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July 3rd. I’ve been invited to join some friends on the 4th for a very casual evening at their house. I recently swapped my “Sailor Betty” dress so I needed to figure out what to wear! My closet may be vast, but wasn’t spitting out anything red/white/blue and casual. Somehow, a red velvet party dress [...]
Mon, July 5 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, friends, holidays, sewing » 7 Comments
In a three-pronged attack involving 1. Getting Out Of The House, 2. Meeting New People, and 3. Cleaning My Closets, I participated this weekend in a clothing swap. Outside of an informal “hmmm, I think this would look better on you” with my friends, I’d never done anything like this before. Lucky for me, the [...]
Tue, June 15 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, life-threatening clutter » No Comments
Doing a little research for 11 (eleven!) vintage aprons I’m preparing to list, and I came across this ad for mail-order sewing pattern 8149 in a copy of The Pittsburgh Press dated February 26, 1948. I love the shirring at the shoulders, the scalloped button detail on the bodice, and the asymmetrical gathers on the [...]
Wed, June 9 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, fashion, sewing » No Comments
Friend and fellow Twitter-er Betty Red asked today, “Why is so hard to find cute, yellow retro lingerie!?” My first thought was that yellow can be a difficult color to match against your skin tone and as such is often overlooked by clothing manufacturers. But for those of you who are confident in your ability [...]
Sat, May 22 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, collections, fashion, romance, relationships, shopping » No Comments
I realize that I have a stash of patterns that so far remain unsewn. However, I recently bought myself some vintage red-white-blue striped fabric that is begging to be made into a summer frock and the patterns I have on hand simply aren’t appropriate for what I have in mind. What do I have in [...]
Fri, April 23 2010 » Vintage & Retro Style, collections, fashion, sewing » 3 Comments
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