Jenny January Round Up

Many of those who enjoy pinup life have heard of Jenny January, started by Miss Amy May, wherein those who own Pinup Girl Clothing's Jenny skirts and dresses wear exclusively that style of skirts and dresses for their OOTD (outfit of the day) posts on Instagram (and sometimes, they're posted elsewhere). This year, I finally had enough Jenny skirts/dresses to participate, and, not only that, I got a bunch of gals from the #ImAPUGDuh crew to join in, twinning, tripletting, quadrupletting (and more)... basically, setting up days where we all agreed to photograph ourselves wearing the same Jenny skirt or dress on the same day.

Monday was the Mary Blair Commuters print Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 18, 2016 at 2:58pm PST

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 19, 2016 at 12:25am PST

Tuesday was the black and teal harlequin Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 19, 2016 at 1:25pm PST

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 19, 2016 at 7:23pm PST

Wednesday was the cherry border print Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 20, 2016 at 6:11pm PST

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 20, 2016 at 8:28pm PST

Thursday was the Mary Blair Parasols print Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 21, 2016 at 5:55pm PST

Friday was the orange border print Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 22, 2016 at 2:09pm PST

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 22, 2016 at 5:25pm PST

Saturday was the red and chocolate harlequin Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 23, 2016 at 4:44pm PST

And, finally, Sunday was the castles print Jenny:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 24, 2016 at 4:06pm PST

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 24, 2016 at 4:22pm PST

I had a blast! It was the first time I had gotten to participate in an event like this with some like-minded women, and I am so glad that I got to! It's quite a community that Pinup Girl Clothing has fostered with their clothing!

But, honestly: after a week of nothing but swing dresses, I am ready for wiggle:

A photo posted by ✨Molly Starlite✨ (@sixstringlass) on Jan 25, 2016 at 5:37pm PST

Petticoat Junction

When wearing a swing skirt, one of my main goals is maximum fullness. MAX POOFINESS. I've tried a lot of different things to achieve that fullness; most didn't cut the proverbial mustard. But this one simple trick got me the skirt volume I was looking for: I just pulled up the petticoat.

No, really. That's it. I took the waist band of the petticoat and pulled it all the way up until it touches the bottom of my bra band. This pulls the fluffy part upward, creating a base for the skirt to sit on, creating the lovely bell shape we all want. Here's a photo of what that looks like:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Oct 16, 2015 at 2:00am PDT

Here's a before shot:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Jun 1, 2015 at 5:01pm PDT

And and after shot:

A photo posted by Molly Starlite (@sixstringlass) on Oct 8, 2015 at 6:35pm PDT

See the difference? I am using the Babyonline Rockabilly Tulle Petticoat, and, full disclosure, I also sewed a couple more runs of tulle to the underside to give even more lift, mostly because I could not find a petticoat that was just the right fullness. I found that most that were advertised as fluffy were too fluffy and the rest tended to go flat. So I took this inexpensive one and added to it, and voila! POOFINESS.