Pretty Polka Dot Dresses at Eva Franco

I absolutely adore this lovely white polka dot dress by Eva Franco. There are quite a few beautiful polka dot dresses on Eva Franco's website, and the photos of the dresses are equally as beautiful! While the dresses for sale aren't cheap, they are stunning! If I was considerably richer and considerably smaller in size I would definitely add a few of Eva Francos gorgeous designs to my wardrobe. But alas... I am neither! So, instead I shall have to be content with blogging about and gazing upon these gorgeous dresses from afar!

Dollydagger - Gorgeous Retro Style Dresses - Floral, Forties and Frills!

I just love Dollydagger, I love their retro styled dresses and their cute and quirky accessories. They stock a range of vintage inspired styles from the forties style Stop Staring dresses to 80's style prom dresses and a little bit of fifties Rockabilly in between! Here are three dresses that I am currently loving from the Dollydagger website...

I absolutely LOVE this dress!! Scarlet English Rose Dress for £130 Apparently the skirt has a whopping 5m of fabric to give it that beautiful very fifties shape. Love it!

Cherry Red Obsession Dress by Stop Staring for £163 I love the pleated waist-band and curve-hugging skirt... even if those two things don't necessarily love me! Even though it doesn't suit my body shape, it doesn't stop me loving it.

Red Star Print Party Dress for £55 this adorable dress comes with detachable straps (which is good for me, I can't wear strapless dresses) and in 5 different colours. Perfect for an upcoming party! I love the look of the this dress with a gorgeous frilly petticoat peeping out of the bottom.

Gorgeous Red Floral Vintage Dress!

I'm not usually one for sharing my outfits in posts, but I bought this gorgeous red floral vintage dress for an amazing £7 in Camden and I love it so much it's too good NOT to share it with you all! I tend to find it quite difficult to find vintage dresses that fit my larger size and that look good on, so I was more than pleasantly surprised to find that this little gem fit perfectly! I completed the look with a red bow in my hair and white chunky beads. Happy days!

Where do you find your vintage treasures? I love finding little hidden vintage shops that are off the beaten path and grab myself something special. There are a few lovely places in Leeds that I visit regularly, and one of my new favourite's is a newly opened vintage shop in Hastings Old Town called Little Treasures, they have some really great vintage treats there!

Dollydagger - 50's polka dot dresses!

Well, it has been a little while since my last post, I've been a busy little bee! But, I got an email from one of my favourite websites, Dollydagger, and I got a little bit excited so I have found time to share it with you all... They have brought back their stock of beautiful polka dot 50's dresses!

Gorgeous satin sweetheart swing dress - £75

Beautiful red and white polka dot swing dress - £75 Also available in blue and white, and black and white, and black and red (shown below)

I just absolutely love Dollydagger, I think that that has a little something to do with the fact that if I click on the "I just love... polka dots" link, it shows me every item of stock that has polka dots... something that comes in handy for a polka dot addict like myself!

No 50's dress is complete without the full pretty petticoat - £45

The Baseballs - my favourite new band

I have officially found my new favourite band... The Baseballs. I have been eagerly awaiting their debut album, and I have not been disappointed! I love everything fifties, especially the music, and these three charming gents take modern songs and give them a fifties inspired make-over, with brilliant results!

The three rock and roll singers met in tea room in a heavy metal rehearsal bunker in Berlin, noticed their shared hairstyle, started jamming and formed The Baseballs. With pomade in their hair and the king in their voice they easily make their fifties styled cover songs sound like originals. Simply put this album is great fun! And I defy anyone to listen to the album through and not want to don a fifties circle skirt dress, red lipstick, heels and dance around the room! (if you are a man: substitute the dress, lippy and heels for a checked flannel shirt, comb in the back pocket and sideburns... unless of course the dress is your thing)

Their debut album 'Strike' is out now and available on Amazon now. As the band have said, "we take good songs and lead them to their true calling"... The track listing is:

1. Umbrella

2. Love in This Club

3. Hey There Delilah

4. Bleeding Love

5. Hot'n'Cold

6. I Don't feel like Dancin'

7. Don't Cha

8. Let's Get Loud

9. Angels

10. Crazy in Love

11. This Love

12. The Look

All that remains now is for me to eagerly await their tour and visit to the UK so I can get on my finest fifties gear and see them live! I am jealous that Germany gets to keep them all to themselves! Needless to say, the second the tickets go on sale, I'm there!

Some Polka Dot Etsy Gems

Etsy is a veritable treasure trove of vintage and retro clothes, and for a polka dot and fifties fanatic it is the best place to look for something a little different and special. Here are some of my top picks at the moment:

Vintage 80's polka dot suspender mini dress - love this! Find it here.

blue and white vintage polka dot dress - even if it is possibly originally a maids uniform, I don't care, it's got polka dots! Find it here.

Vintage polka dot dress from the 60's - love the black, white and red combo! Find it here.

Halter neck polka dot dress - made from a vintage skirt dating from the 1910's. Find it here.

Vintage polka dot dress with large white collar - I love this dress, especially the oversized white collar. find it here.

Polka dot dinosaur bubble dress - so cute! find it here.