Evoking an Era with Accessories

If you're like me, you like to get your money's worth out of a dress no matter how much money, time, or energy you put into it. Remember that green dress from my earlier post "detaching a bodice from it's skirt"? Fast-foward a year or more and the dress has been hanging in the closet collecting dust since its debut in 2011. Time to whip it out again!

As I mentioned in a previous post, my husband and I hosted a cabaret show in our home. All guests were required to dress in attire evoking vintage hollywood...from fascinators, fedoras, feathers and fishnets...to bow ties and boas. Red lipstick, long-stranded pearls, and gloves also made appearances. I don't claim to be a vintage clothing historian, but surfing the web for 30s era clothing gave me some ideas... a long draping dress, sequins, a fascinator, gloves, and some vintage jewelry. I thought this dress would work perfectly for the occasion.

I wore the dress accompanied by this lovely fascinator I found at FascinatorsNYC.com. They have a great selection at a variety of price points. There I found some of the most inexpensive fascinators on the web; but don't confuse inexpensive with cheap! The fascinator I got was very well made and versatile, I can wear it as a hair clip or pin it on clothing. They shipped promptly and shipping rates were very reasonable.





















I also wore a vintage (faux) diamond necklace with matching earrings and bracelet and long black gloves. I would have preferred green ones, but couldn't find any at the halloween stores and worried that it would be difficult to find a green that matched the dress by shopping online.

At the party, someone said I looked like a mermaid in the dress, so I may wear it again! Come back after Halloween and look for my mermaid posting!