Mitchell & Dent's Tittle Tattle

So, there’s this BIG THING we’ve been working on. It is called First Comes Love (and then comes marriage) and it is an alternative bridal fair and we’re making it from scratch. It is on June 18 and 19, upstairs at the Oxford Hotel in Leederville. It all came about because we took Mitchell & Dent to a big brash bridal fair last year and felt a little like fish-out-of-water. I don’t think what we do aligns too well with stretch Hummers and teeth-whitening and Swarovski-encrusted fishtaily dresses. So we thought we’d plan something smaller, sweeter and sassier with some of the incredibly creative folks we’ve had the pleasure of meeting through our stationery work. We’re all ganging up to show WA the goodness. Will you come?

And when the M&D team started talking vintage party frocks to make pledges in, it sounded like our mums all wore identical gowns. Maybe not quite on closer inspection, but just look at our mums and dads getting hitched. They’re all so shiny and happy (of course, they hadn’t had us yet). See if you can choose whose M&D is whose?

firstcomeslove.com.au

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Poor Tittle Tattle, we’ve been so neglectful. But it is only because we’re super busy planning something super exciting. We’ll spill the beans real soon, promise. In the meantime, we’ve been thinking frocks. As stationers, Mitchell & Dent gets to work with lovely brides a lot and have heard how frustrating it can be to find these kinds of frocks in Perth (if you have, do please share!). Folks find them on Etsy, but would you be brave enough to order in a frock from overseas unseen? Well if you are, these ones look pretty…

Top row: The Peppermint Pretty
Second row: Alexandra King Bridal
Third row: Closet Case Vintage
Last row: Angel’s Bridal Boutique

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We know a girl who just gave her notice in order to spend more time getting noticed for what she does best. You too can be noticed in notable vintage from The Vintage Valley. Congrats and good luck Ally.

thevintagevalley.com

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I bought a dress on my holiday and it is in a fabric called Holiday. That is it there in the middle. It has pictures on it of other people enjoying their holiday, with palm trees and sun umbrellas and little pink flowers (and I’m assuming passionfruit gelato with white nectarines and strawberries). The Holiday frock is from Lazybones, how appropriate. They make these dresses in sizes XS to XXL. Holiday, *sigh*. We are no longer on holiday. Just saying.

lazybones.com.au

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Aaah, Very Purple Person, I get it. These ridiculously adorable cotton dresses that you make have something very important in common. They’re all ideal for the silly season, when a seventeen rumball dessert course is nothing out of the ordinary. You let our ballooning bellies be beautifully disguised. How sweet of you.

verypurpleperson.etsy.com

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Quick sticks. If you’ve not been to Popsicle, the pop-up shipping container shop currently in Perth’s Cultural Centre, you’ve got until 5pm today. Lots of lovely things to look at including the work of another Madame Mitchell (no relation) – local gal Maevana Mitchell is the face behind the frocks, the pretty party frocks of Peppermint Milk.

peppermintmilk.etsy.com

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I have been coveting these cute frocks by Sohomode for the past six months. The only thing that has stopped me ordering a custom tea dress is the dilemma of deciding which fabric (visit the library, you’ll see what I mean). I also wondered how it might look on a gal like me, who has not only kept her girlish figure but added to it. Then the lovely Lilli from Frocks and Frou Frou, the best fashion blog for curvy gals, showed me. Sohomode, here I come.

www.sohomode.etsy.com
frocksandfroufrou.blogspot.com

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If you, like me, have not only kept your girlish figure but added to it, you will be besotted by Melbourne’s Peta Pledger. She makes garments to gasp over and accessories to boot, in sizes 6 to 20 (oh yay). And if you ask very very nicely, she might even make you a custom dress.

www.petapledger.com

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Olivia Bolles‘ sweet photography has captured our hearts. We adore the way she plays with light and are mighty impressed by her storytelling ability. It’s hard to believe she’s only 15 years old. What a bright spark.

www.oliviabee.com

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If you, like Mitchell & Dent, think there is a distinct lack of chiffon in cocktail dresses of late and worry that a Hervé Léger frock won’t look quite so flattering after your fourth bellini, try Beverly Hill’s Timeless Vixen Vintage. Wonderfully ridiculous silk and tulle and lace concoctions from days of yore when necklines were made for jewellery and skirts were made for dancing.

Timeless Vixen Vintage’s online shop

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