Pinup Costume Ideas

Get The Sexy Pin-Up Girl Look With A Vintage Style Costume

Vintage and retro is very 'in' right now, if you are into your vintage fashion and have a costume party coming up then it might be a nice idea to dress as a pinup girl. Pinup costumes are well cut and very evocative of the 1940's.

A pin-up girl costume should be cheeky and sexy, the pinup girl look is very polished and one of wholesomeness and health. A large number of pin-up girl outfits feature details from the Army, Navy or Air Force, this is because pictures of girls were sent to soldiers around the world during WW2 to keep spirits up. Pilots would even paint their own pin-up girls onto their planes for luck.

Get Some Downton Abbey Style Vintage Glamour

I love watching Downton Abbey! Not just for the drama, I watch it mainly to see the beautiful post-Edwardian fashions that they wear. The costumes on Downton Abbey are pure elegance, and would still look stunning if worn today, in-fact, I have recently received questions asking where one can find a Downton Abbey style prom dress.

If you have a love of Downton Abbey costumes, vintage glamour, and style, then you might enjoy this page which dips into the Post-Edwardian era, and the fashions of the time, there are style tips on how to get the Downton look, and about some of the characters personal styles. Of course there are also plenty of Downton style clothing to buy if you like too, plus Downton style prom dresses!





Beautiful Downton Abbey Style Post-Edwardian Fashions And Clothing

Downton Abbey is a wildly popular period drama, from the UK. It has made it's way across the pond to the US, and is gaining popularity here too. Set in a Yorkshire manor house, Downton Abbey focuses on the lives of the Aristocrats who reside there, and the staff that serve them on a daily basis.

Downton Abbey is just as popular for it's intricate relationships between the characters, as it is for it's wonderful fashions and clothing of the period. Set in Post-Edwardian times, when fashions for women were becoming more organic and flowing, it is a very exciting time for clothing and accessories.

 On this page I will focus on some of the characters and give tips and advice on how to get their look, you will also find a lot of beautiful Post-Edwardian style clothing, that you can use to get the Downton Abbey look.

Unique Vintage Clothing

Vintage Fashion At The Walpole Bay Hotel Museum

I can say with confidence that I have never been to a museum that lets you get so up-close and personal with the exhibits,

As well as being a fully functional hotel, decorated in a post Edwardian style, the Warpole Bay Hotel also has a duel purpose as a museum. Interesting!

If you are not blown away by the gorgeous art deco and art nouvea furnishings and decor on the ground floor, then take a trip up to the second floor which is literally jam packed with interesting vintage objects.

I personally came to partake in a cup of tea, and see the unique vintage clothing that is displayed there in a charming, sometimes hap-hazard way. If fashion is not your thing, there are all sorts of old fashioned homewares, dolls, furnishings, technology, ornaments... You never know what you will find, it's like grandmas attic on a grand scale.

Vintage Fashion Looks Re-Created

Dress Like A Vintage Pin-Up For September

Every month I will be running one of these age fashion looks re-created. They will be specific for each month with seasonal clothing etc.

I will post a picture of a vintage pin-up then try to re-create her look with fashions available today. This months pin-up is this fabulous lady, she looks like she has been out and about in the countryside, possibly fruit picking!

She is wearing some sort of fitted peasant blouse, brown leather belt, a knee length A-line floral skirt, white low heel sandals, and a large country style straw hat.

I could not find a similar shirt, but the peasant blouse I found will have the same low cut effect when tucked into the skirt and secured with the belt.

The sandals I have picked out have a less chunky heel, just could not find chunkier sandals in white.