A LITTLE TRUE VINTAGE ’70’S BLACK & WHITE KNIT DRESS – SO SMART AND CHIC!

A LITTLE TRUE VINTAGE '70'S BLACK & WHITE KNIT DRESS – SO SMART AND CHIC!.

TRUE VINTAGE 1950’S BLACK & WHITE MIDI FROCK

TRUE VINTAGE 1950'S BLACK & WHITE MIDI FROCK.

TRUE VINTAGE 1960’S HAND-DYED SILK BELTED TENT DRESS

TRUE VINTAGE 1960'S HAND-DYED SILK BELTED TENT DRESS.

MOD AND ELEGANT IN BLACK AND WHITE – TRUE VINTAGE 1960’S SHEATH DRESS

MOD AND ELEGANT IN BLACK AND WHITE – TRUE VINTAGE 1960'S SHEATH DRESS.

BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT AND CHIC TRUE VINTAGE 1960’S SUMMER DRESS

BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT AND CHIC TRUE VINTAGE 1960'S SUMMER DRESS.

BLACK & WHITE FOR SUMMER – A BEAUTIFUL SILK FROCK FROM THE FIFTIES

BLACK & WHITE FOR SUMMER – A BEAUTIFUL SILK FROCK FROM THE FIFTIES.

BLACK & WHITE FOR SUMMER – A BEAUTIFUL SILK FROCK FROM THE FIFTIES

BLACK & WHITE FOR SUMMER - A BEAUTIFUL SILK FROCK FROM THE FIFTIES

Here’s a beautiful start to a series of black and white fashion that I’ll be showing, with a couple of exceptions, for the next week or so. Black and white is so classic and always good – I know some of you like it as much as I do.

Although the Victorians seemed to love black, Coco Chanel might have been the first to roll out the black & white combo in the Thirties, for as long as she did and in the striking ways that she did. It’s been big, off and on, ever since then.

This beautiful frock is of delicate fabric with a subtle B & W stripe. It’s got all the Fifties hallmarks – the wasp waist, a bow on the bodice, midi hem which, when put together, just say “1955”, or so.

The neckline is demure. Grace Kelly would have loved it . . . . . . ..

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MID-1950’S FASHION PHOTO FROM MCCALL’S NEEDLECRAFTS MAGAZINE

MID-1950'S FASHION PHOTO FROM MCCALL'S NEEDLECRAFTS MAGAZINE.

MID-1950’S FASHION PHOTO FROM MCCALL’S NEEDLECRAFTS MAGAZINE

MID-1950'S FASHION PHOTO FROM MCCALL'S NEEDLECRAFTS MAGAZINE

Can you even imagine being able to knit a dress like that one on the right? And, have it fit like that?! Wow.

Do you have any stories of family members who could make things like this? I’m so amazed by some of the things that the women of our grandmothers’ and great-grandmothers’ generation could do . . . . . . . .

Morgana Martin, the Magicvintagespy
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FAVORITE TRUE VINTAGE “LITTLE BLACK SUIT” FROM THE SIXTIES, WITH A SPECIAL BLOUSE

FAVORITE TRUE VINTAGE "LITTLE BLACK SUIT" FROM THE SIXTIES, WITH A SPECIAL BLOUSE.