If you are in DURBAN this Dec, pop by the I Heart market (Moses mabidha)

DATES:

3, 10 & 17th Dec for some Christmas Shopping ♥

Come past our Miss Happ stand for a little visit, browse and do some shopping!

 We have a big selection of our new Hair bow clips, 

necklaces, earrings, alice bands and more......

kitties, zombie loving, unicorns and cupcakes & more. 

check out our album on fb for more of our newbies:

Till next time!

Mx

Baby She-Skully for Adele's baby Shower prezzie

Decorated this cute litle skully Onesie for Adele's Baby prezzie yesterday. The skull was so perfect for them ;)


Was worried that the red wasn't girly enough, so decided to add the little cherry bow on the top of the baby she-skully. The cute heart button eye also sweetened it up.

Finished it off with my little "Love Miss Happ xox" in the neckline (which is a transfer that you iron on - fabulous!!). The outside back neck also has a cute skully transfer that I landed up adding at the last minute which finished off the whole look perfectly!

 


I hope Adele and Shaun liked it - I do make each one to suit the parents and baby, so let's hold thumbs!!

Till next time,
Mx

Pamper Products for a pinup girl!

Recently I was browsing the aisles at Clicks and came across an AWESOME range of Body Products called BODY WORKS. 

What at first caught my eye was the packaging; The whole range is packaged all 50's style in pale blue and butter yellow, with a very distinct retro feel with the graphics. Most of the products either have a cute pin up girl or a sweet vintage black and white photo from the 50's.

Clicks has almost all of the range (all made in the UK), and for Christmas has a cute little mini gift pack (last pic below). Prices are very reasonable, a little more than regular products, but still less than say, The Body Shop - and besides, I think the products are even nicer and smell just as good!!

There was just no way I was leaving the store without SOMETHING, so...hand cream in hand (pardon the pun!) I marched to pay for my purchase. Besides the product range being quite big they also smell heavenly, and the hand cream is still small enough for your hand bag ;)

Either way, the entire range is on my Christmas List..hint...hint...wink..wink!

Till next time!

Mx

What is pin up style?

Although the lines are not definite , there are a few little details to take note of here when looking at the pinup style....

The Pin Up style tends to be slightly more feminine when compared to the rockabilly style. This look is more vintage inspired with looks being very closely modeled on styles (mainly) from the 40’s and 50’s. For the Pin up style girls often revert back to vintage patterns to produce garments that are known as “vintage reproductions” circa 1950 as in our Miss Happ Vintage Dress (below), which was on original Vogue pattern from 1954.

Many girls who dress in the pin up style will go as far as wearing beautiful retro seamed stockings with suspenders and glamourous vintage inspired lingerie as seen at online at What Katie Did together with perfectly coiffed Hair and beautifully applied make up.

Compared to the rockabilly girls who have a very noticeable rebellious look about them with their tattooed bodies and bright hair, pin up girls have a softer, more feminine look, and often don’t have tattoos – or if they do, they are small and understated. True Pinup girls are gracious and genteel and often remain true to the era. The Burlesque style is often closely associated with pin up – well-known model Dita von Teese is pin up personified!

Oh yes! And by the way if you were wondering where the word "pin up" came from it went  way back in the forties...The word “pin up girl” is a model who’s  pictures see broad appeal. Pin-ups are literally be "pinned-up" on a wall in a garage, or in a boy’s locker room!  Pin up girls were made famous during World War 2 – not only in the rooms of G.I’s but also as nose art on Airplanes that were being flown during the war. Interestingly enough, Miss Happ is the name of a (still standing) B25 Mitchell Bomber  - except it was spelt with one ”p” at the end; Miss Hap ;)

And that's it....in a nutshell :)


Stay tuned for more....


Till next time,


Mx

Miss Happ Look book: Cherries!

Cherries are so this season! 

Every week week until Christmas I am going to put a little Look book together to promote some of our exciting, new Miss Happ products..I always have fun doing little things like this - hope you like :)

Available from:

www.market-fleas.com/miss-happ 

Miss Happ directly

Wild Fire, Canal Walk Shopping Ctr

Grounded, Bayside Shopping Ctr

Till next time!

Mx

New Contact details for Miss Happ

Hi everybody! Please take note of our new contact details - yes! we have a new office, new address and telephone number. Feel free to pop by - this time is so much closer and very easy to find.

Click below to get directions:

See you soon!

Mx

What is Rockabilly style?

I get asked this often. "So what is this that you are doing?", "Why skulls?", "What's with the tattoos?"..so here goes..these are purely my views...in a nutshell :)

Rockabilly has it true roots in the rock n’ roll culture of the 50’s, but today girls and guys around the world have taken it to a new level. The look is edgy with strong tattoo influences and is very visible within the alternative community. Many a Rockabilly guy and girl is tattooed which only highlights their need to be an individual - it's a way to stand out from the crowd and is very reminiscent of the rebellious attitudes of icons from the era such as James Dean, Elvis Prestly and the notorious Bettie Page amoung others..

In South Africa we are seeing the subculture slowly gaining popularity and awareness amongst the younger 20 – 30 something’s, and for many it’s a natural progression from other small, niche subcultures such as Goth or punk.

For the modern rockabilly guys and gals, it’s about the whole culture, from the music and clothing, to their retro hair-do’s in bright colours and the cars the drive - or aspire to drive in my case!

Overseas Bands like The Cramps, and local bands such as Them Tornados and Martin Rocka And The Sick Shop are some of the modern ambassadors of 50s style. Models such as Sabina Kelly, Dayna Delux and Bernie Dexter really keep rockabilly clothing looking fresh yet retro, together with clothing (and accessory) labels such as Lucky 13, Sour Puss, Hell Bunny, Stop Staring! and Iron Fist (to name but a few), and locally, Miss Happ.

Popular graphics and prints for clothing tend to include skulls, cherries, roses, classic americana images, tattoo prints, gingham checks, leopard print and 50’s stylized graphics such as cats and poodles.

It’s clear to see that many are influenced by music, but with rockabilly clothing everyone takes it’s influences and makes it their own. Whether it’s by wearing a stripy tee, bandana in your hair and a pair of creepers, or by wearing a cherry print corset and high waist skirt with tattoo print wedges, there’s always some way to keep rockabilly clothing individual, and ultimately, yours.

Stay tune for my next blog.....What is pinup?