Lady Danna Retro & Vintage

I got really tired of the 1960s style outfits. But finally I got the 1940s.  It just so happened that I wore this dress for two photo shoots. Therefore, I had the opportunity to show how it can look different, but at the same time in the spirit of almost the same period. This time I'm demonstrating the first option.  This vintage dress in thick, colorful cotton can be from either the middle of 1940s or the middle of 1960s.  I decided to combine it with various vintage and not quite vintage jewelry that I bought over the years in different places (secondhand and vintage stores, flea markets and shops) and even in different countries. But the final touch was real vintage - handbag and horsehair / nylon bowler hat. But what is a bowler hat? It's funny, but this headdress was invented for foresters! The first bowler was created in 1849 in London by Thomas and William Bowler, based on a sketch by James and George Locke.  A client (commonly believed to be Edward Coke, a Br...

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...