Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

Hello again, the 1940s! My new outfit stays true to the trends of that decade.  In addition to two things from two high fashion designers: the American "David Hayes" and the Italian "Valentino", I show another creation of my friend-photographer Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska and me.  Once again, this hat is fully crocheted from vintage cotton yarn according to a vintage crochet pattern. The hat is soft and without a frame, when folded it fits even in a small pocket! Besides to the fact that, despite its conciseness and apparent simplicity, it looks elegant on the head, the hat is once again true to the trends of ecology and sustainability.   Now let’s talk about brands. My silk fitted short jacket, I date from the beginning of the "David Hayes" brand when he made his clothes for "Saks Fifth Avenue".   Even though "David Hayes" was quite famous and a luxury brand, not much is known about it. Very often, its creator David Micha...

As promised, I show the second version of wearing of the outfit with the same really vintage straight pencil dress and cotton belt with metal Art Nouveau style floral shaped buckle as in the previous outfit (“Archive of 2022: Very hot autumn outfit in style of 1945 with real vintage pencil dress & bowler hat").  This time I decided to pair the dress with a really vintage silk swing dustcoat/swagger and a really vintage Spanish cream raffia and straw wide brim picture cartwheel hat made in Andalusian city of Granada. I already had several outfits with hats without labels, which, according to the junk seller from the flea store, were also manufactured by "Modas Flora Granada". But this hat is one of two from my collection that has the label of this manufacturer. Even less is known about vintage Spanish brands of clothing and accessories than about any other European brands. Unfortunately, except their virtual world, modern Europeans and specifically Spaniards are of l...