My Latest Vintage Dresses

Although the girls on Miss Chrissys vintage shopping tour and the myriad of weekend customers visiting for the Gasoline & Garterbelts Festival did their level best to clean us out of vintage dresses (click here to see Super Kawaii Mama and her small motherlode of purchases on second visit), I always have *ahem* quite a few in reserve.

Isn't this a gorgeous 50s dress! And guess what? I can fit *one* leg or arm in it, ha ha!! Yes it's a tiny size, for some reason we seem to have lots of petite customers so it's time to restock for them.

 

I couldn't decide whether the indoor or outdoor photo looked better, what do you think?

This 100% wool 50s dress would have been called 'very smart' in its day. Much nicer in person than in a photo, not helped by this bodyforms wierd lack of hips. Too bad I can't give her a few inches of mine!

 

Unusual and huge buttons which are decorative, the dress zips up the back.

 

Classic, simple 40s gabardine dress, I'm loving the peaked sleeves and sailor-style decorative buttons on the pockets.

 

This pic is true to colour, I love that this dress still has its original patent leather belt.

This one is something of a 'ring-in'; it's old but not vintage, I've had it carefully hanging in a wardrobe for so long I thought to give it an outing.

 

Let's see what the customers make of it!