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