Saturday, July 31, 2010

Christy: Little house on the estate sale

Nearly a year ago I attended an estate sale in a richer part of Montreal. All of it was interesting from the vintage play boy magazines to the old furniture but the only things I bought were a vintage crinoline that I later chopped short and this strange jumper/pinafore/dress thingy. I just recently pulled it out and realized that while it's a bit strange, if i removed the top bib part it would make a very decent full skirt.
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I decided to take pictures of it before it hit the chopping block. It has a very nice feel and is obviously hand made.

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The check print seemed very prairie and reminded me of the days when the idea of wearing pioneer clothes appealed strongly to me.
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Though this would have belonged to a very sassy pioneer lady.
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I was a little confused as to which part was the front and which part was the back. I hazarded a guess and wore it this way but i may have gotten it wrong.
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The next time you see this dress it will be a skirt.
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I tremendously enjoyed reading all your comments on my last post about the obstacles in the path of fashion. I feel like I"m getting to know you guys so much better through your comments. Laura and I started this blog before we were really aware of how far reaching the fashion blog community is and I feel like only now am I really becoming a very small part of it.

Thanks for all the advice on the topic of ways to overcome laziness/lack of inspiration. I've been trying to plan my outfits ahead of time so we'll see if there's a spike in my inspiration in the future.

I hope you guys are all having a splendid weekend and I"ll try to update again soon.

Christy

11 comments:

Carys said...

What a lovely find, I can't wait to see it as a skirt too!
The gingham print is lovely, and the trimmings are so sweet!
From Carys of La Ville Inconnue

aurora. said...

such a cute outfit!
i love the gingham print :)

http://vintageaurora.blogspot.com/
xoxo

Ali Hval said...

That is a suepr cute dress! I love the red trim along the edges, it makes it pop so perfectly! :) I kind of like the bib part, it looks sort of like an apron from Little House on the Prarie, hehe. :D
..and vintage play boy magazines? hahaha that made me laugh.

Amelia said...

clever title! props for that.

i love the gingham and the red trimming makes it look so crisp. i think it'll look really cute as a skirt. and i totally can relate to wanting to be a pioneer haha. i read all the little house on the prairie books & played oregon trail.
& thanks so much. i really enjoy reading your blog too. i feel like we'd be really good friends if we lived closer haha is that weird to say?

SomethingDutch said...

I have a friend who's philosophy is: "I wear whatever is on the floor." She usually looks like a kaleidascope, but in the best sense of the word...

That dress makes me want to picnic and possibly frolic in fields. I can't wait to see it altered!

Lavender and Twill said...

That skirt is lovely ~ I am always jealous when I read of American estate sales. I wish they had the same thing in Australia, but we just don't.

xox,
b. of Depict This!

Laura said...

Great find, good luck with the alterations :)

L x

Half Dressed

Bea said...

I love the title of this post. I was such a fan of the Laura Ingalls Wilder series as a kid. I made my Beanie Babies play ma, pa, Beth and Carrie back then.

Whoops, there goes all my street cred :P I love the colors of this dress, Christy!

B from A plus B

Catherine said...

I love it! I am a sucker for gigham so this made me so happy. Can't wait until I see it's new life as a skirt!

The Girl in the Paper Dress

Teresa said...

That is a cute estate sale find! :)

♥ Teresa ♥

Anonymous said...

cute dress!