Vintage Goodness!

Hello Petals!


How are you? Are you well? I love the sound of rain, there is something quite comforting in it. It has been raining all night and also this morning. It's so refreshing and cleansing. So, with coffee in hand, the sound of rain in the background and some well earned quietness in our home (everyone is still asleep!) I thought that I would share some Vintage Goodness with you!


My GORGEOUS Aunt Robbie and family in Melbourne SPOILT me for my Birthday (Dec 2011) and Christmas (Which is so lovely because they are only 4 days apart!). I shreeked with excitment when I opened their parcels! Inside were two of the most fabulous books!




Not only do these books have the most FABULOUS catalogue of photos from times gone by, but they also provide a detailed history of fashioning decade by decade. They are a HUGE and VITAL source of information for theVINTAGE ENTHUSIAST. So much so, that I could not put either one of them down!!!


Anyhoo.....HERE is a sneek peek of ONE of them!

VINTAGE FASHION KNITWEAR

1920's: Jazz and the Jumper Craze

Long loose cardigan with matching sweater - Early version of the Twinset!

Anyone for Tennis?  Circa 1925
Daring at the time as French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen
is baring her arms! 

1926 hand-knitted bathing suit.

1930's: The Birth of Knitwear!

Hermes of Paris waffle-knit sleeveless dress for beachwear - 1934
and knitted bathing costumes.

From 1936, waist length skating sweater
Hand-knitted in a gradual diagonal stripe.

My FAVOURITE picture is this one of the girls skating!

1940's: Knitting for All

Machine Knit Suit - 1940's

Hand Knitted Cardigan - 1940's

1950's: Fully Fashioned

Fitted sweaters and cardigans were all the rage, along with attention to detail

 in the form of beaded cardigans.

1960's



Monochromatic Op Art dresses.

Twiggy for French Label Dorothee Bis 1967.



The "Jersey Couture" Shift Dress.

White, strappy Mini-dress.

1970's

Knitted gauchos, shorts and short-sleeved cardigan in Glenspurn Fair Isle.

Missoni label.

1980's

The constructivism of Lybov Popova.

Vivienne Westwood.

1990's to Now...

 

A/W Collection 2009-2010

"Oh!" 2010.

So, there you have it! Your "sneek peek"! I know! It leaves you wanting MORE doesn't it! Everytime I look at this book I find something NEW!

My next Post will Profile the other book on Vintage Jewellery through the twentieth-century, so stay posted Petals!

Love to you all!

Penni