Hurrah! At last it's stopped raining for a minute here in London and we actually have a gorgeously sunny day, so I'm finally able to use my latest find. This French pitcher and 4 glasses are probably from the 50s and are just perfect for fruit juice or Pimms and lemonade. [I know that technically the use of glassware isn't dependent on the weather, but they are particularly summery!]
Retro 50s juice jug and glasses - £5.50 from charity shop
This won't happen very often, but the set co-ordinates so well with my new dress, you lucky people are also treated to a rare picture of me pratting about in the
Goodness darling, this lawn needs mowing before the guests arrive
Yes, I do have a head!
Fruit print dress - Clements Ribeiro Portobello via TK Maxx
sunglasses, bangles, earrings - charity shop
sandals - liberated from Mum's wardrobe
The earrings below are another thing I picked up locally this week, and cost me £1.95. I found one caught in with the clip-on earrings, and hunted for its partner until I found it caught in the back of a brooch in a basket of random jewellery. They have a screw back - which is a LOT more comfortable than most clip-ons - and I guess they date from the 1920s or 30s. They're not precious by any means, as you can see one of the pins is rather bent, and the original gold toned finish on the beads had mostly worn off. This is probably not something to admit to doing with deco jewellery, but I 'mended' them by painting the beads with a bit of iridescent nail varnish [Chanel quick shine for nails, if you were wondering]. Anyway, I like them, and I hope whoever owned them originally would like to know they'll still be seeing nights out.
Hope you're all having a lovely weekend, wherever you are.
Lakota x
PS. If any of you skinny types are interested in the 80s Bernshaw dress, it's now on Ebay (sniff)
As usual I'm linking up to: Flea Market Finds
Glorious! I've never seen that set before. Very happy. And my god, could your dress match any more perfectly? Love the earrings. Love it all.
ReplyDeleteI'm nowhere near the skinny type but that 80's dress is cha-cha fabulous!
Oh hello you! That pitcher set is divine, and aren't you clever to match your dress with it! ;O) x
ReplyDeletereally a great set and lovely how the dress matches with it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks goodness for some sunshine to use your fab vintage finds!
ReplyDeleteI love the pitcher and classes they look really cool! I also think your dress is stunning!
ReplyDeleteWhat a charming pitcher set!! Love the dress and earrings, too!!! Great finds.
ReplyDeleteThat jug set is great, and what a fabulous match for the dress!
ReplyDeleteWe have a jungle garden too x
You're adorable! I thought the dress was vintage. Perfect dress for a divine juice set!
ReplyDeleteyou look like you just walked out of a vintage orange juice advertisement. What a delightful pitcher set! Lovely dress and earrings too.
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You've taken matchy-matchy to a whole new level! Great frock - and how brill are the jug and glasses.
ReplyDeleteGood work rooting out the pair of earrings - and on the "mending".
Love the jug and glasses set, I would enjoy drinking my Pimms from one of those! The earrings are pretty and the book underneath is one of my favourites!
ReplyDeleteYou do have a head! :) How lovely to see your even lovelier face! That is so funny, I picked out the fruit skirt in that range in TK Maxx earlier today but they didn't have my size, great piece though! xxx
ReplyDeleteThat is a lovely juice set. I haven't seen that pattern before. I also like how you coordinate so well in that dress. Lovely, lovely, lovely.
ReplyDeleteHa ha I can hardly see the jug and glass against your dress! They're both so summery. Great to see your head lovely lady - you look really happy and so you should!!
ReplyDeletePerfect outfit for the sunshine - gorgeous! x
ReplyDeleteYour summery post is just right for today's lovely weather and it looks like the jug and glass set is just right for this 'heatwave' (or so I'm told!).
ReplyDeleteGorgeous dress and earrings too; they were a super buy.
Lakota I absolutely LOVE the pitcher set! It's so, so summery and perfect this weekend when the weather seems to have been so beautiful! :-)
ReplyDeleteI don't think the earrings will have minded a little renovation - I'm sure they're just going to be happy to be out and about seeing more of the world again from ear height!
Jem xXx
P.S Fabulous dress!
Fab re-vamp! I would not have guessed if you had not said!!
ReplyDeleteLOVE the dress and its matching pitcher set :)
What a scorching day we had! Great to see a photo of you, with your matching pitcher set and TK maxx dress.
ReplyDeleteYour DIY skills on your earrings using Chanel polish is great! Bx
FAB dress... Fab jug and glasses!!!
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I very much approve of this fruity-themed ensemble/jug and glasses. Great that you decided to reveal yourself, it was starting to feel like that game where you draw a bit of a person then fold it over. The end result is a million times better than the drawing game, you look very young, and smaller than I imagined.
ReplyDeleteYou look fabulous! Very well co-ordinated, I love those glasses! x
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure about the fruit-prints-on-dresses trend but I love that one, especially as it matched your glassware so well!
ReplyDeleteyou're sooo cuteeeeeee!! love the dress and i cant believe those retro juice jug and glasses for £5.50!!! such a great bargain! so envioussss....it's perfect match with the gorgeous dress! love how you look with that sunglasses and the sandal you wore is lovely! the earrings are adorable too and im sure it'll look great for going out, it's been sunny today too here in worthing, thank god! *trying to ignore the bernshaw dress for skinny people coz i know i'm not skinny* double sniffs
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Hi Lakota, nice to see you in all your gorgeous glory. Fabulous dress and loving the jug and glass set.
ReplyDeleteAren't you just perfect for the summer? Love that dress.
ReplyDeleteI rather stupidly mistook cloud for cold today and ended up boiling to death in jeans. Silly weather.
Eeeeeksuch fabulous glassware!!! Perfect for summery cocktails! Love that frock,too!
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Wow that frock is utterly gorgeous and suits you beautifully!! I adore the glass and jug set - yes, I can see what you mean about bringing it out on nice days, it needs to see the sunshine!
ReplyDeleteFantastic finds, I love how they match your dress!
ReplyDeleteJust look at you pratting around in your absolutely gorgeous dress. That glassware is special. I mean it! So fruit and fabulous. Lucky you. I'm envious. I mean that too!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure the orange juice was lovely, but it's Pimms and Lemonade I think you should be downing in that dress and with such magnificent weather (seasonal jealousy).
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how cute are you?! love the glassware and the dress!
ReplyDeleteGreat dress, boat neck numbers always look so elegant, the jug & glasses set makes me think of Ki-ora (spelling?) though!!!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Jug & Glasses...very vibrant! Love the snapshots of you in the garden...Fab dress!
ReplyDeleteWell get you, all fruity!
ReplyDeleteYou look gorgeous dahling, I love the dress and the glasswear is perfect.
I shall have to start co-ordinating my attire to my crockery now ;0)
Too lovely
ReplyDeleteLove the outfit but the jug and glasses and what is going to go in them even more
Ooh, you look most summery and lovely, and complete with a head too - excellent!
ReplyDeleteLove 50s glassware, and that set is very pretty. I have a set decorated with flowers which I used at the weekend for Pimms, then one of my drunken friends dropped one of the matching glasses. (I said it didn't matter, but I was secretly sad! Hope that doesn't make me a bad materialistic person...)
Anyway, hope yours survived the weekend unscathed!
PS. Meant to say - I have that same owl! Found it at a car boot and was very taken by its trippy eyes!
ReplyDeletelove love the outfit, you look gorgeous, and perfect with the glasses. cheers! x
ReplyDeleteOh you look gorgeous n the dress, and love the french summery glasswear!
ReplyDeleteYou manged a perfectly coordinated dress and glassware combo. Pure effing genius!
ReplyDeleteOoooh, pretty dress- it looks lovely on you! Oh and I love 'I capture the castle' one of my all time favourite books!!!
ReplyDeletegreat finds lovely and sunny
ReplyDeleteLove the glassware but loving that dress more, looks fab on you! x
ReplyDeleteExcellent idea with the iridescent nail polish!!!! I will remember to try that on some of my old jewelry! Love that dress and the pitcher and glasses!
ReplyDeleteToo funny - I just thrifted a Clements Ribeiro Portobello dress and asked the Google Gods about the label - and your blog showed up! Love the dress - they are so well known for their prints. I just posted one today with a circus print - fun fun! :)
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