest

ARGGHHHH!!! I must add to my velvet collection right now!!!!