posts tagged ‘vintage inspiration’
snapshot fashion
Note:I’m taking a break this week from the Guide to Sewing series. Be back next Monday with the third installment!
I like doing a post every few months showing some of the vintage snapshots that have been accumulating in my Flickr favorites (a.k.a. my “virtual inspiration file”). High fashion is all good and I find it intensely inspiring, but sometimes it’s fun to see what average people were wearing way back when! I love seeing how they interpreted trends and silhouettes of the period–I tend to look at these photos as the forerunners of our modern “street style” images!
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inspiration {week #109}
[ please click for the sources of these beautiful images! ]
I have some big plans for this weekend because my mom is coming to visit! I’m super excited as she’ll be here all next week and we’ve scheduled some fun things like thrifting trips, afternoon tea, visiting Anthropologie, and spending some time sewing. I dare say posting will be a bit sparse (although I have a couple posts up my sleeve), and I will apologize beforehand for any delay in email replies. But I’m hoping we’ll have some fun thrifting finds to show off, as we have two days we’ve set aside exclusively for that.
- The Make and Meaning blog had a great post on The Wisdom of Mistakes and how it applies to creative types. A must read!
- Wrangling over the important question of what constitutes “ripping off” another design.
- Get creative with some variations on the vintage style back button blouse!
- Rhiannon posted some images from a beautiful editorial.
- Susannah shared a fantastic selection of 40s beauty advice films–some are quite a hoot!
[ 1937 fashion report. click for the large view to read the text. ]
This week’s inspiration comes from a 1937 Home Arts magazine. Not only is this a page full of fantastic style inspiration from the late 30s, but the author (a “Needle-Minded New Yorker”) points out details and materials the home seamstress could use to make her own less-expensive copies. I’m personally loving the blouse designs to death–right now my wardrobe is in need of a few new tops.
Off to finish some neatening up and getting things ready for my mom’s arrival (and a much needed morning cup of tea!). Have a lovely weekend, friends!
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style + music
[ click for a larger view & my rambling comments. ]
I had plans to show you some of the outfit I spent the weekend sewing, but my camera battery decided to die. So while it’s being recharged, I thought I’d share some inspiration with you! I went through a phase (well, I think I’m still going through it; just with a slight lull) a few weeks back where I couldn’t watch enough Ginger Rogers movies–especially those from the 30s. Part of it was the movies themselves (I love those sometimes witty/silly 30s flicks!), and part of it was to see what Ginger was wearing. I flip flop around a lot as to what classic movie starlet’s wardrobe I’d love, but right now if you asked me I’d go back in time and steal her wardrobe! hehe!
Also, a slightly off-topic question: what music are you enjoying right now? I have an iTunes card I’ve been hoarding since Christmas, unable to decide what it is I’m really in the mood to buy, but desperate for something new. lol! I listen to a little bit of everything (early jazz to 70s hard rock and beyond), so I’d love to know what is on heavy rotation in your music right now!
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inspiration {week #108}
[ be sure to click for the sources of these gorgeous images! ]
Wow. Thank you all so much for your lovely comments on my pincurl post! I worry that saying this too often comes across as “fake”, but I genuinely mean it, and feel so blessed by each and every comment left on all of my posts. Thank you!
The last weekend of February… can you believe it? That means spring is just around the corner! I’m gearing up to jump headlong into my spring sewing. I sadly have not been able to touch any of my sewing this week, and I’m starting to feel twitchy and need to get some in for my “sewing fix”. lol! I’m hoping this weekend I’ll be able to knock a few things out, or at least make a large dent in them.
- Burda Style’s blog covered the basic sloper and where to find readily available patterns.
- Gertie shared part one of her how to draft a peter pan collar tutorial!
- I found this really useful from a pattern drafting standpoint: how to move the flare in a skirt from Threads blog.
- Sal asked some really great questions about what it mean to be womanly.
- Feast your eyes on the details of these lovely blouses from 1919!
[ sportswear styles from May 1947. click for a larger view. ]
A project on my to-do list for this year (at some point! lol) is to make myself a pair of 40s/early 50s jeans. The kind with the topstitching and back pockets, that can be rolled up and would look super cute with a pair of saddle shoes! Ambitious, yes, but Lauren’s post on her experience last year inspired me to try it (even though it’s a challenge). I’ve been going through my stash of images and found this scan from 1947. I have to admit, I’m rather inclined to recreate the entire center look: plaid shirt, rolled jeans, and penny loafers. It’s still on my “dream to-do list” (rather than the “real to-do list”, which encompasses all the projects I have materials for), but wouldn’t this be the perfect weekend outfit?
Have a lovely weekend!
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random inspiration
I’ve spent a good deal of the last couple days doing various computer-related things, and thus my eyeballs are tired of staring at the screen and my brain is completely wiped from crunching numbers. So this is just going to be a somewhat short post of inspiration as I don’t think I can formulate anything profound at this point. lol! I have some rather exciting things going on in the background right now, stuff I don’t want to announce just yet. Call me superstitious, but I have a strange aversion to publicly announcing certain things before they come to full completion! All I have to say is that I’m super excited!!! (I know, I’m awful… dangling such vague hinting in front of you…)
[ as always, click on the images for larger versions. ]
These are all pages from a 1940 pattern booklet I bought years ago. I really love using these as inspiration for various projects; details like the interesting front shaping on the first image (left), big gathered pockets on a dress (last image, left), or a sash draped dramatically over the hip (third image, left) are great fodder for my imagination! Sadly, this booklet is starting to noticeably disintigrate (it was printed on really cheap paper), so I’ve been scanning things in to try and preserve them digitally. (Thank goodness for computers!)
I just want to say a big thank you to everyone who left comments on my last two posts! I am so delighted that so many are excited about the sewing series–I have so much to say on the subject I could write many posts about it! Reading all your comments about how you got started sewing just thrilled me! It’s so delightful to be able to share my love of this craft with you all.
I’m off to tackle my to-do list. Have a lovely Wednesday!
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