Mid Century Girl: beach

Monday, 30 September 2013

Holiday Outfit Post # 3: The Navy Playsuit

I hope you're not getting bored with my holiday outfit posts because I have a few more to post! This one features an outfit that I wore to Gruissan's beach.

I am wearing a 1950s navy playsuit (which I suspect could also be worn as a proper swimsuit because of the material and the fact it has inner shorts!) but I am not keen on swimming in the ocean and wouldn't do so in this outfit anyway.

It was incredibly windy on the beach so I am glad that I wore a headscarf!

I also wanted to show you a closer photo of the bodice of the playsuit, as it features some lovely embroiderery.

Playsuit: Vintage from Etsy

Shirt: Vintage from Greyhound Vintage from Judy's at Spitalfields

Shoes: Office

Headscarf: Vintage from my Grandma

Sunglasses: Ray Ban Wayfarers

Monday, 22 July 2013

Beach fun

The weather has been super amazing the last three weeks. I am a bit weather-obsessed in that I often check the forecast a few times a day but it has been so good not to have to consistently check BBC Weather on my iPhone or wonder whether I need an umbrella with me.

A few weekends ago, at the start of the beautiful weather, I went to Southbourne Beach. Earlier in the day, I went to a few of the vintage shops in Boscombe before heading to the beach. I am not keen on British beaches because they are always jam-packed during summer and I hate seeing people sizzling away in the sun. I couldn't spend a whole day at the beach but we managed to find an area with a bit of space and had ourselves an M&S beach picnic.

As mentioned in a previous post, I had recently acquired a 1930s parasol. It got it's debut at the beach and it was accompanied by my 1950s Kahala playsuit. I bought this playsuit at Beyond Retro a few years ago and it fits amazingly! It is one of my favourite go-to outfits in hot weather.