7.15.2012

FOR THE LOVE OF DRESSES

Since I was a little girl I've always loved dresses. My mom used to make me the most beautiful dresses and I simply adored them.
When I got older I mostly wore jeans and trousers, but the dresses still had a very special place in my heart. As a teenager I started wearing a lot of second hand clothing and also found some vintage dresses, mostly 1970s and 1980s. I grew up, moved into my own apartment in Copenhagen and started filling my closet with dresses. All kind of dresses - new dresses, long dresses, old dresses, high street dresses, black dresses, short dresses, expensive dresses, colorful dresses...
Then one day I discovered a wonderful little boutique in Copenhagen packed with gorgeous dresses and gowns from the 1890s to the 1990s and from that day on I started collecting real vintage dresses. Especially dresses from the late 1940s to the early 1960s are very dear to me.

myvintagevogue.com



3 comments:

  1. hmm tror jeg bliver nødt til at kopiere den der grønne kjole med lyserød krave! Jeg elsker hvordan man sammensatte farver dengang som man ikke gør idag. Tøjet var bare bedre back in the ol' days;)

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  2. Hørt, hørt! Ja farverne er helt fantastiske og tøjet har så mange smukke detaljer, som er meget svære at finde i dag. For ikke at snakke om kvalitet og pasform.. jeg kunne blive ved.

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  3. jeps hvis man er heldig nok til at have de rigtige mål (eller er ferm bag symaskinen) personligt kan jeg slet ikke passe "moderne" tøj da jeg strækker mig over 3 størrelser. Så al magt til vintage og timeglas herfra;)

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