What I Wore This Week – My Everyday Vintage Style

One of the most asked questions I receive is ‘Do you dress like this every day?”

I find that most ladies that are starting out in wearing a vintage style can be easily overwhelmed by all the highly glamorous images of beautiful girls in beautiful ‘head to toe’ vintage, and they struggle to translate this look, as they are thinking ‘How can I wear this EVERY DAY?‘ I know I did!

When I first started embracing my vintage style ( and still now), I just LOVED to see what others did for their everyday style. And so, I have decided make a weekly post of a collation of my daily outfits to serve as inspiration for anyone wanting to see what ‘everyday‘ vintage style might be, as oppose to just the high glamour of special occasion outfits. Though, there will be some of those here too!

Here is a collection of my outfits over the last couple of weeks, (I will have to become more diligent in recording outfits everyday!)

Dress : Vintage 1940’s
Coat: Thrifted circa 1970’s, and separate fur collar thrifted
Hat: Beret thrifted
Bag: Coach
Sunnies: Modern Prada
Jewellery:  Belt from another thrifted dress

Top, skirt and cape :  Thrifted circa 1970’s
Umbrella: Modern from Priceline
Scarf: Thrifted
Sunnies:  Modern unbranded
Jewellery: Pearls thrifted

Dress :  1930’s reproduction Mildred, available from  my shop
Coat: Vintage 1950’s velvet
Hat:  Vintage 1930’s
Shoes: Hush Puppies
Sunnies: Modern unbranded
Jewellery: Thrifted

Dress :  1950’s reproduction, Lucille available from my collection 
Coat: Vintage 1950’s/60’s
Hat:  vintage 1950’s
Bag:  Coach
Sunnies:  Modern Prada
Jewellery: Thrifted
Umbrella: Gift

Silk Bouse and wool skirt :  Thrifted
Hat:  Beret thrifted
Bag:  Coach
Sunnies:  Modern unbranded
Shoes:  Hush Puppies

Top :  Thrifted modern
Skirt: Vintage  1930’s
Hair scarf: Thrifted
Sunnies:  Modern unbranded
Jewellery: Thrifted

Top :  Modern thrifted (men’s!)
Skirt:  1930’s repro made be me
Jacket: Velvet 1930’s thrifted
Hat:  Vintage 1950’s
Bag:  Coach
Sunnies:  Modern Prada
Scarf and accessories:  Thrifted

Dress: Modern beaded dress thrifted
Crochet Cape:  Modern crochet thrifted
Fur collar Cape: 1930’s reproduction Greta, from my shop
Hairpiece:  Made my me
Jewellery:  Gifted – deco style
Shoes:  Ebay

I find it can be easier to get dressed up and plan a great vintage outfit for a special occasion or event, But when it comes to the every day, the off duty and even work outfits, it can be much more difficult to maintain the style standards you wish to attain!

And let’s not forget to mention that real vintage clothing is old and delicate, and with everyday wear will quickly deteriorate! This is just one of the reasons I like to wear mostly repro and thrift for my everyday.

For me, my vintage style runs through all aspects of my life. I don’t own jeans and I have been able to transform my whole wardrobe into workable vintage style pieces,  mixing real vintage, reproduction, and modern thrift clothing . From my evening wear to my sleepwear! But it was a process and it didn’t happen all at once!

Instagram is my party and is where I post all my outfits and daily fashion life! You can follow my IG HERE.

I hope you enjoy this series of posts and hopefully, it will serve as just a little inspiration for you!

If you find something useful or have any questions, let me know in the comments below!