Style By Numbers

On Monday I got free tickets to a preview of Me and Orson Welles at the IFI. It was a nice little film about Orson Welles’s band of misfit actors and artists as they prepare a play. Movie review aside (I liked it), the costumes and music from New York in 1937 inspired this outfit. I’m not trying to look like I’m from the 30’s, just reference the style.

♥ Navy Pencil Skirt: Thrifted, Oxfam (Georges Street) ♥ White Eyelet Shirt: Thrifted/Vintage, Dublin Flea Market ♥ Dark Green Cardigan: Penneys ♥ Navy Tights with Back Seam: Dunnes ♥ Navy Shoes: Aldo (DTX) ♥ Pressed Flower Broach: Thrifted/Vintage, Howth Book Fair ♥

I think the long pencil skirt and vintage eyelet top definitely echo similar silhouettes in the 30s and 40s. I liked all the twills and tweeds in the film, but didn’t have anything to play with and instead opted for a long dark green (almost black) cardigan that I think fits the look. I adore this shirt found at Dublin Flea for €5. It’s so sweet and delicate and definitely old. The buttons have a habit of coming out of their holes, so I have to wear it with something over the back, but it can be fixed.

And this broach is another recent find (also €5) from a very random book and brick-a-brack fair in Howth. I barely made it through the door before the wonderfully nice old lady set her sights on me. She apaprently used to have a jewelry store in Dublin and this was one of the pieces handmade by a local artist. Its real pressed flowers in there, very special.