January Favorites

Welcome!


If you followed me before, you'll noticed all my former posts have been scrubbed. I miss having an outlet to express myself. So I chose to revamp and revive my blog.

Some background on me:
I’ve always been somewhat aware of the retro/pinup world – but it was my husband who inadvertently introduced me to this beautiful world. When we were casually seeing each other, we were driving down a street in Las Vegas and he spotted a car show. We had no agenda, so we went back to his house to pick up his T-Bucket. I kind of rolled my eyes and thought to myself “great….a car show. Whoop-dee-doo”. Fortunately / unfortunately, we caught the tail end of the show and I only got to see a glimpse. The cars were surprisingly eye-catching and there were a few rockabilly-esque ladies that caught my eye. My then man-friend notice my awkward gawking and he jokingly said to me “you wanna be my rockabilly chick”? – uh…..what do you say to that? Was this a “let’s solidify this relationship” question? Or rather just rhetorical wink-wink, nudge-nudge of a statement? Being a girl, I fast forward to what a beautiful and wonderful life we’ll have together with inside jokes and tons of stories that we can reminisce about when we are 80. My silence must have been longer than I realized because he just looked at me and laughed that recognizable laugh of a guy thinking “there she goes, off into girl world”.
Time passes – and we do eventually solidify our relationship and slap some titles on each other. (Like that Volkswagen commercial when the man licks the door handle – MINE!) Our whirlwind life moved us from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.
Once we settled in Los Angeles, we started to get together with friends that we knew and who lived in the area. One friend in particular was very big into hair / make-up and the rockabilly/retro/pinup scene. She taught me a lot, but little did I know there was so much more to learn!

So where is this all going, you ask? I thought I’d give you the Cliff’s Notes version of how this whole idea came about. I’ve been a “I wish I could dress like that”, “I wish I knew how to do my make-up like that” and “where do they get all these all these retro looking clothes” kind of girl. I’ve been lurking in the shadows by following some beautiful and awesome people on Instagram and decided why can’t I dress in those beautiful garments and teach myself how to apply my make up just so? That’s how I ended up with this themed blog.

It's been about three years now of just trying to figure out how to do the perfect winged liner - let me tell you THERE IS NO SUCH THING! I can say that I have gotten much better at the application, but winged eyes are like snowflakes: no two are alike! Yes, this whole time I've been focused on eye liner. Quite honestly, I didn't know where to begin for clothing. It took a friend's themed birthday party for me to come across Pinup Girl Clothing and I fell in love with their Birdie Dress in black. Took me a few weeks to convince myself it was okay to splurge for the occasion. Once my purchase was complete, I was excited and thought I'd be waiting on pins and needles. Not the case! Fortunately, I live in Southern California and my purchased arrived the next morning!! More on clothing in future posts.

Sorry for the rant...back to the subject. After 3 years of learning winged liner, I decided to start absorbing myself in YouTube videos. Takes only one 5 minute video to go into the YouTube abyss. Three hours later, I realized I've done absolutely nothing at work! But with each minute of consumed information, I grew confident and finally decided 2015 is the year!

My mentality was – I’m just going to work, no one cares what I’m wearing, what I look like or even if I do my hair and make-up. However, my 2015 New Year Resolution was to do my hair, make up and invest in some of these lovely garments that I ogled (more on my crazy spending spree later). I already get up early, but I never would want to get ready…I mean who wants to go to work anyway? Well…I’m here to tell you – doing yourself up (hair, makeup and giving a shit) is one hell of a confidence booster. Since the beginning of January I have yet to don the frumpy, saggy-assed (that’s what my husband called them) black slacks that I wore every day…only changing my top to make my look completely different. I wore the same black wedge heels – more so for comfort and simplicity than anything else. This alone is surprising because I LOVE SHOES! You know…I don’t even miss those slacks! I should burn them. I’ve worn dresses and skirts with all my pretty shoes and damn if I don’t get compliments and turn heads!

There is clearly so much to delve into. There is so much I’ve learned and so much I want to learn. My hope is that my readers will enjoy a journey with me at my attempts at a new fashion world (new to me). Moreover, I would love it even more if those who are interested in transforming themselves to recognize that it takes time, patience and that it all doesn't happen overnight. I am an apprentice in this world, so if there is any information that I can provide for those who are in the same boat – by all means! I look forward to sharing this new chapter, getting to know more fabulous people and just sharing a new found love.

Essentially,

Evie