The Oktoberfest in Frankenmuth, Michigan (aka Funtown, USA) was completely outta pocket! I had bought this beautifully made vintage bustier drindl with flourescent pink flowers of love from my friend Jen’s amazing store, Thunderhorse Vintage (17th & L in back of Bows & Arrows, Sacramento) for the occasion, but I was pretty sure the corseting wasn’t going to allow me more than a couple of Hof Braus. Not only did it last me through innumerable beers, it also held out through 2 brauts with extra kraut, a bavarian pretzel draped in dijon, table-top polka dancing with my good friend Andrea, a nap on the river bank, and all kinds of photo-op antics.
Look at these lovely vintage filigree bird earrings and the silly little ruffles!! Heaven.
pink floral vintage bustier dress – $30 at Thunderhorse Vintage, Sacramento
black cut-out ballet flats – $10 at Marshall’s
black bird filigree earrings – $10 at Bows & Arrows Vintage, Sacramento
Man, I’m having a hard time trying to think of another non-Bavaria-centric occasion I could wear this to. Can you?
You look adorable in that dress! (The shoes are cute, too.)
I love the dress, It’s almost a modernized Drindl.
Yay! We had such a great time. We looked so good, they didn’t tell us we weren’t allowed to dance on the tables until after we got off.
That dress is fantastic! Looks like you had a fun time too.
Girl, I do not even understand where you are keeping your nipples in that dress but I am loving it
Lily,
THAT is an excellent question, and one I will answer for you right now. I am extremely lucky that I happened to have packed a shelf-bra tank top which was used to contain said nipples. Otherwise, they would have been saying a grand “guten tag!” everytime a Germanic douchebag yelled “PROST!”
Super cute, very Betsy-Johnson-Oktoberfesty. But, question: Shouldn’t Oktoberfest take place in Oktober? I mean, October?
How cute!! Looks like fun!
You look stunning!!!
You look terrific in that dress !!!!
Thanks so much you guys!
With all the corseting, though, anyone would look terrific in this dress.
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No liederhosen, eh?
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