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Archive of 2022-2023: Cool winter outfit in style of the 1915 with real vintage toque hat & cardigan

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And again, I am showing you an outfit with red. In general, red is a universal shade - it can be combined with almost all colors. The main thing is to have confidence in yourself and not be afraid to experiment.  The red color in this outfit is represented by a vintage cardigan that replaces a blouse, a thin belt, gloves, a bag and lipstick.  Finding really vintage fitted cardigans is very difficult. Basically they are very expensive.  And most stores - both vintage and secondhand - are flooded with long and shapeless modern options.  My cardigan is an excellent example of vintage - fitted and decorated. Moreover, rhinestones are not glued and not made of plastic, but sewn and made of glass. I paired the cardigan with a high waist button detail flare maxi skirt. To emphasize the high waist of the skirt, I tucked the cardigan into it.  I put on a fitted jacket over the cardigan. This time, I picked up a toque-style hat for my new toilet. But what is this hat? The history of the hat bega

Archive of 2022-2023: Cool winter outfit in style of the 1936-1937 with real vintage skirt by "Punainen Rukki"

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In this outfit, I show a Finnish skirt by the Finnish boutique studio "Punainen Rukki". The name "Punainen Rukki" means "Red Spinning Wheel", which is its trademark.  It was founded in the late 1960s by  textilemaker and designer  Kaisa Mäkelä in Helsinki. Finding out more about Kaisa Mäkelä is not possible, because the article about this woman is in the paid online version of the newspaper. However, I managed to find out that the years of her life were 1941-2007. Therefore, I will talk about Finnish machine knitting, which was once common in Finland, because the fabric of my skirt was machine-knitted from wool. At the end of the 19th century, along with traditional knitting needles, a new working tool came to Finnish crafts - a knitting machine. Therefore, the knitting process has become faster. At the same time, a new profession was born - mechanized knitters working at home. In 1889, the engineer Theodor Neovius founded a wholesale and retail shop in He