Bernie Dexter Clothing
Bernie Dexter Clothing
Bernie Dexter Clothing is a line of pin up, retro, and rockabilly clothing created by burlesque aficionado, makeup artist, and style icon Bernie Dexter.
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As a makeup artist and designer who has worked with a variety of models and burlesque performers, Bernie is truly passionate about these eras and strives to offer clothing that is made to suit women who feel the same way.
In the pin up fashion section at Bernie Dexter Clothing, you’ll find artistic dresses designed to create an hourglass silhouette with a classic 1940s and 1950s style. There is a wide variety of pants, shorts, skirts, tops, dresses, playsuits, and rompers available in bright contrasting colors, fresh florals, pretty plaid and paisley prints, and cute and classic polka dots and leopard print.
In the dress section you’ll find plunging halters and flowing skirts below a-line cuts, as well as sexy pencil skirts for the perfect pin up shape and silhouette. The classic pin up dresses can be found in virtually any color or print, and can be easily dressed up or down for a picnic in the park, a day in the office, or an evening out dancing.
For something a little more casual, pair one of the Bernie Dexter Clothing tops, such as the Puff Sleeve Ginger Top, with a cute pair of pedal pushers for a casual and slimming style.
The knotted shirt and high-cut pants will give you the look of a true pin up dame. If you’re looking to go full-blown pin up girl, their playsuits and rompers are just what you need for that cheeky Marilyn Monroe look.
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Zweitracht
Zweitracht
Zweitracht is a German shop dedicated to offering fashionable threads that resemble classic pin up styles of the 1940s through the 1960s. If you are passionate about these looks, whether you’re a sweet pin up dame or a bold rockabilly princess, Zweitracht offers something for women of all shapes, sizes, and styles.
Zweitracht offers a great selection of vintage-inspired dresses that reveal as much or as little as you’d like. The queen dresses are perfect for a fall or winter day, with a 1940s bib-like embellishment in front, collared neck, and long sleeves, available in a variety of colors. If you don’t want a full dress in this style, the party shirt offers the same style without the skirt, so you can pair it with jeans, pedal pushers, a skirt, or anything else that suits your style.
Zweitracht also offers some casual spring and summer day dresses in floral prints, solids, plaids, and other colors, made in a loose-fitting style with a tie around the waist that makes it super comfortable and easy to wear however you want, flattering your best assets.
You’ll find plenty more tops in the Zweitracht shop, particularly boatneck styles in short sleeves, solid colors, and with a small embellishment near the collar for a classic pin up girl look. They’re perfect for office wear, casual wear, or even out for a fancy dinner if you dress them up.
You’ll also find a variety of adorably retro accessories at Zweitracht, particularly their scarves that can be worn around your head to keep your hair back, or around your neck for a fun pop of color to any outfit. They can even dress up purses with a sweet bow tie if it’s too warm for a scarf on your body.
Zweitracht gives women a great way to dress retro while still looking classy and polished, all at affordable prices. If you love the looks of beautiful pin up ladies and don’t want to scour the thrift store for cool vintage looking threads, take a look around Zweitracht for a contemporary piece that is still designed with the 1940s and 1950s in mind. You’ll certainly be glad you did!
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Principessa
Principessa
Principessa is a pin up and retro inspired shop catering to women who love the styles of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Whether it’s the sweet innocence of the fashion you covet or the fun and fearless attitude that goes along with it, you’ll find just about everything you need to enhance your wardrobe and fancy up your look at Principessa.
The sexy pin up dresses are some of the most popular pieces available for sale at Principessa. Sexy fitted pencil skirts are paired with colorful tops to create bold contrast in a piece that is both work appropriate and perfect for date night. In their dress selection you’ll find polka dots, leopard print, and bold blocks of color contrasts, perfect for the sassy pin up, retro, and rockabilly diva in every woman.
Pencil skirts and flowing skirts with plenty of tulle are available for corporate wear as well as the perfect piece for a night of dancing. Another popular section at Principessa is the body suit and bathing suit selection. You’ll find pieces perfect for lounging at the beach or pairing with one of their many skirts, a pair of legwarmers, or some cute pedal pushers.
The body suits at Principessa also complement lingerie and burlesque pieces quite well if that’s what you’re looking for, and can be easily paired with some tights or thigh high pantyhose. For the domestic diva, Principessa also sells adorably fashionable and retro aprons for days spent baking or working hard over the hot stove.
Their accessories section has an assortment of aprons, as well as retro inspired bandanas and hats to wear with your favorite retro dress or body suit. Principessa has affordable prices on their wide and unique selection of pin up and retro inspired goodies in a variety of colors and sizes. Women of all ages, shapes, and sizes can find skirts, dresses, and tops to pair together.
Next time you’re on the hunt for some retro wear for your wardrobe, whether it’s to start small and complement your existing wardrobe or you’re looking for full blown retro wear, check out the selection at Principessa. You definitely won’t leave disappointed.
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Burlesque Wear For Women
Burlesque Wear For Women
Burlesque wear for women is a popular lingerie, performance, costume and formal type of dress for women who love the pin up and retro looks of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. Burlesque wear is typically inspired by burlesque theatre performances of these eras, often done in a satirical form by women wearing corsets, stockings, garter belts, feathery hats and masks, pasties, stilettos, and other lingerie-like pieces of clothing. Burlesque wear for women may often look like costume wear or lingerie, but the diversity of burlesque components means the pieces can be used for a wide variety of styles.
Burlesque wear for women can be as colorful, revealing, simple, or complex as any woman prefers. If you see burlesque wear and immediately think of a corset with a sexy pair of stockings, that may be all you need for the perfect outfit. If you’re looking for a burlesque-inspired look to enhance a dress, skirt or outfit you’re wearing to a formal affair, there are ways you can wear it to enhance your look as well. Many burlesque pieces accompany sexy, slinky lingerie, and they are also popular additions to costumes.
If you’re on the hunt for burlesque wear for women, there are plenty of boutiques across the web that cater specifically to women looking for a customized, sexy, and affordable burlesque outfit. For a steel-bone, custom made corset that’s tailored right to your needs and specifications, check out SugarKitty Corsets, Bibian Blue, KaosKorsets, Redcat 7, Burleska, Versatile Corsets, Miss Katie, and Maya Hansen.
For burlesque accessories such as pasties, garter belts, and even burlesque-inspired dresses, check out shops such as Feisty Cat, Starlets & Harlets, FairyGothMother, and Gothesque.de. Looking for the perfect pair of stockings or hosiery to complete your outfit? Girdlebound, Sweet Pins, Stockings HQ, Hepburn And Leigh, Cervin Paris, and Secrets In Lace. These shops all sell accessories that will accompany your burlesque look whether it’s for a formal affair, work, or play.
Burlesque wear for women is to always be worn with confidence, so tease your hair, strap on your favorite stiletto heels and swipe on some of your favorite red lipstick; you’ll have heads turning left and right the minute you leave the house.
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Cyn Elena
Cyn Elena
For more than ten years, Cyn Elena has been designing retro and pin up glamour accessories for women who love the pin up era of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Their popular hair candy pieces have been worn by celebrities, fashionable ladies of all different styles, brides to be, rockabilly aficionados, pin up girls, burlesque dancers and beginners to the whole pin up, retro and rockabilly fetish.
Cyn Elena is a mother who believes putting family first is an important part of anything. Her shop is set up in her home where she spends late nights creating her own unique line of hair accessories, never expecting the pieces to take off and become her own signature brand. She uses a variety of hair accessories and pins for creative inspiration, and rather than dedicating herself to one style, took a diverse turn, making her style adored by fans all around the world who dress in a variety of ways. Her accessory selection is among the largest in the world and continues to grow as her inspiration kicks into high gear.
For women who love a dash of girlish femininity, vinyl bows are great accessories for the hair, coming in black, red and bubble gum pink. For subtle accessories to complement your flowing long locks or luscious curls, small flower hair clips can be placed to pin back your bangs in a way that is more stylish than a standard bobby pin.
Looking for something more sassy and fierce? Check out the animal print collection, filled with flower hair clips that have leopard print accents. The “Marilyn Leopard Rose Hair Clip” combines the look of a traditional rose with leopard print petals, bringing a sassy and sexy look to a basic retro style.
For something creepy yet glam, the Cyn Spider hair clips are perfect. Rhinestone studded tarantula sized spiders sit atop hair clips, so you can easily pin back the side of your hair that will have every passerby looking twice.
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Cyn Elena has an endless array of styles for pin up, retro and rockabilly girls of all ages. Check out her ever growing selection for a new and affordable accessory that will be the perfect topping to just about any outfit!
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Bowling Shirts
Bowling Shirts
Bowling shirts are a popular piece of clothing worn by men and women who love the retro eras of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The classic stripe designs with button down details and crisp collars were a popular sport item, worn by men with jeans or matching Dockers, or by women with flowing poodle skirts, pedal pushers or even jeans. Bowling shirts have remained a popular part of fashion throughout the decades, particularly in recent years by those who love the retro look and want a style that is comfortable, functional and versatile.
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Bowling shirts are also a common component of rockabilly and psychobilly clothing, bringing a little bit of preppy style to the punk, goth or rock and roll look.
Vintage and retro bowling shirts can definitely be found at thrift stores or resale shops where old, worn out pieces can be found that belonged to your parents or grandparents, and you can probably rummage through your family’s closets and find some as well. However, with the growing popularity of retro, rockabilly and pin up clothing, there are all sorts of boutiques available across the internet that offer bowling shirts and accessories in all sorts of sizes, colors and styles.
Bowlingshirt.com is one of the most popular sites to find men, women and children bowling shirts in all sorts of styles and colors. If you’ve got a bowling team with a name and logo, you can even get customized shirts at this store. Sourpuss Clothing is another retro boutique that offers men’s and women’s styles, including bowling shirts, as well as Rock Steady Clothing, selling everything from bowling shirts to poodle skirts. For the pin up looks to go along with bowling shirts, check out Pin Up Parade where you’ll find everything you need for a night of bowling and dancing.
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Bowling shirts are a popular and timeless style worn by men and women of all decades. Have a customized logo and shirt created for your own bowling league, or wear them out if you’re feeling like bringing out a new style. Whether you’re a guy or gal, bowler or not, these shirts bring plenty of fun to anyone’s closet!
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Pin Up Girl Outfits
Pin Up Girl Outfits
Pin up girl outfits represent the fierce femininity displayed in outfits worn during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Women in these eras wore outfits ranging from simple and conservative to bold and rebellious and everything in between. Flowing skirts to strut on the dance floor, plunging halter tops, fitted play suits, pencil skirts, leopard print accents, seamed pantyhose and nylons, penny loafers and stiletto heels are just some of the popular pieces incorporated into pin up girl outfits.
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Pin up girl outfits embrace the bodies of women of all ages, shapes and sizes. Women who are petite as well as women who are plus sized can all find pin up outfits and dresses that flaunt their natural assets rather than hide them and force them to conform to the look of the average modern day woman. Curves, hips, cleavage and attitude go a long way in a pin up girl outfit, and it takes a high level of confidence to pull one off with true swagger.
If you’ve been looking everywhere for pin up girl outfits and want to incorporate some of the looks into your wardrobe, you don’t have to resort to thrift, resale and vintage stores to find pieces sent in by your grandma. Instead, check out some of these hot online boutiques. Some of the most popular online stores selling pin up girl outfits include Modcloth, Babygirlboutique, Lucky Diva, Pony Maedchen, Girdlebound, and Miss Hussy Clothing. Looking for a more fierce retro or rockabilly look? There are all sorts of boutiques for you, too! Yvonne’s Inked Divas and Gents, Poison Candy Fashion, Sourpuss Clothing, Liquid Bombshell, Too Fast Cirque Couture, and Zombie Dolls all incorporate rock ‘n roll looks into their pin up girl outfits.
Whether you like the lace, leather, skulls and attitude or you prefer to stay sleek and feminine with floral prints, cherries and military inspired accents, these boutiques offer pin up girl outfits for virtually any woman. Curl up your hair, swipe on some black eyeliner and touch up your bright red lipstick, and you’ve got the perfect pin up girl look from head to toe!
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Swing Dresses
Swing Dresses
Swing dresses were a popular retro and pin up style in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Women would wear them to school in a more formal way, out dancing or out with friends in a fun and playful way, and even to semi formal events as a fun dress up outfit.
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Swing dresses were mostly worn for dancing, as the skirt was designed to flow with the steps, creating fun illusions with a variety of skirts on the dance floor. Swing dresses are typically modest, falling at or below the knees. The tops come in a variety of styles, ranging from long-sleeved turtlenecks to short-sleeved collared button-down shirts to plunging halter tops. Whether you’re looking to cover up or show off some skin, swing dresses have everything. Pair them up with some nylons or seamed pantyhose in the fall or winter, and for a casual look, go for a pair of penny loafers. For a little sex appeal, add in some sky-high stiletto heels and wear a button up cardigan over the halter to stay warm.
Fortunately, you don’t have to scrounge around thrift or vintage stores to find the perfect styles of swing dresses. You can find a variety in boutiques across the internet. Some popular retro, rockabilly and pin up boutiques that sell swing dresses include Modcloth, Lucky Diva, Whirlingturban, Get Go Retro, Pony Maedchen, Marlenes Toechter, Zombie Dolls, and What Katie Did. For a hardcore rockabilly swing dress, check out Sourpuss Clothing, Poison Candy Fashion, Yvonne’s Inked Divas and Gents and Tokyo Motor Grrl. There is something for everyone at these boutiques, regardless of your taste or personal style.
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One reason so many women love swing dresses is because they can be worn by women of all ages, shapes and sizes. Curvy women, petite women, voluptuous women and small framed women can all find styles that flatter their natural assets, enhancing their curves and drawing attention to their hips, chest and waist. Remember, wearing swing dresses is definitely not for the faint of heart. Swipe on some red lipstick and don’t be afraid to hit the dance floor. That’s what the skirt is for, so flaunt what you’ve got and have fun!
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Rockabella
Rockabella
The look of a sultry rockabella is not for the faint of heart. Rockabella styles typically mix punk, rock ‘n roll, retro, rockabilly, psychobilly and pin up looks, drawing inspiration from rock ‘n roll music, vintage clothing and the pin up styles of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
Rockabella girls aren’t afraid to be bold and stand out from the crowd, often sporting visible tattoos, piercings, and brightly colored hair. Contrasting prints and colors, fitted t shirts with jeans, frilly swing skirts, patent leather shoes and leather jackets are all common components of the rockabella look. Needless to say, they are never afraid to make a surefire statement.
While sifting through your parents’s closets may be the easiest way to find some true vintage rockabella styles, you don’t have to spend hours going through old clothes to find what you want. There are all sorts of online stores that sell endless varieties of rockabilly, psychobilly, retro and pin up duds at affordble prices, so while the pieces may not have been made in 1953, they still have the look with a sexy, feminine and modern touch. Babygirlboutique, Poison Candy Fashion and Lolita Girl Clothing are three popular boutiques that both sell rockabilly, psychobilly and all around retro styles. For something a little more intense, check out Tokyo Motor Grrrl for their racer girl gear, plaid styles, pin stripes and checkered duds. To add in a bit of greaser girl inspiration, check out Grease, Gas and Glory, a store that mixes greaser girl styles with racer girl styles, all with a rockabella touch added in for femininity.
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A true rockabella wears clothing that flatters her body and natural assets rather than hiding it in frumpy clothes that don’t show off her figure. Whether a rockabella is a size 4 or a size 24, she is confident with her body and look and knows how to rock it with sass, attitude and incredibly sexy fashion. A rockabella rocks some brick red lipstick, layers on the black cat eye liner, curls and teases her hair, and finishes it all off with a kiss in the mirror and some strappy patent leather stilettos. She never leaves the house without her confidence, curves and attitude.
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Vintage Outfits
Vintage Outfits
Vintage outfits are pieces of clothing that are a minimum of 25 years old. Vintage often refers to clothing worn from previous eras, ranging anywhere from the 1920s all the way to the 1980s. Vintage lovers often spend hours browsing through thrift stores for the perfect retro and pin up inspired pieces, going home with only two or three pieces of decent quality, if they’re lucky.
If you’re into vintage you probably enjoy pushing past modern trends and going for your own style. Vintage clothing ranges from fun and flirty 50s schoolgirl dresses to wide leg jeans and floral shirts from the 1970s to swing dresses and sexy fitted pencil skirts. Many vintage outfits are paired with modern pieces including retro or rockabilly style boots and stiletto shoes, modern skirts or even skinny jeans or leggings.
Since many of us don’t have time to browse thrift stores for the perfect vintage outfits, there are all sorts of online boutiques that create vintage-inspired pieces with a modern or retro touch. Modcloth uses popular vintage styles and mixes them with modern trends in dresses, skirts, outerwear and home accessories, while Lucky Diva takes a mainstream approach to the sassy vintage sailor look. Babygirlboutique and What Katie did are two boutiques that focus heavily on the feminine, girly and fun styles of vintage eras, particularly the 1920s through 1950s. For a vintage look with a rockabilly edge, check out Suicide Glam and Cats Like Us for the more rebellious and sassy approach. Loving the look of a classic greaser girl? Grease, Gas and Glory can dress you up like an authentic greaser gal from head to toe.
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Vintage outfits don’t just cover one aspect of style. Whether you’re a fan of classic and feminine floral vintage pieces, fierce rockabilly and psychobilly styles, frilly retro swing dresses or fierce corporate styles with pencil skirts and frilly button down shirts, vintage outfits can be created to perfectly suit you and your personal taste. There is more to the perfect vintage outfit than the outfit, too. Complete your look with some red lips, bold eyeliner and voluminous curls to your hair for a true vintage girl look.
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