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Warm spring outfit in style of 1950s in the spirit of the 1930s with real vintage fitted jacket & sheath skirt

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I love green, to say the least. This color goes well with my green eyes, calms me down and I associate with fresh spring greenery. But, unfortunately, in my wardrobe there are not so many things of this color. And until the end of last year, I generally had a dominance of black clothes, which weighed me down a lot. Black jackets, black skirts, black pullovers, black hats, black dresses, black gloves, black shoes... Black is good, but always in combination with another color. It shouldn't be in excess. I believe that no matter what time of the year it is on the street - spring, summer, autumn or winter, you always need to be able to be bright. Although some people for some reason believe that in the cool season you need to dress in dark colors. But for what? There are already few bright colors on the street! Of course, the midi skirt of my present outfit is good, although it is black. But it looks better accompanied by my favorite - a green tint of the jacket. In addition, the black

Cool/warm spring outfit in style of 1948-1949s & "New Look" with real vintage sheath dress by “Margrit Graf”

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It was very difficult to find any information about the “Margrit Graf” brand of my dark gray dress. Unfortunately, the Internet knows a lot about American clothing manufacturers, but from Europe only knows about major masters such as Christian Dior, Gabrielle Chanel, etc.  Meanwhile, there were other people who made their considerable contribution to local fashion, who created things not in on such a large scale and therefore every piece of clothing that has survived, in my opinion, should be valued no less than a dress from Dior.  After all, this is a part of the history of the country, the city, and the World. Because when you read the history of vintage fashion and everywhere you see continuous references to France and Paris, America and New York, a natural question creeps in, was there really nothing in other countries and cities at that time? Did people go naked there? Of course it was not. Of course they didn't. Therefore, for me, finding clothes from some small local Europea