cocktail hour

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The season of the cocktail hour fast is approaching so here's just a little inspiration and whistle-wetting from my 1950s & 1960s Pinterest boards.

Expect some great things to hit the Dear Golden shop next week!

Teddy girls

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Dressing vintage style before there was even a thing called "vintage style"...the UK's "Teddy girls". 

Making Edwardian fashion modern before there was even a glimmer of Downton Abbey. 

Don't know what a Teddy girl is? Read here and here. 

No slouching!

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Posture class at Barnard College, 1954. I'm into posture - after practicing and teaching yoga for almost a decade now & playing the violin a decade before that, sometimes it's hard for me to not notice my own posture and the posture of others, so ladies, stand up straight!

Dear Golden | bridal shop

1960s Love's Legacy lace wedding gown

1930s Lux Aurumque silk lace wedding dress

1950s Water Lily lace wedding dress

Three very beautiful & very different wedding dresses have been added to the shop. 

Visit the entire DEAR GOLDEN bridal collection HERE.

Lillian Bassman | fashion photography

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Lillian Bassman, fashion photographer, Junior Bazaar & Harper's Bazaar, 1940s-1960s.