Does My Personality Look Big In This?

Dressing for your shape, it's a big thing in Blogland. Gok Wan and Tyranny & Susannah have a lot to answer for. If I took any notice of their rules I'd be in a knee length skirt, a wrap top, pointy shoes and a cinched-in belt. I might look taller and more shapely but I'd be as miserable as sin.

Vintage '70s blazer (Vintage Village @ Clothes Show Live, 2011) and Jeannie Jersey maxi skirt (Georgia May's Vintage Wardrobe) worn with 1970s Brownie tee shirt (car boot sale) and knitted birdcage bag (91 Allison Street)

Why deny yourself the clothes you love in order to conform to body fascism? Maxi length dresses, Empire-line clothes, bastard massive wafting sleeves, platform shoes and an armful of clanking bangles might not show off my figure but they definitely show off who I am.

I know that underneath my clothes my body is in good shape but I seldom feel the need to advertise the fact. I'd rather my outfit reflected my colourful personality than a cracking pair of pins. I stopped dressing for sexual attention when I realised that witty banter, a passion for indie music & art house cinema and a subscription to Viz was far more likely to attract a like-minded mate than a Lycra mini skirt and a bejewelled bra top.


You don't get men fussing to show off their flat belly or pert arse so why are we, as women, encouraged to? Blokes manage to get jobs, find life partners and make friends without emphasising their waist with a strategically placed belt. Lets make a strike for equality and dress how we sodding well please.

Right, that's out of my system. Now let's take a deep breath and feast our eyes on some fabulous frocks.

They are just a few of the vintage lovelies gracing our rails at the Spring Vintage Fair at Linden House in Wolverhampton on Sunday.

Have a cracking weekend.