Thursday, August 20, 2009

Dream Dresses

{photo via 100 Layer Cake}

This photo just kills me. If there is one time period or era of fashion that I'm completely obsessed with, it's the 1920's. I often prowl vintage clothing sites, dreaming of one day owning a real, honest-to-god flapper dress -- complete with intricate beading, a perfect drop-waist, and dreamy delicate layers. I would cheerfully take any one of these...

Is there a particular era that you are smitten by? What is your dream dress??

**If you like vintage fashion as much as me, you should take a peek at the online vintage clothing boutique, Vintage Textiles.

11 comments:

Sam said...

I love, love the '20s of course but I'm rather partial to the Edawrdian Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau beautiful just out of corsets (maybe not quite) dresses a decade or so earlier. Poirot was it? A pretty New Lok A line Dior dress would be nice too! Maybe anything Grace kelly in To Catch a thief or Rear Window?

These are beautiful - what a line up!

Anonymous said...

*drooling all over MacBook and Boyfriend and everything*

Those dresses are too gorgeous. Why must you torture us? Why, I say! And the photo in itself is pure perfection.

Love the new layout, and I think I know why you're having problems with the header. It seems like when you've chosen a new layout, the standard for the standard size of the header has also changed, causing the old header to lose its proportions. To fix it I suppose you'll have to create a new header (which will fit the new "header-standard"), or do it with css (if you can do this with Blogspot - one of the reasons I like wordpress soooo much better!).

I'm actually working on a new layout myself, thank you for the inspiration!

Sharon S said...

Hi there-wow I agree, these are just stunning! Hope you are well!

Greetz from Tiz said...

These dresses are a dream...
I adore the 40's,the small waist and the feminality of these years.
thank you for sharing...

greetz

Sarah Von Bargen said...

Ahhh - those *are* gorgeous! I can always go for a pale pink dress with a black lace overlay. Yum!

Kira Aderne said...

The new dresses collection from H&M!
They are amazing!!!

{Tara} said...

Sam -- Oh, Poiret!! Can you imagine finding a real Poiret dress?? Probably all in museums!

Airam -- LOL! I love it...I know, I kinds want to find where this picture was taken and go steal all of these! Thanks for the design advice -- I'm going to try and work on a bit more in Photoshop today...

Sharon -- Thanks so much Sharon, and you as well!

{Tara} said...

Tiz -- Yes...the 40's was a fantastic era as well -- so ladylike!

Sarah -- That sounds gorgeous...I'm loving lace right now.

Kira -- I haven't seen them, I must check it out! Thanks Kira.

Unknown said...

woow wonderfull dresses!!! thx for ur comment on Kira!

Anonymous said...

Any of the ones that appear in your pic could be my dream dress, yes! :) The problem is I would never find the right occasion to wear it...

{Tara} said...

v -- thanks, and you're welcome!! ;)

ithunter -- I know...we need more occasions!