Headhuntress Of Hampshire: Are you In The Nude? Nudes and lace for Southsea Summer Style.

Tuesday 18 May 2010

Are you In The Nude? Nudes and lace for Southsea Summer Style.

Oasis Sleeveless Pintuck Dress, Nude Pink, 10

Looking for ways to update your summer wardrobe? I've been out with my eyes peeled for clothing in lovely nude shades. That palest of candy pink the kind of hue evocative of a 70s summer. Such as the cute dress above available at John Lewis for only £40, buy it now before they sell out.

HAIRPIN LACE SHIFT DRESS by Temperley

This Lace dress is by Temperley and will set you back nearly £700! But the flower pattern is really beautiful.

Ruffle Lace Bandeau Dress at Rare fashion

For a more affordable take on the lace trend shop at Rare Fashion
They are always ahead of their game.

There are some lovely tops available at Topshop too, but the best place to search for vintage and vintage inspired clothing is in the charity shops and eBay. Click here to shop for vintage dresses on eBay

TK Maxx can be a total minefield but if you get to know your fabrics and have an idea of the colours you want to wear, then shopping is a synch - just head to the section with your size and scan for colours and fabrics that you are currently loving. I picked up a gorgeous ruched chiffon and cotton vest top by Vila there yesterday for only £7.99!

FRILL DETAIL SILK DRESS

The dress above is by Nina Ricci and will set you back £670! But if you focus on the pretty lace details and the cut of the silk you can find some great copies on the high street. Just avoid the tarts underwear look. If the lace looks like it was fashioned out of a pair of Anns Summer's knickers - then avoid!

Click here to see stunning vintage dresses!

Look for lace that has a pretty pattern to it, as though it was crocheted. The look you are aiming for is "The Virgin Suicide's" inspired. I love that film by the way. It is so dreamy and has a fabulous sound track full of my favourite band - Air and with a great disco scene set to the back drop of The Electric Light Orchestra. Get your lace wrong and you will look like a woman of the night.

Even the beautiful Amanda Seyfried looks a bit wrong in this boudoir body stocking. But then she does have minge tattooed on her foot so she obviously has a sense of humour. Yes you read correctly. Mamma Mia!

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What makes a Headhuntress?

Mutton dressed as spam.

Lone parent to three unique children, the talented twenty year old Zoe, the beautiful seventeen year old James who has ASD & ADHD and the most sorted little seven year old you could ever meet - Dylan (AKA Dizzy!).

Life was pretty much in the fast lane, until early 2015 when I was struck by an unknown neurological disorder that is highly affected by stress, leaving me wheelchair bound for six months. Even though life has had to slow down, I'm left with even more love and excitement for everything I do.

Passionate about fashion, equality, the paleoautoimmune protocol diet, fitness and travel.

Half head-hunter, vintage market owner, blogger & aspiring novelist. They say 'black don't crack' - neither does slightly yellowing.

Half Bidayuh, half British.

Headhuntress by ethnicity and background, nothing to do with recruitment.

So who are the Bidayuh? Bidayuh are one of the indigenous tribes of the rainforest in Sarawak, Borneo, the only place where orangutans live. The tribe were head-hunters not so long ago.

And who are the British? British people are a part of Europe but like to be apart from Europe, Great Britain, the only place where Mancunians are supposed to live. They wore bowler hats not so long ago.

Two very different cultures. Half this, half that. Half a spoon of tupenny rice and half a pound of treacle. Half foreign, half local. Half a lager, half cut. Sometimes half arsed but mostly a half wit.