Very hot autumn outfit "La Tenue en rose" in style of 1962-1963s with real vintage little pillbox hat

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I apologize for not posting on my blog for too long. It seems that the prolonged heat has begun to adversely affect my health. Hence the delay.




In this outfit, I show off a hat that my photographer friend Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska and I redecorated. 




It was a really vintage pink straw little pillbox hat from the 1950s-1960s. However, its decorations, if any existed, have not survived to this day. 




But we took vintage paper roses and vintage voile décor and redecorated it. It turned out, as it seems to me, very refined and gentle. 





This hat, among more than 20 others, I managed to buy last spring from a French woman who lived in a resort town in Andalusia and kept her own shop. 




She was returning to France and urgently selling her collection of vintage hats. 



It was a very lucky purchase for me, and I regret that such cases are rare.


 



I pair this little pillbox hat with a silk dress from a modern Finnish brand that I bought on sale in a vintage shop. 





The dress has unique vintage style for the modern world and is somewhat similar to the dresses that were worn in 1962-1963. 




In particular, first lady Jacqueline Kennedy wore something similar to mine during a visit to India in 1962. 




And pillbox hats were her favorite hats!





I am wearing:

  • Pink pure silk A-line below the knees length sleeveless fake “two piece” dress with “décolleté Sabrina” by “Your face”, about 2000s-2010s
  • (partly seen) Cream pure silk slip dress by “Hoss Intropia”, about 2010s-2020s
  • Real vintage pink straw little pillbox hat with vintage paper roses and vintage voile décor, about 1950s-1960s, redecorated by Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska and Dannais dde Daneann in 2021
  • Real vintage silver metal with faux cream pearls and rhinestones clip-on earrings, about 1960s
  • Real vintage silver toned metal in wire wrap technique massive cuff bracelet with dragonfly figurine with mother of pearl incrustation in Art Nouveau style, about 1960s-1970s
  • Real vintage pink with red and green flower embroidery wild silk purse, about 1950-1960s
  • Cream leather mid heel shoes, made in Spain, 2020s
  • (on some photos) Pink floral hand painted cloth sun umbrella (parasol) with bamboo handle, about 2000s

 




I think that I got a gentle romantic and unusually elegant image in the style of 1962-1963 and of Jacqueline Kennedy. 





And thanks to the predominance of pink in different shades, also a little in the spirit of my favorite song “La Vie en rose” (“Life in pink”).



 That's why I decided to name my outfit - "La Tenue en rose".

 



The song “La Vie en rose” was sung by the French singer - the inimitable Edith Piaf. 


By the way, Edith Piaf also wrote the lyrics of the song.


The music was written by the Catalan born French musician  Louis Guglielmi, better known as Louiguy.




What do you think? Write your thoughts in the comments, I would be very interested to hear your opinion!




Blog about retro & vintage experience, vintage progress in fashion, daily looks & many more of creative person & just a pretty girl Dannais dde Daneann, also with her art, literary & other works. Bold fashion experiments are illustrated by photos of talented photographer (also milliner/hatter) Aleksandrina Wasiliewa-Szyłowska.

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