COTTON COOLERS ~ VFG Fashion Parade for the week of August 22st

This week we celebrate all things cotton. . . easy to sew, dye, knit and launder, thereby making it the world's most popular fabric! Cool and comfortable, cotton is easily "the fabric of our lives."

From the Vintage Fashion Guild's Fabric Resource > Cotton:
“Cotton is a fiber obtained from the cotton plant, a bushy plant of the genus Gossypium. The cotton fiber grows from the seeds of the plant in the seed pods, called 'bolls.' The fiber, which is 90% cellulose, is naturally fine, soft, fluffy and absorbent. . . The history of cotton literally parallels the history of civilization; evidence of isolated civilizations growing cotton and creating fabric from its fiber dates its domestication to at least 4500 B.C.E. in both the Americas and South Asia."

Air out your cotton fabrics of all types in this parade, including but not limited to: voile, lawn, plisse, seersucker, stretch cottons, denim, chambray, gingham, batiste, duck, broadcloth and gauze.

 

Vintage 1960s Sundress Blue Denim Full Skirt Ruffle Top Dress by Joan Miller

1970s Drop Shoulder White Eyelet Maxi by John of California

 

Cotton Voile Hostess Apron with Violet-print Hankie Pockets circa 1950s



White Cotton Eyelet Collar -w- Gathered Ruffle of fine, white Cotton Faille circa 1970s



Peter Pan Collar of very fine White Cotton Faille -w- Ruffle circa 1950s

 

80s cotton-blend sailboat nautical Swirl dress, L/XL:





50s Surfriders Sportswear sarong-style romper, M/L:

 

Light blue cotton denim jacket 1940s Koret of California size M


Georgia Bullock 1950s dress cotton gingham black and white size M 40" bust 30" waist


Mauve cotton 1950s dress with peplum jacket scalloped trim size XS 34" bust 27" waist


70s sundress blue cotton batik print with puffed sleeve jacket size XS 32" bust 25" waist


Black cotton seersucker 1950s strapless bra slip size M 38C

 

1950s Cotton Day Dress Sz US10 approx.