Space Vixen

Finding suitable backdrops for my vintage inspired outfits usually involves trips to stately homes, a drive to the stunning mountains or a walk along the marina.  Somehow, for my futuristic skirt featured in today's post, none of my usual locations seemed quite right.  Being a wet and windy day with daylight fading fast, my husband suggested the supermarket.  I couldn't think of anywhere better off the top of my head, so we drove to Asda.  In the glamorous location of the car park, we took advantage of the covered walkway to shelter slightly from the elements and take a few quick photos, to a soundtrack of horns honking from bemused shoppers.

Skirt: Voodoo Vixen (via Starletvintagefashion on Ebay)

Top: Miss Fortune

Shoes: Matalan (very old)

Wig: Ebay

I'm in a retro-futuristic mood now that we're in 2016. Watching science fiction as a child, the tales always seemed to be set in the not-too-far 21st century, so now that we're in a year that was touted in Star Trek as the year by which we'd all have personal hovercraft, I can't help but feel that we have a long way to go.  Despite that, 2015 was an amazing year for science, here are my top five news stories:

1. The first new antibiotic in 30 years has been discovered in soil.
2. Two drugs that could help create a male contraceptive have been identified.
3. An Australian team computer 3D-printed a new sternum and ribs for a Spanish man.
4. NASA finds an ocean on one of Jupiter's moons.
5. Britain voted yes to three-parent IVF, which will prevent many incurable inheritable diseases.

So we are living in the space age after all!  The wonderful Barbarella-esque print on the Voodoo Vixen skirt also appears on a dress (on sale) but the skirt was sold out on the Voodoo Vixen website when I last checked.

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