Garments made like this are so unusual, but very iconic from their time during the days of former president Eisenhower in the 1950’s. I also own a beautiful black dinner suit made this way t…
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WONDERFUL RIBBON-ON-MESH SKIRT FROM THE 1950’S
Garments made like this are so unusual, but very iconic from their time during the days of former president Eisenhower in the 1950’s. I also own a beautiful black dinner suit made this way that I found a few years ago and have seen a dress or two, but they’re rare now. Possibly, this skirt had a matching jacket or coat because this style was always, I believe, a dressier one.
It’s hard to imagine the hand-work necessary to make one of these, but they weren’t so high-end that middle-class women couldn’t afford them. In spite of being a dressier item back when it was made, a pretty blouse or Spring sweater would make this skirt very wearable as a day outfit now.
So, that’s why I’m hauling it out now that the daffodils are up and the flowers making me think of green things again. Yesterday I found a great old handmade tooled leather purse that I’ll show you when I get it polished up. It’s in a different league, but from just about the same time. You just never know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY
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LOTS OF 1960’S MOD – THIS ONE FOUND IN PARIS!
A standard mod-look vintage plus-size day dress from the early-mid Sixties, but, this one is rare to find today because the fabric is Arnel Triacetate – not many of them around now! It got p…
LOTS OF 1960’S MOD – THIS ONE FOUND IN PARIS!
A standard mod-look vintage plus-size day dress from the early-mid Sixties, but, this one is rare to find today because the fabric is Arnel Triacetate – not many of them around now! It got pushed out of the marketplace by good old polyester, which had some easier-care qualities.
However, triacetate feels really good and not exactly like any of the many polyester incarnations that are possible. That’s the beauty of true vintage fabrics – the qualities of most have not/cannot be duplicated by more modern materials. There’s just nothing like them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MORGANA MARTIN,THE MAGICVINTAGESPY
BLOG: MAGICVINTAGESPY.COM
JUST DISCOVERED – THE CUTEST EVER MOD 1960’S MINI
Love this one! It’s an easy-wear knit in one of the fun styles that were so popular in the mid-1960’s. Beatlemania and all of that! MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY BLOG: MAGICVIN…
JUST DISCOVERED – THE CUTEST EVER MOD 1960’S MINI
Love this one! It’s an easy-wear knit in one of the fun styles that were so popular in the mid-1960’s. Beatlemania and all of that!
MORGANA MARTIN, THE MAGICVINTAGESPY
BLOG: MAGICVINTAGESPY.COM
NEW TO ME – PRETTY PASTEL YELLOW CLASSIC 1960’S FROCK
Very Sixties Spring dress from the early to mid-1960’s. It’s a real blast from the past in a lady-like style, so typical of that time. The zipper is metal, but the fabric an easy-care…
Source: NEW TO ME – PRETTY PASTEL YELLOW CLASSIC 1960’S FROCK
SUNNY YELLOW TRUE VINTAGE SIXTIES SUMMER SUNDRESS
Classic cotton summer sundress in lemonade yellow – this is a Sixties frock with the cute bodice detail that is so common on vintage dresses. . . . . as well as the belted wasp waist. Yellow …
FLORIDA FEET!
Spring/summer low-heeled pumps found in the Miami area. From the late Sixties – early Seventies. One pair more casual, one pair a bit dressy. Both a little bit mod . . . . . . . . . . . . . .…
Source: FLORIDA FEET!
PRETTY TRUE VINTAGE BLUE HALF-SLIPS FROM THE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES
The half-slip – an essential garment under many dresses and skirts. Especially as the weather becomes a little warmer, full slips sometimes are not right under lighter dresses and blouses. L…
Source: PRETTY TRUE VINTAGE BLUE HALF-SLIPS FROM THE FIFTIES AND EARLY SIXTIES
