I wore this dress to my 25th birthday party - so yeah - I've had it a loooooooooooooong time....
This one has the gathered shoulder yokes, puffs, collar AND flying ducks!
Another sweetheart neckline, fancy sleeves with a modern print.
Didn't even get to dressing up in the puff sleeve maxi dresses that skim the hips and swish with frills at the bottom.
The 1970's had a spate of great films set in the 1930's too - Chinatown (1974),
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The Day of the Locust (1975) with the wonderful Karen Black
Paper Moon (1973) with Madeline Kahn
and of course it started with Bonnie and Clyde in the late 1960's
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It doesn't get much better than that for me. I've had this book for an eon and never knitted anything from it but I did find this cross over cardi from the book in the op shop some years back - it's even knitted in the same colours. If only I could find the shorts.....
What's your favourite reinterpretation of an era? 80's does 40's is pretty good - structural peplums and shoulder pads! Very Dynasty!
I love your photos and am absolutely with you regarding 70s interpretations of previous decades. I would also include the late 60s fascination with Victoriana, reinterpreted with a dose of kitsch -- but there I am probably thinking more in terms of illustration than fashion. As I write, I have a half sewn dress in the kitchen. Rayon fabric from Etsy, which the seller claimed was from the 1940s. I pondered it last night and hoped it was actually a 70s reinterpretation of the 40s, not least as then it will be less likely to fall apart after a couple of washes.
ReplyDeleteBy the way -- Julianne you are completely amazing for being able to fit into your old clothes so beautifully, especially given all of the changes your body has been through!
Ooh YES! I love kitschy 60's does Victoriana too - those high necks and frilly fronts. Can't wait to see your half made dress completed!
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