Enchanted by vintage velvet

I've always loved the clothes worn by the ladies in the 1990's film Enchanted April, which were mostly in shades of apricot and rust and incorporated a lot of velvet...

so I went on a hunt for similar dresses from that era and the 1920s...

love the deep tangerine tiers...

and this deep apricot three-tier dress which looks lovely with a turquoise bead belt...

this gorgeous saffron / squash coloured shift...

this beautiful saffron orange number...

 wow - gorgeous!

so very ethereal...

and this gorgeous shift with birds...

Enchanted April Fin de Ciecle Dresses

Remember that early 1990's movie "Enchanted April?" It's hard to find images from the movie, especially of the gorgeous Fin de Ciecle dresses that they wore in shades of apricot!
I came across this gorgeous apricot hued dress that has those Arte Nouveau scrolly designs and I know I won't find much opportunity to wear such a classical costumy looking piece but I've got 30 days to think about it...

I love the shimmery fabric and the swirls...

I wanna team it with this copper floral choker necklace that has a lot of patina...

this black and white one has far more embroidery and looks very Edwardian...gorgeous...these dresses can be worn poufed out or straight down(buttons underneath suspended from ribbons that allow the poufing up of the material!)

gorgeous...whoever thought of these flowy dresses must be very romantic at heart...

so, are they keepers or not? Yes!

and this little black floral necklace would work well too!

And how about this Art Nouveau horned goddess ring?

very earthy and most unusual...alas, it got away...

way too tight on top, they got converted to skirts, like this Lapis blue fin de ciecle skirt -- so very "British Raj" and Indian in design!

definitely these slate blue jelly sandals

right away, I wanna team it with this medium blue denim utility shirt...

or a darker denim shirt...

this distressed medium blue denim jacket...

or this dark deep indigo blue denim jacket...

lapis blue linen tee...

 to be teamed with this blue glitter knit top...

or this cobalt glitter knit top...

and even with a dark denim shirt...

and this blue crochet flat...

and this green dress that can be worn as a long skirt...

This emerald green pointelle cardigan...

green duffel coat

Quilted emerald green bag 

Retro round green frame eyeglasses

teamed with a simple black tee...

an emerald green tee...

or this black lace trim tank top...

this black crochet shrug...

or this black waterfall cardi...

and black sandals...

and a simple black crossbody bag...