Tuesday, 21 December 2010

4 frocks, 4 eras

It's no secret that we love a bit of retro here at frocked up, and we aim to have wearable frocks inspired by a range of eras. Here are a few of our favourites from the Festive Sale!

1930s

The Frances Drape Dress (and yes, we do think Frances Drake everytime we see it!) is full of fabulous 30s-inspired draping.

1940s

The Pixie in Pixel by Ruby Belle has a 40s tea dress feel to it, but with a decidedly modern pattern. Peekaboo shoulder cut outs add to this frock's sense of fun

1950s

The Lottie by Darling has a fabulous 50s-inspired full skirt, it would look fabulous with a little pair of gloves!
1960s


This hot pink frock by Daisy May wouldn't look out of place on any 60s chanteuse!


Saturday, 18 December 2010

Our Favourite Festive Bargain Frocks!

Yesterday we caused some excitement by announcing our special Festive Sale! Here are a few of our favourite bargain frocks to suit all pockets.

Under £100






All of the retro-licious Daisy May dresses have been bought under the £100 mark by our sale, we've chosen the fab Purple and Black Lace shift at £69.37. It's a simple style, bought to life by the flash of purple lining, with a sassy sixties feel.


Under £50






The Fever Noir is now just £48.74. This is an LBD with a hella lotta slink. Perfect for showing off your curves with a flattering cowl neckline, this little beauty has gorgeous gold detailing to the shoulders.

Under £30




At £26.25 the Olivia in plum by Amari is a true frocking bargain! Dress it up with heels for a party, or wear layered over a long sleeve T with tights, socks and boots as a cute casual look.

Friday, 17 December 2010

Festive Sale now on!

We were wondering what we could give you all as a Christmas gift, and decided that the best thing would be to make it even easier for everyone to buy pretty frocks!

Therefore, we would like to declare our first ever frocked up festive sale now on! 25% off many lovely Autumn/Winter frocks. Check out our festive sale shop now, and if you're quick there's still time to get that special dress before Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone from all at frocked up!

Monday, 13 December 2010

Festive frocked up on the road

We're making a big effort to get out and about with the frocks - taking the prettiness to the people!

Christmas is the perfect excuse to go out and spread some frocky cheer, and as this is frocked up's first Christmas, we thought we'd celebrate in style!

First it was off to the Ramada Cannock Christmas fayre, raising money for Children in Need, a great cause and lots of lovely stallholders. This was also the first outing for the Bombshell dresses, Gertrude (don't call her a dummy, she's very sensitive) modeled a red silk version and got lots of compliments - here's a pic of her!

Then it was off to Shugborough Hall for their Candleit Christmas Evenings. It was quite literally like stepping into a Christmas card, snow lay all about, deep and crisp and even!


There were hot mulled wine, hog baps, roast chestnuts and carollers a plenty all dressed in Victorian costume. frocked up had teamed up with the fabulous Loopy Ladies for this event, so we set up our stand in the marquee that became our home for the 4 days. We took along a rail of our finest party frocks, whilst Loopy Ladies showed off their lovely handbags, jewellery and accessories.


Unfortunately the levels of snow meant that quite a few people weren't able to come out and see us, but we were still able to hand out lots of our swanky new postcards and spread the frocked up word a little more!




Friday, 10 December 2010

NTS - now in at frocked up

Another fabulous range of dresses now in stock at frocked up.

NTS stands for Not the Same, and when you see these frocks we think you'll know why!


We love something a bit different at frocked up, and these dresses are certainly a little odd, from a tie dye punk princess party frock, to a tapestry waistcoat shift, to a military style dress with an abstract city scap printed round the hem!


The key thing we loved about these frocks when we first saw them (which is a long time ago now, in fact, these are some of the first dresses that were ever ordered for frocked up, such is the madness of the fashion calendar!) was the sheer amount of detail that goes into them. We also always like to accommodate curves where we can so it's great that most styles go up to an 18. Click on the picture above or here to see the full range.