This weekend was quite as much fun as vintage enthusiast can have. Tallipiha-area in Tampere filled with vintage shops, vintage people, dancing and old music. Theme of the event was 40’s wartime, soldiers, pretty ladies and rationing. According to the theme I was all dressed up in 40’s style. My dress is my own creation, reproduction in modern fabric but made with vintage 40’s pattern. Dress has narrow belt with fabric covered buckle. Interesting little detail on the neckline has two buttons that are attached to each other with thread, little bit like cufflinks. I bought the pattern recently from vintage collector in US. Shoes are thrifted 70’s vintage leather sandals. It is quite funny how the fashion goes around in circles and quite often you are able to combine later vintage with earlier vintage. In the 70’s they took quite a lot of inspiration from the 40’s, which is good thing. Sometimes it is difficult to find authentic 40’s items and then 70’s s goodies with similar style are pretty good options too.
Hairdo was simple and easy for leisure time with hair flower. I also had lovely vintage butterfly-haircomb but during the foxtrot workshop it fell on the ground and someone stepped on it and it got broke. These things happen and you have to prepare yourself that some fragile vintage items might get damage and wear out more easily. Despite of that, the weekend was wonderfull and it was so much fun!


Rhia is seamstress by profession and likes all things beautiful, old and dusty. She enjoys the asthetics of times gone by: architecture, design, fashion, music, movies and so on. Her passion varies from late 1800's all the way to 50's and even 70's. However her favourite decades are 20's, 30's and 40's. She's not afraid to mix modern with old so you might see some modern and repro items in her outfits aswell.
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