Put on the Dresses, Put on the Shoes! Put on the Make-Up, Put on the Rouge!

Since I talked about women's Rockabilly fashion in my last post, this one is all about the make-up to go with the look!

The Rockabilly make-up look is simple, but at the same time incredibly sexy!

It's all about full lashes and luscious red lips!

There are quite a few different Rockabilly make-up tutorials on YouTube, but this one is definitley my favourite:



I especially love the song! It's Transvestite Blues by Demented are Go!

Rocka-Babe!

One of the things that I love most about the Rockabilly scene is the fashion on both men and women. This post is all about the women!

Rockabilly Fashion sparked a trend in the 1950's that has never completely disappeared. As a rebellious style of music it would make sense that the followers would dress in a controversial manner.

Women's Rockabilly style was based on letting women, no matter what shape or size, show off their sexy bodies in an innocent fashion.

Rockabilly girls were also some of the first to wear trousers in public. The so-called "pedal pushers" or "cropped trousers" were loved by many, making way for women to begin wearing trousers on a daily basis.

Beautiful swing-dresses, cropped trousers, wedges, corsets, high-heels, pencil skirts - there are so many beautiful 1950's inspired things out there, if you know where to find them!

If you want authentic looking rockabilly clothes, then your best bet are vintage clothing shops or second-hand and charity shops. They're filled to bursting with unusual clothes from the 1950's and the best part of it is that they're unbelievably cheap!
Ebay also has the occasional treasure, so keep your eyes open for those!

If you prefer more modern Rockabilly clothes made to imitate the 1950's look, then the internet is the place to look.



Like what you see? Then you should definitley check out these websites for everything a Rockabilly girl could ever need or want!

www.vivienofholloway.com
www.daddyos.com
www.babygirlboutiqe.com
sunsetstar.com

Well Be Bop A Lula...

I have now added a music player to the blog. It's on the right hand side, so if you want to have a listen and find out what Rockabilly sounds like, just click on the play button and enjoy!
I'll be changing the song regularly and giving you a bit of info about the songs to give you little tasters of some well-known Rockabilly songs.

This week I've added the song Hot Rod Gang by the Stray Cats. During my research for this site I've kept on seeing the name of the band the Stray Cats, so I thought I'd check them out and I can't believe how many of their songs I actually recognized, but never knew that they were by them.

The Stray Cats are a Rockabilly band that formed in 1979. Originally from New York, the band moved to the UK to join the Rockabilly revival of the 1980's.
With music heavily based upon sounds from the 1950's, the group had several hit singles in both the UK and the US.

Here's a video of the Stray Cats in action. Hope you like it!

Rocka-What-Now?

In my first post I mentioned Rockabilly a couple of times, but hang on a minute, what is Rockabilly?

Take a pinch of Rock 'n' Roll, add a sprinkle of Hillbilly country music, mix it together and voilá! - Rockabilly!

Emerging in the 1950's, Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music. With elements of rock, blues, country, boogie woogie and bluegrass music, many young musicians found a sound that appealed to the ears and dancing feet of their generation.
The influence and popularity of the style waned in the 1960's. Rockabilly however enjoyed a major revival during the late 1970's and early 1980's.
Recently the Rockabilly music and style has been revived again by a new generation of cool cats and rockin' rebels who love the rough-edged, countrified rock sounds and image.

Yet in reality Rockabilly is way more than just music. Rockabilly is a lifestyle, it is it's own subculture.

How it all began...

So as the title of this blog says, this is a girl's journey of Rockabilly discovery.

It was a few months ago when I had been aimlessly flicking through the channels on my television that I stumbled across the title sequence of a television program about tattoos. The song made me stop flicking and listen with a smile on my face as I watched four girls and a guy with unusual hairstyles and clothes strutting their stuff for the camera.

The program was L.A. Ink, the song was Dancing With Myself, a Billy Idol cover by Nouvelle Vague.

From that moment on I decided that I wanted to know more about the music and style.

So this is my journey of discovering anything and everything about Rockabilly. I will be making regular posts on my findings and hopefully helping others to learn more about Rockabilly too.