Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Vintage Glamour


Mum brought over this vintage dress yesterday when she dropped in to visit. It was given to us by a family member who was cleaning out a very old family home. If I breathe in it fits me pretty well.


What beautiful lace work. It came with a small bolero jacket that isn't shown here.
The skirt of the dress is so heavy! 


The lace flowers have a pearl bead in their centre.


The lovely fine straw bonnet came from the same place. I just love this hat and would love to wear it to the races one day. The black purse came from Lyn's mother's friend. I have some other vintage bits that I'll show you next time.


As you can see from the first photo, I still haven't properly fitted and painted the skirting and picture rail in my room. I have almost unpacked and sorted all my bits and pieces so that's good.
I hope you are all having a nice day xx

20 comments:

  1. Sarah! It's spectacular! The details are amazing! xx

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  2. That is so beautiful! How old do you think it would be? The lace and the little pearl beading is just gorgeous and the style is not too disimilar to something you could find in the shops today, amazing how fashion comes right around all the time. Thanks so much for sharing Sarah and your room is looking great!
    Jxx

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  3. That dress is awesome. And your room is looking pretty damn fine as well :)

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  4. Wow! That dress is sublime. Love it. xx

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  5. such beautiful old lacework, and you really must wear that hat to Elwick for the Spring carnival. k.

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  6. What a stunning dress!! The lace detail is SO lovely - exactly the type of dress I'd love to wear - you are so lucky to have been given it!! Hope you're having a lovely day xx

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  7. Wowwwwww.that bdress is pretty..............love it......happy day love Ria....

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  8. i mean..........dress............

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  9. Sarah, that dress is stunning!! What a fabulous treasure to have been given!!! I like the hat too...so beautiful. Hope you are having a wonderful week so far ~ Txx

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  10. You lucky thing! What a fabulous dress. I love the hat and purse too. I wish I had a family member with something like that in their attic!

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  11. Oh Sarah, that dress is exquisite! The purse is sweet and that hat, wow! Lucky, lucky, you :)

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  12. It's doubly good that this amazing dress fits you, but even if you never wear it, it's the sort of beautiful thing that just looks good hanging around. How old do you think it is? The lace details are lovely.

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  13. So BEAUTIFULLY STUNNING...wow...you are so lucky that it fits you..and that hat is so cute too. Lucky, lucky you.. hope you're having a great week Kym XOX

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  14. I´ll have to talk with my mother and tell her that yours brought a wonderful treasure to your home, it´s so amazingly beautiful to me!!!
    Saw how you are working hard in your garden, all that mulch is so great!!
    cariños

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  15. Love both the hat and the dress.
    Wouldn't that be fun to wear together?

    Best from Boston

    Annelie

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  16. If I had that dress I would probably walk around the house wearing it! It's fun to still play dress-up <3

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  17. That dress is stunning. What is it's history?

    I think you should wear it with an 'up do' and fabulous earrings, and a nice draw string bag.
    For the races put a black plume in your hair (20s) but no hat.
    You'll look fabulous!

    x Charlotta

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