Work on this vintage wedding dress requires patience and skill. So far I’ve spent over 2 hours unpicking the zipper and separating the bodice from its voluminous skirt and there are many more hours of this painstaking work to go. I have to carefully slip the tip of the unpicker, or seam ripper, under every … Continue reading
The 1950’s, had not just one ‘look’, but the silhouettes from this period are instantly recognisable, think big skirts and tulle petticoats. Marilyn Monroe and Grace Kelly, two of Hollywood’s biggest stars, were both married in the 1950’s. Grace Kelly’s dress and wedding was the stuff of fairytales. Not quite Cinderella, her magnificent dress reflected the importance of the … Continue reading
I’m being fed lovely photos of the ‘woman who wore the dress’. The woman I’m interested is second from the left. Her name is Jan. Brit tells me “In 1955 Jan went on a working holiday to Europe. This is her outside Glencoe YHA Scotland, 2nd from left, next to dad’s cousin Judy, who later introduced … Continue reading
It all started with an intriguing form submission via my website http://www.pearlbutton.com.au asking me if I’d be interested in doing some work on a vintage dress. Following a few email conversations, we arranged to talk. The voice on the other end of the phone was excited and full of enthusiasm, I liked this person instantly. … Continue reading
Crown your veil with something old like an heirloom doiley accented with handmade silk flowers and tiny antique glass beads. Even better if someone in your family made it. Continue reading
Estella Havisham isn’t the only one to wear old wedding dresses…dressing up in them is fun even if you are wearing inappropriate footwear. That is the toe of a converse peeping out from under the hem. It is possible to get the feeling for the time this was worn. This dress is made by hand.Did … Continue reading
Is your neck looking a bit scruffy these days? I found some vintage collars at the Love Vintage Fair in Sydney that could fix this. The collars were hiding in a huge pile of doilies and napkins at a stall.It was very exciting pulling them out of the lucky dip of doilies.There were no garments … Continue reading
Yesterday my very beautiful and decorative friend Jane and a young Japanese friend of hers Hanae and I trawled through the Aladdins cave that is the Love vintage fair at Canterbury race course. Colour, texture, movement it was a sensory overload of the best kind. I lost track of the time trying on mad hats. … Continue reading
Ethical travel & sustainable living
by Alisson Simmonds
Letters Home From The Field
A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read.
creating beautiful journals and artist books
Award-winning Scottish publishing and design
The Art and Craft of Blogging
Now and then comments from a lazy bookseller
Blog & site of children's book author Tara Lazar
ELISABETH NEWTON PEARLS
Fiction, reviews and commentary
the intersection of graphic design + picture books
Pearl Button Bridal 