Bamboo Paradise!

This gorgeous dress is called Paradise 50's Dress which is by UK vintage inspired brand Hell Bunny
Which I purchased and had on lay-by for a couple of months through my local pinup/rockabilly boutique called Cherry Tree Lane
 On the Hell Bunny official website, this dress is currently selling for 42.99 pounds ($73 Australian Dollars).  You can find it's listed to purchase on other rockabilly/pinup websites such as Unique Vintage, Atomic Cherry, Retro Glam and on ebay.
This dress ranges from size small to extra large, which is my usual size with Hell Bunny and it fits quite beautifully and feels comfortable to wear.

I adore the print on this dress with the bamboo sticks, the green leaves and the pink, yellow and purple orchids on the cream background. Such a stunning tropical inspired frock!
The material is made from a light 100% polyester (a great dress to wear in summer).  It's a 1950's shirt style dress, with a pleated skirt, that flows from the waist seam. Other features is the cute little wooden style buttons down the center front, has short sleeves, a high back with a back zip to get in and out off.
The length on this dress sits nicely at my knees, also you can wear it with or without a petticoat/crinoline, I choose not to wear a petticoat for these blog photos.

Accessories Include:
Shoes from Payless Australia
Purple wicker purse from Pinup Girl Clothing
Brooch from Viva La Lux
Pink hair-scarf and orchid hair-flower from ebay stores.
Silver bangles thrifted
Vintage parasol thrifted

This blog photos were taken a few weeks back by my Mum at a gorgeous spot called Bamboo Land which is a nursery and park-lands, full of bamboo trees and grassy areas for picnics etc.

In other news my pinup friend Vera Vamp and I attended the annual Greazefest Kustom Kulture Festival. We both were in the pinups on parade on Saturday, with other pinup ladies to show of our own personal pinup/vintage style to the crowd and photographers.
We both attended the festival both Saturday and Sunday. We enjoyed looking at all the market stalls, viewing all the awesome vintage and hot rod cars, and checking out some of the rockabilly bands. 
Looking forward to going again next year!

Also I'm now on leave from work for a couple of weeks...yay!  I'm just looking forward to the next couple of weeks doing what I want to do.

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Lady of the Manor!

A couple of weeks ago, I ordered this beautiful Bernie Dexter dress from an Australian rockabilly/pinup clothing and accessories online boutique called Stars and Swallows
Stars and Swallows is based out of Brisbane, Queensland.
Stars and Swallows sell ladies vintage inspired/pinup/rockabilly clothing e.g. dresses, skirts, tops, cardigans, pants, petticoats. As well as accessories such as handbags, purses, belts, jewellery, hair-accessories, sunglasses etc which are all from well-known brands for example Bernie Dexter, Collectif, Voodoo Vixen, Steady, Hell Bunny, Sourpuss etc
Also you can purchase men's and children's clothing and accessories, plus home-ware items as well, they have such a great selection!
Stars and Swallows ship to Australia and to world-wide customers - please check out this great company for yourself! Which you can them on facebook, instagram and their own website: http://www.starsandswallows.com.au/

This dress is by Bernie Dexter and is called the 1950s Cream & Black Floral Manor Paris Swing Dress. Which is currently been sold out through Bernie Dexter but still can be found on other rockabilly/pinup/vintage clothing boutiques, like Unique Vintage and Pinup Girl Clothing there is actually a few sizes left through Stars and Swallows.
I just adore the print on this dress with the pink roses and the Victorian/Manor style art work around the bottom of the dress and on the front bust.
This dress is 100% cotton, has a back zipper to get in and out off, has hidden lipstick pockets, a gathered swing skirt and a elasticized shelf bust.
This is my second Paris style Bernie Dexter dress, as I find this style to be flattering to my body shape and to my personal taste!
 Extra note: always measure yourself correctly for Bernie Dexter dresses, as most of her dresses do not have any stretch to them, as they're made out of 100% cotton.

Accessories Include:
Shoes are thrifted
Petticoat is from an ebay seller
Black gloves from Kitten D'amour
Vintage hat is thrifted
Earrings from Colette by Colette Hayman

These blog photos were taken by my Mum in and around the lovely gardens of this beautiful grand home in Maryborough, Queensland called Baddow House, I am very thankful the owner allowed me to take some photos around his private gardens. Baddow House was built in 1883 and is currently up for sale!  I actually had a hard time picking out the best photos to share with you for this blog post, as Mum took many and there were so many lovely backdrops to choose from!

In other news I spent the weekend up in Bundaberg, Queensland visiting family and meeting up with Miss Vera Gin Vintage again to take more wonderful blog photos, which should be shared on my blog in the coming weeks.

Apart from that I've been busy at work and with family/home life.

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

My First Blog Giveaway!

Hi all!

I'm pretty excited to be doing my first blog competition giveaway! Which are from Australian business, boutiques and company's. Open to both Australian and International blog followers and readers.
Please enter via the Rafflecopter widgets under each prize pack!

Here's what you can win in Prize Pack No 1:
1. A Chevy and vintage Caravan brooch from Deerarrow
2.   Betty Boop hair-scarf & bow from Cherry Bay Fabulous
3.   Hamburger brooch from Soda Sweethearts
4.   Pink floral hair-flower from Rock N Retro
5. A fashion clutch, retro belt and tattoo stickers from Cherry Tree Lane Fashion
6.  Floral hair-piece from Gwynnies Emporium
7.  Black hair turban and retro poker-dot sunglasses from Pretty in Pinup

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's what you can win in prize pack No 2:
1. Earrings from Colette by Colette Hayman
2. Two hair-scarf's from Laurina Jean Retro
3.  An Erstwilder Happy Glamper brooch from Vintage Pip
4.  Two hair floral pieces from Gigis Retro Closet
5.  Two Cd's from my favorite Australian rockabilly band The Sugarshakers

a Rafflecopter giveaway


Good-luck everyone I will announce the two winners on my blog, after the competition is finished on the 5/2/2016 at midnight (AEST timezone)  in a couple of weeks time! If you are a winner you'll have to let me know your email address so I can contact you regarding your address to post etc.

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Getting to know Vera Gin Vintage!

I'm starting a new blog segment where every two to four weeks, I'll be asking a certain blogger friend and/or one of my favorite bloggers some exciting questions to get to know them and their blogging style better!

My very first blogger and friend that I love to introduce is Vera Gin Vintage!
I've been following Vera Gin's blog now for around 6 months and I really love and enjoy reading her reviews and posts, on a weekly basis. I've also gotten to know Vera Gin Vintage on a friendship level, as we only live an hour away from each other.
We have even taken photos of each other for both our individual blogs!  I love having a friend that dresses similar to myself and my style and has the same taste in vintage inspired fashions.

Question:  How did you come up with the name Vera Gin Vintage for your blog?
  It was a simple play on words of the name of the great WWII songstress Vera Lynn!  I liked the mixing of the historic 40s connotations with the slight cheekiness of alcohol.

Question:   Please describe your blogging style?

  I blog about vintage and retro fashion and lifestyle from the perspective of a pinup girl living in subtropical Queensland, Australia.  I focus on providing reviews of products and brands, style posts, posts about the latest pinup/retro items to catch my eye, running giveaways, and providing behind the scenes looks into things like pinup photo shoots and pinup girl competitions.

Question:  What inspired you to start blogging?
  I decided to start blogging last year because I felt that I had a unique perspective and because I find so much enjoyment from living the pinup life that I wanted to share it with others!

Question:  Describe your fashion sense/style?
 I consider myself a full time pinup girl with a focus on 1940s and 1950s retro looks.  My favourite reproduction brands include Collectif, Pinup Girl Clothing and Lindy Bop.  I also like to mix in vintage elements such as vintage gloves, hats and jewellery.  And recently, I’ve started learning to sew my own clothing, with circle skirts and dresses being my favourite things to make.

Question:  Do you have any favorite bloggers and if so can you name a few?
   I particularly enjoy reading UK bloggers Miss Amy May and Retro Chick, plus New Zealand blogger Miss Victory Violet.  To be honest, my favourite bloggers are those who are genuine and down to earth – ones who aren’t always perfect!

Question:  What can your readers/followers expect from you and your blog over the next 12 months? 
 Expect more giveaway competitions of pinup goodies; behind the scenes looks into the pinup competitions I’ll be entering; reviews of newly released products from big companies such as Erstwilder, and little owner-operator Etsy shops; and insights into what it’s like to be a retro girl in a modern world!

 I hope you enjoyed my little conversation with Vera Gin Vintage regarding her vintage inspired blog! Here is the link to Vera Gin Vintage blog please go and have a look/read:  https://veraginvintage.wordpress.com/

Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo

Birthday Picnic and Vintage Fashions!

On the weekend (Sunday) I went to my friends Birthday picnic/BBQ at a local Botanical Gardens, after we all had finish our lunch, I asked a few of my friends if they wanted to take some photos together in the gardens. Which of course they said yes to if was just us ladies who were dressed up in "pinup".

After having some lovely photos taken together, a few of us girls went to see an Australian movie called The Dressmaker this movie is set in the 1950's and stars Kate Winslet, Liam Hemsworth, Hugo Weaving and Judy Davis.  I really loved this movie, especially the beautiful 1950's costumes...just stunning!

For these photos I wore my sunflower Hell Bunny dress,  my new sunflower hair-flower from Daisy Jean Floral http://daisyjeanfloraldesigns.com/ 
Betty Jo sparrow brooch from Erstwilder http://www.erstwilder.com/ 
and a pair of white peep-toe shoes from Target Australia.

 I really enjoyed the day, it's so good to "hang out" with girlfriends whom dress similar to myself and enjoy having photos taken!

For my day off from work today I decided to wear this gorgeous 1950's Atomic print dress by Love ur Look Clothing  http://www.loveurlook.co.uk/
and to take some photos for my blog.
This week apart from working, I've been trying to organize a few girls that live locally and who also wear's pinup/vintage style clothing to help out with a little 1940's/50's fashion show I'm organizing for next week for the residents I take care of in an Aged care facility I work at.

I've asked the girls to bring along at least two outfits to parade around in and that are inspired from the 1940's and 50's.  Hopefully I will have enough girls for next week, as I really want the fashion show to be enjoyed by all!
Today was a really hot day here in Queensland, Australia. Apparently though over the next week, it will be getting hotter. Summer is here in Australia!!

I'm accessorizing this dress with my retro sunglasses by Collectif  https://www.collectif.co.uk/
a Betty Bo necklace, a red printed hair-scarf, a couple of bangles and a pair of red floral earrings.

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

 

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

Pinup Style vs Rockabilly Style

Guess what? I've entered my first pinup pageant! It's a local one, that is happening next month. I had to submit 3 photos of myself and write a little biography about why I love pinup/vintage/rockabilly lifestyle and/or fashion.
My three photos are up on a facebook event page this is the link https://www.facebook.com/events/564217140384200/  if anyone that reads this blog post wouldn't mind going to this link and liking my three photos please!!

 As well as wearing this gorgeous dress the other weekend to Greazefest, I also took my own photos wearing this Pinup Girl Clothing dress for the "miss rockin pinup" entry photos.
I totally love this dress so much, I love the pink colour, the parasol/umbrella print, the white gathered bust, the little black bow under the bust and of course the matching bolero.
As soon as I saw this dress on the coming soon section of the Pinup Girl Clothing website I just had to buy it, when is became available to purchase.

I just love how my Frenchie "Beauty School Dropout" brooch by Atomic Mingo matches this dress so perfectly.

The Evelyn dress in Mary Blair Umbrella print is from Pinup Girl Clothing   http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/
Peep-toe pink wedges are from Williams Shoes   https://www.williamsshoes.com.au
Brooch is from Atomic Mingo  https://www.etsy.com/au/shop/AtomicMingo
Pink hair-flower is from an ebay seller. 

I wore this rockabilly style outfit the other day to do some things at home, relax and out to the shops for a bit.
These pedal pusher jeans are so cool looking, I love the darker colour, the hemmed cuffs and the stretch cotton material. I feel like a cool rockabilly chic when I wear this!
I decided to wear this jeans with my friends rockabilly band tee called "The Sugarshakers".

Pedal pushers are from Sourpuss Clothing  http://www.sourpussclothing.com/
"The Sugarshakers" tee is from their official website  http://sugarshakersband.com/
Red flats are from Kmart Australia. 
Red hibiscus flower is from an ebay seller. 
Sunglasses are by Collectif and are from Gwynnies Emporium http://gwynnies.com.au/

 
 Until next time!
Miss Milla Cherry xo