Evening Inspiration

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Hello!! Today I want to share this picture with you, this is Rita Hayworth in the movie "Affair in Trinidad" (1952). This dress she is wearing really caught my eye! 

Designed by Jean Louis, a french designer that worked for Columbia Pictures from 1944 to 1960, he dressed some very important actresses such as Loretta Young, Marlene Dietrich, Marylin Monroe. And also designed Rita' s iconic dress from the movie Gilda.  

Anyway I just loved the way this dress flows. It gives Rita a nice defined waist with that gorgeous gathered skirt that almost looks like a circular one, it is made out of two different color chiffon fabric. The top part of the dress has a nice drapping at the bust section that gives the dress some balance. One thing about black and white movies is that you can never tell (unless you research or find a picture in color) what color the dress was!. I imagine this being a nice soft coral hue dress. Love the 50s wide skirt evening gowns, they inspire me so much. 

 Hope you enjoyed this post :)

Coral Retro

                               

coral retro by mic-chic featuring a peplum shirt


Hello!! So by now you must know that I love retro styles, and coral haha.
Today I bring you some inspiration for how to wear coral this summer. 

This summer I made myself a peplum top out of a soft cotton fabric. Sleeveless, with a boat neck and of a gorgeous soft coral. I really love the look of it, it looks casual but yet very put together. And of course adds that little bit of "retroesque -air" to your outfit. 

I love mixing Coral with Turquoise accesories I think it is the loveliest combination, since this two colors are complementary.  A pair of blue jeans, retro sunglasses, a nice coral lipstick and you are good to go!!.

Here is a picture of my outfit

Hope you enjoyed this post :) 

New Lipstick Obsession!!

I' ve been so absent lately!!, I have been so busy doing some dresses and sewing projects, plus my computer is not as fast as it used to be! haha. 

Today I come with a lipstick post!!!. Lipstick is one of my favourites things in life! I got a new coral shade for my birthday, and I haven't stop wearing it!! it is just so gorgeous. 

I had been eyeing one peach vibrant lipstick from Illamasqua called Obey, for quite a while, now they don't sell Illamasqua where I live so I was looking for a "dupe". Now I saw a blog where someone suggested wearing MAC's Vegas Volt with MAC's Myth. I don't own Myth, but I have Revlon Lip Butter in Creamsicle, which I have heard is quite similar. So end of story I bought Vegas Volt! and it is the most gorgeous coral cream color!!!. 

MAC 's Vegas Volt

So if I want a vibrant lip I would use this on its own, it looks so nice and it brightens my complexion. If I want an early 60's lip look (which is what I go for most of the time) I will apply it under my Revlon Creamsicle lip butter, you can also use a little bit of concealer to light the lipstick up, and it looks amazing too!.

The upper swatch is Vegas Volt on its own, the second one is Vegas Volt  with Creamsicle by Revlon. 

You can see how much lighter the lipstick looks, a lot more peachy and very similar to gorgeous Illamasqua's Obey.

So this lipstick is a must-have for summer and I think I can even make it work for fall! haha I love it so much! 

Hope you enjoyed. :) !