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Sunday, August 14, 2011

Date Night Dresses from 1959

These dresses are from an ad in a 1959 Mademoiselle magazine. The ad reads "Let's make in short...all night long" in regards to the short (knee-length) dresses. The dresses were made of silk, silk organza, or rayon, in sizes 5-15 for Juniors, in colors white, pink or blue, and costs originally $25 to $45.








I love the details on these bodices and the cinched waist, something to consider when designing your own. Although, a cinched waist wouldn't work on me these days but tucked darts and empire waist, oh yes!

Do you have a favorite?

8 comments:

  1. Well, in 1959 I would have been six, and at that time, I think that I would have picked the lovely ruffled number on the left of the Dansant Frocks page. Now, I'm thinking either of the three-quartered sleeve dresses would be more to my liking. But Barbara's lovely rose-printed dress is a knock out! These are great ads, Victoria!

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  2. Ha Ha! I was seven, but I would have loved to play dress up in these dresses, I was a real girly girl. Thanks!

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  3. This is beautiful! Im a collector of late forties to early fifties clothing and dresses like those aren't so cheap to come across. Oh to go back in time and only pay 25 dollars for a new 50s dress! The ads are gorgeous and I'd definitely go the top two dresses, which are lovely!
    Have a fabulous day and thanks for the inspiration
    MeggieLoveday (dot blogspot dot com)

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  4. MeggieLoveday, I love the clothes you are wearing on your blog, what a beautiful collection of dresses. Has anyone told you you look like Lana Turner see photo: http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR3BuFppIAZwfPoJr6ElJ0nxuJd3vW8-zPKV_7pkYOdK6W36Rlhcg or more current actress is Betty from Mad Men. Your photos are amazing!

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  5. Thanks for sharing these lovely illustrations! I would wear any of these dresses actually depending on the print and color : )

    www.mrschong.com

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  6. ohmygosh, those dresses are all fantastic!

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  7. Thanks to you all, happy you like these dresses!

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  8. Hey,Im a 12 year old girl and I draw fashion designs.If you wanna see it,do it on crazykidstyleemcks.blogspot.com :)

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