Dainty Hooligan Blog Post: Wedding Worthy Dresses & A DIY Bonus!

We love how many of you hooligans out there are brides-to-be and choose one of our lovely dress to wear on your big day! Brides and bridesmaids alike often find what they're looking for at our website with our large selection of gorgeous dresses. Here are some favorite dresses of brides we've worked with in the past and some of our own favorites.

 White Cross Bow Back Dress - $39.50

 Evening In Paris - White - $43.99

 White Sunrise Dress - $39.50

 White Doylee Lace Maxi Strapless Dress - $42.99

Sakuh Crochet Lace Maxi By SKY - $299.99

With these beautiful dresses used non-traditionally for weddings, it makes sense that a non-traditional veil be used as well, right? Here are a couple DIY veil ideas that we loved that we think would look great for  your wedding day!

Over at greenweddingshoes.com, they show you how to make a polka dotted veil using soft tulle and acrylic paint. Personally, I'd dress it up a little more with crystals and tulle at the comb and add a border of pretty scalloped lace at the edge. But we also love the simplicity of this veil in it's original incarnation as well!

http://greenweddingshoes.com/diy-polka-dot-veil/

This veil may be a little bit more time consuming, so it's definitely for the DIY enthusiasts out there but the end result would be worth the time and effort! Threebirdsjewelry.com offers up their tutorial for their Birdcage Veil and it's definitely a beauty! 

http://threebirdsjewelry.com/2012/10/brirdcage-veil-diy/

We love our brides! Please be sure to check us out for more dresses for your big day!

We Love... Floral Print Pants!

Intrigued by the idea of floral print pants? Give 'em a try this spring and give your Easter look a stylish twist with one of the cutest trends of the season! Heels and a blazer would dress them up for a more formal and professional look while wedges and a tee or crop top would be perfect for a stylish but easy weekend look. We love the possibilities!  

Item of the Week

This Spring, go all white in our Item of the Week, the Ivory Venus Romper. Sleek and chic, the styling options for this great romper-meets-skort one piece is limitless! We love the fashion forward appeal of the asymmetrical skirt front and the comfort of the shorts underneath. Would you work this look?

Festival Essentials

So whether or not you get the opportunity to bake in the Coachella desert at arguably the most popular music festival of the summer, the effects of this music get-together send style ripples throughout the fashion scene setting the tone for the rest of spring and summer. Here are a couple looks which we feel will let you reign in the desert this summer!

Item of the Week!

Our Item of the Week is a new one! Show your love for Old Glory with our American Flag Knit Tank! Perfect for those warm temperatures and BBQs that are right around the corner.

WWCBD?

Style icon character Carrie Bradshaw of Sex and the City will always be remembered for her fun, eclectic and highly copied sense of style. Combining contemporary and vintage pieces, you either loved her look or cringed at the combination of clothing. Either way, the aesthetics always inspired in someway. When we received the Black & White Lace Trim Candice Dress, Carrie Bradshaw popped into my head right away. Put together with the right pieces, we think we created a cohesive yet quirky enough look that would make our favorite New Yorker proud!

                                                                  

                                                

Some of our newest spring time favorites! And we've got more coming in so be sure to keep checking out www.daintyhooligan.com!

Time For Tea!

Spring is in the air and we're getting yards and yards of floral printed garments to get you ready for one of my favorite times of year. I fell in love with our Fluorescent Floral Babydoll Dress which I could see being worn to a cozy spring time tea party. The dress would look adorable with our Pink Tear Drop Bib Necklace Set and stacked with a variety of our cute and blingy bangles and bracelets. We love a good DIY project around here and I found a great video on Youtube of how to achieve those awesome rose bud studded sunnies. Channel your inner hooligan and finish off this superbly girly look with your favorite pair of combat boots and you're set to go! Hey, who's bringing the macarons???

St. Patrick's Day Lookbook Outtakes

We had a lot of fun styling and playing with the color green and it's many variations for our St. Patrick' Day Lookbook! Here are some of my favorite pics that didn't make the final cut. Have a safe and happy St. Patrick's Day!

Costume Jewelry: We Love It!

“Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautiful” --Coco Chanel

Style goddess and founder of the Chanel empire, Coco Chanel's legacy and imprint on fashion and style is arguably one of the biggest left by any designer of the 20th century. Not only did she shake things up when it came to women's clothing, she nearly single handedly made costume jewelry a hugely popular trend that extends to this day. Those rubies and pearls around your neck don't have to be real to complete your fab look and we love that concept here at Dainty Hooligan! Here are some of our own favorite statement pieces and accessories that we proudly present in the spirit of Coco Chanel and her tenacious love of everything chic!

Blue & Grey Two Tone Ring

Emerald Stone Stretch Bangle

Jade Pink Black Stone Necklace Set

Lilac & Gold Dropdown Earring

Snowfall Bib Necklace Set

Malachite Teardrop Bib Necklace Set