Salt and Vintage : July 2013

I've been meaning to post on here but I've been busy as a bee with bridesmaids dresses..soon! 3 of 4 done!

In the meantime, I dug up this lovely gem of myself and had an idea for a blog post. (Not to mention it is a freakish match to the bridesmaid dresses..to come!)

This is me about 4 years old. I specifically remember my mother taking this photo because I am wearing her dress from when she was a little girl. The love of vintage dresses began early! (Note the skinned knees and bowl cut.)

Some specs on the dress:
c. 1959
Label: Baab by GK , which I've discovered was a Canadian manufacturer
Full skirt, with scalloped hem lining, puffed sleeves, tie belt and button back. So sweet.

The best part: Here's the real thing! The colour looks drastically different because I shot these in dim, dim lamp light. It's more like the photo above.

It is so very tiny, which is hard to tell here.

Need to use this technique!

I thought I'd add a few of my other vintage treasures, naturally they each have a story.

My grandma is a fashionable lady.

Here are some of her vintage goodies.

Red leather clutch (inadvertently highlighting my very own vintage-inspired bling.)

Made in Toronto!

Birdcage veil with a velvet bow.

Picnic blanket skirt and top combo. This dress features a very full skirt and a crinoline (not shown since I have been laboriously replicating it in my sewing room).

Love vintage clothing tags.

100% great.

Embellished cashmere sweater.

Goes well with black and white combo above.

More!?

These lovely numbers were given to me after the passing of my cousin Laura. We lost Laura to cancer last year. She was one stylish lady with a love of vintage stores. I miss our days costume hunting in Kensington Market. These two gems were just perfectly my size and I've worn the 1940s day dress plenty of times. They are extremely well made and I cherish them both very much.