Vintage Halloween: Pumpkin Circle Skirt

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Vintage Halloween: Pumpkin Circle Skirt

Have a great Halloween! Hope your holiday circle skirt collection has something as fun as this for you to wear today.

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Vintage Dress: 1960s Mod Party Outfit

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg217/pintucks/fallcolorMODvintage_zps02f08ac4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="500" src="http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg217/pintucks/fallcolorMODvintage_zps02f08ac4.jpg" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br />This is a fun vintage fashion look from the 1960's. A Mod silk dress in autumn colors is perfect for parties. Right about now most of us have quite a few events in our schedule, and maybe one or two should include some sort of great outfit like this. <br /><br />This mid-1960s (based on the longer length) dress is couture quality. With an "I. Magnin" label to validate this quality, it is of the lightest silk chiffon, edged in hand beaded collar and cuffs. This longer length can easily be taken up to a shorter hem, but I am listing it in that original length. It could also be belted, since it is a classic 'shift' silhouette. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2zHbWuY3iUZ2oQy9MyTdgETCoBJ4Vutb0IDlyLzY6XR_bjm260f0YTApC4tYwiqcTgMreOOs0VnDHkHk2D0R0bo1uYY5Dth8FRy7xhoCkScOz8NPcGLnxQUYuitXMAuU1ztZ9boDafTc/s1600/IMG_8545.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="550" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl2zHbWuY3iUZ2oQy9MyTdgETCoBJ4Vutb0IDlyLzY6XR_bjm260f0YTApC4tYwiqcTgMreOOs0VnDHkHk2D0R0bo1uYY5Dth8FRy7xhoCkScOz8NPcGLnxQUYuitXMAuU1ztZ9boDafTc/s640/IMG_8545.JPG" width="550" /></a></div><br />Here is a close-up detail of this wonderful fabric and delicate beading around the neckline. You can see more of this MOD DRESS <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/108433427/fall-color-silk-chiffon-mod-shift?ref=shop_home_active"><b>HERE</b></a><br /><br />

Vintage Dress: 1960s Mod Party Outfit

This is a fun vintage fashion look from the 1960's. A Mod silk dress in autumn colors is perfect for parties. Right about now most of ...

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Edith Head: "Sabrina" & "Penelope" gowns

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn9-puKguZtsu1WB06QkfrXvEX964Bf5q8L8Dcvo4IuAKjB4qAv_fHBdUwYVCJFMm8V-3DlBxR3p9-BriMpxrZfjQFfuybHT-xM4QqLF5bzF07uaDI84-TkIuz47XBi_dlFiqZWTQikmD/s1600/IMG_5455.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbn9-puKguZtsu1WB06QkfrXvEX964Bf5q8L8Dcvo4IuAKjB4qAv_fHBdUwYVCJFMm8V-3DlBxR3p9-BriMpxrZfjQFfuybHT-xM4QqLF5bzF07uaDI84-TkIuz47XBi_dlFiqZWTQikmD/s400/IMG_5455.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br />The Google banner for Edith Head has inspired me to repost this article from a few years back on her design for "Sabrina" in 1954. I am adding a great illustration for Natalie Wood's role in "Penelope" from 1966 as well. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGziYvta57pj19ZDcL5a67ZQQuyEbbfhFEvuglUPJd0gvwplhVqGhcK37xuwtl50a9yufzKT7UVMq4NWghAu4f8OpxXkvYPQ4Fwqe0t-vRtHwyimBS3vhq3cDo074lV9DEMPNBVVjQNh2c/s1600/sabrina.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGziYvta57pj19ZDcL5a67ZQQuyEbbfhFEvuglUPJd0gvwplhVqGhcK37xuwtl50a9yufzKT7UVMq4NWghAu4f8OpxXkvYPQ4Fwqe0t-vRtHwyimBS3vhq3cDo074lV9DEMPNBVVjQNh2c/s640/sabrina.2.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Edith Head illustration for Audrey Hepburn as "Sabrina" </span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8YnOP77LwHG8y2w5y3Oxbgg569jCM7elWzhaRg1PcUIoGKgu_GuGqmGa4GJk8a9Wfeyw7KSYO53x1KfxMSMUGIVvPRoQx0eFJM_qpEQIdESEdSrZBQezHXG-lusBkKIfa-dt3xxch0S/s1600/Sabrina+style+dress.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="3002" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689372789643464338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVE8YnOP77LwHG8y2w5y3Oxbgg569jCM7elWzhaRg1PcUIoGKgu_GuGqmGa4GJk8a9Wfeyw7KSYO53x1KfxMSMUGIVvPRoQx0eFJM_qpEQIdESEdSrZBQezHXG-lusBkKIfa-dt3xxch0S/s400/Sabrina+style+dress.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 500px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 500px;" /></a><br /><br /><br />This look is so classic and as perfect for this New Year's as it was in the 1950's. You can whip up your own version with a 1950's vintage sewing pattern such as Simplicity 3002. Current retro style patterns Vogue #8874 or #8789 when sewn up in black also have this vintage look with its horizontal neckline. Wouldn't that be fun!<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlhVIV4VirA09IX509ionQ-2C7E10-Ts4QSK1PvSWbfh75w2Cwa5U7mIXUiqQbVFI2jXMmWisHXCy5kZcuT_mkD0b1epM9LcgPPBOl2q-2rsCU6NVewMR3BUxzi41A-KbDPsF-skC81p3/s1600/IMG_5469.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlhVIV4VirA09IX509ionQ-2C7E10-Ts4QSK1PvSWbfh75w2Cwa5U7mIXUiqQbVFI2jXMmWisHXCy5kZcuT_mkD0b1epM9LcgPPBOl2q-2rsCU6NVewMR3BUxzi41A-KbDPsF-skC81p3/s640/IMG_5469.JPG" width="473" /></a></div><br /><br />For the Natalie Wood film "Penelope", in 1966 Edith designed a dramatic wedding gown with a "hi-lo" hemline that is alot like what we are seeing so much of in gowns right now. This was to have had a very Mod look to it, with an "A" line open lattice cage shape over a little shift dress. <br /><br />

Edith Head: "Sabrina" & "Penelope" gowns

The Google banner for Edith Head has inspired me to repost this article from a few years back on her design for "Sabrina" in 1954....

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