Goodies hunt

Since I spent yesterday evening in my online shopping hunt, I decided to share with you some affordable sale finds from Modcloth and ASOS. I usually find on ASOS pretty and quirky shoes on sale, and Modcloth is perfect place for fancy dresses and vintage inspired frocks at affordable price. Clothing is from Modcloth, shoes are from ASOS. Hope you will find something for yourself. 

Have a happy Monday! xx

*Not Your Average LBD Dress; Cafe Rendezvous Top; Floral Eyes On You Dress; Night Flurry Sweater; Precious Medallion Coat; Natalie's Stop Glamour Time Dress
*ASOS MONTY Velvet Flat Shoes; ASOS MARSHMALLOW Loafers with Metal Trim;
Peter Jensen Heart Ballet Pump; Timeless Macey Leather Loafer; London Rebel Flat Lace-Up Ankle Boot; ASOS MACAROON Lace Up Flat Shoes; 
*ASOS SUNDAY Heels with T-Bar in blush; in brown; ASOS ALLURE Ankle Boots; See By Chloe Dusty Bow Shoes; ASOS LAGUNA Suede Ballet Flats

Biba and Beyond

I know, we don’t have usually little heart-to-heart here on misslikey about exhibitions or events, but when it comes to Biba, hardly any of the rules could apply. In fact, I believe that it would be sin not the mention that currently there is great fashion exhibition at Brighton Museum & Art Gallery that celebrates all things Biba and Beyond. The exhibition's aim is not just to tell a story about Biba, clothes, lifestyle, but to cover everything connected to this revolutionary brand and its and far reaching influence. Through illustrations, film, fashion, music, photography, ephemera and memories of visitors, intention is also to offer retrospective of Barbara Hulanicki’s fashion career, her childhood and views on fashion.

Barbara came to Brighton (“sleepy town in these days”, she tells) in 1948, where she attended Brighton Art College. In 1955 Young Hulanicki won beachwear design competition held by London Evening Standard. She left college during second year and started to work as freelance fashion illustrators for various fashion publications, including Tatler and Vogue. She worked also in London office of Women’s Wear Daily. With her partner and husband Stephan Fritz-Simon Barbara started small mail-order business. The pink gingham dress, offered in Daily Mail was the item that prompted the opening of the first Biba shop in Kensington in 1964.

Back to the 60s with Marianne Faithfull

One moment we are flirting with 80s and 90s, next with 70s. Are we born in wrong era? Of so many eras that were alternating this year, the swinging sixties are probably most feminine and romantic. Lot of designers in recent resort collections were channeling 60s, of which Marc Jacobs collection was one of the Please, Can I have it all kind of collection. And truly 60s are unfailing era. Age of icons; Biba, Mary Quant, Rudi Gernreich, Twiggy, Warhol, Edie, Brigitte, Jane Birkin, Mia Farrow, Ana Karina, Francoise Hardy, Audrey, Bob Dylan, just to mention a few. List is just too long for recital but it would be just sin not to mention Beatles, The Rolling Stones and their girls. Gosh how many inspiration they left us. That's why I remembered of one of my favorite, Marianne Faithfull and her style during the sixties.
Welcome abroad, THE SWINGING SIXTIES!



For Marianne-esque charm I choose dresses at fantastic Orla Kiely, famous for her cognizable prints. Emerald green dress with cutout at neck is totally Marianne, same as the printed one with petal neckline.
Shoes are Clerance Le Flaca suede sandals from Coclico, Vintage 20s T strap sandals, Coclico suede sandals in royal blue with charming name-Odalisk Sapphire and Chie Mihara sandals in dark green and brown.