Showing posts with label 1920's knitwear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1920's knitwear. Show all posts

Wednesday, 29 August 2012

Sports vest

As much as I may lack talent for any sports - and sadly I do  - this slight inadvertence doesn't stop me from coveting the amazing sportswear of the 20's and 30's. Can't even legitimate my love for this gear through attending sports events as a spectator, I'm that disinterested.
Luckily, the modern ways of wearing sports clothing as casual wear are for once in favour of my inclinations. It is still tough to push through an equestrian outfit when missing the horse, but I reckon this cricket looking little number won't have to face the same challenges.


As you can see it was inspired by the beautiful fair isle example above. Unfortunately mother doesn't do fair isle, but what I wanted was to replicate the shape, which went pretty well. 
It's also done in a coarser Shetland type wool, which means the overall effect is somewhat bulkier and rougher. I love very textured yarns that cry out loud their provenance. 
I've been wearing this the other day when it started raining, and the wool immediately gave that typical sheep whiff. I was instantly transported back into my childhood to those moments when I was helping my grandmother wash the sheared wool at the river. In fact, the natural, undyed wool in this vest still comes from that village. And that feels pretty good..





Tuesday, 8 May 2012

Hello...er... spring?!


More than a month and a half has gone by since my last entry, and I had sincerely thought at the time that any serious knits were to be packed and put away until October or so. But so far there hasn't been such a thing as warm spring weather, and any rotation in my wardrobe has remained nothing more than wishful thinking. So I thought I'd pop in and say hi, I'm still around, been busy with stuff and not much of it was vintage (apart form some exciting fresh additions to my etsy shop). There was work, spring cleaning,  kitchen and bathroom painting, diy, guests, more guests, yet my wool addiction hasn't dwindled, oh no, I somehow managed to acquire a certain quantity of lovely new yarn (if mother could only keep up with my need for comfort!)


Here is a cardigan she's made for me not long ago out of Debbie Bliss Donegal tweed aran (shades 16 and 26), this was the first chance I had to take some pics of it, albeit worn in a rather different fashion than designed for...You wouldn't think looking at these images, but this open front sweater  was inspired by 1920s to early 1930s fashions. I'll do another entry to persuade you of that :), in the meantime here is how I look like with straight, unstyled hair, and the kind of stuff I wear on a regular basis when not dressed in vintage or trying to emulate a specific period. Until next time, all the best to you and hope you have a fabulous spring!






Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Wishful stripe (a story of emulating late 20's fashions)


From all the prints there may be, I like stripes best. Always have. They speak to me and make me happy. 
Ok, I know I look very mean just there, 50% covered in them, but I didn't say they make me a better person. Or fun, for that matter.
I like them regardless, and certainly enough to pick this shirt a while ago from ebay. A size too big didn't put me off, all the more roomy, and it's silk, not the dreaded polyester in which this 70's (?) stripe orgy often occurred. And it has allowed me to play at my favourite deco style outfits like no other. 
I have featured this before in another post, where the inspiration was Poirot-esque. But I return here to what really fires my imagination, images from a bunch over which I have drooled again and again:  ladies and gents, I give you the striped sporty fashions of the late 20's. Now this is the real deal!


 Minerva pattern from 1927

 
L'Officiel de la Mode, 1930


 L'Officiel de la Mode, 1928

L'Officiel de la Mode, 1928