Friday, July 5, 2013

How To Use The Vintage Style Dress To Work In Your Prom

By Sisi Tsoi


Let's continue our journey with the 30s, our all time favourite era. Think Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo. You might be interested in emulating Dietrich's style, with a white tux, shirt and bow tie. If you style your hair with a finger wave, it is bound to cause quite a stir. Alternatively, you can go ultra feminine like Garbo, with a floor sweeping satin gown, red lipstick and false eyelashes. Although you could be ultra feminine, you can command a statement entrance by injecting sober colours, bias cuts and lots of strong posing. The dress we show here is actually a vintage style dress, and it is inspired by the 30s.

What about the 50s vixen style for further inspiration? There are so many icons to choose from. Two which immediately spring to mind are Elizabeth Taylor and Marilyn Monroe. Both of these stars were curvy, sexy and irresistible women. This look particularly suits anyone with a curvy figure.

The standard profile of the 50s goes in at the waist and flares out from the hip down. We all know there are a large amount of options, one being Betsy Johnson's designs, though the brave designer is unhappily going out of business. We are able to also opt for a few of these choices illustrated.

You can go for a classic pin-up dress, with a sexy clingy shape. With either a pencil skirt, peplum or sweet heart neckline, you'll be the picture of a 50s style icon. You can try to imitate the look of our sweetheart Elizabeth Taylor, with a full bosom and skirt. Try this dress shown here; with a fitted bodice and flared skirt, it emphasises your figure and aims to hide all of your sins.

What about the 60s? The swinging era underwent a very similar trend turnover in the 20s. With the trend including straight cut shift dresses, there were a lot of designers who came up with the ingenious idea of a mini skirt. It certainly benefited us modern girls who want to show off their legs. There are many shift dress options to be found on the high street, like a simple pretty colour block shift dress with a scalloped edge. A long sleeved baby doll shape, reminiscent of Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby, would be equally stylish. With flowy long sleeves and color contrast lace and ribbon design, these super short dresses will make you feel extra girly with that vintage edge.




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