Ophelia

Here's some photo's from the current Beyond Retro in store theme "Ophelia", inspired by the pre Raphaelite painting Ophelia by John Everett Millais.   

I really enjoyed dressing the mannequins for this theme. For the Red head mannequin I also drew inspiration from the traditional Swedish Hammerdal folk costume that my mum wore for her wedding. I wish I had a photo to show you, I will look for their wedding photo next time I'm home to show you what it looks like.

Over all when I was creating these look a big source of inspiration was my friend Kelly-Marie aka A Harem of Peacocks amazing sense of style who was the VM in Soho before me. She's moved to Bournemouth and I really miss her, but I keep track of her and what she's up to on her blog which is a wonderful vintage affair.
She's a real life Ophelia ♥

"Ophelia"  picture by Tate,  all other photo's by me.