Blog of the Month - The Rockabilly Socialite

Hello, everyone I apologize for not blogging lately but I started school once again

and have been dealing with getting use to all the new classes.

Now I'm back !! So the past interviews I had done had a great turn out

so I decided instead of just blog of the month what if I do a kind of blog of the month

interview to not only talk about how much I enjoy there blog but so everyone can see

why the blogger has such a great blog!! So this month the august

Blogger of the month winner and her birthday just passed Mrs. Dollie Deville from

The Rockabilly Socialite. Her wardrobe and home are a dream!! See for yourself in the interview!!

1.Do you have a style icon? If so do tell!!

My style icon is, and forever will be, Betty Grable. Whether on-screen or off, she always looked polished from head to toe. She also wasn’t afraid to show off what god blessed her with-her amazing legs- and I admire that. While Betty could be the utmost of glamour and class, she still had an easy going, girl next door vibe that other Hollywood starlets of the time didn’t. In my opinion, she truly was the American sweetheart! I credit her role in The Pinup Girl for starting my obsession with novelty print playsuits, especially in yellow, as she wore a few in that role.

I also like the style of Jayne Mansfield. I love that Jayne knew how to use her curves to her advantage. As the original sweater girl, I credit her with my love obsession of tight skirts and tighter sweaters! We also share the same favorite color: pink! Besides her figure, I also admire her for her brains. She was very smart, but that never got to shine though because people only cared about her looks. I know as a blogger I feel that way sometimes too.

2. What do you like best about yourself?

Looks wise or personality wise?

Well, personality wise I like to think that I am witty and funny, but not everyone seems to think so. I like jokes involving a play on words, and they normally go over everyone’s head. That’s what I like about my fiancé, he has a great sense of humor. We are constantly going back and forth with jokes.

Looks wise, I have to say my smile. I feel that it is my most underrated feature. I always get compliments on my eyes and hair, but never my smile. I had horribly crooked teeth growing up and was teased for it. Eventually I stopped smiling all together and covered my mouth with my hand when I did laugh or smile. In high school I got braces and had them for 3 painful years. So when I finally got them off I was so happy that I haven’t stopped smiling since! Whenever I model the photographer tries to make me do sexy pout-y lip faces and I always hate them. I always prefer pictures when I am smiling big! I always think of Marilyn Monroe in that case. She was told to always wear an innocent smile because you never want to put “sexy on sexy”, it was just too much to have a sexy expression and figure.  I live by that rule to this day!

3. At the moment what is your favorite singer/band??

This is the hardest question! Music plays a huge role in my life, so it is hard to pick only one. At the moment, I would have to say JD McPherson. I got his record at Viva Las Vegas last year and fell in love instantly. He is playing at Viva Las Vegas this year so I listen to his record and watch his live performances online to get pumped up for next year. If anyone wants more info on him and his music, I did a CD review on his album and posted some videos of him.

4. Name a blog your fond of.

A lot! Yours is just one! But, today I will just talk about Lilvintagehomemaker.blogspot.com. I wish I could be as great of a Lil Vintage Homemaker as Reagan is! She is a fantastic sewer and baker! Check her blog out!

5.What fascinates you the most from the past eras??

How well things were made! From clothing to house wares, things were just made better. I believe the companies took more pride in their products and built things to last. Now-a-days corners are cut and things are made as cheaply as possible and it shows. Now when you buy modern clothing from monster department stores the seams are cut so tightly they are ripping apart all the time, the thread is thin and breaks, and the buttons always fall off! And forget washing those things. The minute you do it’s done for! But 50+ years later we are still wearing vintage! The fabric back then was just made better, the colors are stronger, and the buttons were sewed on for dear life! The same with house wares. Our 1954 GE fridge is still chugging away, day after day, but our brand new microwave only lasted a few months before it pooped out! So I will gladly pay for an old American made product over a new Chinese made product any day!

6. What was your first vintage piece??

You always remember your first, don’t you? I was 18, and up to that point I was only wearing reproduction, but I knew I wanted to get into vintage collecting. My first real vintage piece was a blue and white circle skirt sun dress that buttoned down the front with the prettiest blue buttons. I found it on ebay and wanted it for my first ever Viva Las Vegas car show. I got into a bidding war with someone in Japan and in retrospect, spent way too much on it. I wore it to the car show with the biggest blue crinoline you have ever seen! I loved it! It changed my life forever and now I am hooked. I still have that dress and still love it!

 

7.What is your favorite way to style your hair??

I have a standard wet set pattern I use to create all of my hairstyles. I find that wearing my hair down is the most flattering for me, but up in the front and down in the back is also suitable. I don’t think my hair looks very good up. So my favorite way to wear it is my “Jayne Mansfield style”:

Strait on the top/crown with fluffy curls framing the face and at the bottom, with major backcombing in the “bang” area, or my “Betty Grable style”:

Big victory rolls in front with soft fluffy curls in the back, with a cute little bow, or my “Wilde Twins style”:

Soft curls in the back, with the “bangs” in a teased swoop up from the face and back into a curl, with the sides up in combs.

Thanks a million for the swingin’ interview! I had a lot of fun answering your questions! XOXO

 Thank you Dollie for taking time to answer my questions I enjoyed reading the answers and love your blog and I hope everyone will check out The Rockabilly Socialite!!