I bought this dress at the flea market a few months ago and it's totally perfect to me. It's so simple but the construction details are what really get me. I wish I could find more like this...
One thing I really miss about Fall and living in Boston was that the prettiest light used to sneak in through the curtains in the mornings in my old apartment.. it's not quite as nice in San Francisco, but it's something.
I bought a a bunch of 30s/40s era cards on ebay a while back to tuck into etsy packages and I couldn't help but make myself a little collection for keeps. They came mailed in these clear plastic sheets, almost like for baseball cards - except they fit the cigarette cards perfectly and I get obsessive over rearranging the way that the cards are tucked into each page. I wish that these were bigger so I could frame them and put them all over the house!
But, one thing I do have to hang around the house are these nice gigantic rose prints I bought a few weeks ago at the flea market. I thought they were $20 each, but oh no.. It was $20 for a set of 6! One of my happiest flea finds! Here I have 5 of them lined up on the wall, but I've since spread them throughout the apartment.
That dress is so perfect for you! I love the color! Pretty flower pictures too!
ReplyDeleteyou room is quite lovely. i would love to buy those flower framed pictures.
ReplyDeleteThat dress is utterly lovely. No wonder you are on the look out for more!
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the colors of your apartment are so lovely. so mellow and pretty.
ReplyDeletethe cigarette cards are wonderful. maybe scanning and enlarging would work for a more frame-able piece.
your rose prints were certainly a great find!
oh wow! I have been searching for pretty and plain dresses and it is amazing that one is from the 40s too! (on of my favourite eras)
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Your bed is just adorable!
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What a great find. And on top of that, this dress looks like it's in perfect condition, which is hard to come by when talking about dresses from the 1940's. Lucky girl!
ReplyDeleteyou always have the loveliest bedclothes in your room! I love those muted tones - looks s cozy!
ReplyDeletethat dress is so, so pretty!! you look awesome in it!
ReplyDeleteAll of these are so lovely!
ReplyDeleteThat dress is the perfect and fits you so well. I really love that brass bed. Excellent photos.
ReplyDeleteThose rose prints are gorgeous! That dress does look like it was made for you. (:
ReplyDeleteoh, that dress is just the loveliest color!
ReplyDeleteand i love the little cigarette cards.
you have just gorgeous taste. LOVE the little spools of thread along that ledge above your bed, along with those beautiful rose prints!
ReplyDeleteI love your dress!! My favourite vintage pieces are the simple ones, even the simplest dresses from the 40s were just beautiful!
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The colour of your dress is so beautiful and I adore all your lovely new prints and pictures.
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that dress is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteyou really look most perfect in this dress - amazing!
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Those prints are definitely gorgeous. Great find!
ReplyDeleteits like that dress was made for you,the color and the shape are perfect
ReplyDeleteThe rose prints - I have some too. Originally painted by Joseph Redoubte to record flowers for Marie Antoinette.
ReplyDeleteThose flower cards would look terrific custom framed in the way you have set them out - it would have high impact.
I agree--I wish that clothes were constructed as nicely as they used to be...
ReplyDeleteohh my goodnesssss if you ever want to sell that dress... let me know. ill take it off your hands! its beautiful. i love simplicity!
ReplyDeleteLovin' it!
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That 40s dress really suits you! Such a sweet color, it's adorable!
ReplyDelete"October curtain light." That's the ultimate poetry.
ReplyDeleteWhy not frame the small cards as a group?
The dress IS perfect on you :) Whenever I view your blog, I'm always finding myself smiling for some reason. :) You look absolutely amazing in that dress and I wish I could find something like that in my nearby flee market!
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That 40s dress is perfection! I always love those sorts of super simple dresses; I think it's both the style and the soft fabric that makes them so amazing. Such pretty shots of various other things too--those floral cards are gorgeous!
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Oh, I love that dress! How do you find these things?! Your outfits are always so special, just perfect!
ReplyDeleteThe dress truly is perfect! You look so pretty wearing it! Sometimes we have some luck I suppose...
ReplyDeleteI love all these things, especially the dress and the light. Last year there was a tall tree right by my window, and I'd always get the lovelies shadows reflected on my wall :)
ReplyDeleteI adore that dress! It's so simple and beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThat dress is so simply and yet stunning. Adore it on you.
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There are way too many stunning things about this post! That colour is beautiful on you, a 40s treasure! The florals and the lovely light - so dreamy.
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