![Pearl Coat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/863/26312099237_86aa8c59dc_o.jpg)
These photos were taken at the same time as the ones in my previous post, but in the end I decided to let the Pearl coat have it's own post because it's just so pretty.
Anyway, this is the outfit I was wearing underneath the coat, which is formed mostly of components I've had for at least 5 years - in fact here is me wearing practically the same outfit (in much warmer weather) in 2013.
![Pearl Coat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/873/27310455758_24130f4bfc_o.jpg)
All of the items are from the high street, but styled in the right way they lend themselves well to a vintage wardrobe. The skirt in particular is very reminiscent of some of the border-print 1950s style skirts available from lots of retro and repro shops but in fact came from Primark. If I remember rightly they also had a few different patterns available in the style at the time, which I am sad to this day I didn't buy. Of course this purple one is so pretty (and even has it's own built-in petticoat) and it honestly deserves to get worn a lot more often than I reach for it. I think because I no longer have that many other things in my wardrobe that match it colour-wise, but this keeps surviving any wardrobe culls because deep down I really love it.
![Pearl Coat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/893/27310456958_34d1d8b715_o.jpg)
![Pearl Coat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/892/27310455918_6176253288_o.jpg)
Recently I'm really loving my hair in a roll; it's very practical for bad weather and as a bonus it doesn't matter whether or not I have curled my hair. I use a hair rat, and just twist the sides a little bit then hide any mistakes or messy bits with hair flowers, which is pretty much one of the most useful hair tricks I know. I'll definitely be rocking this as a fairly quick and easy hairstyle for early mornings this Spring.
![Pearl Coat](https://farm1.staticflickr.com/886/27310459678_b8f5e20e8f_o.jpg)
Wearing:
Skirt - very old, Primark | Top and cardigan - both very old, high street somewhere
Skirt - very old, Primark | Top and cardigan - both very old, high street somewhere
Tights - high street, probably Primark | Shoes - Everything5Pounds
Hair flowers - Primark
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