Rockabilly Girl - What I Wear For Casual Days

Sometimes it's the little things that define your style, which means that it is easy to keep your rockabilly girl look even if you are having a casual day.

Here are my top tips for maintaining a Rockabilly Girl style on a casual day:

1. Rockabilly Prints and Patterns - leopard print, polka dots, gingham, nautical prints, tattoo prints. 

2. Jewellery - A statement rockabilly piece, earrings, rings, bracelets. Usually pretty cheap and cheerful.

3. Cut of clothing - jeans can be cropped, skirts are pencil etc.  

4. Hair - Victory rolls or bandanas are easy ways to give any outfit a rockabilly girl twist.

5. Glasses - vintage or cats eye. Statement pieces.

6. Make-up- Red lips and rockabilly eyeliner flicks.

7. Colours - Red, Black, Blue, White. Classic rockabilly colours.

8. Tattoos - Not essential but certainly help!

9. Shoes - Converse are pretty comfortable for a rockabilly girl doing casual.

You don't need to dress up and make loads of effort to be a rockin' rockabilly girl - even on casual days! You can pick and chose from these 9 tips for Rockabilly Casual, to find your own way to look awesome on lazy days.

Rockabilly Blogs

Do you need some Rockabilly inspiration?

How about checking some of these rockabilly blogs out?

Fuck Yeah Rockabilly - This Rockabilly Tumblr is great for wider view of Rockabilly as it includes music, men and vintage photos

The Rebel Rouser - A proper 'Greaser' blog largely reviewing pomades for the perfect pomp.

The Rockabilly Socialite - A lady living the full on Rockabilly lifestyle (US)

Vintage Vandalizm - A loud and awesome blend of styles from Jasmin (US)

The Rockabilly Girl Next Door - Nadia from Norway showing us that Rockabilly is an international love affair!

Fuck Yeah, Girls Wearing Bandanas - Pretty much what it says on the tin!

Rockalily - You clearly know my blog as you are here now, but have you seen my Rockalily tumblr?

Do you know any more?

Rockabilly Girls....What do we wear?

 Rockabilly Girls

Whether you follow high fashion, or an alternative fashion, the majority of us do actually stick to some sort of fashion rules. We may pick and mix from a few, changing which set of rules we follow that day, but it is rare to meet anyone who literally follows no rules at all.

So if you are wanting to follow some of the 'Rockabilly Girl' rules what are they? Feel free to pick and mix from the following! (Also feel free to comment if you disagree!)

Rockabilly Girl Hair

You want a strong and definite colour. Rockabilly girls aren't shy. Black, white blonde, and bright red are all very classic rockabilly /pin-up hair colours. And you can maintain them at home as they are all block colour tones. No highlighting needed here!

Once you have your hair colour....now you need to style it! You could opt for the classic bettie bangs - a short u-shaped fringe. This can be cut, or faked (roll hair into a pretend bang). There are the options of victory rolls, bee-hives, bandanas, or curled and brushed out to a vintage wave. The pomp' is also an easy every day look - if you don't go for the fringe. 

You can use a variety of hair accessories - a bandana, a hair flower, or bows. 

Rockabilly Girl Clothing

Items to consider - Pencil skirts, Swing Skirts, Cropped Trousers, Short Sleeved Shirts, Sarong Dresses and Halter Necked Tops and Dresses.

Colours to choose from - Red, Black, White, Navy.

Patterns to get - Polka Dots, Stripes, Gingham (checked), Leopard Print, and Tartan.

Motifs to embrace - Cherries, Swallows, Skulls, Anchors, Horse Shoes, Dice, Bows and Pin-Up Girls.

You can buy Rockabilly Fashion from all of these awesome rockabilly shops online or even some rockabilly on the high street.

If in doubt - refer to yourscenesucks for advice.. ;-)

 

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Rockabilly Style for Beginners

I had a lovely email from someone today, saying that they had fallen in love with the Rockabilly style, but that she felt a little overwhelmed with knowing where to start. She asked if I had any advice or staple wardrobe items to suggest.

 1. Hair

I think hair is perhaps one of the easiest ways of dressing in the Rockabilly style. You can be having an awful wardrobe day, but still show the world your sense of style with your hair.

Here is an old picture of me, fresh from the hairdressers. I have four (yes 4..all at once!) key rockabilly elements happening with my hair here. I have short Bettie Bangs, victory rolls, my hair is dyed an unnatural colour, and I have a hair flower.  Victory rolls are tricky to master, but the other three are relatively easy ways to inject a bit of Rockabilly style into your look.

Here I am demonstrating another key piece in the Rockabilly hairstyle catalogue - the bandana. I also have pink hair, whereas in the last picture I had red (note again the love of unnatural haircolour!). I own a bandana in almost every colour, and I have previously demonstrated the two methods I use to tie mine - Rockabilly Bandana Tutorial and Land Girl Bandana Tutorial.

2. Make-up

Its all about the black eyeliner and bright lipstick!

3. Pattern

Leopard print, polka dots, cherry print, tattoo print, gingham....all easy ways to add a Rockabilly splash to your wardrobe. It can be more subtle, with just an accessory:

Here is an easy Rockabilly outfit. Cropped jeans, black top tucked in (its actually a body), red bandana and pink leopard print belt. The other elements included are red lipstick, black eyeliner, vintage glasses and short Bettie Bang with dyed black hair (I'm naturally blonde!).

Or you can go a bit more full on with all over print! I love mixing and clashing mine!

4. Motifs

Another easy way to update any items of clothing or accessories you have, is to add some Rockabilly motifs. These may include anchors, cherries, skulls, pin-ups, bows, horse shoes, dice, swallows etc.

On this cardigan I had a small hole from a badge so I stiched a swallow motif over, and it became a Rockabilly cardigan instantly!

5. And the rest....

Other classic Rockabilly fashions to consider - pencil skirts, cropped jeans, great shoes, tattoos, halterneck necklines, swing skirts, cropped shirts tied at the waist, perfectly arched eyebrows.

Gosh....have I missed anything? And that's just for women!