Fashion Dresses, Lingerie and Shoes from the 1908 Sears Catalog

Here are some of the lovely day dresses you could have bought from the Sears catalog back in 1908.

These nice separates are just in, so a blouse is called a waist? Pretty sure even when I was willowy thin my waist was never this tiny, ouch! But, the designs are just so lovely.

The waist on these pretty ones go from 22 - 28" And, they are sorry they cannot furnish larger sizes in these styles, oh my what is a girl to do?

A little something to wear under those lovely dresses...

So who is going to be handling these breast that they need not be detected by touch. But, yeah, they produce a perfectly full bust and slender waist decreed by the latest fashion. Okay they have gone a little to far when they state "...or be flat chested, all of which are unnatural..." 

The lingerie is still sexy...

Even though these are muslin, they are so feminine and I would wear these today, and the shoes below too. 

I actually have a modern pair similar to these designs, but I gave them to my daughter because I really don't like to wear shoes, I would wear flip flops all year if it didn't snow here.

I really do love fashion and vintage, and I use to wear vintage, more so when I was younger. These days you'll find me in comfort clothes, skirts, jeans, and t-shirts and sandals or flip-flops with just a splash of trendy fashion.

And you?

Big Hats Galore 1908 Sears Catalog

I love these big hats and even worked up a little scaled down inexpensive version. 

As you can see none of these hats have veils, that came later in the century, What they do have are lots of flowers and ribbon. Pleated ribbon was very popular.

Most of these are straw hats decorated with silk, chiffon, or taffeta flowers and ribbon, a bit of berries and feathers are also used on these very ornate hats. 

Oh, I do wish I could see them in color!

Notice the model rendition drawings have large eyes, straight nose, and a little heart shaped mouth in a rounded face. I would call it a 'doe' face, sweet and demur.

Here is my rendition, I can see I have a ways to go with the ribbon and trim. I used an old white straw hat, covered it in blue tulle, added a wide yellow ribbon and some silk pansy flowers to both sides. What do you think?

I also want to share this link Etsy put up recently on their blog. A short video showing Behida Dolić, a wonderful cloche hat maker. Inside the Milliner’s Studio Stunning work.