The dress that went to see some sights

I bought this dress at the end of last summer so I have not posted on it before. It's probably late 40's made of cotton and features on quite a lot of photo's because I wore it on 'days out'. The color worked wonderfully well with all kinds of environments. Like pink flowerbeds our Boucher paintings.



Painting by Boucher in the Hamburger Kunsthalle.



When this picture was taken I had just bought a new camera with some surprising functions. I soon found out that some could be used to create funny effects, so i'm looking at Manet's 'Nana' in duplo.

My 1940's summer wardrobe

Well warm weather has arrived and as usual I've already started on the 'concepts'of my summer wardrobe(actually started in January). I normally split things up between a ca. 1935-50 and a 1950-65 part.
Last year I wore a lot of cotton 50's dresses. Most of the 40's dresses I owned were made of rayon crepe, a fabric that is somewhat chalenging to wash. The dangers of shrinkage an color bleeding are always luring over the side of my bathtub (where I wash most vintage pieces since I do not trust dry cleaning. Also: most of my 40's dresses were in autumnal wintry colors or black (lots of 3/4 and long sleeves too). Lately I bought several late 30's and 40's dresses that will do perfect for this summer.
For now just a quick repost of some 40's summer looks I already posted.



First is a late '40 or early 50's cotton dress. The hem has been taken up so it falls on my knee so the dress looks rather mid 40's.



A blue crepe dress. Perfect for days that are not too warm or to sunny. I wore it quite often last summer.......


A bolero suit ideal because it is not a floral dress but something a bit more serious.


Late 30's silk dress, quite frail,quite precious, not easy to clean,difficult.....

Sunny solemn sunday

Yesterday was the first day it really felt like spring. A perfect time to spend in the open air. Instead of a usual park I visited Zorgvlied a cemetery near Amsterdam with a friend. The atmosphere is ofcourse rahter solemn, a perfect place for contemplation.








As most old cemeteries Zorgvlied houses many animals and plants. These blooming flowers (also keeping in mind that flowers were used as vanitas symbols throughout history) make you think even more.......