Pink Margarita!

 

Featuring on my blog this week is this cute little Pink-Glitter Margarita brooch by an Australian business called Martinis and Slippers 

This business is run and owned by a lovely lady named Alex. Alex has been designing, producing and selling her brooches for officially twelve months.  Alex works from her own home in Melbourne, Victoria where she does the brooch concepts, does the rough illustrations, the artwork layout, liaise with suppliers, assemble the brooch pieces, coordinate the photography, writes the descriptions, does the packaging and then ships out to all her wonderful customers.

Martinis and Slippers was originally the name of Alex's blog, but then she wanted to start her own business selling cocktail and martini brooches, as the idea came to her after not having much success trying to find the perfect cocktail or martini brooch.  She also sells many other brooches such as jukebox's, vintage Chevy cars, cat-eye sunglasses, lady silhouette's and poodles etc.

Martinis and Slippers do ship internationally as well as Australia wide. 

The Margarita Pink-Glitter is currently listed to purchase for $24.95 (Aus).  It's all made from acrylic materials, including the base, straw and lime slice. It's also been laser cut and has a vertical safety finding on the back to place perfectly on your garment that you would like to style this brooch with.

The size is 7.5 cm x 4.5 cm.  It's such a unique, yet cute brooch to wear...I love it!!

 With my new brooch I choose to wear my yellow Missy knitted top from Collectif, this top is currently listed for sale for only £7.00. There are only a few sizes left though, it also comes in pink. I love the cotton knitted style and how comfortable it is to wear.

My denim capri pants are from Vivien of Holloway 

These pants are high-waisted, have winged pockets, have western style stitch detailing and a central back zip with button fastening. 

These capri denim pants are made from 97% cotton and 3% elastane and are currently available to purchase for £45.00.  Again these are very comfortable to wear.

Accessories Include:

Shoes from Payless Australia

Yellow Jelly bag by Sunjellies and ordered through Vintage Pip

Yellow hair-flower from Louella-Deville YOSPS

Sunglasses and bangles from a local boutique.

Floral earrings from Gigi's Retro Closet

In other news I had a great weekend on Saturday taking blog photos in a retro style cafe (I'm looking forward to sharing these photos on my next blog post).  Attending a pinup workshop and learning some new pinup make-up tricks and hair styles. 

Then on Sunday I went to a vintage car show and shine and participated in a pinup pageant called Take Your Tops off Convertibles all to help raise funds for breast cancer awareness and research. I had a really lovely day, I didn't end up winning a place but that doesn't matter as I was mainly there to have fun and help support a really wonderful cause.

 

Until next time!

Miss Milla Cherry xo

Viva La Lux!

I received these two most adorable brooches a week ago from a vintage inspired jewellery business called Viva La Lux. As well as twitter and instagram (as in the above photo) you can find Viva La Lux on facebook https://www.facebook.com/VivaLaLux/?fref=ts
and on Etsy https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/VivaLaLux?ref=shopsection_shophome_leftnav 
There are so many goodies to choose from including brooches, earrings and necklaces.
The store owner's name is Bonnie and all her 1940's/50's reproduction Lucite and Bakelite (Fakelite) style jewellery are homemade.  Viva La Lux is based in the UK and I highly recommend on buying yourself something really unique, well designed and constructed to accessorize your outfit perfectly!

The first gorgeous brooch I'm reviewing is called Be Mine brooch in confetti pink. This brooch is hand made, is 3 by 3 inches, has round and hearts beads, has a bright red confetti base and has a bar clasp that locks closed. Materials used includes lucite, plastic, wire, metal and ceramic.
As soon as I saw this brooch I just had to do a blog review on it, as I do adore the colour pink, also the confetti and heart beads.  I knew this brooch would go wonderfully with a lot of my outfits.

The second brooch is the Atomic poodle confetti flaked boomerang (no longer listed on Etsy) this the most adorable poodle on a pink confetti boomerang base. This brooch also has a bar clasp that locks, and materials used are plastic, Lucite, metal, wire and ceramic.
I just adore the poodle on the boomerang base, very delightful and so well designed and constructed. Again this brooch is going to go so well with a lot of my outfits.

In these photos I'm wearing the Evelyn dress in Mary Blair umbrellas print from Pinup Girl Clothing
Other accessories include:
White pee-toe shoes are from Target Australia
Blue scarf from Laurina Jean Retro 
Blue straw sun hat from Target Australia
Retro style sunglasses from Colette by Colette Hayman

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo
 

Colourful Pinup!

On Saturday 31st of October 2015 I attended the Decades Festival in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
The Decades Festival included a mixture of music (bands), vehicles and fashions from the 1950's through to the 1990's. Though saying that the pinup pageant and the fashion parade (which I took part in) mainly included inspired fashions from the 1950's and 60's.
At the festival I looked around at the awesome vintage cars, had some lunch with a follow pinup friend, had a bit of a browse at a few of the market stalls, watched the pinup pageant, participated in the fashion parade and had some photos taken at the event.
It was so hot walking around in the sun, even though I had an umbrella with me I still got a bit burnt.

The above photos are some professional photos of me on the catwalk and having a photo taken with a 1950's vintage car.
I really loved the outfit I chose to wear for this event, as I do love bright, bold colours. Plus pink is one of my favorite colours.

I wore my new Dolores pink top by Collectif UK  https://www.collectif.co.uk/  
Queen of hearts border print Jenny skirt by Pinup Girl Clothing http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/ 
I accessorized this outfit with a pink pinup belt and pink hair-scarf from an ebay seller.  A pair of pink retro sunglasses that I received as a gift and my tea-set brooch from Deerarrow  http://www.deerarrow.com/ 
I also walked around with my pink and yellow umbrella as part of my outfit at the event.

A few days ago I received in the post three different hair-flowers from an Australian company called Daisy Jean Floral Designs   http://daisyjeanfloraldesigns.com/
I've been wanting to purchase some of their hair-flowers for a while but just haven't done so, until recently.
I ordered and bought a big sunflower piece, a rose double and a pink gerbera as in these blog photos.

As soon as I received these lovely pieces I wanted to take some blog photos, to showcase them to you all that follow my blog. For this pink Gerbera I knew I had to match it with a bright and colourful floral dress, and I knew straight away which dress to wear my floral halter-neck swing dress from Vivien of Holloway.

 Floral Fiesta swing dress is by Vivien of Holloway  http://www.vivienofholloway.com/
Pink gerbera hair-flower is from Daisy Jean Floral Designs  
Wide blue belt is from an ebay seller and my pink flower brooch is vintage.
Petticoat is from Gwynnies Emporium  http://gwynnies.com.au/

Next week I'll blogged about the pinup picnic by the sea that I recently enjoyed and attended!

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

 

Pretty Pink Pinups!

I have another big weekend planned! This weekend on Saturday I'll be attending a festival called Decades. Which showcases vehicles, music and fashions from the 1950's through to the 1990's. I'm actually in the fashion parade, so for the last couple of days I've been planning my outfit to wear. I'm really looking forward to going, as I've never been before!
Then on Sunday I'll be going to a pinup picnic by the sea down at the Gold Coast, which includes pinups, rockabilly guys and dolls, meeting in a park and having a picnic together. There will also be photographers and lucky door prizes up for grabs!  I'm planning on taking my new picnic basket, a blanket and a parasol/umbrella on the day.

 In these photos I'm wearing my Collectif UK white Gypsy blouse, my Banned Apparel flamingo skirt, pink peep-toe wedges by Williams Australia and a pink flamingo hair tie from an ebay seller.

 On Saturday for a few hours I went to watch a pinup pageant in aid of Breast Cancer Awareness. Some of my friends were in the pageant. I also wanted to enter but I had to go to work that day!
Anyway all of the ladies had to entail the colour pink into their gorgeous outfits. I loved seeing everyone dressed in pink, as it is one of my favorite colours.
As well as the gorgeous pinups, their was also quite a number of gorgeous looking vintage cars and hot rods their too.

 Off course I had to get a photo or two with some of these wonderful cars.  Apparently quite an substantial amount of money was raised on the day to go towards the breast cancer foundation, which was great to hear!
All the ladies were amazing with their little routines, there end up being a 3rd runner up, runner up and of course a winner. But everyone was a winner in my eyes, as it was for a very good cause!

 I wore my new Nadine posy floral dress from Collectif UK  https://www.collectif.co.uk/ 
a pair of white shoes from Target Australia, pink hair-flower and cat-eye glasses from an ebay seller, vintage beads and my pink/yellow umbrella from a pre-loved clothing boutique.

 All in all it was a lovely morning catching up with friends, meeting new ladies, looking around at all the cars and especially watching the girls up on the stage!

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Tiki pinup vs Kitchen pinup

One of my favorite pinup styles is the tiki/Hawaiian look, I own quite a number of dresses/skirts in this style, that also includes fabric patterns of palm trees, hibiscus flowers, flamingos, orchid's etc.

This summery tiki style wrap/wiggle dress is by the brand Miss Fortune UK   http://www.missfortune.co.uk/
 I love the fabric print with the white palm trees on the brownish background, the halter and the wrap style.

I decided to accessorize this gorgeous dress with my bamboo bangles, an orchid hair-flower, a pair of leopard print sunglasses and wedges from Williams Australia  https://www.williamsshoes.com.au

I took this photos for my blog outside in the nice sunshine in my Mum's beautiful garden.

Today I walked the catwalk for Noni B (ladies fashion chain store) in "fashions on the field". I modeled four different outfits, it was a lot of fun and really great to build up my confidence for any future fashion shows/pinup pageants!

 Another favorite pinup style of mine is the floral/cute "look".  This cute little floral dress is by the UK reproduction brand Voodoo Vixen http://www.voodoovixen.co.uk/  

I adore the style, the floral design on the light blue background and the gathered bust line. This dress is so great to wear in the summer/hotter months as well.

I decided to accessorize this lovely dress with some fashion jewelry, a pink hair-flower and a pink pair of faux cat-eye glasses that I bought from an ebay seller and my white peep-toe sandals from Target Australia.
I took these photos for my blog in my pink kitchen that I'm installing in my little granny style flat.

This weekend (Saturday) I'm going to watch a pinup pageant for a couple of hours which is actually happening locally, and is in aid of Breast Cancer awareness, so all the gorgeous pinup's have to include pink into their outfits, it should be a lot of fun to watch, encourage and say hi to friends! Unfortunately I couldn't enter, as I have to work that same day and really can't get out of it!

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Last Days of Holidays!

It's been a lovely three weeks off from work, only downside it just went by too fast, which I knew it would have. I'm back to work tomorrow!!
Oh well there is nothing much I can do about it, just have to get back into the swing of things at work until at least I get my next block of holidays, which should be early next year.

This lovely cherry print dress is by the UK vintage reproduction brand Collectif, I bought this dress off an ebay seller for a very good price, a while ago now.  I have previously blogged about this dress before this is the link if you wish to have a look/read: http://missmillacherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/04/all-cherries.html

I tried my first attempt at pin curling my hair last week and as you can see in these photos, this is how my hair turned out, which was pretty good for my first try. My hair can be very stubborn and thick, so at times it's quite hard to style my hair to how I want or like it.

I just love Collectif dresses, too date I own three dresses from this brand. With this particular dress I love the cherry print, the 40's inspired style, the light polyester fabric and how it's lined as well.
I decided to accessorize this dress with my red cardigan and my white faux beads.

Dress is by Collectif from an ebay seller.
Silver flats are from Rivers Australia  http://www.rivers.com.au/
Red cardigan is from Target Australia
White beads are from Vivien of Holloway http://www.vivienofholloway.com/

Over the weekend I attended a pinup workshop to gain some extra tips for my first pinup pageant competition which is happening next month. Which was really interesting to attend as I did learn quite a number of tips from it. I also went for a drive down to the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. I had lunch and checked out this awesome shop down their, that sells a lot of vintage and second hand clothing, plus accessories and a lot of shoes! I ended up buying two cocktail style dresses and a couple pair of shoes.

 This dress which is by another UK vintage inspired brand called Vivien of Holloway. I wore this dress out to run some errands, to do some things at home and just relax before heading back to work.
I have also blogged about this dress previously before this is the link to that:  http://missmillacherry.blogspot.com.au/2015/05/pink-french-chic.html

I just love the 1940's style to this dress, I adore the longer length, the fabric print, the pockets, the crisp cotton fabric and the buttons down the front.
I decided to accessorize this dress with my Erstwilder "prancing poodle brooch", my pink hair-scarf and my pink cat-eye faux glasses.

Dress is from Vivien of Holloway 
Shoes are from a boutique called Retournez-vous (find on facebook)
Erstwilder brooch is from Woolloongabba Antique Centre www.woolloongabbaantiquecentre.com/
Pink hair-scarf and glasses are both from an ebay seller.
Pink Hell Bunny retro belt is from Gwynnies Emporium http://gwynnies.com.au/

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Paris Style!

Today's outfit blog post is about this Paris print dress by the vintage reproduction brand Bernie Dexter. Here I'm accessorizing this dress with my new pink basket handbag from the brand Sunjellies http://www.sunjellies.com/ and my Erstwilder "Paige the prancing poodle brooch and pink cat-eye glasses.
I've owned this dress over a year now, as soon as I saw it "online" I knew I just had to own it! I adore the pink/white "Paris theme" print over this dress, the light cotton material and the length. I also love the draped bust line and the white padded bust support. This dress also came with a white belt (as seen in these pictures) and has hidden lipstick pockets.  Only one tiny downside, it is a bit tight around the waist area, I really should have bought a size up. But never the less I still love wearing this dress from time to time!

 My dress is by the brand Bernie Dexter http://berniedexter.com/ which I bought from Cherry Tree Lane Fashion (find on facebook).
My pink wedges are from Williams Shoes https://www.williamsshoes.com.au
My pink basket handbag is by the brand Sunjellies which I bought from Vintage Pip: http://www.vintagepip.com.au/
The pink poodle brooch is by the brand Erstwilder which I bought from Woolloongabba Antique Centre   http://www.woolloongabbaantiquecentre.com/
Pink cat-eye faux glasses and my pink hair-scarf are from an ebay seller.

I found this picture online of a stylish lady shopping in Paris, I knew straight away I would post this picture as it goes so well with today's "Paris Style" blog post!

Until next time!
Cherrymilla xo