I absolutely love this little shirt, and a couple others I have which are very similar. Sorry the picture is a little dark, but you can still see it well.

There was a type in the ’50s – early ’60s, made of closely woven but very lightweight fabric – usually white, sometimes pastel. Some type of cotton blend (likely with Dacron or other polyester of the time).

They feel so light and comfortable on. They wash like a dream and don’t need to be ironed. Many had some embroidery on the front – placket, bodice or pocket. I’ll show my others, probably together, when I dig into my closet for new photos starting next week. I’m still finishing up the ones I archived for use while I was away.

This shirt just has the piping in my favorite red. It almost looks like part of a waitress or other service-person’s uniform, but I don’t think so in this case. It looks cute with anything from short-shorts to a nice skirt. Like yesterday’s men’s shirt, it’s very versatile – it seems that, excepting for the most formal or most casual occasions, women’s outfits didn’t change a lot from play to home to work because they were still almost always in a dress or skirt at that time.

Bear with me if some of the items I show seem unspectacular – they’re really not. Even though some of them look like what’s around now, it’s only because classic fashion always repeats – but never the same way. As I’ve said before, the mass-produced copycats and even some of the new designer models that are better-made can’t duplicate the real thing. It’s kind of sad. So many people think they’re wearing “vintage” and they’re really not. Unless you have the spy-eye . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Morgana Martin, the Magicvintagespy
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