The rest of the beaded dress...

Some smashing ads...

For your viewing pleasure:
I'll take one of each please.

Anyone?

The remake...

You may remember this (one of my first posts):
Well, I took it apart and made a pattern from it. I used super strong linen for it so provided it doesn't fray too much it should hold up for years.

What do you think? Did I do it justice? Be kind this is the first time I have ever ever done anything like this! (Damn I need that Lacer bra!) *Socks and ghostie not included.

Skinny Minnie!

I love days when I look all Skinny Minnie. (Trust me they are few and far between.) Got this dress from the same seller as yesterday's. I will be enlarging the armholes. Dear me my arms hurt!

The bust...

So today's dress was a little snug on the bust. I don't know if you can tell but I could feel it.
I need what the 20s called The Symington Side Lacer. What this bra had was lacing on both sides (kind of like a corset) and you would pull the laces to flatten your bust to get that boyish figure popular in the 20s. I would love to get my hands on a pic of this thing. I can't find one on the internets.

In other news I just finished the beading on this 20s number (Pics of the full dress later):

I don't know if anything in this style appeared in the 20s but I was inspired by this dress:
I don't really care if my dress isn't 20s exact. I mean after all I'm not 20s exact with my hooligan tattoos and such. (Don't get me started on supposed vintage purists.)

New dress...

I won this the other day for under $40. I think people may have been thrown by the seller's measurements (didn't double). Regardless, it's my prize! Now I have 2 black lace 1920s dresses. Come on some variety in my size and price range please!

Stolen...

I totally stole this from another site but thought I'd feature it here in case anyone didn't see it. I tell you the minute time travel is possible I'm going just to shop!
The dresses! The shoes! The diamond back seamed stockings!