Here is my first vintage look this week and while it is not all that vintage feeling I thought I would include it for a couple of reasons. Fist the skirt is one of the only vintage items I own that I wear on a regular basis, I will give you a bit on interesting info on it later. Second because for whatever reason whenever I wear this skirt with flat shoes I think that the skirt must feel like the skirt of the dress worn in "American Girl in Italy" and since I talked about that photo earlier this week I couldn't pass it up. Keep in mind this skirt looks nothing like the dress in the "American Girl in Italy" it just makes me feel like it, I am not sure why. So a quick bit about the outfit, my hair as you can see is not all that exciting I just did a French fishtail braid as I was in a rush and wanted my hair to at least look neat. The shirt is nothing exciting just a plain white top I get from The Limited. The shoes are just a pair of nine west sandals I picked up last summer when my favorite gold sandals gave up the ghost. And my favorite part the skirt. My mom bought me this skirt when I was during my senior year of high school for decade day during spirit week. My class had picked the 1950s and there is a great vintage shop called Venus on the Half Shell just a few blocks from where I grew up, so my mom took me there and let me pick out a skirt that would do the trick. I picked this one because it was blue and only I thin $15 or $20, after I wore it for spirit week it got tucked in the back of mine or my mothers closet until I was about 23ish, and I remembered it was there. Since they it has been one of my favorites, though I don't wear it too often. It is from a company called Hale Hawaii, I wasn't familiar with them so I did a bit of research, and from what I could find out it seems the company was originally founded just before WW2 and they made Aloha shirts mostly for GIs. In the 1950s the company started making dresses and skirts also but they didn't make very many, and some point in the 1950s they company was sold and began to make their clothing elsewhere. Anyway that little piece of history makes me love this skirt even more.
The original wood (my guess would be bamboo) button, and the original metal zipper.
The Hale Hawaii Tag.
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The amazingly detailed fabric,
and my very simple shoes
Vintage outfit 2 of the week was a dress I made from Butterick's B4919 a vintage re-issued pattern, that two of my bridesmaids selected to wear for my wedding. The fabric one of my girlfriends found for me in the bargain bin at a local fabric store and I couldn't pass it up. The shoes I wore were Madden Girl, and are about 3 1/2 inches tall and very comfortable. Also they come in a variety of colors, all of which I am tempted to buy. My sunglasses are modern Ray Ban Club Master sunglasses that my husband bought for me shortly after he got back from Japan. They are a reproduction of some of the original Ray Bans, they color is really what makes them have the vintage feel. I have seen a few pair of vintage Ray Bans like these that I have almost bought but I was always too afraid to loose or break them. And my hair is in one of my go to styles.
This dress can be tied many different ways I just like the front side version the best on me
most comfortable pumps ever
My hair, makeup and sunglasses. I think for a man who isn't very interested in fashion my husband did a great job helping me pick these out.
close up on the glasses
My third vintage outfit of the week I made from a Vintage Vogue V8811 which is a 1940's re-issue pattern. The first time I made the dress it was much too long for my taste, about mid calf, so I shortened the pattern to give it a mark war time length of knee length. As far as the fabric is concerned I am not entirely sure what I found it, I had purchased it a couple of years ago to make something else with and I finally couldn't stand it just laying there un-used, but there are many similar prints on fabric.com. My shoes are Clarks and much to my surprise they are fabulously comfortable and vintage cute all at the same time. And my hair was intended to look the way it does above but it had different ideas so this is what I got instead.
(please excuse how pink I am it has been very hot this week and I turn pink when I get overly warm)
My fourth and final vintage look of the week was Butterick 1950's re-issue pattern that is out of print and no longer available on their website. It is however one of my favorite dresses to make. I made the dress from a great citrus print fabric I found on J & O Fabrics about two years ago. I fell in love with the print and ordered it right away. When I showed it too one of my friends she said it looked like drapes an old lady would have in her kitchen, to which I smiled and said "you mean like vintage" her response was something along the lines of sure vintage, to which I just smiled. I am pretty sure she didn't mean it as a complement but that's how I took it. The belt I made from a bright yellow fabric, I also made one in green. My shoes are also another favorite, they are my gold glitter flats, the shoe is actually leather covered in glitter, and the sole of the shoe is rubber they are so great, but I am worried they don't have much longer. I think I am most literally wearing them to death. I did not take a picture of the inside of the shoe as it is not a pretty site but I bought them from Chinese Laundry about two years ago. My hair is on the second day of the above (not a good as it could have been) set, so into a ponytail it went but I find that ponytails can lend themselves very nicely to vintage, especially the 1950s style.
I love the lower back on this it feel great and looks nice too
I found my "old lady kitchen drapes" here
And the shoes that I hope never die, but I think they might soon.
I hope you have enjoyed and maybe learned a bit about creating the vintage look while using little to no vintage. If you have any question please don't hesitate to ask.
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