Friday 27 May 2011

Flower Power





I thought I'd give one of my latest jumble sale dresses an outing today. 
It went down so well that I got treated to a rendition of Scott Walker's  MacKenzie's (ooops thanks, Curtise) "San Francisco (Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair)" from the queue outside the swimming baths when I stepped out of Yootha, our 1969 Beetle. Pensioners, no shame, huh?


I'm feeling so overwhelmingly floral today that I'm even wearing Boots No 7 Gay Geranium lipstick. Well, if it's worth doing it's worth overdoing.


1960's floral shift (Jumble sale 40p), Alexis boots (TopShop £20), vintage yellow rose bag (Car boot sale 20p), Hair flower (Hand made)
It's the village Free Festival this weekend so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for dry weather and then maybe I can squeeze a car boot sale in, too.



Have a brilliant weekend whatever you get up to.

PS: Please check out the lovely Emma's blog today, I get a mention!

75 comments:

  1. So cute! I love it.

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  2. Your car is amazing. I've always wanted a Beetle. You look as beautiful as ever too :)

    x

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  3. Lovely, you look demure yet funky, a hard look to pull off! Love your car.

    This weekend I shall be mostly packing, visiting new baby, and trying to catch up on everyone's posts I missed while sorting out the swap!

    x

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  4. i totally adore that dress!

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  5. I love the fact that your Beetle is called Yootha!!!! It looks awesome, but not as awesome as you. Love the dress and the flower in your hair. Perfect! xx

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  6. You look Fabulous as always! I am seriously Loving that dress! I should have the post up tonight sometime.

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  7. That dress really is beautiful! Haha got to love the pensioners, my Grandad had a go at rapping last year when we were on holiday - hilarious! They may have no shame but they're all the better for it haha :) x

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  8. You paid £20 for some boots!! You must love them because you never admit to shelling out that much dosh!

    Mind you, they ARE fabbo. Yootha Joyce? I loved her.

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  9. Awesome dress my dear! I love the car, they're the coolest model still!
    xxx

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  10. You look beautiful, im a massive fan of the florals! Great car :o) Have aq fabulous weekend, im hoping for dry weather to hit the booties! Scarlett s

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  11. Ah Vix, you look so so amazing <3 xx

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  12. Yootha is lovely. If we ever got rid of our van, I would love a beetle but really I would love one of each as I am greedy!
    Really like your boots; very similar to a pair I nearly bought from All Saints a while ago :)

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  13. you look so pretty - loving the florals! and can't believe your dress was one 40p! what a find!

    http://blogoftheprettythings.blogspot.com/

    xxx

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  14. you know I'm a sucker for florals! this is amazing!

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  15. Hello again - I just saw, VERY pleased and excited!!! My eyes are hereby peeled for you! Should be good fun, Lakota is topnotch to organise it! xx

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  16. I LOVE that dress - it leapt out at me from your post yesterday - you look gorgeous!

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  17. You are a vision of beautiful flowers and awesome jewels!
    Have a lovely and fun weekend,

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  18. What a fab dress, you look gorgeous! And the car, omg Yootha is a doll!

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  19. Oh bless you ,you keep taking me back to 'that 'time in my life ,we had a Beetle silver with a rag roof ...love Jan xx

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  20. Its so amazing that the frocks you find are such a perfect fit. Did you join in with the singalong? Great bag too - roses rock.

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  21. Have a good one yourself hon! Hope the weather stays good for car booting, I'll be sewing and drinking gin I think ;o)

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  22. I keep my fingers crossed for you to have a superb weather this weekend.
    You look glorious!!!
    XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  23. Ah that dress is gorgeous on, nothing wrong with overloading on floral either! :)

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  24. what a gorgeous dress for an amaaaazing price!

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  25. You look wonderful! I love the floral print on that dress and you are so right about something being worth overdoing - florals are definitely in that category. Love the boots too xx

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  26. I wish that dress would jump into my closet right now!

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  27. What a gorgeus dress, your eyebrows are looking fantastic too xxx

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  28. Boots No7 Gay Geranium?!What an awesome name for a colour!It looks delish! LOVE,love,love thi frock,the colours are heavenly!!!
    Imagine stirring up the pensioners!Hahahaha,good on them,they probably look forward to the regular stimulus you give them!
    Yootha might need some flowers too!!
    LOVE YOU!!!
    Helga xxxXXXxxx

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  29. What a divine dress! Love your car too

    Hope your have a smashing weekend xx

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  30. Haha, I love the thought of pensioners serenading you.

    The print on that dress is to die for. 60's florals are so good. I never seem to find any - it's all 80's cabbage roses faded type prints that look really dated. Your dress looks really fresh and modern.

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  31. oh you look wonderful, those boots are just perfect with that dress! oh and your car is beauuuutiful! x

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  32. Rather demure today, and terribly pretty!
    Nothing like a bit of a public singsong, I love embarrassing the kids by singing in the street (and fab song, tho the Scott in question is Mackenzie not Walker - I know, pop nerd, I'm sorry!)

    The dress is yet another stunner, and you are rocking those boots!
    Have a good weekend!

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  33. Love that dress - you look great. I am always jealous of people who have fab legs and can bare all! I'm blessed with "hockey players' calves" - although the rest of me's a slim 10/12 - and am stuck with opaques or leggings under dresses all year round. That said, in Scotland that's no great loss!

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  34. Gorgeous, I love a floral print! You could have stepped right from '69!

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  35. I love your collection of vehicles almost as much as your collection of frocks. I'm hoping to get to a boot sale this weekend too... lets keep our fingers crosses for sunny weather, or at least dry weather would do. xx

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  36. Gorgeous! i love the third picture.

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  37. I love that song! And I love this dress. You look smashing. xoxo

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  38. I love your dress Vix its gorgeous! Have a wonderful weekend xxx

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  39. oh Vix i adore this outfit today you look stunning and so cute to. I love it and the car to ahhhh reminds me of mine many moons ago before the kids were born ;-)) Have a lovely weekend sweetie, dee xx

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  40. Ha ha, I love the "if it's worth doing it's worth overdoing"!

    The dress looks gorgeous on you.

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  41. Ga!!! You and Yootha make a gorgeous team - oooh that dress is mighty lovely on you and I'm so glad you were serenaded today:)))). Those boots are flipping hot with the dress and yes, if it's worth doing it's worth over-doing. Bingo. xoxoxoxoxoxo

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  42. You look smashing. Missed saying how envious I am of the finds in your lost post, too.

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  43. I don't know what I love more - the frock! the beetle! the bag!

    You look bloody GORGEOUS as always and I have my fingers crossed for you to have perfect weather this weekend.

    Sarah xxx

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  44. Stunning! I love the vintage floral dress and the funky yellow car. Have a great weekend!

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  45. "If it's worth doing, it's worth overdoing"! LOVE it. And I love your outfit, and your car! And thanks for the sweet words on my last post. You are just lovely.

    heart: K

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  46. You look so utterly cute Vix! x

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  47. Thanks for the link to my blog! You are Truly Fabulous! Your blog is very inspiring to me. Your blog inspires me to live life to the fullest and have fun with Fashion and life!

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  48. Have a gorgeous weekend Vix. Your tales of Walsall's pensioners crack me up xx

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  49. Yootha is gorgoeus, and now I'll be singing that song alday long :)

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  50. that really is a fabulous dress....looks brilliant with the boots.....and shows off your enviable figure to a T!! xx

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  51. Oh oh oh my! The shoes contrast so well with the florals. Consider that style stolen.x

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  52. What a cute Beetle! I have always wanted one in lime green myself. Loving the floral frock as well - those boots compliment it perfectly.

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  53. Love that dress it's a great length. Have a fab weekend my dear! xxx

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  54. Dearest Vix, you look bloody gorgeous. Everything looks fabulous on you.

    How fab is Yootha? I assume she's named after Yootha Joyce. I love George and Mildred.

    Have a great Saturday. I have Fee, George and Betty here and I'm off to help finish off the shop.

    Love you xx

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  55. You look so groovy standing in front of your amazing beetle! Such style :) Pensioners really do get away with everything; there's an old man in one of the orchestras I play with and he serenades me and makes me blush! He must be reaching 90 soon....! Lots of love xoxox

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  56. Hi my dear-your dress is gorgeous, you really look lovely and did amazingly well at the jumble, what a fantastic haul of gems!! Have a great weekend too xxx

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  57. Sigh, I just love the print of this dress! Your legs are amazing, can we swap please?? xx

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  58. I love that dress with the boots very funky. xx

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  59. The print on your dress is great. I love the car behind you.

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  60. Stunning as usual!
    Sophie
    x

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  61. i love that dress.. it looks perfect on you.. and the flower in your hair along with the bug car.. fantastic combo all in all!!..

    charl
    x

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  62. love your dress....& the vintage bug is so adorable! following you from Fancy Bella!

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  63. Vix you are fabulous! Straight out of a movie! No wonder you get serenaded!! You're a star x

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  64. i just love your stacks of silver bracelets! love seeing you rock this grunge-inspired 1980's/1990's outfit! =)

    http://pinkchampagnefashion.blogspot.com/

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  65. Stunning dress Vix. Aren't pensioners funny. I intend to be a really outrageous one.

    X x

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  66. Wow. You superstar.

    I would love to be serenaded my shameless nannas.

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  67. this flowered dress looks so stunning on you... and i totally adore the beetle.

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  68. Wow, what a beautiful dress. I can't believe it was only 40p too, what a great buy!

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  69. I do love the ankle boots with ladylike dress. May just borrow that little style tip today vix. I'm not dressed yet...shhhh...

    xxx

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  70. Another gorgeous dress Vix. You do have a cracking bod xx

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  71. I love reading your blog. Well done on all of the awesome finds. You are really made to carry off all of these lovely dresses. I love the comment about people chucking vintage stuff at you and you chucking next suff back at them...makes me chuckle! xx

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  72. I'm in love with your blog! Thats one of the things I miss about living in the Uk, weekly markets and great charity shops. I use to live in Harborne, Birmingham and the highstreet had 12 charity shops!!

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  73. Lovely and beautiful flowers can enhance the Beauty!!Flower Delivery Walsall

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Lots of love, Vix