Besides my vintage 50s taffeta party dress (which was the best boot fair bargain ever - more on that in the official outfit post), I was particularly proud of the shoes. A week before the wedding I was going through my shoes trying to find a pair for the day, and I pulled these out of my stock room. They were among the 'blanks' I got from my shoe lady in Thailand. After playing around with various ideas for embellishment, I had the genius idea (at least I thought so) to add a pair of lovebirds brooches from Acorn & Will.
The shoes set the colour scheme for the rest of the outfit (and had the added bonus of co-ordinating nicely with the wedding colours). The coral coloured bangles cam from New Look, and I also wore antique coral earrings lent by mother.
At £26, the little beaded purse was actually the most expensive item (by quite a long way) in my whole ensemble. The one I'd ordered on ebay never arrived, so I had a mad dash around Lewes's antique malls to find a replacement.
That all sounds beautiful. I am actually going through a coral stage in my clothes at the moment and wore a coral-coloured dress to my friend's wedding recently with a matching coral bag. I never used to like pink that much but this seems like the right shade to suit me.
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I just love your shoes! Coral is an awesome color! Can't wait to see the whole outfit together!
ReplyDeleteI know I already said this on your Flickr, but I am in love with the addition of the lovebirds on the shoes! Such a cute idea (that I may have to swipe if you don't mind...)!
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