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[imoldfashioned]

That's a luscious green! So 40's. I've got a plainer version of that coat (all black, persian lamb on the long collar only) and I wear it constantly. Does yours close with hooks and eyes too?

 

[Trixie]

1940s linen dress which will most likely crease like crazy

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All very nice! I especially love this dress. It's just such a nice, basic 40s dress that works for everything!

And Sally, love all the green! Very nice!

 

[ShooShooBaby]

It's just such a nice, basic 40s dress that works for everything!

yeah, it seems like this would be the perfect dress to try out interchangeable collars (like the ones you see in the Make-n-Mend-type books), or belts!

 

[kamikat]

SarahLouise, so many lovely things! I'm jealous!

 

[deadpandiva]

This was listed as 1940's but it looks 50's to me. I got a good price. I hope I like it in person.

 

[$ally]

That's a luscious green! I've got a plainer version of that coat (all black, persian lamb on the long collar only) and I wear it constantly. Does yours close with hooks and eyes too?

Mine doesn't have closures at all. Please post a pic of yours!

 

[pennyseranade]

This was listed as 1940's but it looks 50's to me. I got a good price. I hope I like it in person.

I like it, but your right, definitely 50s. I hope you like it when it arrives.

 

[imoldfashioned]

Very 50's to me--secretary chic! Love the color and the tie at the throat. Please post pictures of you wearing it when it arrives. That goes for you too Bella and Pink (that alpha print is fab!)

 

[imoldfashioned]

Mine doesn't have closures at all. Please post a pic of yours!

By popular demand, my 40's wool coat trimmed with fake persian lamb. It has padded shoulders and slash pockets in the front. The "fur" is worn away at the edges in some places, I need to blacken the underfabric so it's not as visible. It's surprisingly warm:

The front

A better look at the collar

The back has a pleat that starts mid-back (barely visible here)

The best picture I could get of one of the four heavy hook and eye closures

When it's not freezing (the way it has been lately) I usually wear the coat with this hat, which I bought separately:

I'm not sure what date the hat was made--the label looks 40sish but the style is nearly a pillbox. The hat is rigid, not soft. Any ideas girls?

 

[Trixie]

Oh it's absolutely beautiful!!

 

[Mojito]

Green and black - oh, Deadpandiva, I do love that colour combination! And the perfect belt.

I'moldfashioned, I had to read back through your message to check whether or not the coat and hat were purchased as a set. Any chance of a photo of you wearing the combo?

 

[goldwyn girl]

deadpandiva, that frock is fab!!

imoldfashioned, it's lovely and to have matching pieces is always bonus.

 

[BegintheBeguine]

Got this for ten bucks. Looks better on me.

Here's a link to the back view http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...item=310005047217&_trksid=p3984.cWON.m313.lVI
Also got this for ten bucks.

 

[imoldfashioned]

I'moldfashioned, I had to read back through your message to check whether or not the coat and hat were purchased as a set. Any chance of a photo of you wearing the combo?

Thanks Trixie and Mojito. Next time I go out I'll take a picture of me wearing the coat and hat (today's my first day of vacation so I'm lying low--tomorrow I have plans though). I wish $ally and I could take a picture together too!

 

[$ally]

Thanks Trixie and Mojito. Next time I go out I'll take a picture of me wearing the coat and hat (today's my first day of vacation so I'm lying low--tomorrow I have plans though). I wish $ally and I could take a picture together too!

Wouldn't that be fun? I don't have a cool matching hat (yet) I'm working on a green one.

 

[Miss Brill]

I haven't taken pictures of this week's finds, but I found the sweetest little black pancake/cartwheel hat, it was $4 and still looks very new. I found a deco mirror & brush set for $5, it needs repainting because the enamel is chipped off, but I don't see them very often anymore, so I couldn't leave it behind, and I found a Sergey Eylanbekov deco-style panther sculpture from 1996, and it was only $9.99. And, finally, I found a vintage 1950s(?) aluminum ice bucket with a crockery-type liner, and paid only $6 for it.

Pics:

My faux-snood hat from last month:

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Got this pretty lil number from my friends at Hollywood Regency.

 

[ShooShooBaby]

pink, that's really pretty! i have a very, very similar sweater-chain. (is that what they're called?)

 

[Josephine]

... I found the sweetest little black pancake/cartwheel hat, it was $4 and still looks very new.

I really like that hat! :eusa_clap

 

[Miss Brill]

I really like that hat! :eusa_clap

Thanks! I don't find hats very often, and they usually don't suit me if I do (they are usually cocktail hats). So I was giddy at finding this one (and the snood, for that matter).