Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Sunday, 11 November 2018

Vintage Fabric


This is a vintage piece of fabric that I'm holding on to, waiting for the right project to come along.


It's a beautiful, sturdy cotton canvas in the most outrageous autumn colours and dates from the 1970s.


It's a vivid combination of brown, orange, black, burnt orange, brick red, muted light green and some white.


It sure is eye-catching!


And I love the close-ups.



Thursday, 16 August 2018

Simplicity 5380



Technically, this is 1980s fashion because Simplicity 5380 was printed in 1981, but to me the silhouette seems more 1970s.

Tuesday, 26 December 2017

Thursday, 30 June 2016

1940s Advance Bag Pattern



Vintage bag pattern from the 1940s. 
There are 3 different bags in this pattern and I can see bag number 1 somewhere in my future....

Friday, 25 March 2016

March 25



This lovely lady is a vintage doll wearing traditional greek costume, the kind that you will see today worn by children and adults in parades all over the country.


That's because today is a national holiday celebrating the beginning of the 1821 Greek War of Independence that led to the liberation of the country from the Ottoman Empire.


Today's parades are a wonderful sight as traditional costumes from all over Greece are pretty amazing in themselves but to see them parading down the street en masse -in bold technicolour- is a truly moving spectacle.


For more history click here or here.
For some great costumes click here, here, here, here, here or here.
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