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The Charm of Simplicity in Vintage Children's Clothing
Children’s clothes were never as charming as they were in times gone by. In part, it’s due to their simplicity that their charming distinction lies.When vintage children’s clothes are said to be “quaint” it can’t mean that they were reminiscent of old time fashions for children, because there were no fashions for children in those days.
Children, even infants, were dressed like their mothers. In fact, the dresses of grownups were carried out in children’s clothing to the smallest detail... read on!
Tags: children's, clothing, vintage
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Permalink Reply by markywmurray on -
I see that many of the newer "high end" rtw lines are returning to that simplicity. Not so many ruffles and such!
I know my daughter really likes the simple styles for her 3 yr. old.
marky
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Permalink Reply by Sew4my3 on -
I simply love vintage patterns and just love seeing the results of these memorable garments. Recently someone had posted a picture of their creation of a little girls dress from a 1950's pattern on burdastyle.com . It was just so adorable in it's simplicity, in a blue and white color. Here is the link to view the dress: http://www.burdastyle.com/projects/vintage-birthday-dress?image=88891
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