How To Wear A Vintage Circle Skirt | Style Notes

 You know those times where you are standing in your closet, in front of dozens of options and you just simply hate everything? Well so do we and nine times out of ten we reach for a full skirt because no matter what they usually kick us out of a fashion rut. There is a reason this shape has been continually produced for decades. There is just something so feminine about a full circle skirt! We have put together some of our favorite vintage and modern looks that feature full circle skirts below to show you how easy they are to work into your everyday wardrobe. If you are as in love with them as we are, take a look at the options we have listed from our vintage shop down at the bottom. 

Our take on how to wear a full vintage skirt! We paired this vintage 1950s circle skirt with our vintage inspired cropped striped Bardot Bardot top for a perfect Spring look!

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vintage 1950s blue morning glory print skirt | Morning Glory Skirt

vintage 1950s checkered eyelet full swing skirt | Eyelet Checkers Skirt 

 Sense of Wonder skirt (as shown above on our lovely model)

And if you want to go for a full skirted dress, we have some lovely vintage dresses with fuller skirts for you to choose from! Great paired with a cardigan!

vintage 1950s cream cotton applique halter dress | Riveil de Flore Dress

vintage 1950s light green party dress | Spring Reverie Dress

Fashion Frocks (Harford Frocks) Fabric Swatches

I saw these vintage 1940s fashion illustrations floating about on Pinterest and I thought they were just catalog scans at first glance, but after clicking to the original source of these vintage fashion illustrations, I found out their true nature... these are sample fabric swatches for Fashion Frocks, a dress manufacturing company that had their home base in Ohio. There's a little bit of info about the building they occupied in the 1930s on wikipedia.

Not only are these vintage fashion drawings absolutely lovely, but the fact that these are ACTUAL fabric samples just makes me heart quicken a whole lot. I MUST have these!! The company was around since the 1920s and stopped producing clothing in the 1970s. Seriously, I MUST have these. I'm not really one to collect anything, but these are just an amazing piece of vintage fashion history!

These Fashion Frocks/Hardford Frocks sample pages are from Miss Amy on flickr.

Fashion Frocks was a company from Cincinnati, OH that employed housewives as salespeople to sell clothing to friends and neighbors "door-to-door" ... they would be armed with these wonderful sample sales cards for women to order from. It was a way of bypassing the retailers and selling directly to consumers, at better value-pricing. One of the company taglines is "It's fashion-wise to be thrifty." - from FASHION FROCKS flickr set

10 Vintage Summer Vacations We Wish We Got to Take

As the summer is winding down we couldn't help but wish we went on a few more getaways. Well, what can ya do. Since we can't turn back time we decided to gather some of our favorite vintage vacation photos, and live vicariously through these summer travels at the beach, mountains, lake, and desert. (Oh hey, we did go to the desert!)

Do you have a dream summer vacation? Be sure to share it with us in the comments below!

A Vintage Clothing Shop Update | Town Fair

We've updated the vintage clothing shop with some fun and colorful classics mostly from the 1950s. Very reminiscent of those sweet country/rural themed movies and TV shows in the 50s and 60s. We're particularly fond of the vintage 1950s sundresses, aren't they lovely? And the crisp white cotton 1950s blouse would pair so well with the vintage striped I Magnin skirt in our opinion. Just add a pair of wrap around espadrilles and you're bombshell pretty for the town fair!



vintage 1950s red grey dirndl dress | County Fair Dress


vintage 1950s white cotton sleeveless blouse | High Noon Clouds Blouse
vintage 1970s floral irish linen skirt | Lamoille Skirt


vintage 1950s red taffeta party dress | Ripest Fruit Dress


vintage 1980s navy silk graphic print top | Carnival Games Top
vintage 1950s striped I Magnin skirt | Ribbon Brigade Skirt


vintage 1950s red novelty print strapless dress | Lydia from Fairhaven Dress

Sew-Easy! : Vintage 1950s Sewing Patterns + A Few 50s Pieces From the Shop

We got such a good response from our 40s sewing patterns post we decided make this a mini-series. What do you guys think? Today we have got a new batch of adorable patterns from the 1950s, one of our favorites eras! We love the mix of dresses and separates. Take a look at the cuteness below, along with a few of our favorite 50s pieces in thethe shop right now.

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vintage 1950s black taffeta rose print dress | ROSE CARMINE DRESS
vintage 1950s blue cotton sundress with floral embroidery | APRIL BOUNTY DRESS


VINTAGE 1950S CREAM BLOUSE WITH PINTUCKS |A Still Moment Blouse
VINTAGE 1950S PINK NYLON PLEATED SHEER BLOUSE | Spun Sugar Blouse


VINTAGE 1950S GRID PRINT SKIRT WITH EMBROIDERY |Graph Paper Skirt
VINTAGE 1950S CHECKERED EYELET FULL SWING SKIRT | Eyelet Checkers Skirt


vintage 1950s cream silk rose print shirt dress | THE FLORIST GERMAINE DRESS
vintage 1950s peach lace party dress with sash | DAME ROUSSE DRESS


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