༺ Tip To The Traveling Hat ༻

You all probably know by now how obsessed I am with hats…

So when my friend Tanith of Tanith Rowan Designs, a fabulous lady with a gift for the art of millinery, concocted the idea of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Hat, I didn’t think twice ~ I was there!

Last year I participated in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Dress by taking the sister frock for a twirl at an old stonework church, and that was so much fun that I couldn’t wait for the chance to take out ‘Adelaide’ for a spin.

This stunning confection of a chapeau is a tilt style of felt and white winter-ish berries, and with the architectural design of the hat, I knew a structured suit would really compliment this piece. I had grand plans to sew up a navy 1940’s ensemble, but then I thought perhaps I would do something different.

I decided to go out of my comfort zone and try ~ *gasp* a pencil skirt. (ᵒ̤̑ ◁ ᵒ̤̑)৹ᵍᵎᵎ  This skirt is often known as a “wiggle” style as apposed to a “swing” or full circle skirt cut. As you might guess from the nickname, pencil skirts can often end up on the more “sexy” side of styles.

I will say that a sexy look not really something I really like to go for ~ I personally much prefer a modest style of dress and will tend to stay far away from anything that ventures too close to a sexy pinup style. But in saying that, I think the looser fit of this suit helped to keep it more vintage and less pinup for me, so I quite enjoyed wearing it in the end!

Despite the fact that I am definitely still a firm full circle skirt fan, I was really happy with how this ensemble came together. Particularly when pairing the suit with a vintage 50’s blouse that has this really cute bow belt detail at the waist.

And while I know that a red, white and blue often comes across as a patriotic “themed” outfit, I honestly didn’t think of that at all when I was composing the look. What can I say, I really love navy and red and white, and sometimes you just have to throw it altogether! (*• ᴗ ᵕ*)

I guess accidentally coming across as dressing to a theme really isn’t out of my comfort zone at all these days. It’s a bit hard to be worried about a colour scheme when my whole entire ensemble has a vintage theme!  Haha.

Have you tried going out of your comfort zone with your style recently? Was your experiment a success? I think mine was! Even though I can’t see pencil skirts becoming a huge part of my wardrobe, I am interested to try other wiggle styles in the future ~ so here’s to trying new things!
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xox,

bonita

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‘Adelaide’ 1940’s Inspired Tilt Hat | by Tanith Rowan Designs
Vintage 1950s Bow & Poppy Blouse | Vintage Pop Up Fair
Red Stone Beads | Lady’s Market, Hong Kong ‘08
Vintage 1940’s Ruched Rust Gloves | eBay
Vintage 60s Navy Suit {altered by me to look 50s} | eBay
Cherry Pop Box Bag | Lola Von Rose
Red Alert Heels | Old

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