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professorpski · 2 years

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Suits Can Be So Much Fun: 1960 Suit at Fashion and Nature

When many people think of suits, they think boring. But women’s suits from the early to late 20th Century were sometimes tons of fun. They came in all kinds of styles and fabrics, always being an important part of women’s wardrobes for office work and city outings. During the 1950s, they were often fitted through the waist, just like dresses were. You see here a simple, unfitted shape which was the early 1960s fashion and a straight skirt just below the knee.

This bright pink suit dates to 1960 according to the curators of Fashion and Nature at the Grand Rapids Public Museum. It has no label apparently which I find interesting. Is the label simply missing or was this custom made for someone? We do know it is made of mohair fabric which comes from the fibers of the angora goat which means it is soft and fuzzy. Mohair sweaters became an important fashion in sweaters in the late 1950s and early 1960s, so the fiber was trending. And the matching trim is actual fox fur which signaled luxury then.

The result is a stunningly playful suit perfect for an evening party. The shape itself is simple, but the color and the trim turn it into something dramatic. Keep this in mind as you consider making evening wear. A suit pattern, matched with the right fabric, could make something wonderful. So says a woman who is pondering making a suit jacket out of an old gold wool and silk suiting that has spent far too long in her sewing room.

For more on the Grand Rapids exhibition, go here: https://www.grpm.org/fashion-and-nature/

#fashion and nature #grand rapids public museum #1960s fashions #1950s fashions #women's suits #vintage womenswear #vintage womens suits #vintage fashion #costume history #dress history #fashion history #mohair #mohair fabric #pink #suits #costume history exhibition #fashion history exhibition #dress history exhibition

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dandyads · 9 months

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Jantzen, 1956

#jantzen #bathing suit #swimwear #1950s fashion #vintage fashion #1950s #1956 #vintage advertising #summer #women's clothing

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snobgoblin · 2 years

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80s Businesswoman™ is a severely underappreciated aesthetic so here's a much needed appreciation post

#80s fashion #80s business fashion #80S LADYBOSS GF WHEN?????#AAAAAAAA #women suits #80s suits #fashion #80s powersuit #powersuit #80s businesswoman #business woman #80s #vintage fashion

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retromere · 3 months

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most daring thing about katherine hepburn? her pants

#vintage #old hollywood #retro aesthetic #girlblogging #retro #1940s #early feminism #katherine hepburn #hepburn #women in suits #dark academia #early film #film photography #SoundCloud

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vintagepromotions · 10 months

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'Staple fabrics are beautiful, practical and drape well. They can be used to make an elegant dress or a dress suit for women of any age'

Soviet Ministry of Trade poster promoting local staple fabrics (1961). Artwork by G. Komlev.

#vintage poster #1960s #G. Komlev #fabrics #fabric #clothing #russian #soviet union #dress #suit #fashion #women's fashion #clothes

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mudwerks · 8 months

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(via and everything else too: Vibro-Master vs. Star)

#Vibro-Master #for women in bathing suits #massage pillow #vintage #box #retail

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pommedeterre225 · 2 months

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Day dreaming about how beautiful I am

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oldvintageglamour · 9 days

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The pool at the Hotel Riviera, Las Vegas, 1960s ☀️😎☀️😎☀️

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emeraldexplorer2 · 3 months

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#vintage #smoking #cigarette #smoking cigarette #beauty #sexy smoking #girl smoking #nostalgia #swim suit #swimwear #vintage beauty #beautiful women

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noirgasmweetheart · 6 months

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Ilsa should have worn something like this a few times in "Casablanca." A resistance fighter on the run, she should have to resort to borrowing Victor's clothes now and again.

#ingrid bergman #1940s #women #actress #fashion #noir #suit #hat #vintage tomboy

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weneedtotalkaboutcate · 2 years

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Before there was Cate and her suits, there was Katherine Hepburn.

#katherine hepburn #old hollywood #hollywood #vintage #queer #lesbian #women in suits #actress #lgbtq #wlw #celebrity

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7cfc00art · 1 year

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1950s suit dress ladies.... i love

#illustration #1950s aesthetic #1950s fashion #1950s women #historical fashion #vintage fashion #digital art #my art #50s #women in suits #artists on tumblr #art

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dandyads · 10 months

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Jantzen, 1948

Theme Week: Summer ☀️

#jantzen #swimwear #men's clothing #women's clothing #1940s fashion #summer #theme week #bathing suit #horse #1940s #1948 #vintage advertising

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peachesodell · 2 years

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The ladies have a moment in 1940.

There is a tin tub full of ice and sparkling green glass Coca-Cola bottles nearby, a nifty opener and a few cute canapes, just in case the girls get hungry...

#1940s women #1940s fashion #1940s vintage #bathing suits #1940s style

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libraryofva · 2 years

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Recent Acquisition - Postcard Collection

Vintage beach postcard, ca 1900s

#beach #bathing suits #postcard #seashore #risque #women #vintage #swimming #1900s

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markonpark · 3 months

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Shaded. 1950s snapshot photo of a pretty young woman in a swimsuit lying on an inflatable mattress on the grass. https://markonpark.etsy.com/listing/1657847005

#women in swimsuits #vintage bathing suit #air mattress #on the grass

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