Showing posts with label tent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tent. Show all posts
Friday, February 7, 2014
Escape the February Winter Blues, 1970s Style
Tired of winter? Ponder a getaway to warmer climes in superb travel clothes from 1973!
Consider this all-weather coat from Vogue and Yves St Laurent, with its tented flare and bold collar. It's perfect for making your escape with incredible style and great ease. :D
Monday, September 30, 2013
Spotted in a Shop Window - Swing Coat!
What do you think? Is this not a super-cute coat? It has more than a tent silhouette - it has beautiful bias flared swing fullness.
It reminds me of the coats of the 1940s (and a bit in the early 1950s). In that era coats with swing fullness (especially in the back) were enormously popular. Adult or child, these coats were definitely tailored, and had delicious back fullness and flared drape. Here are a few examples from patterns currently in my shop:
It reminds me of the coats of the 1940s (and a bit in the early 1950s). In that era coats with swing fullness (especially in the back) were enormously popular. Adult or child, these coats were definitely tailored, and had delicious back fullness and flared drape. Here are a few examples from patterns currently in my shop:
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