Chameleon

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney |Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

Dress - Vintage 1980s - Vintage Junkyard

Earrings - Thrifted

Belt - Modern from two years ago - Portmans

Bag - Vintage 1980s Etienne Agner - I Love Vintage

I probably should apologise for the number of pictures, but I won’t. As the boyfriend said, it’s not often we get this many pictures we’re happy with so why not bombarde the blog? 

Anyway, this is my Mrs Ling Chung outfit. Being struck with illness, I’ve been watching a lot of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries and am deeply in love with the characters. How can I not love a lady detectives series based in the 1920s?! One thing that constantly fascinates me is the numerous lovers Phryne Fisher has, including the handsome Ling Chung.

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

Photo via ABC.net.au

In the scene where Ling Chung introduced Camilia, the girl his family wants to marry, she was wearing a qipao. Qipaos are one of those things that I think are extremely oriental - massively attractive when worn by Westerners, appropriate at traditional weddings, but probably generally too much or too cliche for me to wear! However, when I saw this dress at The Vintage Junkyard I thought this is the perfect qipao-style that I can wear every day without feeling too Oriental. 

Confession: the first time I heard the name Camilia I misheard and thought it was Chameleon (wouldn’t that be much cooler?!). I was obviously wrong, but I thought it should serve as my character’s name: Chameleon Ling. Oh yeah, be scared. Chameleon wears qipaos with belt and bare her legs. Anyway, what about you? Do you wear a lot of your traditional dresses? Do you have a vintage one? Tell me about them.

Love,

NoraFinds

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Instagram Updates

You might be thinking this post is pointless if you are already following me on Instagram… well, you’re wrong! I hate writing captions on Instagram and I can’t put in links, so here is a Instagram Updates post where you can click through and get a piece of vintage and vintage-inspired beauty :)

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My first pair of new shoes: Sasha-Rose custom pre-order Monica oxfords in purple python. So so beautiful so precious. Sasha-Rose is one of my fave Australian designers who I first fell in love with for her 1940s inspired designs. I also cannot wait for her upcoming collection, which she has promised to show me soon enough!

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This is how I would look like if I was an emo. Confession: I was an emo before. Chatting to someone I worked with 5 years ago, I was reminded of how different I was (and how I used to dress) back then. Let’s just say there was a lot of concert t-shirts, skinny jeans, and Converses. And smudged eye liners. One workmate used to say that she could tell what mood I was in depending on how smudged my liner was.

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Another pair of new shoes from I Love Vintage. I don’t actually own a pair of red heels, so when I see this pair and the epic carved heels it has I know I must have it! This is an 80s vintage pair and I cannot wait to wear it out. Hopefully will find a reason soon enough! I don’t wear heels often and pride comfort over look so this baby will have to wait for its turn.

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As I mentioned in my last post, since no one showed up at the vintage meetup, I have more double passes to give away. I have EIGHT double passes for eight winners and I will pick the winners the end of this week. So please enter (LIKE and COMMENT) here if you want to win! 

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I bought myself a fabulous 1930s velvet and rhinestones hat to match my existing 1930s velvet and rhinestones dress. When I saw this hat at Over The Top Vintage, I just knew it was meant to be. I’ve been saving this dress for colder weather, but now it has a matching hat so I must admit I’m rather giddy :)

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My friend Nicole at Forgotten Muse Vintage sent me a package containing some vintage sewing patterns and a coat perfect for the autumn! I’ve been really slack with my sewing but I’m working on a dress at the moment and hopefully I’ll get to finish it soon.

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Sneak-peek of upcoming outfit post looking casual in my vintage leather overall. 

A Vintage Disaster

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney |Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Australian Embassy Shift Dress

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Glomesh Bag

NoraFinds | Vintage Fashion Blogger Sydney | Vintage Bally Heels

Dress - Vintage 1950s/1960s “Embassy” dress - Victor and the Mature Vintage Sale

Bag - Vintage NOS “Glomesh” bag - c/o Over The Top Vintage

Hat - Vintage 1950s straw pillbox - JLVintage

Shoes - Vintage 1980s “Bally” shoes - I Love Vintage

So my vintage meetup was a disaster. A friend of mine came along, and basically she was the only one (+ me and boyfriend) there. The lovely bloggers Tim and Jesse showed up a few hours laters (I didn’t know they were still showing up), and I missed them by about an hour. Gutted. Many couldn’t make it for various reasons, and it stormed in the morning, so I guess more people couldn’t be bothered. I think I will leave it to others to organise meetups. So if you’re keen on attending one, check out Old Hat group.

Wanting to make sure that I didn’t leave anyone out, I hung around for a bit - chatting to some Sydney Antique Centre sellers and trying on beautiful pieces. I actually purchased a gorgeous 1930s velvet/rhinestones hat to match my 1930s velvet/rhinestones dress, a piece I’ve been saving for the cold weather. But that’s for another post - let’s talk about my outfit. 

This shift dress is the piece I picked up at Victor and The Mature sale, a beautiful Australian “Embassy” dress. I found out from blogger/seller Bess Georgette that these dresses used to be sold in Coles (a supermarket line here in Australia) and this is the fun article she recently wrote about these dresses. Can you imagine if you can still buy these dresses in Coles? Hmmm… I spend too much time grocery-shopping already I might never leave!!

My accessories are all first-timers on the blog, but I know they’ll make more appearances in the future. Especially my gorgeous gorgeous bling-bling of GloMesh clutch. It’s just perfect with my new vintage Bally heels with the brown and gold colors. Don’t you just love it when pieces just accidentally match each other? Or are you one of those wise ones that only buy things that match existing pieces in your wardrobe and build your collection that way? I have to admit I should probably think about how I will wear a piece before buying it, but I often go “ugh, I love it. Life is too short.”

Love,

NoraFinds

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Clash

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Jacket - Vintage - 1970s Jonathan Logan via MouseVoxVintage

Tank top - Modern - SABA

Skirt - DIY - Pattern Simplicity 4601 View 1

Bag - Modern - Cambridge Satchel Company

Boots - Modern - ASOS

Floral headband - Modern - Glebe Market

Bracelet - Modern - Lovisa and thrifted

Necklace - Modern - Lovisa

Weekend, oh the glorious weekend. Is it me or this week’s been a really long one? Yawn! I’m making a dress at the moment and I really need the weekend to work on it!

I completed this skirt around two weeks ago, and I’ve worn it several times since. It’s so versatile because of the fun print and the length, and I lined it with satin so it holds its shape nicely and doesn’t crease easily. Some people prefer plain fabric when sewing their own clothes, but I look at sewing as a fun past time activity. I want to be able to create something I can’t get in shops (using vintage patterns) and in fun fabrics (I really do love prints!). 

This outfit is another example of print mixing, accessories stacking, and silver/gold clashing. I do agree that gold and silver accessories don’t always work, but sometimes you gotta give it a try. I envy girls who can put together outfits in their minds. I’m not one of them. I actually need to physically put together pieces on myself before I can decide whether or not the outfit works. That does actually mean changing in and out of clothes and putting on and taking off accessories a billion times before I walk out the door, and yes, my boyfriend is indeed very patient.

I think this outfit works, but what do you think? And are you like me? Do you need to physically put together pieces or can you create an outfit in your head?

Love,

NoraFinds

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