The Story Behind our Collections: Angels Face

When you have a daughter it's inevitable that a big frou-frou skirt will become part of the wardrobe, no matter how long you may resist.  One of the first swinging, dancing, swirling, show-off skirts that my eldest daughter was given as a gift was a Petti Skirt by Angels Face....in pink, of course! The Petti Skirts by Angels Face come in a lovely hatbox with a ribbon handle. It's a joy to pull out the skirt from the hat box as the big froth of fabric bursts out. The Petti skirt is a dressing-up box essential, but one that may also be insisted on wearing at weekends with a cool T and sandals. 

When I was considering the fun and playful side of the girls dressing room of course Angels Face Petti Skirts were always on my mind.  Bekka was immediately convinced, even though she's the tomboy of the family, and she now even has a few Petti Skirts in her festival dressing up box, saying that they look fantastic on guys too - love it!

The Petti Skirt is made of over 40 yards of fabric - now that's a lot of fabric.  There's a satin ribbon tie at the waist and as the waist is elasticated the large size can fit a small adult too.  Colours include Cupcake, Tea Rose, Hot Pink, Silver Cloud and Vanilla.  Each Petti Skirt is one big froth of giddy joy - that cannot help but ellicit smiles and squeals and dancing!

The Tea Rose is a soft pink colour, almost vintage looking and is one of my favourites:

Angels Face started with Keely Deininger of Little Linens. As a child Keely would watch Come Dancing on the telly on Saturday nights with her mother, and remembers trying to recreate the outfits.  Those childhood memories of the cherished moments of Saturday night Come Dancing, is what inspired Keely to create Angels Face.  With the Angels Face collection Keely hopes Mothers and Daughters can create special memories together enjoying all the fun of these fabulous pieces - the key piece being the Petti Skirt.

My daughters are known to wear theirs at the park and I do too.  Yes, of course I have one, it's utter indulgence of my girlishness!  Even Granny got a Petti Skirt for her 60th Birthday and wore it all day dancing with the kids!

And Sessi will sometimes change into her Petti Skirt after school when the school uniform is cast aside...

Discover the Angels Face Petti Skirts here

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When I first came across these skirts I knew how crazy my girls would be for them. The decision wasn't whether to buy one but rather what colour I should get. 

Made with over forty yards of fabric and an oversized bow these skirts are every girls dream. 

Petti Skirt in Hot Pink £44

The petti skirts are the most wonderful skirt for dressing up, though there's no need to reserve these skirts for special occasions as they're machine washable. Hooray! Now we don't care if they get muddy or covered in cake. 

Wear them with ballet pumps and pretty tops for parties or team with wellies and a soft jumper for bounding through the park. Complete in a vintage style hatbox the petti skirts are a delicate and fun addition to every girls wardrobe.

Silver Cloud - Urban Cool

Team with strong colours and typography and a pair of wellies for some serious rainy day fun 

 Petti Skirt in Silver Cloud £44

  

 Dandy Star Tiger T was £20. Now £16. & Love Sweatshirt was £35 Now £28

yellow Hunter Wellies £30

Vanilla - Tea Party

Wear with classic pretty tops with simple lines and a lambswool cardigan for some miniature Hepburn understated glam

 

 Petti Skirt in Vanilla £44

 

Hucklebones cotton sateen blouse was £55 now £27.50 & Ripple Stitch Cardigan was £53. now £21.20

Ballet Pumps by John Lewis were £12 now £6

Sessi would happily spend all day and every day in her 'cupcake' skirt. I know that when she's running about with all its multitude of froffy fluffy layers swooshing around her she cannot help but smile and feel elated. 

Oh and if you're fortunate enough to be a size 8-10 the 6-8 yrs size will fit you too! As Sessi would say "sharing is caring".
Available in vanilla, cupcake, hot pink, silver cloud and tea rose.

The Sisters Guild sale continues with up to 60% off designers such as Hucklebones, ilovegorgeous, Dandy Star,   Little Duckling, and Belle & Boo.

View the entire sale here and for a further 10% off all items in the 'dressing rooms' including the petti skirts quote 'WOOHOO' at the checkout. *

*offer vaild until monday 31st January