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FABULOUS FIND! EARLY 1950’S 2-PC SWEATER DRESS – VA-VA-VOOM!!
What a wiggle dress this is! Marilyn Monroe – move over!! What a rare find – couldn’t believe it when it appeared (no, I fib. Of course I could). It’s hand-knitted, as was the one given to me...
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GORGEOUS TWO-PIECE DRESSES THAT WOMEN DREAMED OF KNITTING IN THE 1950’S
Yes, they dreamed. A few of them actually did it, though it took phenomenal skill with needles or a knitting machine to make one of these outfits with good fit and beautifully-finished detail. The...
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HOW POPULAR DRESS STYLES FOLLOWED AND PROMOTED CULTURAL CHANGE – 1950’S ERA
In the decade that followed World War 2 the image of women in society had been changed by the independence and social involvement required of them during the 1930’s Depression era and the war effort...
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PART OF MODERN ’50’s –’60’s LIFE IS TRAVEL – A NEW SENSE OF FREEDOM FOR...
In the late 1950’s and early 1960’s needlework magazines embraced this exciting adventure and symbol of the Good Life and modern prosperity. Women were still mostly “at home”, but were REALLY getting...
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POST-WAR 1950’S NEW LOOK FASHION MADE THE CIRCLE SKIRT A GO-TO FAVORITE
Whether daily shopping, a rockabilly event or dressy dance, circle skirts were a style front-runner and showed up everywhere. This trend had started with some peasant styles in the 1940’s, but really...
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TUCKED-IN HAND-KNIT SWEATER-TOPS WEREN’T JUST FOR SKIRTS ANYMORE. A FUN 1954...
Women were wearing pants more and more in the 1950’s. You’d really want to create this outfit after your trip to Spain! And, DOLMAN SLEEVE SWEATERS – LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!! They’re so Forties and I can’t...
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THE MODERN 1950’S LIFE OF LEISURE IS THE SPORTY LIFE
This had always been true for the upper classes, so in the 1950’s the whole family got in on the act and Mom knit activewear for everyone. Although commercially-made knit bathing suits were common in...
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“CAMELOT” CHANGED EVERYTHING
Right around 1960, when the Kennedys stepped foot into the White House, women’s fashion underwent a major change. Jacqueline Kennedy’s elegant and modern simplicity of dress was a powerful influencer...
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NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FRENCH WOMEN’S CLOTHING STYLES HIT THE SCENE IN THE EARLY...
Pants, skirts and culottes! Very avant garde for the U.S. But, ladies with knitting needles were not timid and the pattern magazines spurred them on. No one can say that “American” women didn’t avidly...
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NOT TO BE OUTDONE, EVEN BY THEMSELVES, 1960’S KNITTING STARS TOOK ON MAKING...
Harking back to 1950’s styles, or with Swiss, Italian and British style inspiration and yarns, intrepid needlecrafters went for it. In the spirit of Jacqueline Kennedy’s famous cloth coats in elegant...
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