Showing posts with label 1940s dress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1940s dress. Show all posts
Monday, 15 October 2018
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Vintage Afternoon Tea and Fashion Show - Dublin Burlesque Festival 2017
Sunday 19th of November saw the return of the wonderful Vintage Afternoon Tea in House on Leeson Street.
This annual event closes the Dublin Burlesque Festival and it's always a fabulously glamorous occasion! We love seeing our dresses worn by these gorgeous vintage gals. I hope you agree they look absolutely luscious!
Photography -James Woods
Monday, 11 July 2016
Spotlight On Vintage: 1940's Dusky Blue Lace Gown
I love the elegance of this dress which would have been created in the late 1940's. The lace is truly beautiful, very intricate with some slight signs of aging. But this dress is over 70 years old and over-all in in remarkable condition. I'm pretty sure when I'm over 70 I'll be showing more that some slight signs of age!!!
This is a gown that brings it's vintage "A"game!
Available in store now
Monday, 15 February 2016
Coveting Vintage Necklines!
When did our necklines become so boring?
The Highstreet can't possibly compete with these beautiful necklines as mass production just doesn't allow the time and precision necessary to create such beautiful seams and detailing.
If you are hunting for a dress that has an unusual neckline then you have a few options:
Designer dresses, bespoke dresses or vintage dresses (my fav obv's!)
Below are just a few images I came across from the 1940's and 50's that have left me drooling over my laptop!
I WANT THEM ALL....
1947 Christian Dior Dress
1949 Christian Dior
New York in 1953 Image by Life Magazine
1953 vintage image
1953 Dovima
1950's Balenciaga vintage photo
Kouka Denis wearing Yves Saint Laurent in the 1950s
Margaret Lindsay in the 1930's
1950's dress on a minuscule 1950's model!!!
Thursday, 4 February 2016
New Arrivals - Vintage Occasion Dresses in Dirty Fabulous!
We spend quite a bit of time sourcing the finest vintage dresses from America and our latest arrivals are quite divine, even if we do say so ourselves!
I'd like you to say hello to some gorgeous party and occasion dresses from the 1940's to the 1960's.
Many of our new additions have fabulous deep hues and rich fabrics which make them ideal for events in Winter and Spring.
Below is just a tiny example of what we've had time to photograph. There are plenty more in store which are just dying to be tried on by you!!!
Enjoy...
1960s dusky blue and metallic gold party dress €250, 29" waist size 10+
1960's Young Viewpoint green satin dress €290, 34" waist size 14+
Incredible 1950s silk velvet wiggle dress with cutouts... Smokin Hot! €290, 27" waist Size 8-10
1960s chartreuse dress with green velvet bodice €280, waist 26" size 8
1950s pale cream prom with dusky pink waist and flocked floral pattern €310, waist 28" size 10
1950's Chic Mode mint blue satin prom dress €280, waist 26" size 8
1940's Donald Original coffee pleated rayon dress €290, waist 27, size 8
Vintage Party Dresses... WOOHOO!!!
Monday, 1 February 2016
Vivacious Velvet!
Is there a more decadent, sumptuous fabric than velvet? If there is I can't think of it!
Currently, my house is filled with velvet touches that extend past the vintage dresses I own. I've velvet cushions, throws, armchairs and even curtains in various rooms and I can thank the growing trend for velvet in fashion for influencing my interior choices!
For decades designers have chosen to create fabulous gowns and coats in velvet. The denseness of the fabric allows a really deep pigmentation and it just screams luxurious quality!
From the 1920's onwards, costumers in Hollywood knew what they were doing when they chose to dress their leading ladies in silk velvet gowns. Before the days of technicolour, cinema-goers could look on in awe as the starlets glided on screen in velvet lusciousness!
Prepare to salivate over these original vintage velvet creations...
Original Vintage Images
Raspberry velvet dress, 1960's image by Helmut Newton
Betty Threatt by Louise Dahl Wolfe for Harpers Bazaar, 1949
Dorothea McGown in Marc Bohan for Dior, photgraphed by Irving Penn 1961
Balenciaga coat, 1951, Image by Louise Wolfe Dahl
Jean Patchet in the 1950's wearing a sapphire blue velvet coat
Christian Dior, 1950's. Image by Mark Shaw
Christian Dior 1958
Norma Shearer wearing a velvet dress in 1931
1950s fabulousness!
Twiggy wearing a JeanVaron dress for Vogue, 1967, Image by Cecil Beaton
Vintage lavender velvet suit
Vogue 1948, image by Clifford Coffin, Grey silk evening gown with velvet skirt
1940's forest green velvet suit
Christian Dior, 1957
Joan Crawford in 1930 wearing a velvet trouser catsuit, image by George Hurrell
YES, A VELVET CATSUIT FROM OVER 80 YEAR'S AGO!!!
A 1940's vintage dress which is really similar to dresses we have in stock!
1957 Christian Dior black velvet dress
1956 Jacques Fath blue velvet dress
1950s red velvet dress, image from My Vintage Vogue
Frances McLaughlin wearing a blue velvet gown, 1947
VELVET VINTAGE DRESSES IN DIRTY FABULOUS
1940's sapphire blue velvet dress with shawl collar €290 size 10
1940's wine velvet dress with pink sequin floral detail €290
Amazing 1950s cobalt blue velvet wiggle dress with cutouts at neckline €290 size 8-10
1960's forest green dress with sleeves and rhinestone buckle €270 size 10
1960's yellow satin brocade cocktail dress with dark green velvet bodice €280 size 8
1940s cobalt blue cocktail dress with rhinestone detail €290 size 12
Velvet Accents in Dirty Fabulous:
1950's black taffeta prom dress with velvet detailing on neck €290 size 12-14
1950s black taffeta dress with velvet bodice (part of suit) €340 size 10
Velvet Vintage Accessories in Dirty Fabulous:
1940s Mr John Sophisticate green velvet beret €70
1930's dusky blue velvet peaked hat with cluster pearl €120
1950s fushia pink velvet hat with net €130
1950's black velvet beaded bag €140 and velvet and lace 1950's band €85
1940's pale blue velvet brimmed hat €160
PHOTOSHOOTS FEATURING DIRTY FABULOUS VELVET
VELVET ON THE CATWALK
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