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Favorite Vintage Photos

It's been awhile, but I have been more active on facebook with vintage posts at Oso Victoria Vintage I thought it would be nice to share some of my favorite photos I found, see what you think.

Evening dress by Pierre Balmain from 1957.

Blue-grey silk faille day dress with appliqué, embroidery and beading. Label: "Mme. Chamas, 66 rue des Petits Champs, Paris, France," c. 1890, Kent State University Museum. love D'Artagnan. 

The Fashion Museum announce that 'Royal Women' open on 3 February 2018! This ‘family tree’ exhibition will feature the clothes worn by Queen Alexandra, Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, and Princess Margaret http://ht.ly/vzB 

If this dress was blue it would be a mermaid dress. It is a reproduction of a 1920-30s dress.

1921 America Dress by Harry Collins, worn by Mrs. Francis P. Garvan (Mabel Brady) Peach silk chiffon with turquoise, chartreuse, and pink silk ribbon and metallic trim

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Little Lee of Hollywood worn by Ginger Lee.

1967 bold colors

Prom dress....cocktail gown....evening dress....love the 1960s https://www.etsy.com/listing/399361941/blue-prom-dress-vintage-60s-dress

That's it for now. I hope you enjoy browsing all these fashion from the different eras. More to come so be sure to follow my blog at OsoVictoria.com or find me on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/OsoVictoria/ for the lastest vintage fashion peeks.

Finding Vintage Fashion

Some of my favorite recent vintage finds

1950s black and white cotton fitted dress with full skirt www.etsy.com/listing/518270769

I found this lovely black and white 50s dress at the Gleaners. The Gleaner Thrift Store is a non-profit whose volunteers go out and glean food from the trees and gardens in the local area. I live in Southern Oregon so produce is very abundant  from spring to Fall. Harry and David's is a local company that grow fancy apples and pears in the valley for their gift boxes.

Now-a-days the gleaners also glean food from the local grocery chains and share with other food bank non-profits. The Gleaner Thift Store is one of those crazy stores that have great prices and a very scattered hodge-podge of goods. Although, I noticed in the last few weeks they are getting a bit more tidy in appearance, but so far the prices have still been great.

Are you always searching for the most beautiful and unique clothing that makes your heart jump and gives a jingly thrill. Yes, the trill of the hunt, stalking the stores, estate sales, and those posted yard sale - this way - signs.

Oh ah, and knowing what a long day it has been, but just one more stop, one more, and all day it has been a bust, other than a few okay nothing spectacular finds, but still a find none the less, just so the entire day is not lost chasing the elusive gold.

This is my now new technique for finding those lovelies...I do a craigslist search for garage sales and put vintage in the search bar, once it brings up all the vintage to offer at these sales I look through and see if any of them have clothing, usually they are for vintage collectibles, but every once and a while clothing will come up. I find that estate sale are the best because these are usually from homes of older folks that have hung onto their stuff and are now willing to part ways with their luscious belongings that they have been collecting for years, lucky for us.

white aurora borelis large pin www.etsy.com/listing/189375874

Sometimes when I am out driving for errands I'll pass a yard sale sign and check them out, you can kind of judge by a quick drive by if they may have anything of value worth stopping for, sometimes not and that is a bummer, stopping, getting out walking over not finding anything walking back to the car empty handed. I occasionally will stop at thrift stores because you never know just what they may hold. My favorite thrift stores are the ones in very small towns that are not all gussied up like a boutique, but are a hodge-podge of finds. and then there are the antique and collectible shops. I do like to check these out on occasion, because they do carry what I look for and sometimes I can get some very nice dresses for not to to much, sometimes. Here some more of my favorite recent finds...

1960s pink peignoir set by Kayser ~ sold ~ from an estate sale and shipped to Austria

I scored several 1970s maxi dresses and jumpsuit at the same estate sale as the peignoir.
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So, now that the weather is warming up here in the northern hemispere it is time to get out there a go for the hunt and find those gems. Best of luck! And, come back here and share your favs.

Vintage for Black History Month and Every Month

This dress is from Saint Laurent's "African" collection, his first to look beyond Western fashion. Stylized African motifs and patterns are used to evoke traditional tribal clothing and jewelry. Although inspired by African design, the intricate beading and embroidery were accomplished using materials and techniques typical of couture embellishment.

Yves Saint Laurent evening dress, 1967 from the Musum of Fit

(L) Patrick Kelly 'Ghanian kente cloth' ensemble, spring 1988 / (R) Stella Jean dress of Burkino Faso wax prints, fall 2015

“I’m keen to discover fabrics that people think are produced in a particular location and show them it’s actually a different story altogether,” said designer Stella Jean. Wax prints are often referred to as African fabrics, but in fact are appropriated from African culture and made in Holland. This dress with sharp Italian tailoring incorporates wax prints Jean commissioned from African artisans in Burkina Faso.

(L) Patrick Kelly 'Ghanian kente cloth' ensemble, spring 1988 / (R) Stella Jean dress of Burkino Faso wax prints, fall 2015

Donyale Luna (born Peggy Ann Freeman), model and actress the first African-American Cover Girl and is also considered one of the first Black supermodels. She was the 1st African American model to appear on the cover of British Vogue.

Donyale Luna

Donyale Luna

Donyale Luna

Peggy Dillard-Toone was the second African American woman to appear on the cover of Vogue (Beverly Johnson was the first “Black” woman on the cover. Donyale Luna never identified herself as “black” so many people stripped her of that honor.)

Peggy Dillard-Toone

Another vintage 1960s African American fashion model.

Stunning Vintage Photos Show the Beauty of African-American Women from between 40s via vintage everyday.

Sisters in Skirts 1950’s [Donated by the Earl McCann Collection] ©WaheedPhotoArchive, 2011

Love these skirts!

Helen Williams, a vision in yellow.

Helen Williams

Beautiful Nina Mae McKinney (June 13, 1912 – May 3, 1967) Dubbed "The Black Garbo" in Europe, she was one of the first African-American film stars.

Nina Mae McKinney

 I hope you enjoyed these lovely photos of just a few of the beautiful women and fashions from the past.

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A Beautiful Mid-Century Home

This article was posted on my Facebook from Midcentury Home Magazine. It features the Craig Ellwood Bobrtz home in San Diego, California. I love the tall windows and minimalist decor in the open space. The recent owner restored the home to it's 1956-58 glory. My taste in homes has certainly changed as I grow older and as the years pass. In my teen I loved Victorian structures, still do, I never cared for the moderist look. Now I am more mature, meaning that the moderist style is vintage and I love it, want to make it my own. Time to pass on the frilly crochet doilies, carved chair legs, and gold-gilt pictures and take up a new vintage look. Also, in the near futrue I can't wait to see what my home may look like when I go for the 60's and 70's vintage styles; shag carpets, psychedelic posters and macrame wall hangings, groovey!




Read and see more photo of this fantastic home The Craig Ellwood Bobertz Residence

Adorable Crochet Girls Cloche Hats in the Style of the 20s

My friend Irene shared this link on my Facebook page and I just had to do likewise and share here. These hats are just to cute. And they are free patterns, can't go wrong with that. Enjoy!



Girls Crochet 1920s style hats