It’s no secret I love dungarees, and it’s no secret I love 70s style. Time to merge the two.
Not only that but I’ve finally broken the chain of orange, brown and red outfits (at LAST, woop)!
Full-on casual today, though instead of the sneakers I wore for most of the day with this outfit I’ve shown the mahoosive platform boots I wore with the outfit for about an hour. Nowhere to go these days calls for wearing your fave accessories (or even full outfits) round the house.
70s style makes me happy, and dungarees are just the best thing ever for weekend wear… I even did a bit of gardening in them.
Last time I wore these ones [on the blog]? Way back in September 2017 (worth checking out for the lovely photos of Riley)!
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This outfit is pretty much just the three main pieces: dungarees, shirt and boots. (I’ve shown 5 other ways to wear dungarees from my archives at the end of the post if you want to check them out.) I KNOW that dungarees are a bit Marmite [love ’em or hate ’em], but I’m in the love camp. And I loved mine even more with my 70s style (but not actually vintage) shirt which I last wore here.
Throw in those crazy platform boots (worn earlier this year here, here and here) and my current favourite hairstyle of dead straight with a centre parting and I feel like an extra from a Robert Redford drama/thriller movie.
BTW if it’s vintage-looking shirts or blouses you’re after, I can’t recommend Hawes & Curtis enough. They have a huge selection of vintage style shirts and blouses, some even with 70s-style collars. I bought my red patterned blouse in their last winter sale, and the prices are very reasonable (great sales!) and the styling is spot-on. I could EASILY buy five shirts straight away from their current collection, no problem…!
What’s YOUR favourite decade for style? Any other die-hard fans of “the decade that style forgot” (the 70s) out there? Comment below…
Stay safe, XOXO
P.S. Check out this comment left way back in 2014 on a post where I wore my grey dungarees… these comments make me LOL with their schoolteacher-y tone, as if I’m being told off…!!
“No to the dungerees [sic]! You’re gorgeous and you look amazing in pretty much everything, but even you look better in clothes that aren’t dungerees [sic]. You could get the same effect with a pair of chinos and the sweater, jacket etc. And be far more comfy in a much more flattering style. Still, whatever floats your boat, I guess”
As you can imagine I didn’t give a sh*t then, and I don’t give a sh*t now 😀
Dungarees: La Redoute (old, similar)
Shirt: Anonyme (love this one)
Boots: Asos (similar)
Ear cuffs: Asos / Orelia
Earrings: Asos / Orelia
Watch: River Island (old, I like this one)
Other loud shirts you might like:
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5 ways to wear denim dungarees…
Here are some of the other ways I’ve worn my dungarees (these blue ones and my other grey pair) so you can see the different ways they can be styled:
Original posts: Top middle / Top right / Bottom middle / Bottom right
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Oooh like the blouse. I like the whole look – but the blouse caught my eyes. Love 70s fashion. xx
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Thank you Anna! xoxo
I too love overalls, it’s what we call them in the US. I wear them all different ways and will until the day I can’t. My grown daughter does too! It’s my in my feel good place and we all know we surely need that in this world…..
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Yep, now is DEFINITELY not the time for women to be concerned with what others think about what they wear, is it Kelly?!!
This is such a great look, it looks stunning!
Danielle xx
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Thanks so much Danielle! x
I adore this look- yes the dungarees are so good (and often a look that’s so hard to pull off- for me at least!) But you are gorgeous in this look:) BUT it’s those booties that I’m mad about!!!! xx
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Thank you Lucy… I’m mad about the boots too, I just LOVE them 😀
I love the 70’s and adore this entire look but I’ve never owned a pair of dungarees! Can you believe that? Weird right?
No idea why that is, so I’m off to check my favourite secondhand sites to find a pair.
Thanks for the inspo Catherine, I bet these will work well throughout Autumn and Winter too!
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Wow I AM surprised, MT!! I totally see you as a dungarees kinda girl…! Thanks mate xo
I have never owned a pair of dungarees – not sure they are me. Love the whole look though Catherine. Thanks for sharing. Jacqui xx
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Thanks Jacqui – they’re so Marmite, aren’t they 😉
The whole outfit looks great on you. I gave up on dungarees a long time ago – after I ended up with one of my straps in the loo
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Oh no Lorna that’s my worst nightmare with dungarees!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ve come close a few times – thinking they’d got wet – but there’s always a first time, eek
Super cute! I love the blouse you wore with it and the boots!
Life is a Shoe
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Thanks so much Celyn! x
As Gail said above, you look so happy and relaxed in this outfit. I love your hairstyle too- it suits you and reminds me of when I first started following you! xxx
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Thanks Liz – and yes, that’d be about right as I think we met in 2014? Apart from the lighter colour that’s just how my hair was back then!! Where does time go 🙁
Love the styling of the dungarees…. and the 70s style shirt in particular. ….what a print! Lovely to see the 2017 post with your boy Riley in his yellow bandana . You’re right…Hawes & Curtis have some great prints and I feel I really should try one out, so thanks for that !!
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Thanks Erika – yes isn’t the print fabulous?! And it was lovely for *me* to see some pics of Riley again… unfortunately Suki is far too jittery to pose for photos – we’ve tried!!!!
Looking good in your dungarees ( we call them overalls in Aus) , with that great 70s style shirt. Those platform boots do take me back. Many thanks for hosting.
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Jill thank you! Funny, we call what Kylie wore in Neighbours [to do the car mechanics stuff] overalls… even between Aus and the UK we call things different names!!
I love this printed blouse and overalls combo on you! So stylish!
I hope you are having a great week!
Amber
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Thank you lovely Amber 😀
You look marvelous in them! And if Elton John ever went to the farm, he’d have worn this….
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OMG Elton John at the farm… I LOVE THAT Mary Katherine!!!!!!!!!! Thank you LOL xx
Looking very chic. Thanks for hosting and I hope that you have a wonderful week.
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Aw Patrick thank you so much!
While I’m not a fan of dungarees (overalls to us!) on me, they look super cute on you. I love them with the vintage style shirt. Hey, we all wear what we like, right?! Lol!
xx Darlene
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Thank you Darlene! x
Love love love!
Now I want a pair of dungarees.
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Hehe thanks Daenel, sorry if I’ve damaged your bank balance 😉
We call them overalls in the US, but I think I prefer dungarees 😉 Either way, they look fabulous on you!
Cheryl Shops
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Thanks Cheryl! We call what mechanics wear (the full thing with sleeves) overalls… now I’m wondering what you call [what we call] overalls?!! Boilet suits maybe? We generally call them boiler suits when they’re worn as a fashun thing by women, and overalls when worn to do manual work in! 😉
I love dungarees, my favourite pair was from a brand called Tween and I went Interailing round Europe in them, those were some pants and wonderful memories brought back by this post of yours. I think I looked very stylish then, wearing them with an Armorlux Breton T-shirt that lasted as long as these particular dungarees. You look like you really enjoy wearing yours, too. Great post!!
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Mona they sound like the perfect item of clothing to go Interailing in!! And thank you xx
I love this look, and really wish I could pull it off. Alas, I have never found a pair of overalls (what we call them in the states) that don’t make me feel like a dumpty dwarf.
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I will admit they’re not necessarily the most flattering item of clothing, Ashton… but then I love them, so who cares? It’s all about how you feel in them, and it sounds like they’re just not you. Maybe jumpsuits are for you as they usually have a waist…?
Catherine, I literally cannot love this outfit any more! I have 3 different pairs of overalls and I have been trying to find new ways to style them. I might be copying this fun look soon! And I have been wearing my hair super straight with a middle part, too, and I am really digging it! I like the hippie 70’s vibe of it. As for fashion eras, I really do love them all equally and differently and love even more to combine them together!
Shelbee
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Hehe thanks Shelbee! I’ve always loved me a bit of 70s 😉
This s such a great look on you – very cool! You look so happy and chilled in these pics. I did have a similar pair along with a dark brown pair of those boots back in the day! The ’70s is one of my favourite era’s. xx
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Thanks Alison… I’m surprised you still like them, usually people rarely like something that’s back when they wore it first time around!
The dungarees look fabulous on you Catherine! I’ve never owned a pair, although I’ve been tempted lately. I’m a big fan of Hawes & Curtis shirts – I once found three in a charity shop, all in my size and priced at £3.75 each! Needless to say I promptly bought them all!
Emma xxx
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Thanks Emma – and OMG to finding three H&C shirts in a charity shop?!!! What a find!
I like them on you but they don’t suit me. I do however love Hawes Curtis shirts. Good tailoring and unusual designs
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They’re great shirts, aren’t they Laurie 😀
I love dungarees, but never own a pair!!!! Well maybe when I was small, I seem to remember a pic of me in kindergarten with a pair or beige corduroy dungarees !!!!
I have yet to find a pair of dungarees or jumpsuit that fit me correctly. I have a very long torso and short legs so nothing “whole body” seems to fit.
Love the 70s vibe though!!! I will kill myself in such a platform!!!
My aunt gave me a couple of silky 70s vibes blouses when I was in high school and I worn them to death!!! I felt so “groovy” but at the same time put together!!! Love them!!!
I need more silk in my wardrobe!!!
You look stunning as usual!!! I am this close To dyeing my hair rose gold, but thinking of doing it with Overtone….
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Thanks Pilar my lovely…! I’m a long-body-short-legs girl as well, the dungarees help with that as you can make the straps as loose as you need…!
Hi Catherine
Love the print of your top, very 70s as well! And I love that you parted your hair down the middle, looks great! Those overalls look great on you with those platform boots! Platforms are comfortable. and they look fun!
jess xx
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Thank you so much Jess – I’ll call this my lockdown hairstyle, it was nice to get it cut (trimmed) for the first time after lockdown and be actually aiming for this style!
NEVER too old for jeans!….. and I also love the ’70s look! My 71st birthday is tomorrow (posted photo of 70th birthday w/daughters & we’re all in tight jeans) ~ and I wear some sort of jeans nearly every day (but, of course, I do live in Texas!). My grandmother (the most glamorous woman I ever met ~ a cashmere sweater/pearls & Shalimar icon) said the way you could tell a woman with style was when she could wear a “schmata”(sp? ~ “rag”), and still look like a million dollars!
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Oh wow happy birthday for last week, Cindy!! Good for you for still wearing denim, may you wear it as long as you want 😀
You look so relaxed and happy in your “dungerees” – such a great look on you! The 70s is my favourite decade too though I haven’t got any outfits that reflect that!
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Thanks Gail! I just can’t resist a 70s-style anything…!