4 December 2011

Cocktails for two, please!

Tea Society's Vintage Cocktail Evening!

Friday night was the Tea Society's Cocktail evening, and the last event before we break up for Christmas. The theme was vintage, so everyone was dressing up in their favourite era's outfits, and for me it was the 40's. I love seeing images of women and teenagers during the War, the hairstyles, elegant shapes, plainer colours and shoes with socks! We started off in my favourite tearoom/cocktail bar Dolly's (where I've been before quite a few times, ha!) and ordered quite a few of the delicious cocktails that arrived in teapots and teacups! 
Jacket: eBay Blouse: H&M Skirt: Borrowed from Melanie Shoes: Primark Socks: Madewell Bag: Charity Shop
I had such an amazing night, it was really lovely to see everyone dressed up from their favourite era, even if it was a little surreal when we went into a club later on in the evening! I recently bought this blouse from H&M, and the fit was so perfect for my outfit, cinching in at the waist and with powerful shoulders. My jacket is from a vintage shop on eBay, and the skirt I borrowed from Melanie, in the picture above with me! If you ever visit Falmouth in Cornwall, you really should visit Dolly's Tearoom, it's such a lovely little gem, with cocktails with unusual names in miss-matched china. I had a Flapper's Delight, which was made up of vodka, apple juice & vanilla, and the campari and cranberry juice Queen of Hearts. 
My weekend has been pretty lazy, even though I have a pretty massive deadline this Thursday, I really need to pull my socks up! Hopefully Friday will come by pretty quickly as y family are coming to stay this weekend, and I can't wait to take them to Dolly's, I know my mum will love it so much! Then after that, only one more week at University before I endure the six hour journey home!


Have you ever dressed up for a vintage theme before, which era would you choose? For me it's usually the forties or the sixties! Do you have anywhere near you, like my Dolly's, that you've fallen in love with?


Love, Charlestown xoxo.
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23 comments

  1. This looks like so much fun, and your outfit is beautiful! I'm a bit in love with 40s clothes too...
    Mona x
    http://chippedandchapped.blogspot.com/

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  2. It sounds great! Cocktails in tea cups? Wow :D
    I love your outfit as well (and your makeup is amazing!). I have not dressed up vintage, but I'd pick 40's or 50's. And I don't have anything like Dolly's near me, but I hope I'll discover something soon!
    xx

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  3. This is a beautiful outfit! Really sweet :) I wish places round me did stuff like this! I'd pick the Fifties, I reckon ;D ♥

    Sarah ^.^

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  4. Can the 70s/80s be vintage? I would go as a punk. I love your outfit and the shoes with socks. I love the idea of coctails in teacups.x

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  5. Oh how amazing do you loooook! We should totally dress up in the 40's together, as I did it last weekend! We could ROCK it Murray mint! You babe.
    It looks like so much fun it really does :-) xxx

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  6. Thank-you for the comment my sweet, these pictures are adorable! It reminds me of Made In Chelsea's tea with the pensioners.. So cute!

    Lots of Love,
    Lily from Red Brick Lipstick

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  7. This sounds like such a great evening, and I love your outfit! The 40s and 50s are definitely my favourite eras, it's all about the cinched in waists and red lipstick!

    Gillian x
    elevatormusik.blogspot.com

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  8. You look really gorgeous, the 40s & 50s style really suits you.. Those victory rolls are amazing!

    xoxo.

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  9. looks like it would have been a lot of fun! i love that they serve your drinks in teacups too. and i always favour the 50s when dressing up and i generally gravitate towards that style half of the time when i get dressed. :)

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  10. Aww this looks like so much fun. There was a place in New Zealand where you drink cocktails out of teapots, so much fun!!

    Zoe
    xx

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  11. lovely post;) let's drink tea! xx

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  12. You look fab! I adore your jacket and hair, really suits you.

    Penny x

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  13. Loving your hair, looks so nice!

    Leonie

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  14. It looked adorable, and loveeeely outfit :)
    xx

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  15. I need to go to this tearoom it looks like my perfect place!! I used to have to dress up vintage style for a couple of jobs I used to have, it made getting ready for work a bit more inventive!! You all look gorgeous xx

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  16. Teacups make everything better.

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  17. This sounds like the best idea ever! <3 and I love your vintage hair style!

    x
    Lost in the Haze

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  18. The 40s is one of my favourite eras for clothes too, along with the 20s... This sounds like a wonderful night out! I'd love to sip vintage cocktails from a teacup... and how wonderful is that teapot!

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  19. this place looks adorable, i'm sure there must be somewhere like this in london i'll have to hunt down! x

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  20. Everything about this absolutely amazing - the outfit, the hair, the tea cups...ahh! xxxx

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  21. You look fantastic! I love that blazer and your blouse. I would choose the 30s. I love that era, the women were just so gracious and elegant. You have a great blog :)

    xoxo,

    Janet

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  22. The idea of a vintage dress up party is so lovely! And I'm a MASSIVE tea drinker so that makes it even more enticing :) Love your hair in these shots too lovely! ♥ Claire @ Jazzpad

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  23. Ohh you look lovelyyyy!!! Your hair looks so pretty like that tooo xxx

    #GOLLYGOSH

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