Over the weekend two lovely ladies, that you already know from the blog, came to London on a surprise visit! We had a fabulous time with afternoon tea (review coming up – this place is just amazing!), shopping, dinner and cocktails – which obviously called for some dressing up:
Messy side ponytail with a vintage brooch
So for the afternoon tea we had to make ourselves look terribly pretty, so I put my sister’s hair up in a messy side ponytail and we the adorned it all with a vintage pearl brooch with marcasites:
Hide the pins and hairband by wrapping strands on hair around and across them
It is a really easy hairstyle to do as well: curl you hair from the ears down to create some texture, then twist the front part of your hair back above your ears, and fasten with some hair pins. Gather the whole ponytail on one side and fasten with an elastic, which you then hide with the help of curls and hair pins. Lastly you add the brooch by securing it behind one of the hair pins. You can also glimpse a pair of vintage-style marcasite earrings with a faux pearl, as they went perfectly with the brooch.
A romantic detail is always a lovely addition to any hairstyle – in this case we chose a vintage brooch with pearls and marcasites
And here is the full look! A white lace dress with that fabulous Peter Pan-collar – a second hand bargain from Mary’s Living and Giving Shop in Parsons Green; a pair of black tights and the most stunning black heels – such a lovely mid-winter look on a beautifully sunny day:
Peter Pan-collar dress in white lace with black heels
Decades of Elegance 