The Pixie Collar – Three Ways

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Fashion, leather, leather leggings, Peter Pan collar, Pixie Collar, polyvore, red, Rockstar, Studs, style, summer dresses

Hey All!

We’re slowly incorporating fun and different things to the blog and this week we are introducing ‘1 Item – 3 Ways’. This is to show you all a few things!

One: That a particular item isnt reserved for someone with one style.

Two: To show you how different (and sometimes how similar) Bec, Cait and Myself are.

Three: its fun to mix and match different styles.

This week we have gone for the ‘Pixie Collar’, a delicate collar that can be included on a shirt, bought separately and added to items or even come in the form of jewellery.

AMY

Personally, I wasn’t a fan of the ‘pixie collar’. I put it in the ‘way too girly’ pile but then I thought about it and had a bit of a play on Polyvore and came up with a look that I deemed cool enough for someone like myself, not in any way super girly, to wear.

I’ve added some ‘harsh’ contrasts with studs and leather and while they make this out fit very ‘rock star’ the collar ensures that it is still a feminine look for a young woman to wear!

Pixie Collar by littlemisspopit featuring leather leggings

 

So, what do you think? Is the pixie collar something you would consider adding to your wardrobe or will you leave this one?

Amy

xo

BEC

Pixie Collars are not something that I would personally choose to wear because I look a lot better in an open round collar or V neck so this was very challenging for me.

So I have tried to find looks that I like rather than looks that I would wear and here are three looks that I think would be a lot of fun.

I like the idea of using colour contrast to make more of an impact with the collar feature.

Bec xox

CAITLYN

Good Afternoon!

I adore Pixie Collars, also known as Peter Pan Collars, I even did a previous post on them which you can see here!

Peter Pan Collars by icebubbletea featuring summer dresses

 

I love these types of collars on dress in particular, so here are three different looks which incorporate the Peter Pan Collars on dress.

We have a more dressy look, semi-casual and a casual look.

Peter Pan Collars by icebubbletea featuring snakeskin handbags

 

I’m loving the casual daytime look! Definitely my favourite.

Caitlyn

‘That’s a Bingo’ – Fashion of Inglorious Basterds

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Amys Choice, Diane Kruder, Inglorious Basterds, Melanie Laurent, Quentin Tarantino, red, shoes, sparkles, speaking french sounds sexy, spelling things wrong is fun according to QT, tweed

I love Quentin Tarantino! Happy to declare it! I think he is a mastermind of great, if not slightly psychopathic, film. He is a genius! My favourite film of ALL time is ‘Inglorious Basterds’. I watched it. I re-watched it. and then I re-watched it again. I may or may not have taken sick days so that I could watch it a few more times. I love it.

Even the promo poster exudes cool!

For those of you who haven’t seen it (but should immediately drop whatever they are doing and go and rent it), it is set in Nazi-occupied France during World War II it follows a plan to assassinate Nazi leaders by a group of Jewish U.S. soldiers and coinciding with a theatre owner’s vengeful plan for the same.

One of my favourite scenes is when Melanie Laurents character Shoshana Dreyfus is being accosted by German Soldier and Hero Fredrick Zoller.She is atop a ladder changing the letters to her theatres title and is wearing wide legged tweed pants. IT IS COOL. It helps that Ms Laurent is absolutely stunning, but that aside, I wanted to re-create the look here for her casual set.

For most of her other scenes she is draped in a fabulous red gown. It is so unbelievably lady like. It shows no leg or breast yet still manages to make my jaw drop to the ground. The simple details such as the subtle peplum on her hips, certainly assure that this number is elegant! Here I have not created a perfect match but rather a way that a woman may emulate such a strong female character in the work place or to a nice dinner.

Melanie Laurent rocking *that* red dress

When not being stunned by Melanie, Diane Krugers character ‘Bridget Von Hammersmark’, a German actress who spies for the British, stuns all. Her costumes where elegant and very mature for they time they where in. Initially we are introduced to her while she is having a casual game of ‘Guess who’ with the German Forces celebrating the birth of a child. She is cool and cas yet somehow still amazingly elegant. Later in the film, she dons an lovely gown that had me WISHING I was a lady who attended fancy dinners and the like. Shoes are extremely relevant for her character, I hope ive done them justice!

So, did you all enjoy the film? What characters would you take inspiration from?

Amy
xo

A film we agree on Amy, c’est magnifique! I love just about everything in the film as far as costumes go but this one particular look just made my jaw drop:

That is Julia Dreyfus and yes she has a leopard face on her head. She has a small role in the film playing the interpreter Francesca Mondino.

This is what I put together, it may be a bit over the top but frankly so is the movie. I say embrace it and let your inner animal out, especially if it ends up looking this damn fine.

I tried to echo that amazing collar with a lot of structure on the LBD I picked to be the cornerstone of my outfit. Then I added lots of textures and mixed a bunch of statement jewellery pieces to create something a little bit whimsical. The head piece was admittedly difficult to out do so instead I played it down a little bit in the hope of creating something that might actually be wearable.

Bec xox

I see red!

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celebrities wearing red dresses, red, red dress

I am busy packing my non-essential items for my big move back to NSW and I can’t help but notice red everywhere, red and black are my wardrobe staples I’ve found. It was a little bit surprising to find so much of it despite the fact that deep down I guess I would have had to have known it was all there.

For me red is bold and passionate, brassy and noticed, to be honest red possibly also drinks too many alcoholic slushies at a friend’s party and says inappropriate things but that is part of why you love her or something….

So here are my inspiration outfits of the day –

Rocking a red frock is all about confidence!

Work it, own it.

Bec xox