Showing posts with label fur collar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fur collar. Show all posts

Thursday, January 30, 2014

Fashionable History: Winter Fashion By Decade- 1920's

Brrrr! It's freezing this winter! When it's cold like this, I live in sweaters, hats and scarves and static un-styled hair. An injection of vintage in my daily life hardly appears. Unlike the Summer when retro dresses are a plenty! That got me thinking more and more about what was fashionable, in the past, in the Winter. Perhaps, I need some inspiration. So for the next few weeks, we are going to explore Winter Fashion By Decade. Starting with the 1920's. If you live in a warm climate-or Southern Hemisphere check out my series of Swimwear By Decade I posted a few years back. 



Women in the 1920's hardly seem bothered by the cold. Silk and knit underwear was popular as well as layers of wool and velvet. 


Wool velour and fur trim! These coats do look warm and glamorous! No goose down and polartec, though like we have today.


The Collegiate sportswear look was becoming popular outside of sports for the first time, as well as on the slopes. Women could be casual in sweaters, tweeds, and argyles during the day.
But of course, glamour girls have got to be glamorous. The bigger the fur trim the better! Many furs popular in the 1920's have become extinct or protected.


Louise Brooks, giving us the ultimate in 1920's winter glamour. I need that coat!

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

My Vintage Vanity: Fur Shawl Collar Cardigan


 I simply adore my ivory fur collar cardi I scored in Phoenix a couple of years ago! It adds glamour to the simplest of outfits. Rhinestones, fur, lace lining! What's not to love? I have a similar one in black with brown fur that I got on Etsy awhile ago too. I can see a collection forming. 
I usually wear this to work with either a pencil skirt or over a vintage dress to stay warm. Here is how I wore it out to brunch over the weekend:
 Wide leg jeans from Grey Ant. I bought those at Intermix in Miami years ago. The first jeans or pants for that matter that I have ever had to cut or hem. You can't tell in these photos but I'm pretty tall and usually long jeans are hard to find! 

 My bracelet, while hard to see here, was a gift from my husband. It's a 1950's "copy" bracelet, meaning the original owner in the 50's had the real diamond one safe and sound in her safe! This was her duplicate to wear out. 

 Oh, and do you like my new Bettie bangs? 

 Bone platforms from Chelsea Crew. I bought these in Brooklyn. 

I love dark hose with a light shoe! Knee-his from Sock Dreams.



ps. Have you entered my Shabby Apple Moon River Dress giveaway? It ends TONIGHT!!