help me with hair to go with this dress please ladies!

[book_lover]

Hello ladies! Long time no see, hope everyone is doing well! I’ve been absent because am desperately trying to finish my PhD..... having said that, it’s my friend’s 30th at the weekend, we’re hitting the town and I want to wear this outfit... I’m not sure why I’m doing a funny squat in one pic.

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Can you get an idea of the dress from these pics? It’s a lovely jade green colour, soft jersey, and has a swept neckline on it, with a thick band at the side of my waist with lots of self-coloured fabric buttons on it. Not sure what “period” this is from but certainly it looks vintage!

Here are the shoes I have to wear with it (I also have a clutch bag in the same range – pale gold with a diamante brooch, you can only just see it in the dress pics).......

http://i8.tinypic.com/25a2ihl.jpg

My accessories are vintage too but hard to describe – I will post a piccie later of these.

I’ll have to wear tights – flesh coloured? Also, I’d LOVE to do my hair in a style which suits the “period” of the dress, but also that can be done in say, 30 minutes. Is this doable? Many thanks in advance for any help girls!

Bookie

[~landgirl~]

Lovely dress and 70% off! Can I ask where you got it from??
I love the shoes also - they are gorgeous :-)

I will let the others advise on hair styles as I'm not so great with co-ordinating hair and outfits.

Have a great time when you hit the town!

[book_lover]

hi landgirl, thanks, it's from Monsoon. But in the sale about 6 weeks ago so you may be out of luck (I should have thought to post it at the time). It was £60 down to £15.

[~landgirl~]

That is so cheap! I will have a look tomorrow, we have a monsoon up the road from work!

[book_lover]

If they still have summer sale stuff rack, you may be in luck, I'll keep my fingers crossed.

How amazing is Ava Gardner? I love her hair here:

http://www.leninimports.com/ava_gardner_gallery_4.jpg

is she wearing a net at the back?

xxx

[~landgirl~]

It looks like she could be! Either that or she has rolled it up tightly.
You have quite long hair so I would think you should have an array of different styles you could achieve!

[book_lover]

ah, but in half an hour? [huh]........ will post the results, if I manage it!

xxx

[~landgirl~]

You need a snood!

[book_lover]

ah now there's an idea :rolleyes:

[BegintheBeguine]

yes, flesh-colored tights.
separate your hair at the back of your head at ear level or so, horizontally. Do up the top half in a french twist, a sloppy one is okay, it will make your hair poof up on the top like Ava's. Put the rest that's hanging down in a hair net which you will bobby pin on. Your hair looks red; so is mine, I use either the blonde or the light brown hairnet since I can't find any red.
Or a snood over the whole thing. ;)

[~landgirl~]

You can get a dark red snood here:

http://www.1940.co.uk/acatalog/Clothing.html

I am no snood expert so you might need someone elses approval on how genuine looking these are, but it does say it is suitable for reenactment. The guy who runs the shop is really friendly so he might give you a next day delivery if your night out is this saturday!

[Fleur De Guerre]

I found a pretty good hair solution for a wedding the other weekend where I could not be bothered with curling it the night before. I sprayed it with setting lotion and used a curling iron and when i slid the hair off it, I pinned it to my head with a kirby grip and left it there for a short while until it had completely cooled. then I sprayed and took them out. I had the top rolled (optional) and pinned a flower into it (also optional!) but the bottom curls lasted pretty darn well, and it looked vintage enough (I thought!).

[~landgirl~]

I sprayed it with setting lotion and used a curling iron and when i slid the hair off it, I pinned it to my head with a kirby grip and left it there for a short while until it had completely cooled.

What setting lotion do you use. I searched high and low in Boots and Superdrug, I was beginning to think they only sell it in hairdressers!

[Fleur De Guerre]

I bought a vast container of Lottabody when I in the states! Sorry that's not much help! I am not sure if you can buy it online or anything. You can buy setting lotion in Boots and S/D but it's very rubbish. Like pure alcohol and makes your hair crispy. Lottabody is good because it leaves your hair soft. I could always send you some in a little bottle to try - to see if it works for you before you try to order some from overseas. I do have loads!

[~landgirl~]

That would be great if you wouldn't mind! Shall I PM you my address?
I just did a search on e-bay and there seems to be a few different types of Lottabody, wrap and set and just standard setting lotion.

[AllaboutEve]

Try Aveda Phomollient, it's a bit pricey (about £12.00) but it is great as a setting lotion, just wash your hair, don't bother to condition, then work it through your hair. I then put mine in curlers/pins etc and leave it to dry (overnight is good if you can) and then let it down.

MEGA curls, shiny, not crispy or dull or flaky and the curls last all day and then some!!! Oh and it smells gorgeous too kind of like spicey honey!

I discovered it's setting lotion properties quite by accident and have never bothered with anything else since.......give it a try.

[~landgirl~]

Sounds worth a try! Thank you!

Is this the one?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AVEDA-Phomollient-Styling-Foam-200ml_W0QQitemZ230037201262QQihZ013QQcategoryZ1186 0QQssPageNameZWD1VQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[AllaboutEve]

Thats the one!:) :)

[book_lover]

yes, flesh-colored tights.
separate your hair at the back of your head at ear level or so, horizontally. Do up the top half in a french twist, a sloppy one is okay, it will make your hair poof up on the top like Ava's. Put the rest that's hanging down in a hair net which you will bobby pin on. Your hair looks red; so is mine, I use either the blonde or the light brown hairnet since I can't find any red.
Or a snood over the whole thing. ;)

Thank you!

My hair is brown - a sort of mid brown at the mo. I went to our local chemist and got myself a hairnet! It's a brown one (I also got an "invisible" one but it's so fine and flyaway I doubt I'd be able to do anything with it, plus, I want it to be a feature).

Any tips on getting the hair to sit right inside the net? (I think it's a bit on the roomy side)

Many thanks

Leanne

[book_lover]

http://i9.tinypic.com/29gc0lg.jpg

is this sort of right? very rough....... but I pinned the hair under (ignore ugly but well loved sloucing clothes)

eta what an awful pic. Will have to be brave and post one of the finished result which hopefully will be much better!!

[~landgirl~]

How did it go, it was last night wsn't it? I only just read this message!

[book_lover]

aw thanks so much Landgirl for asking, I had a fab time, my friend helped me with my hair (backcombing it a bit on top too) and it looked great (unfortunately in the photos you can see how my annoying floppy bit kept coming down at the side - will have to pin that next time). Apparently my hair got "eyed up" in one pub, and my friend Mike (who likes all things vintage but not Golden Era specifically) said "nice, wow" and things like that when he saw it - he seemed thouroughly surprised at me :D My friends all kept saying I looked nice BUT THEN I SAW THE PICTURES.

Now I don't QUITE know why I'm posting a picture (I like to humiliate myself perhaps??) but here you go. Note how I just DO NOT suit red lipstick and grey eyeshadow - my eyes are the wrong colour for it so in future I'm going to stick to colours that suit me regardless of how "authentic" they might not be...... and the dress, which I have been loving, makes me look SO washed out in these pics. Not sure if it's the camera or just need a bit of fake tan - sigh. And I KNOW I'm slimmer than this - sigh again. The dress is a UK 12 so why does it make me look so much larger in the pics?

Maybe I should just not ever LOOK at pictures after a night out!

eta excuse also the red eyes and the stamp on my hand! these are the very best pics of many - some are absolutely horrendous!

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[~landgirl~]

I love your hair!!!! and I love the dress even more now I see it complete! You are right though, you are very fair - like me so maybe a touch of fake tan would have done the trick but I wouldn't say you looked 'washed out' at all. And you look 'curvy' which is the shape of women had back in the day so don't put yourself down!

Thanks for the pics! It's great to see people on here. I think everyone should post pics of themselves on night outs - that way we can get tips on colours etc. Just a thought!

[RetroModelSari]

I think you look georgous (and I adore what you did with your hair!). Don´t be so worried about looking large. i think you look great and keep in mind that it is just a snapshoot. Snapshoots rarely catch the way you really look!

[book_lover]

thanks girls! I appreciate your thoughts, and don't feel SO bad now (although the diet re-starts today, and my Mum has just promised me an extra birthday pressie if I get to my target - 7lb in a month should be doable).

Sari your website is amazing! Maybe you can offer me some advice on how to pose for the camera? I always feel so stupid and can't hold a natural smile for all that long and end up looking silly.

Cheers girls.

[~landgirl~]

I'd be interested in some tips also Sari, my face is far from symetrical (not that I look like the geezer from the goonies or anything!! haha) but it my nose is slighty over on one side and it makes my face look quite wonky in some photographs!

[RetroModelSari]

Ok, on your request I give out some tips. ;)

The best perspective to be photographed is when pictures are taken at least(!!!) in a distance of two meters. If the one taking the photo is going to a low angle it will give you georgous long legs (people often wonder that I´m just a 5´6 when they meet me in person). And I can never say it enough - put your stomach in and your chest out. And last but not least straighten your back.

book-lover: the position is good. You just need to lift your shoulder put chest out, stomach in.

landgirl: Feel free to send me a photo so I have an idea what you mean. I have the suspicion that your face-photos are taken from a distance of less than 2 m (cause that can really make one look weird and different).

[~landgirl~]

Ok I am going to get my other half to take a photograph of me on Wednesday evening as we are going to see Buddy the musical so I will be wearing a nice dress! I will do as you say, at least 2 meters away and post in here!

[book_lover]

thanks! I'll remember those tips. I mostly feel very self conscious about my mouth though - smile - with teeth, or without? [huh] and then I end up flitting between the two while the person taking the pic gets themselves sorted and look stupid in the end result!

[~landgirl~]

thanks! I'll remember those tips. I mostly feel very self conscious about my mouth though - smile - with teeth, or without? [huh] and then I end up flitting between the two while the person taking the pic gets themselves sorted and look stupid in the end result!

It depends if you have good teeth or not! If you do then I would go for the full cheesecake grin and show them off :D My mouth isn;t shaped well to show my teeth so I always look like this :o in photographs!!

[RetroModelSari]

Too many people are insecure about their teeth. My ones aren´t perfect either. But give a biiiig smile with teeth a try. :D

[BegintheBeguine]

Book Lover, I just got back from my trip so I have missed a week of this thread: your hair looked great in your pics. Everything looked lovely. Glad the hairnet worked. :)