On Cue

 

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Dress: Cue satin

Heels: Kitten D'Amour vegan leather

Bag: Kitten D'Amour woven straw, resin

Hinged Bangle: Gift, Precious Stones Jewellers silver

Cuff: Wallace Bishop brushed silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

Sunglasses: Witchery faux tortoiseshell/resin

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If you're an avid reader of this blog, you'll already know how much I absolutely adore art deco & have a rather substantial collection of deco furniture, glassware, jewellery, statues & figurines... Well, it's tough to find surviving 1920s clothing (particularly in silks & satins) in Queensland, Australia for obvious reasons - the heat & humidity here really doesn't help 100 year old fabric one iota - but there are plenty of labels with stunning reproduction styles in modern colours & prints! Case in point: the beautiful blue & navy floral satin bias-cut maxi dress with asymmetrical neckline from famed Aussie label Cue, styled up for an event in my beloved River City with a pair of black vegan leather dual buckle heels for height & a matching natural woven straw & black resin beaded handle bag from retro-inspired designer Kitten D'Amour to carry all the essentials. When it came to jewellery, I chose some beloved silver pieces that echoed the era - a chunky wave design hinged bangle from the lovely ladies at Precious Stones Jewellers in Uptown, a brushed silver cuff from Wallace Bishop & a thinner (yet heavy) vintage silver bangle from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles that my younger brother brought me for a birthday present a few years ago for that touch of daytime shine. As you may notice, in the picture below, I'm wearing an oversized pair of faux tortoiseshell/resin sunglasses from Witchery to ward off the sun's harmful rays...

Blast from the Past

 

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Dress: Touche via Roselle Store cotton

Sandals: Easy Steps leather

Bag: Sussan woven paper

Necklace: Thousand Island Dressing beads

Bangle Stack: Gift, vintage Mexican silver

Bangle: Gift, 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles vintage silver

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So excited to finally be sharing all the pictures from a mother/daughter morning spent taking a trip back to the age of dinosaurs at Ipswich's Nicholas Street Precinct! The animatronic displays were absolutely amazing & timed to perfection thanks to sensor technology (making them roar when little children walked by... leading to some hilarious jump scares) & the realistic mega fauna borrowed from the Railway Workshops display reminded me of the Queensland Museum of my childhood. What a trip down memory lane! We took our time wandering around Tulmur Place among the incredibly well-behaved crowds before sitting down in one of the shaded seating areas to enjoy some food van donuts & Stella Rossa coffee from a local cafe... which also offered some hilarious dinosaur-themed dishes including dinosaur nuggets on a mashed potato volcano with cascading gravy & a little "Dinos Rule" flag on a toothpick!

For the occasion, I wore a gorgeous pastel checked cotton puff-sleeved, drop waisted midi dress from a label called Touche, sourced from the Roselle Store at Paddington & styled up with a pair of white & tan leather deco-inspired sandals from Easy Steps for the ideal fusion of comfort & style & a natural woven paper shoulder bag from Sussan to carry all the essentials (including facemask and hand sanitizer). When it came to jewellery, I chose some favourite pieces - my stack of vintage Mexican silver bangles that dear friends brought back from overseas & a single, heavier vintage bangle the my younger brother gave me from 20th Century Antiques & Collectibles as well as a funky beaded drop necklace in pastel shades that I picked up years ago from Thousand Island Dressing to complete the look.

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Can't resist a selfie together!

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