Before I got into the 40's and 50's inspired style, I liked the 60's and 70's. One reason for this was that I happened to come across some of my parents old clothes in the attic of our house. Needless to say, they didn't stay in the attic. At the age of 13-14 I started to wear my mum's, (and dad's!) old flared jeans and other items to school, and finally began to feel like I had a style that I liked. Around this age is when I started sewing a bit more as well, however most of my projects from back then are still in storage somewhere, unfinished, because I did not yet have the skills to make things the way I wanted...
Anyway, a few years passed, I moved abroad and dressed more mainstream until I moved back to Finland, broke up with my boyfriend at the time and found many of the wonderful blogs that I now follow on a daily basis. My retro fashion interest returned, now focused a couple of decades earlier than before, until this;
Anyway, a few years passed, I moved abroad and dressed more mainstream until I moved back to Finland, broke up with my boyfriend at the time and found many of the wonderful blogs that I now follow on a daily basis. My retro fashion interest returned, now focused a couple of decades earlier than before, until this;
I found a fantastic 60's dress with a gold pattern and no way was I leaving this beauty in the charity shop. Cost me 3 euros.
A couple of weeks later I found a pair of matching gold shoes. So I have decided that it is silly of me to limit myself to any certained time period, when there is so much fun to be had with a broader wardrobe...! We'll see what the future holds!
