My favorite vintage dresses!

The sky is blue, the sun is out and it's got me in a Spring cleaning kinda mood! While cleaning out and organizing my closet I re-discovered my vintage dress collection. Over the years I've collected vintage dresses here and there. Some were my mom's, some I've come across in thrift and vintage stores and a few were given to me. Inspired by the sunshine I donned each dress and did a mini fashion show for my cat Boo Kitty. Here are my favorites...

 This dress was my mom's from the 60's. You can't tell from

the pic but it's made of gorgeous velvet! Of course what

makes the whole dress is the groovy embroidered band.

I just love that my mom wore it to some chic event all

those years ago and now I have it to enjoy.

 I found this at a thrift store and just had to buy it even 

though I had no idea where I would ever wear an orange

crocheted dress. As soon as I saw it I knew it would fit me 

perfectly. I'm a really miniature person so it's hard to 

find anything vintage that fits so to find this was a true 

treasure! (Boo Kitty said that this was his favorite.)

Picked up this dress at a vintage store. It was way, way too

big for me but I just loved the lace top and the cut of it.

My mom tailored it to fit me, re-lining the lace, chopping

the hem and taking it in all over. Thanks mom! (Please 

excuse my random shoes in this pic. I just realized 

that I forgot to change them to coordinate with the dress.)

This dress isn't truly vintage like the first three. I guess it's

new vintage, if that even makes sense. It's a Bebe dress 

from the early 90's. A gal I used to work with gave it to me. 

I can't remember where she said she got it but she gave 

it to me because I was the only person she knew who 

would fit into it.

 

This dress isn't vintage at all but I think it kinda looks

70's bohemian and I sewed it myself so I thought I'd 

throw it in here.  I made this dress out of a sarong that 

my cousin brought me from the Philippines. I thought

the fabric was gorgeous but the sarong itself was so

big it wrapped around me twice. So I hacked it up 

and came up with this design. I've never worn it 

because I'm not exactly sure where to wear it but I 

think it's pretty cute for my very first attempt at 

sewing a piece of clothing.