This Sunday was the occasion of the 5th Rington’s Velo Vintage cycle ride, where hundreds of cycling and vintage enthusiasts come together to:
“Cycle, take tea, converse, and dress with style”
As of Saturday, the ‘dress with style’ element was eluding me, having parted company with most of my vintage clothes when I moved to Topsham Towers. Luckily, a trip to the charity shop came up trumps and I got completely kitted out for the sum total of £12.50.
For this, I bought a pair of white skin gloves, soft as butter, and never been worn:
The gloves cost £6, and for £6.50 I bought a dress in a pink and grey pattern by Lazarus of London (great name!). Pale pink is not exactly my colour of choice, but together with the gloves, a sting of pearls and a slick of red lipstick, I felt ladylike enough for the occasion. In the same charity shop my bf picked up a rather snazzy paisley shirt, so all in all a successful last minute charity shop outing before the big event:
I’m afraid I did not do very well at being a lady, and my gloves did not stay pristine for long – I was suffering badly with hayfever, and didn’t quite manage the etiquette of removing ones gloves and dabbing daintily with a handkerchief! But we had a lovely day, with great weather and fabulous company. Have a look at this footage by BBC Spotlight:
Linking up with Me and My Shadow’s Magpie Monday:
You looked lovely, Moll! I must confess we were charmed by this event. I can’t wait until next year.
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Thank you, that’s sweet of you. Thanks for commenting, and lovely to see your blog too. See you at the next V V x
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on June 17, 2014 at 11:54 am
Love the outfit you look super! x
Awh thanks Vita, don’t think it was one of my best, but fitted the event (plus got a Magpie Monday out of it 😉 ) Mx
Look at you in your kid gloves!! So very posh, I hope you’ll deign to speak to me this weekend!
x
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I hope you’ll deign to speak to ME, miss BiBs finalist! Xx
that’s a great outfit for such a small spend! i used to do that too, when we lived in London, when needing a new outfit i always looked in charity shops first, and more usually than not it wasn’t necessary to go to the high street.
hayfever is a bummer, i have the same going on right now.
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