Announcing My Fall Photo Contest!

Update 10/19/15 Contest is now closed! (View all the entries here. Winner and runner up announced here.)

Exciting news everyone!! Remember my "Color Recipes for Spring" photo contest? (See the winners here.) I had such a great response to it that I have decided to host another one this fall! Start thinking wool suits, colorful crepe dresses, plaid coats, and furs! The cooler weather will be here sooner then most of us would like but this is the perfect excuse to bust out those fur coats and wraps. :) But it gets better. Judging all the lovely photos on my own last time was challenging so I thought I would call in the big guns this time around.

I am so very pleased to announce that I will be teaming up with Lauren of Wearing History and Jessica of Chronically Vintage to host this fall photo contest. Yippee!! (Thank you ladies!) Both ladies have graciously agreed to help me judge the photo entries. Not only that, we will each offer a special prize to the contest winner and runner up. (Details at the end of this post.) Both Lauren and Jessica have an amazing eye for vintage fashions and, let's face it, Jessica is the queen of coordinating vintage inspired ensembles. :)

2015 Fall Photo Contest Judges!! From L. to R. Emily of Emily's Vintage Visions, Jessica of Chronically Vintage and Lauren of Wearing History

This fall themed vintage photo contest will be very similar to the one I hosted in the spring. Below you will find two newspaper articles from 1940 describing some absolutely delightful vintage ensembles for fall. Like last time, your outfit must be inspired by the descriptions in the given articles and must be true 1930s/1940s vintage or vintage inspired from that era. Reproduction and newer clothing and accessories are of course welcome as long as they are in keeping with the spirit of the contest. You don't need to sew something new for this contest unless you really want to. ;) Use one or both articles to find your inspiration!

Couple attending a Texas college football game, circa 1940s. (Photo by George Strock//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images) Source

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THE INSPIRATION ARTICLES

From the Dallas Morning News, September 18, 1940 

Accessories Are Fashion Show Theme. By Alma Cunningham.

Those saucy fillips of fashion - accessories - provided a theme for a showing of autumn clothes Thursday noon by A. Harris & Company, at the Century Room. That all important question of what to wear while cheering on the favored eleven was settled with a simple black crepe dress worn under a big plaid topcoat in tones of rust and brown. Its soft luxurious collar was made of lynx and the model wore alligator sandals with ankle straps, an alligator bag and a puff crown green hat tilted forward - all designed to take the attention away from the football field and put it on milady in the stands. Come football weather, the quarterbacks will have to look to their laurels to get the crowd looking their way.

More on the teacup side of the clock, a model wore one of the new tunic dresses with a slim shirt of dove brown crepe topped with a long blouse made of tapestry. She carried a brown skunk muff, barreled shaped, stabbed in the middle with a sparkling pin about the size of the palm of your hand.

Suits with long torso jackets in vivid colors over black or brown slim skirts were the order of the day. Inaugurating the call to colors was a trim little suit with Schiaparelli's sleeping blue making the jacket. The skirt was black to compliment a tiny Persian lamb collar and hat. Another suit went dramatic with a golden brown jacket with pockets of ocelot over a black skirt. A golden greenish bird with wings spread in flight topped the black ht, and the model carried one of the new elongated flat bags of black suede decorated with a spiral gold cord.

Change Basic Black Effect

The possibility of changing the looks of a basic black dress with a variety of accessories began with an all-black ensemble as to shoes, off-the-face hat, bag and gloves, but with a heavy necklace of Balenciaga's honey pearls. Another was shown under a hypnotic red full-length coachman's coat with black velvet collar. Two rhinestone clips, one a question mark, the other an exclamation point, were pinned on the bodice pockets of the dress.

The blouse of a long tunic dress in balsam green was given a horizontal stripe effect with bands of amber beads. The skirt looked new with a flounce effect, and this dress was effectively ensembled with a balsam green hat swathed in veiling, and brown accessories.

Green took a curtain call in a brighter shade, this time worn in a two-piece suit, and worn with, of all things, a bright red sailor and bright red gloves. A red bag and gloves were worn with a fleet gray wool suit, and red kid gloves provided a startling accent for a soldier blue jacket suit, otherwise ensembled with brown accessories.

A winter navy costume, a three-peice affair, with swagger length coat over a trim two-piece suit, showed a military influence with brass buttons marching down the front of the jacket, and an eagle in gold braid adorned the right sleeve. The model's hat was a sailor beret in navy felt and popped with red, perched on the back of her head behind her pompadour.

Black and pale blue, black with benedictine brown and black with vivid greens were outstanding in the daytime ensembles both in suits and dresses.

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From the Dallas Morning News, July 25, 1940 

New Fall Hats Steal Show at Weekly Fashion Display by Alma Cunningham. 
New fall hats stole the show at the Wednesday afternoon fashion revue presented by Nieman-Marcus Company on Peacock Terrace. An off-the-face beret in bright green felt had a narrow band of black lace veiling across the eyes. The model wore this hat with a tailored black suit and carried a silver fox muff. Another hat that showed a Peruvian influence was a black and red felt pillbox type with a bright red silk scarf which extended from the sides of the hat, was brought together under the chin, thus framing the face, and draped across both shoulders.

The combination of colors in the hats was stressed again in a trim off-the-face brim felt, the crown of which was black, the facing of the brim brown, with the brim edged in taupe. The was shown with a tailored two-piece black wool suit and sables.

Brown Proves Popular.

Brown appeared again and again in both accessories, suits and coats. One noteworthy ensemble included an imported tweed suit in a soft cinnamon brown shade worn with dark brown accessories and a nutria fur coat. A striking coat for casual wear was made of imported tweed in huge plaids with fuchsia and red on a gray background. This was worn, too, with dark brown accessories, and the brown felt hat had a sweeping profile brim.

A two-piece suit of hound's-tooth check in silver and gray led the show and was ensembled with brown shoes, a bright red alligator bag, a trim gray felt hat, and the model wore a sparkling ruby red pin of brown glass on her coat lapel and silver earrings. 

The importance of the cape suit was emphasized in an ensemble with a full-length, flowing green and electric blue check woolen cape worn over an Indian summer brown jersey dress. Enlarged gold heart earring sparkled on the model's ear lobes, and she wore a green felt hat with a sweeping off-the-face brim, brown alligator bag and shoes.

Coats in brilliant colors looked especially new. A vivid Kelly green woolen in a fitted, slim silhouette and belted back was lined with a vivid red, and worn over a light beige dress. The model's hat matched the green of the coat and was trimmed with wavering turkey feathers that towered a good eight inches above the front brim.

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CONTEST RULES and HOW TO ENTER - DEADLINE TO ENTER IS OCTOBER 18TH WINNER and RUNNER UP WILL BE ANNOUNCED OCTOBER 25TH

* Contest is open to everyone, worldwide! One entry per person, please.*

* To enter please leave a comment on this post. Then send up to two (2) photos of your outfit to me at vintagevisions27(at)gmail(dot)com no later then October 18th. Entries received after that time will not be included. One photo should show your whole outfit clearly, your second may be a view from the back, a close up or photo collage if you would like to highlight certain details such as hats, shoes, jewelry etc. Photos will be added to an album on my Facebook page so we can all enjoy your awesome vintage creation! You don't need to have a blog to enter but if you do please let me know so I can link back to you! (You are more then welcome to create your own blog post to show off your outfit. But please note only the two photos you email to me will count for the contest.) *

* Photos will be judged on creativity, use of color and accessories, and use of the newspaper descriptions. (You do not need to recreate a specific outfit from the articles but we should be able to see their influence on your choice of wardrobe.) Like last time, your outfit must be inspired by the descriptions in the given articles and must be true 1930s/1940s vintage or vintage inspired from that era. Reproduction and newer clothing and accessories are certainly welcome as long as they are in keeping with the spirit of the contest. Along with your photos please send a short description of your outfit, why you picked certain items, a line or two from the article, etc. *

* Photos do not need to be professional but please try to keep background clutter to a minimum. Choose a background or setting that will help show off your outfit! *

And now the good stuff! A great way to get a jump start on your holiday shopping!

THE PRIZES!!

Winner Will Receive the Following Prize Package
Vintage Related Goodies Bag Plus $30 in Store Credit from Emily's Vintage Visions
Beautiful Collection of Autumn Themed Accessories from Chronically Vintage
Vintage Sewing Goodies Bag Plus $30 in Store Credit from Wearing History

Runner Up Will Receive the Following Prize Package
Vintage Related Goodies Bag Plus $25 in Store Credit from Emily's Vintage Visions
$20 in Store Credit from Wearing History
$30 in Store Credit from Chronically Vintage

Lauren, Jessica and I will each create our own fall outfit inspired by the above newspaper articles. Stay tuned for that special blog post. Please feel free to share this contest with anyone who may be interested.
Good luck to all! I can't wait to see your outfits!!

- Just a quick little update! A few people have emailed me to say they were unable to leave a comment on this post. I'm looking into the issue and will hopefully have it fixed! Feel free to send me a quick note if you can't leave a comment and still want to participate, or you have questions about the contest. vintagevisions27(at)gmail(dot)com

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