Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

Style clothing from late 1950s to 1960s , as well as authentic vintage from this period, makes up a large part of my wardrobe.  My favorites are the whole early half of the period, with some nice fashion examples from the later half as well.   So, this time my outfit is the 1960s.  But as always, I took the liberty of doing a little research to find out something about the companies that made my things.  Because for me "just to wear" is not interesting. I love the history of fashion and clothes. I like to feel the connection with the past times.   So here's what I was able to find out.   I wear a vintage blouse from the French brand "Bhatti Paris".  This brand was founded in 1980 at Paris by Mehmood Bhatti, a Pakistani-born fashion designer who still exists today. My vintage skirt is from the German brand “Barco Sport Modell”.  The full name of this brand in the 1950s was "BARCO - SPORT Lehmann & Hertel" (Bremen, Admiral str. 2...

For this look, I received a compliment from two elderly Spanish siñoras who asked in French: “Mademoiselle est parisienne, sans doute?” It was very nice, because, unfortunately, modern people are very stingy with compliments.  But these two siñoras were clearly not modern and therefore turned out to be connoisseurs of beauty and sophistication! Surprisingly, there was not a single French thing in that my outfit! Only Italian and Spanish things with an American hat. Now about the hat. The felt hat company "Neumann Endler Inc" was founded in Danbury, Connecticut in 1931-1932. The founders were German immigrants Kurt L. Neumann and Gerhard Endler, as described on page 1312 in volume 4 of Burpee's The Story of Connecticut, by Charles Winslow, Burpee American historical Company, Incorporated, 1939 . "Neumann Endler Inc" existed until 1968. The hats of this company are in collections in various museums: in the Grand Rapids Public Museum in Michigan, in the McLeod Coun...