LOVE/HATE: the girly-girl edition
By Never teh Bride
I am in total lust with this vintage frock I found at Violetville Vintage. White lace and pink taffeta come together in a fitted bodice and a super full skirt that gets its volume from built-in crinoline. A lace-trimmed band in the middle defines a gal’s waist without emphasizing anything you don’t want emphasized. Naturally, it’s totally tiny, as many vintage dresses are.
When I laid eyes upon it, my first thought was that it could make an adorable wedding dress for a fun, flirty, girly bride who wasn’t looking for anything too formal.
What say you?
July 24th, 2008 at 7:44 am
Total love! Great for an outdoor garden wedding! But this obviously wouldn’t work for everyone. I, at a petite 4′10″ would likely be mistaken for the flower girl, rather than the bride.
July 24th, 2008 at 9:57 am
Just a touch longer (knee length) and I’d be all over that dress!
July 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am
it’s beautiful, though it’s not my style. it makes such a difference when the model looks happy to be in the dress. so many of the traditional dresses are worn by such miserable looking models!
July 24th, 2008 at 10:37 am
They had another white 50’s dress that would work as a wedding dress. It was also tiny, of course!
http://cgi.ebay.com/WHITE-TULLE-Vtg-50s-Strapless-WEDDING-Party-DRESS-XS_W0QQitemZ260264173642QQihZ016QQcategoryZ52429QQcmdZViewItem
July 24th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
I, too, think if it were knee-length, it could make a lovely wedding dress for the right wearer. At its current length? I think it would make a dandy First Communion dress!
July 24th, 2008 at 12:07 pm
I have to admit that I never think skirts that puffy look good that short…but as a couple others have said, it could really work for me if the skirt were just a couple inches longer.
That said, if one finds such short puffy skirts fun and attractive and one is having a very informal wedding, it would be absolutely perfect for the purpose. And kudos on those in charge of the photo shoot for having the model look happy. That goes a long way to selling a dress, so far as I’m concerned.
July 24th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
LOOOVEEE IT !!!! and as for it being longer… I’m only 5′1 , so on me it wouldn’t be as short anyway LOL, but I can see how others would say that… but it is an AWESOME dress !
July 24th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
It would be FABULOUS if the hem was just a little longer, as it is it looks like Miss Muffett about to sit on a tuffet
July 24th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
LOVE all the way. I even went to eBay to see if it was still available (I’m petite and usually have good luck with vintage clothing) but alas, I think it’s been sold!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
Hate it for a grown woman. Love it for a little girl.
July 27th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Nothing but love for this dress. The shoes, however…
They really take away from the flirty female feel of the dress.
July 29th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
Love it, though perhaps biased by recollection of my boyfriend’s sister getting married in something of a similar shape. It was chilly (April in Chicago), and she also wore a white cardigan she’d embroidered with some classic tattoo imagery (including her now-husband’s name in a bleeding heart). Too cute!