The Reading WWII Weekend is two weeks away. Our family is part of the event and we will be there all weekend. Stop by our camp and check out our presentation, kids love it and I would gladly give you a tour of the entire site. For all the ladies, there is a flea market area with vendors selling all sorts of pinup style dresses and accessories . You can find our camp on the map next to the red arrow. We are right across from the French Village by our Canadian and Scottish friends. Prepare to go back in time 70 years as you hear 40's music all day long and people dressed in authentic 40s clothing. Also, don't forget to purchase your ticket for Saturday night's 40's dance in the plane hangar and dress to impress, 40s style. See you there!! For more info visit the
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The Reading WWII Weekend is two weeks away. Our family is part of the event and we will be there all weekend. Stop by our camp and check out our presentation, kids love it and I would gladly give you a tour of the entire site. For all the ladies, there is a flea market area with vendors selling all sorts of pinup style dresses and accessories . You can find our camp on the map next to the red arrow. We are right across from the French Village by our Canadian and Scottish friends. Prepare to go back in time 70 years as you hear 40's music all day long and people dressed in authentic 40s clothing. Also, don't forget to purchase your ticket for Saturday night's 40's dance in the plane hangar and dress to impress, 40s style. See you there!! For more info visit the
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The quality fit of a 40's vintage dress is impeccable. I have a harder time shopping in regular stores today than I do at any vintage store. You would think that at 100 lbs. I would be able to fit into anything, haha.........NO!!! Dresses today are manufactured so poorly that you start to believe there is something wrong with your body when in reality it is not your body but the poor quality of todays mass produced crap.
.......Today I was lucky to find this rayon 1940's classic beauty from my top secret vintage source which fits the way all dresses should fit today. This amazing vintage dress is not a wrap dress but it transforms to about 2 different sizes. Imagine wearing a size 4 and gaining a bit of weight to where you need a size six and still be able to wear the same dress and still have it look amazing on you without the need to do any work on the dress. This is the beauty of a 40s WWII era dress made with efficiency and conservation in mind. The dress has 3 buttons where you can adjust the waist size and then wrap the ruffled pleat around your waist. I cant wait to wear this dress to the Reading WWII event in two weeks with a large black brimmed hat, gloves and red shoes. I must say wearing a 70 year old dress of this superb quality does make me a bit nervous. The best part now is researching to see if I can find this exact dress in old 40's catalogs. Click on images to enlarge. Four more tintypes to add to my collection from our weekend trip to Gettysburg. I LOVE Gettysburg, the history and the Victorian era draws me in a couple of times a year. The photograph of the woman has an uncanny resemblance to Belle Boyd, wishful thinking : )
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AuthorPlain and simple, I'm painfully the artsy type. I like to keep my mind occupied because it keeps me out of trouble. I love art, photography, music and the 1940's. Between art exhibits, photography projects, design work, developing and promoting my new upcoming line the "LuvSicks", dressing up in early 40's vintage clothing for WWII living history events and endlessly researching the 40's home front and women's fashion to help educate the audience, and dusting off my drum sticks once in a while, I am endlessly busy. In a nutshell I draw silly pictures, shoot pictures, and play dress-up. In a nutshell I guess I never grew up. In a nutshell I guess I'm just a nut! Archives
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