Dress arrived!
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If you follow me on facebook, you might have seen me recently wondering about whether or not to buy this vintage dress. I bought it, and it arrived today. It is lovely, fits well (except for maybe some minor alterations in the bodice–it’s a tiny bit loose), and I am SO excited. 
It does smell faintly musty, so if anyone has any good advice about how to deal with that, I’d love to hear it!
I am now totally addicted to shopping for vintage (and retro-styled) items. Check out my Pretty Dresses board on Pinterest, if you are so inclined…
I might need to learn to sew…vintage dresses aren’t easy to find in my size (was everyone teeny tiny? or did everyone just use a girdle/corset to squeeze into teeny tiny dresses? Hrm. Anyway, there are lots of vintage patterns for sale on Etsy, but I have never been good at such things. Maybe time to try again?
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Date: 2012-01-18 09:33 pm (UTC)Historic comment: I clearly remember my mother regularly wearing a girdle in the 60's. This had mostly disappeared when pantyhose became cheap in the 70's.
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