It can be intimidating when you try something different like changing your style.
I should know as thats how I felt when I first decided to give up on the hopeless fashions of today and dress the way I admired other women for dressing.
Vintage.
I was worried people wouldn't appreciate the way I had decided to dressed and that I would get odd looks from passers by in the street. But as it turns out people generally like to see someone all dressed up in pin curls and a swing dress and apart from the one off jealous glares off some females it gets a lot of good attention and so will you.
I've written up a helpful little guide to start you on your new style adventure.
When I first started dressing vintage I needed all the help I could get, I didn't ever think I'd be able to successfully pin curl my hair or achieve the prefect eyeliner flick but thanks to the help of makeup/hair tutorials and vintage blogs I did.
Before you do anything you need to decide your era. Are you a 1920s flapper? A 1930s film star? A 1940s
Land Girl? A 1950s Pin up? Or something completely beyond?
I'm a 1950s girl through and through and always will be, I have tampered with other styles but I always come back to the circle skirts and swing dresses of that era.
Once you have decided your era things become a bit easier, you know what you are looking for in terms of tutorials and what to copy.
Clothes:
Try experimenting with the clothes you have first. Turn them from modern day into vintage with a few adjustment or by adding a few accessories to see what works for you.
Reproduction clothing is great, there are a lot of sites online that sell repo/rockabilly/pinup clothing all depending on what you want. You'll feel beautiful and confident in what you are wearing instead of worrying if you've paired the right vintage skirt with the right top and so on.
I didn't start wearing true vintage until I was confident in my style. You may be the same or you may feel confident enough to go straight into it. Either way its cool, all that matters is that you feel comfortable and beautiful in what you are wearing.
Makeup:
It can be a tricky thing to perfect but practice makes perfect.
You don't have to spend a fortune on products either, I don't.
In fact I find that most times high street products work just as well (and some times better) as high priced designer ones.
I found that tutorials on youtube and blogs the best way to practice my makeup and technique but once I was confident in what I was doing I started adding my own little bits and bobs into the mix.
Hair:
There are so many different vintage hairstyles it's hard to choose which one to try first.
I want to say
try something simple first but, if you've never done them before, non of them are really that simple.
Don't let that deter you though. As with the makeup practice makes perfect! There are so many tutorials and blog posts available on the internet so make full use of them and get practicing.
Here is a list of links that helped me when I first started out and if you want more go to my links
page.
If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, I'll be as helpful as I can (email on contact page)
Also sorry about the awful formatting, can't seam to fix it :/
I hope this has been a help to you ladies.
Till next time,
Laura Lou x
