Nelly Don Treasure Trove

[Racked Vintage]

Find of the century. I wish I could have seen them! Check out this amazing story about the face of Nelly Don dresses and the collection she kept her whole life!

https://www.kmbc.com/article/fairwa...of-nelly-don-dresses-found-in-attic/30112060#

 

[Linn]

WOW! What a fantastic collection. I would love to see it, too.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

Nelly Don dresses are always SO good. would be neat if they could be somehow turned in to a mini-museum show within the university.

 

[The Vintage Merchant]

I can't believe I don't have any Nelly Don dresses on hand right now....but would love to see VFG members post images of THEIR Nelly Dons, either on hand now, or archived. Would be neat to see them here!

 

[anothertimevintageapparel]

This is just so special. And for her son, not to know her history? That says what a humble woman she was.
Thank you for sharing

 

[Better Dresses Vintage]

First one is sold, second one is available here:

Not sure what happened to the photo, it's from several years ago, but you get the idea:

 

[denisebrain]

Wow, that's a wonderful slice of history, in the woman's home. I'm surprised her family didn't know this was there. I love the polka dots!
I stumbled across a musical made of Nelly Don's life:
https://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/performing-arts/article227252554.html

She was such a figure in Kansas City history, a museum exhibit seems like a great idea for this collection.

My favorite that I've had might have been this lavender number: