Style Icon: Jean Truscott from "Breathless"

Hello all you lovely people!
It is once again time for one of my Style Icons. And since last time's style icon was from the tv series Breathless and I mentioned that there was another lady in that television series that inspired me, I though I'd share that lady with you today.

Today's style icon is the character Jean Truscott from Breathless, played by the gorgeous Zoe Boyle. Jean is a former nurse, that is settling into life as a housewife to a young gynaecologist surgeon. The series is set in the early 1960's London and Jean is young and hip. She dresses in what at the 60's would have been real modern clothes. She has a flirty and sexy style with tight-fitting dresses and cool coats with awesome silhouettes.

My favourite outfit of Jean's is a black, tight and sexy dress, with dainty gloves and a stunning hat (seen below). She looks a million in that gorgeous outfit, and I seriously want the exact replica of that dress, it's so chic and lovely.

Like I said last time, I wouldn't necessarily recommend Breathless, but if your interested in vintage fashion or costume design then it's a very beautiful and suave series.

Much love,

Style Icon: Elizabeth Powell from "Breathless"

Hello all you lovely people!
It is time for another one of my Style Icons!

The style icon of today is another fictional character (surprise surprise) from the ITV period drama Breathless, that only ran for one series in 2013. The series is set in early 1960's England and revolves around the lives of a group of doctors and nurses at a gynaecology ward. It stars great actors and the show started very well, however the plot was lacking, it was a bit stupid and I understand why it wasn't picked up for a second series. However, it is a beautiful series visually. I wouldn't recommend you to watch it if it wasn't for the amazing, suave look of the show. The costumes are amazing and I've found not one, but two style icons in this series.

We'll start with the character Elizabeth Powell played by Natasha Little. Elizabeth is the wife of chief gynaecological surgeon Otto Powell and she's everything you'd expect of a doctor's wife in the 1960's. She's elegant and ladylike and it shows in her wardrobe. Since it is set in the early 1960's there is still some influence of the 1950's look, at least in the clothes of Elizabeth who would be a bit old-fashioned and modest.

Elizabeth wears beautiful, classic dresses and coats, and has a very glamorous air about her. The white dress with a black floral pattern (seen below) has been a favourite dress of mine since I saw it, I find myself still thinking about this dress, and I am very happy to say that I have something quite similar to it, that I have yet to wear. She also wears a lot of dainty gloves and has some beautiful details to her outfits.

I was very inspired by Elizabeth's style when watching Breathless. I find myself trying to emulate her outfits whenever I can. So I won't say you need to watch Breathless, it's not that good, but if you're looking to get a bit of vintage inspiration it is good.

Hope you all are having a great week.
Much love,

"Your Sunny, Funny Face"

Hello all you lovely people!
Hope you are all having a splendid Saturday filled with joy and sunshine!

I straightened my hair to cut the ends today, but while my hair was straight I decided to try to recreate the look of Audrey Hepburn's character Jo Stockton in Funny Face. I got inspiration from the publicity photos of Jo in a black turtleneck and the scene where she dances in the café.

This post will mostly be me sharing portrait photos of myself, because if I'm honest I think I look rather pretty. I'm not quite sure if I managed to get Audrey's look. I think I look much more like Lily Collins in that photoshoot where they made her to look like Audrey, so at least I'm halfway there.

Audrey's eye and eyebrows were her most prominent features, and while I have quite big doe-eyes, my eyebrows are lacking a bit, so I decided to fill them in for these photos. I want to take this opportunity to ask the makeup-wearing people out there what they use for their eyebrows? Pencils or otherwise? I've never used an eyebrow pencil, and in these photos I filled in my brows with a black pencil eyeliner (hehe). But what should I look for in good eyebrow makeup? Help a girl out. Favourite brands/products? Please tell me in the comments.

I wish you all a beautiful weekend, go watch Funny Face if you haven't (and if you have watch it again!), you won't regret it.

Much love,

Vintage Joy

Hello all you wonderful, beautiful people.
I hope you are all doing well and that the sun is shining where you are!

The dress I'm wearing is my first ever vintage dress that I've worn (I have two other vintage dresses that I bought before this one, but have yet to wear them). When I saw this dress on instagram I knew I had to have it. The floral print is beautiful, and the nipped in waist gives a gorgeous silhouette. The dress is from Simplicity is Bliss (IG @sibvintage).

One thing that I find is difficult with vintage is to know when to buy and when not to buy. Obviously, since it's vintage the likelihood of ever finding the same dress again is quite small, however you want to still get value for your money and vintage can be quite expensive.

If the vintage dress is my size (or bigger), the rule for me has been that I buy it if I can't stop thinking about it. It won't ever be "restocked" so you need to act fast, so if I find myself thinking about the dress after I've seen it, I will purchase it. How about you? Calling all other vintage-wearing ladies (and gentlemen), how do you decide what to buy when it comes to vintage items?

Dress: Vintage from Simplicity is Bliss

Gloves: Vivien of Holloway (here)

Petticoat: ModCloth (here)

Flats: Machi via ModCloth (Stylish Surprise)

I'm very happy to have ventured into the vintage world! Do you wear vintage? Why? Why not?

Hope you have a splendid rest of the week!
Much love,

Once in a Blue Moon

Hello all you lovely souls!
The weather is warming up nicely. It is quite hot here, and all the trees are finally green and lush.

These photos were taken in the beginning of May when it was just starting to get warmer and the trees were still bare.

I wore this when I was holding a speech for a group of biomedicine students (I studied biomedicine myself), talking about what they can expect of life as a PhD-student and giving some advice. I prepared, and was pumped up, but was met by a small group of uninterested students. Some international students that sat way back in the lecture hall even pointed at me and laughed for themselves, thinking I won't notice.

The whole experience made me realise what a hard job teachers have, that have to stand in front of students every single day!

Funny thing, this outfit was actually unintentionally inspired by a fictional teacher. As soon as I put on the blue cardi over the dress I felt like I recognised the outfit, but it wasn't until afterwards that it struck me! Jess Day from New Girl, wore a lovely green dress with a blue cardigan in the episode Fancyman Part 1 (1x17). Like I told you previously, Zooey Deschanel is a big style inspiration for me.

Dress: Swinging Chicks Shop (here)

Cardigan: La Redoute (old)

Flats: ModCloth (old)

Anyway, my experience with holding an inspirational speech for the students didn't quite go as I had hoped or planned. The whole thing was a bit disappointing, but there was one super interested student that came and talked to me after, so even if I only reached the one person, at least I did that!

Any teachers out there? How on earth do you amazing people do it day after day?

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. I had a very rough week at work, so I am doing some major relaxing.

Also a quick reminder, there are still some days left on the giveaway that I am hosting together with Book of Deer. For more info check this post here.

Much love,

Roman Holiday

Hello lovelies!

Hope you are having a fantastic weekend.

Roman Holiday from 1953 with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck is one of my favourite films. Two of my favourite actors are in it (Hepburn and Peck) and the story is lovely, happy, sad and perfect all at the same time. I always wish it would end differently, still after seeing it countless of times.

It's about a royal princess named Ann (Hepburn), that sort of elopes and goes around Rome by herself, while pretending to be someone else. A journalist (Peck) ends up helping her without knowing who she is, but later on figures it out. Naturally the pair go on to have exciting and funny adventures in the beautiful city of Rome. I really don't want to give anything away, so I'm going to end there, but it really is a lovely film and I most definitely suggest it.

Today's look is inspired by Ann while she is incognito. The film is black and white so I've tried for years to figure out what colour Ann's skirt was, finally settling on it probably being sand/beige, but I went for a full red skirt from Vivien of Holloway.

I've been a fan of Vivien of Holloway since I was in high school. I remember finding their web store and falling in love with their dresses. Well, 10 years later I finally got some items from Vivien of Holloway and I could not be happier with them. The skirt is fantastic in every way. I love the bright red colour (and Audrey wears a red skirt on the poster of Roman Holiday, so it was meant to be!), the volume and the twirlability of it!

Top: Vivien of Holloway (here)

Skirt: Vivien of Holloway (here)

Scarf: Vivien of Holloway (here)

Gloves: Vivien of Holloway (here)

Flats: Asos (here)

The top is also from Vivien of Holloway, and even though Ann wears a short sleeve (or actually it appears to be a long sleeve rolled up) I felt like the top had the same vibe to it. I added a pair of white gloves and black ballerina flats to give the outfit the right Audrey Hepburn feeling!

I felt ridiculously elegant in this outfit, and almost didn't want to take it off. I tired to channel the elegance and poise of Audrey. I've mentioned previously (here) how she is one of my number one style icons, and also one of my idols and heroes. So a belated Happy Birthday to the wonderful, elegant, excellent and amazing woman, Audrey Hepburn. You inspire me!

Much love,