I usually do a Marilyn Monroe post on our shared birthday, June 1st, but I decided to wait a couple days and look back on Marilyn before she was MARILYN. I have this wonderful book by Andre de Dienes, Marilyn – Mon Amour – The private album of Andre de Dienes, her preferred photographer. In… Read more »
Posts Tagged: Vintage Clothing
The Abominable 1973 Fuzzy Coat!
I love 70s clothing for the most part. I spent the 70s in high school, college, traveling abroad, and first jobs, and loved the folksy, boho, disco vibe of the clothes. But then there are some clothing items that stop me dead in my tracks and I shout “what the hell were they thinking?!”…. Read more »
Emilio Pucci For Formfit Rogers Lingerie 1969
Italian designer, Emilio Pucci, noted for his fabulous psychedelic prints, did a lingerie line for Formfit Rogers in the 60s. This ad from the September 1969 issue of Seventeen magazine is the only one that I’ve found advertising the EPFR line. In the blue and pink palettes of the Taormina print, The Panty Girdle ($15),… Read more »
More 60s Fluffy Angora Sweaters!
I keep finding more angora sweaters in my perusing of the late ’60s Seventeen magazines! I guess I never realized at the time, how fashionable angora was then. Anyway, I thought I’d share several more pics that I thought were so pretty. Pretty in Pink Angora! This is Tina McDonough, an award-winning ballerina from Seattle… Read more »
Those Cute Fluffy Angora 60s Mini Dresses!
There was a period in the late 60s/early 70s when fluffy angora mini dresses were all the rage. Pretty in pastel colors, they are just so adorable with their soft fuzziness and mod mini styling. Pearls, long necklaces and earrings were the perfect accessories. This trio of pink and blue angora dresses is from the… Read more »
Pretty in Pink Angora Cover Girl – Seventeen 1968
I love angora sweaters! Fluffy angora sweater popularity in fashion seems to come and go (Ed Wood-types nonwithstanding). But there are certain eras where it seems like everyone is wearing it. The ’80s were really into angora, with those bold, bright outrageously furry 80% angora sweaters from Korea. The ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s were also… Read more »
I'm Marilyn, and I'm obsessed with vintage clothing, thrift stores, clotheslines, and Chanel. Welcome to my down-to-earth world!