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My latest blog post recounts my recent visit, with Lizzie (The Vintage Traveler) and my mom, to the Pierre Cardin exhibit at SCADFash, here in Atlanta. https://www.betterdressesvintage.com/blogs/from-my-closet/exhibit-visit-pierre-cardin-pursuit-of-the-future-at-scadfash Comments are the blog...

Great interview, Maggie! There's nothing worse than the sound of your own voice, recorded. Always embarrassing, somehow. Well, for me, there's one thing worse -- hearing my name announced publicly. I could crawl in a hole. Have always loathed my name.

I watched the whole thing and thought it was really good. Costumes were excellent, of course, and the story itself and characters more developed than the 70s version. Has anyone read the book? Does this new version follow it more closely?

My friend just told me that Gayle's film (as I call it, because really, it's all about the costumes, isn't it?) is now available on Amazon Prime streaming video in the U.S. My plan is to binge watch ASAP! https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6038954/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt

LOL, Barbara, I doubt that. With your hat-making knowledge, it was probably only a mess in your eyes. Thanks so much, everyone. If you could leave these wonderful comments on the blog I'd be so happy : ).

Thanks, friends. Appreciate the kind comments!

Yep, it's definitely "Dotted Swiss."

Yep, that's exactly it.

This style was popular after the release of Gone With The Wind (January 1940). Just add a hoop crinoline and a big sunhat and you're ready for the barbecue at 12 Oaks. : )

Definitely 60s.

That is so beautiful. I've never understood why a piano would want or need a shawl (calls to mind clothing for cats). But I see your point about it being right for an upright.

If I had to guess, and that's all it is, a guess, I'd imagine the fastening, if there was one, was at the side (poppers/snaps or hooks and eyes) or at the front, concealed, as in the 1910s dresses that go together like an elegant and complex jigsaw puzzle and you can't see the closure unless you...

Jonathan's example is a "sash buckle" (call it a hat buckle if you prefer) which has a loop at the back to thread the sash or ribbon or belt or whatever else through. No teeth. No piercing involved.

The shoe buckle has a way to thread the first/lower side through AND pierce the leather of the second/upper side. The ones I have do not have this second option. Furthermore, saying it's a hat buckle doesn't change the question. How do you attach BOTH ends? Note the similar buckles on Romantic...

My maternal grandparents, March be1927. Her dress is a robe de style. Can't see much of the construction, but maybe it will be helpful somehow? Doesn't look to be waistless/shapeless.

Kitchen walls.

Holy cow.

Ok, I'm stumped. Anyone know how to attach both ends of a sash or belt to a buckle with only one central pin with teeth, without hiding either side edge of the buckle? Clearly, it can be done, as this is a very common style of antique buckle. But until I figure it out, I can't wear mine. I...

Looks like a thistle, sorta.

That last pair looks a little more recent, like 10s or 20s, but I'm no shoe maven.

Cool! Can't wait to see it. Breaks my heart to see clothes locked up in a warehouse. If that were my collection by some miracle of inheritance, I'd sell off anything more recent than mid-60s (except if there may be a Halston in there), anything that doesn't fit me, and wear the rest.

I've enjoyed every "vintage dress- or shop-themed" novel I've ever read. Will have to recall and post the titles. There was one about "The Secret Lives of Dresses" or similar.

Thanks, Laura! Will share, as well. My own plea to Western Costume to sell me the dress I'd worn while filming a movie (yet to come out and probably never will), went unanswered. I was so sad to return it to the wardrobe department, stinking and filthy after 4 days of dancing in the red Georgia...

Looks to me like a winter bonnet for a child. Faux fur. Adult hats don't snap under the chin. I think it looks just like you see on image of little girls skating on a frozen pond. Bet it had a matching coat and muff.

60s Gold Metallic Shell Top: 60s Gold Cocktail Shift Dress: 50s Black and Silver Metallic Dress: 70s Black Velvet and Metallic Gown and Jacket: 40s Whiting & Davis Mesh Purse:

I can usually read Cyrillic without a problem.

It doesn't look like Russian. Looks like Amharic (Ethiopian) to me.

All they need are a little touch-up black shoe polish and new heel taps and they're ready to go. They don't look particularly tiny, are they? ETA: take me with you next time you go treasure hunting, please ; )

I think it's new/modern. My kids have one exactly like it that was made with an insert to hold a tiny tea set. So cute.

I'd say 50s/early 60s on the top two, late 60s on the last. Melanie? Your expert eye, please.