Vintage Inspirations: Calming Lavender VFG Fashion Parade for the week of July 29th

carla rey

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Vintage Inspirations: Calming Lavender

Maybe it started with Pantone’s Ultra Violet, the color of the year in 2018; its pale counterpart lavender simply breezed into favor for spring and summer 2019.

Lavender—historically so often worn for its soft illumination near the face by “women of a certain age”—is a pastel for grown-ups. Its dignity was so accepted that in the Georgian, Victorian, and Edwardian eras in Britain, lavender was a hue worn for half-mourning dress.

In this year’s reset, shades of lavender are paired with leopard prints, edgy shapes, feathers, glitter, and bare skin. Lavender for unexpected accessories, lavender in floral prints. The color is shining for warm weather events.

This week we show the vintage inspirations for lavender’s revival, ready for all your summer goings-on.
 
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1960s blouse with balloon sleeves and 3-button cuffs by J. Oscar Sharpe London
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1950s cotton dress with oversize buttons and full skirt in a modernist print
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Early 1980s rayon dress with pussy bow by J. Jill Ltd
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1970s polyester knit dress with 4-button cuffs by Cirette
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From my sold archives
1970s Indian cotton blouse by Adini
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