Your Grandfather's jumper entry 4

Your Grandfather's jumper entry 4

The lovely Miss Zoe in a vintage floral print skirt - looking very vintage housewife!

Your Grandfather's jumper entry 3

Your Grandfather's jumper entry 3

A great photo in a great cardigan - a little vintage black bolero. Cute!

Submitted by the lovely Andreea 

Your Grandfather's jumper entry 2

Your Grandfather's jumper entry 2:

A lovely vintage Hawaiin shirt by Miss Gill

For more info on the competition check out the original post!

 Your Grandfather's jumper entry 1:

We will start the "Grandfather's jumper" vintage competition with a lovely entry from Ceri - the well known Ethical Fashion Blogger.
The scarf is a fabulous vintage piece and since we love prints at House of Beth - this is pretty much perfect!

 

Check out Ceri's full post about this outfit on her Ethical Fashion Blog

To check out more about the competition or to enter it - see our previous blog.

The LBD

The ‘little black dress’, the LBD, was associated with my teenage imagination, as the pinnacle of sophistication, sexuality and adulthood. I knew I would ‘get in’ and that I would ‘pull’ in my slinky black number, as an underage clubber in a sleazy club. Although I believed I was a sophisticated fifteen-year-old vixen, in reality I was a child wearing slutty cheap lycra with sequins and thus the LBD became a tainted memory of childish sexuality.

As a result I had very ambivalent feeling about the LBD, and by the time I was eighteen, I found the LBD a boring wardrobe choice. I became obsessed with metallic silver dresses worn with over-sized Jack Wills shirts, hot-pink tutu skirts worn with large graffiti converse boots and leather jackets and a striped dress from Kai Kaur rai. I had a Topshop LBD obsessive blip for a few months but it wasn’t until recently, at the tender age of twenty-three I discovered why LBD, how LBD and when LBD.

WHY LBD

Why do magazines covet them, why do women wear them, what distinguishes the LBD from the little grey dress, the little blue dress, the little red dress? The truth is, my teenage association of the LBD as sophisticated adult sexuality was right. There is something dangerously flattering about black, when worn in the right way, for every woman.

 

HOW LBD

The elongated black silhouette cuts a powerful figure, accentuates your curves, and flatters your sides, in a way that no other colour manages. Think of the LBD as the shadow effect, smoothing everything out and emphasising your curves. The colour is safely sophisticated, yet dramatic, and that is often what we require ourselves to be.

WHEN LBD

As a teenager the LBD looks like a child dressing up and asking for fun. For the powerful woman and her proportions, the LBD works in a much more interesting way. It needn’t be a boring wardrobe choice, wear LBD’s with ruffles, interesting silhouettes and the longer the better. Try not to wear it with too much colour as you’ll undermine its striking effect, avoid completely shapeless designs and obviously smutty designs – the perfect middle ground is needed to make the perfect LBD purchase.

For some great LBD’s, check them out on House of Beth!

By Rosalind Kendal

   

Plus size? or downright sexy.

"Plus size Model" is an emotional phrase. Everyone seems to have an opinion.
Common opinions include:
"The models are too skinny to be plus size""plus size is normal size" "Skinny models promote anorexia" "plus size models promote obesity" and many more. 
Here, at the House of Beth blog, are 6 women we think wear fabulous clothes, look amazingly sexy and are above dress size UK 12 in no order. 

1. Christina Hendricks as Joan 

2. Robyn Lawley - Model 

For British lingerie brand Boux Avenue

In Australian Cosmo

3. Crystal Renn - who controversially fluctuates but looks great here

see This article for more info

4. Tara lynn - model

For Taillissime ss 2013                                                        For Vanity Fair

5. Philomena Kwao 

More information on Philomena Kwao here

6. Marilyn Monroe - Of Course

Here are a few of House of Beth's favourite pieces to fit in with this range:

Material by Versace. Size 20

Black velvert evening dress

Cream sheer top 

Peplum top

Do you know any great models/actresses we have missed out? send in  your entries to info@houseofbeth.com

 

Charlie Chambers Exclusive Collection for House of Beth

This limited collection of upcycled dresses has been lovingly crafted from reclaimed waste textiles. Loosely based around the 'make do and mend' ethos of WW2 England, ethical fashion designer Charlie Chambers creates each piece herself from conception through to production.  Lovely Lucy was inspired by a visit to 'The Manor', the home of the children's author and renowned patchwork creator Lucy boston. The magic of the house is captured in Boston's depiction of 'The Green Knowe' novels, written during the cold winter months along her patchwork projects. Charlie wanted to echo this through her intricate yet playful patchwork designs whilst encompassing her strong ethical principles.  After being approached by the founders of the Red Light Campaign, Charlie produced this small capsule of dresses for retail through House of Beth.  15% of each purchase from Charlie's upcycled collection will be donated to Red Light Campaign's work to support the survivors of human trafficking.  Collection coming very soon so watch out.  Here is a brief preview of the items to come!

Your Grandfather's jumper

As we all know, vintage has been a big trend these last few years and is only getting bigger. Find out more about why we love vintage on our blog. At House of Beth we love the idea of rewearing clothing, giving that dress a new life or that skirt a new style. All our items are recycled and we have a dedicated section to specialised vintage (clothing over 20 years old).

We want you to send us in a picture of you wearing your favourite second hand item, whether it is your Grandpa's jumper, your mum's handbag or that piece you picked up from a vintage shop which you will treasure forever. We will feature them all on our blog as they come in and our favourite picture will win a £20 gift voucher to spend at the natural store and runner up will receive £10 to spend at House of Beth. 

To give you some inspiration, this is Sarah (our Creative Director) in her Grandpa's jumper at the seaside.

And Talia in her vintage turban

Email your photos to info@houseofbeth.com

Happy Vintage!