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How To Dress Rockabilly

Steps

Rockabilly is a popular style of music from the 1950s, combining features of rock 'n' roll and bluegrass (hence the name, which combines the words 'rock' and 'hillbilly'). The fashions associated with this musical genre are becoming more and more prevalent in modern society. Here, you will learn how to dress the Rockabilly style.

1- Firstly, we’ll look at the hairstyles:

* At the time, men wore well-greased pompadours; think Joaquin Phoenix in “Walk the Line” for a modernized version. Elvis Presley and James Dean are also good hair role-models.

* There are several styles popular amongst rockabilly girls. The easiest, and most popular, is a quiff with ponytail. To achieve this, pull your hair into a high ponytail and wrap around a large-barrel curling iron for thirty or so seconds, so that it will spiral. Then, back-comb your bangs and pin the ends down near your ponytail to create the quiff. If this doesn’t appeal to you, you can try curling hair with a quiff and add a large flower barrette to finish it off.

2- The next section is for women only - makeup. This was the most coveted look of the rockabilly generation:

* Apply your base makeup as usual (I recommend liquid foundation and a finishing powder). Apply blush sparingly, and on your cheekbones rather than the apples of your cheeks.

* For your eyes, apply a thick layer of eyeliner on your top lids, to create the “cat-eye” look. You may also wish to use some large, full false lashes.

*Finally, put a thick layer of bright red lipstick all over your lips. Try to go for a blue-red rather than an orange-red. And this is your look completed.

3- Finally, we move onto clothing.

* Men: Go for - slim-cut dark jeans, thin white t-shirts, tough leather jackets, boots, flannel bowling shirts, western shirts, dungarees and slim fit suits.

* Women: Go for - halter dresses with sweet-heart necklines, bust ruching and fitted waists, high waist pencil skirts in either black or red, cardigan sweaters, sweater sets, full gathered skirts in floral prints or bright solid colors, high-waisted ankle length pants and men’s striped dress shirts (roll up the sleeves and tie a knot in the front). When it comes to shoes, look for Mary Janes, retro flats, saddle shoes, Converse All Stars and boots. You may want to try wearing bobby socks with your flat shoes. Finally, when it comes to accessories, wear tattoo-inspired necklaces, leopard print or hounds-tooth purses, headbands, hair nets and small classic earrings.

The Poodle Fashion

Want to have a 50's style party theme? You can buy this cute poodle outfit at Annie Poodel Skirts: http://www.anniepoodleskirts.com/

This cute poodle outfit I found at Anniepoodleskirt.com is so rockabilly perfect! You can buy the whole outfit or separate pieces which are: poodle skirt, poodle shirt, scarf and belt. And what you will most definitely love about this shop is the variety of colors and styles of 50's style theme clothes.

Did You know ?...

A poodle skirt is one of the most memorable symbols of the 1950s. Postwar American women sought fashions that were feminine and unique. The poodle skirt provided the perfect style for the teenage girl. The wide swing felt skirt of a solid bold color displayed a design appliquéd or transferred to the fabric. The design was often a coiffed French poodle. Later substitutes for the poodle patch included flamingos, flowers, and hot rod cars.

Research: Wikihow & Wikipedia

ORGANIZING A FASHION SWAP PARTY

Steps

Fashion swap parties can be great fun and a fantastic way to refresh that closet or wardrobe of yours. However, there are some things you should know before you start.

1. Decide on the date of your swap party and invite everyone that you think would have some cool clothes. The best way of doing this is with emails. In the email, make sure that you tell your friends what it's all about. For example:

Hi Fashion lovers! I have decided that I need some new clothes, but I don't want to spend any money, so I have decided to throw a FASHION SWAP PARTY! I came to this decision after looking through my closet and seeing all these great clothes that I'm a bit tired of but I know some of you might love. So if you want renew your closet then keep Saturday night free from 5:30pm onwards. Please bring as many clothes as you can. The more you bring the more you get. Please be sure that you wash and press all your items. Try to have them in a condition that you would like other people's clothes to be. Please RSVP. Emily.

2. Make up 3 "value spots" on a table or on the floor. Mark them as Cheap, Midprice and Expensive.

3. Create tickets for each pile (about 20 for each). Make sure you leave a spot for people to put their names. A good thing to do is go to the newsagent and pick up 3 different coloured post-it notes, one colour for each pile.

4. When your partygoers arrive, tell them to put each item they have in the value spot that they think suits it best. For each item they put down, give them a corresponding ticket and tell them to put their names on each.

5. Once everyone has arrived, tell the party to put their tickets into a box.

6. Put some music on to keep a festive mood going.

7. Get the box of tickets and shake them all up. Reach in and pick out a ticket (you can ask random people to do this to make it more fun.)

8. Each ticket you pick will say a name and have the colour of a value spot. So, for example, if a ticket says EMILY and MIDPRICE, then Emily can go and pick something from the Midprice pile.

9. When Emily has chosen her item she sits down and the cycle repeats.

10. If Emily chooses an item that somebody else really wants then they must object. If there is an objection then you can play a game to see who gets the item. There are heaps of games (see Tips). Whoever wins the game gets the item.

Tips

o Rock, Paper, Scissors.

o Associated word games like ping pong word games. Whoever falters first loses. For example, you can start with types of plants, and players can't take more than 2 seconds to answer. You cannot repeat words.

o Dice games.

o Timed charades.

Reference: Wikihow

PANTYHOSE CARE

Every Fashion Needs A Stocking All It's Own

How to Prevent a Run:

1-Make sure the run isn't really big or this won't work.

2-Trim both finger and toe nails to prevent runs.

3-Remove jewelery before putting on hose.

4-Wear gloves to prevent snags.

5-Buy one size up to prevent excessive tugging which helps prevent snags and runs.

6-Hair spray may also work to stop a run. It never hurts to give it a try.

7-Always wash by hand, or in a ling. bag. if washing with bras, or anything with clasps, make sure they are fastened so they do not snag the hose.

Now ladies if you tried following the advice above, but still had a small run you may try these tips.

How to Repair a Run:

1. Get out your pantyhose and clear nail polish.

2. Put your hand under the damaged spot (to prevent nail polish from gluing your pantyhose together.

3. Take out your clear nail polish and put a thin layer of it on the damaged spot. After the first layer dries, you may want to put another one.

4. Wait for the nail polish to dry.

5. Put on your pantyhose.

Research: Wikihow

Where to Buy Retro Style Pantyhose:

Stockingstore

Pinupgirlclothing

3Wishes

HOW TO DRESS FASHIONABLY

Tips

1. Organize: Get out all your clothes and decide which ones you want and don't want. Throw out everything that you haven't worn in a year (that isn't seasonal), doesn't fit anymore or is plain ugly! Donate it all to a charity or a second hand store. Your trash could be someone else's treasure!

2. Flatter: Look at yourself in the mirror and as objectively as possible, pick things about your physical appearance you like and dislike. What do you want to disguise? What do you want to emphasize? What's your body type?

3. Style: What do you like? Do you want to incorporate trendy items into your wardrobe, or do you prefer a classic look? Spend time flipping through catalogs, or surfing websites that feature clothes. Do you even want to figure out a way to incorporate witty T-shirts, or is pleather more your style? There are tons of different pieces that will look phenomenal on you- what do you like?

4. Context: Where you live, where you go and what you do are major factors in dressing fashionably! If you wear a ballgown to the office that's not fashionable; if you wear a business suit to the prom, likewise. Think about what kind of clothing is appropriate for the things you're going to be doing.

5. Shop: The best thing to do is to buy long-lasting pieces that will retain their class throughout seasons. Fashion changes extremely quickly! Don't fill your wardrobe with things that won't be appropriate the same time next year, and don't spend a lot of money on fashion items. Think about step 4 again. What kinds of coats, jackets or sweaters do you need? Put this kind of information in the context of what flatters your body.

6. Shop more: Now that you've got the basics, it's time to have fun! Buy some great shoes, cute accessories and get a haircut! No need to go classic here unless that's your taste- handbags, shoes and jewelry is the place to show your sassy side. Bright purple pleather trench looks too tacky? A handbag in the same style will be fantastic.

Reference: Wikihow

PARIS FALL FASHION

1962 FALL STYLES

Tired of the old fashion look? This lovely video shows some 1962 fall styles.

THE FLAPPER FASHION OF THE 20'S

The Flapper Look: Checklist

Clothes and Accessories

* Dresses. When buying dresses, look out for - dropped waistlines (VERY important to the Flapper style),sleeveless dresses. Material wise, go for beaded material, sequined material, and flowery material.

* Stockings. When wearing your stockings, roll them down to either above your knee or directly below, and wear chains instead of garters. If you are wearing silk stockings, try and find them with embroidered icons on them.

* Cloche hats, peekaboo hats and feathered hats

* Headbands, particularly feathered headbands

* Things with feathers and fringes

* Knee-length skirts, or those slightly below the knee

* Knit suits (skirt sets)

* Knitted sweaters

* Lace

* Long strands of pearls

* Raccoon coats

* Sleeveless shirts

Makeup

* Cover your face and your lips with a thin layer of foundation that matches your skin tone (your lip colour should be the same as your skin colour, now), and top it off with some powder on your t-zone. Apply blusher at your own discretion - if you do choose to, keep it up at your cheekbones.

* Pluck your eyebrows. Flappers were known for having tiny eyebrows. They should be very thin, and either straight or slightly turned down. Highlight your lovely brows by going through them with a dark brown eyebrow pencil.

* Flapper's wished to achieve the large, doe-eyed look. Wear smudgy, smokey eye-makeup. Finish with some dark mascara and false eyelashes, to really make a statement.

* You'll want to have cupid-bow lips. Before you begin, make sure your lips are properly coated in foundation. There are two ways to create this look. The first is to take a red lip liner and draw two dramatic peaks on your top lip - don't fill these peaks in, however, nor the rest of your lips. Or, if your prefer, you could take a jar of lipstick, dip your thumb in, and rub it twice over each of your peaks (a lot of girls did this.) This is where your pouting practice will become useful - you'll look very silly with a big grin and cupid bow lips!

Hair

* Flapper's wore their hair in bobs. If you have straight hair, or hair straighteners, have a sleek and smooth bob. If you have curly hair, have a wild and unruly one! The choice of having a fringe, or "bangs", is completely up to you. Some people find comfort hiding behind long hair. Well, that's gotta change. You could also try "finger rolls" in your short hair.(Putting finger rolls in long hair isn't an alternative.)

Where to Shop For The 1920's Look:

Unique Vintage

Klassic Line

Bonnies Treasures

The 1920's Dress Patterns:

Vintage Fashion Library

THE FASHION OF THE 30'S

Get The Look: Checklist

Clothes

*Soft, pretty dresses with fluttering or puffed sleeves and flowing calf-length skirts suited to a feminine figure.

*Feminine curves were highlighted in the 1930s through the use of the bias-cut in dresses. Madeline Vionnet was the innovator of the bias-cut and used this method to create sculptural dresses that molded and shaped over the body's contours as it draped the female form.

*Through the mid-1930s, the natural waistline was often accompanied by emphasis on an empire line. Short bolero jackets, capelets, and dresses cut with fitted midriffs or seams below the bust increased the focus on breadth at the shoulder.

*Halter necklines and high-necked but backless evening gowns with sleeves. Evening dresses with matching jackets were worn to the theatre, nighclubs, and elegant restaurants.

*Other notable fashion trends in this period include the introduction of the ensemble (matching dresses or skirts and coats) and the handkerchief skirt, which had many panels, insets, pleats or gathers.

*The clutch coat was fashionable in this period as well; it had to be held shut as there was no fastening. By 1945, adolescents began wearing loose, poncho-like sweaters called sloppy joes. Full, gathered skirts, known as the dirndl skirt, became popular around 1945.

Accessories

*Gloves were "enormously important" in this period. Evening gowns were accompanied by elbow length gloves, and day costumes were worn with short or opera-length gloves of fabric or leather.

*Manufacturers and retailers introduced coordinating ensembles of hat, gloves and shoes, or gloves and scarf, or hat and bag, often in striking colors. For spring 1936, Chicago's Marshall Field's department store offered a black hat by Lilly Daché trimmed with an antelope leather bow in "Pernod green, apple blossom pink, mimosa yellow or carnation blush" and suggested a handbag to match the bow.

Hairstyles and Headgear

*Short hair remained fashionable in the early 1930s, but gradually hair was worn longer in soft or hard curls. Most hairstyles were smooth at the crown to accommodate a hat, with curls framing the face and at the ends. The first "Perm" hairstyles also became popular.

*Knotted hair cauls or hairnets, called snoods, of velvet or chenille yarn, were one of the historic revivals seen through out the period.

*Hats were worn for most occasions, almost always tipped to one side and decorated with bits of net veiling, feathers, ribbons, or brooches.

Makeup:

*In the early thirties a complexion like "Gardenia" (white and waxen) or "Tea rose" (ivory with a touch of pink)

*In the early 1930s rouge in very light pinks was used, if any. Later, from mid to the thirties, raspberry shades, yellow red or purple red were fashionable.

*Many different eyelid shades which stretched over blue, bright violet, green, brown and orchid were applied . Blondes prefered blue, green or bright violet eyelid shades, brunettes used brown grease paint with faint purple for a mysterious exotic flair. For evening the brightly shimmering eyelid shadow was applied from the upper eyelid up to the eyebrow.

*Up to the middle of the thirties most popular lipstick colors were light rose, raspberry tones, chinese red and orange tones. In the later 30s primarily bright red tones. The mouth should have full lips with an elongated bow that rounds and flares at the corners.

Where to Shop For The 1930's Look:

Unique Vintage

Ruby Lane

Vintage Style Clothing

1930's Dress Patterns:

Vintage Fashion Library

THE FASHION OF THE 40'S

Get The Look: Checklist

Clothes, Accessories & Shoes:

*Look for early '40s accessories that were popular. These were generally understated.

* Small hats were popular, also with netting that would hang over the face. A high-fashion woman may have worn large hats. These would often have little or no brim in the back and a high oval rim in front, which may have been any angle above the face. A woman's hat similar to a fedora began to be popular.

* Shoes were still reminiscent of the 1930s style, where they were close-toed, moderately high heels, and often with laces, buckles, or buttons. The high heels that we often think of as 1940s style were just becoming popular.

* Bakelite was popular, so there were many Bakelite bangles, Bakelite earrings, and Bakelite pins being worn, even though they had been in fashion since the 1920s.

* Especially popular were purses with Bakelite or Lucite elements, even entire purses made of Lucite.

Hair & Makeup

*Short hair remained fashionable in the early 1930s, but gradually hair was worn longer in soft or hard curls. Most hairstyles were smooth at the crown to accommodate a hat, with curls framing the face and at the ends. The first "Perm" hairstyles also became popular.

*Knotted hair cauls or hairnets, called snoods, of velvet or chenille yarn, were one of the historic revivals seen through out the period.

*Hats were worn for most occasions, almost always tipped to one side and decorated with bits of net veiling, feathers, ribbons, or brooches.

*The styles were often very creative and elaborate and the short haircuts of the 1930s gave way to the popularity of shoulder length, or a bit longer hair.

* Hair started to be styled with more height, not close to the head as was popular in the 1930s.

* The finger waves that had been popular since the 1920s became incorporated into more feminine and flirty styles. Finger waves would be styled along the side of the face, leading up to piles of curls. Finger waves were worn as a way to style the hair swept up from the face into a style, rather than showing up as the entire hairstyle.

* Curls were often tight and well defined. Pin curls were made tight and not brushed through as much as they would be later in the 1940s. There are more variations than there is room to describe here, but a lot of elements in a combined form that were popular through the decade continued into the 1950s hairstyles.

* Eyes weren't emphasized with dark shadows, rather just some mascara, though mascara was often worn on top and bottom lashes. Eyeliner was generally worn on the top lids, not the bottom.

* Eyebrows were arched more naturally, but still had an arc to them that could only be achieved with tweezing and shaping, and eyebrow pencil.

* Lipstick was still darker shades of red, maroon was popular. Mauves and corals were also popular, and Tangee lipstick, the original color-change lipstick, is still available. It was still common to fill in lipstick beyond the lip line, especially to emphasize the curve of the “Cupid's bow” of the top lip to more of a gentle arc.

* Red, coral or pink lipstick suited to your skin tone.

* Hair rats are great for the hairstyles, to accomplish rolls and faux bangs

* Seamed stockings will complete any '40s look perfectly.

* Simple high heels in a matt-finish leather or suede are best for the era.

* A smart flower hair ornament or a snood was popular then and is just as darling today!

* A Zoot Suit, with a wide brim hat and a pocket chain of exaggerated length.

* You will need slips or petticoats for some '40s style dresses. Most 1940s fashions were designed to be worn with foundation garments (e.g., girdles).

* A '40s hat is usually one of the best things you can buy to make your look most complete, and matching purse and gloves would be the best thing you could do for your outfit, especially if it is a simple one.

Where to Shop For The 1940's Look:

Unique Vintage

Stop Staring!

1940's Dress Patterns:

Vintage Fashion Library

Thanks to My Vintage Vogue for providing the retro pictures!