Archive of 2022: Very hot autumn outfit in style of 1964 with handmade platter hat & pencil skirt
With this new outfit, I once again demonstrate the creation of hands of my friend photographer Alexandrina Wasiliewa-Szylowska with the assistance of me . Again, this is a hat that we made from an old really vintage cellulose straw braid, to which a really vintage silk flower was sewn inside, close to its edge. Combining a really vintage straight pencil skirt with a really vintage swing blouse makes it a 1964 suit. I saw a similar one on a McCall's pattern of that year. However, this outfit also has something of the Egyptian style. Not only a bag with a print, but also the very shade of clothes and accessories, personally evokes in my memory the ancient Egypt with its pyramids and desert. But what is a pencil skirt? Let's turn to history! It is believed that the pencil skirt evolved from the sheath dress designed by the famous Gabrielle Coco Chanel in 1926 (LBD or little black dress style). However, there is another version of the appearance of a pencil skirt. The prot...