Vintage Wednesday


Vintage Wenesdays is where I share vintage / retro photographs of kids fashion. For inspiration, fun, discussion and for us to go "awwwww"

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3 sisters posing in a photo studio
picture taken circa 1920, credited to catnipstudiocollage

Isn't their stark look so stylish and era-perfect? Love their white dresses with embriodery and unusual hemline, ankle-strap black shoes and mop-haircuts. Don't miss the 2 non-identical twins in stripes socks!

#vintage #retrofashion #twins #studiophotography #kidsfashion #kidstyling

notes from Russia

It was a delight to see so many kids on excursions exploring art museums, churches and architectural landmarks in St. Petersburg, Lavra and Moscow. Equally delightful was their choices in hairstyles, hair scarves & colour palette. Here are some sartorial notes from Russian kids :)

The Church of Our Savior on Spilled Blood in St. Petersburg - documenting mosaic art and making sure her beautiful hair doesn't interfere. Intricate hair do with 2 side braids and 1 big braid.

School kids with their teachers at State Tretyakov Gallery. Wearing interesting braids woven together. Details such as part french braids add style to neat hairstyles for long hair.

High ponytail, low ponytail, side ponytail, fish braid and others - all marching towards the Tretyakov Art Gallery.

Starting young. Like mother, like daughters. On a tour to see the architecture & history at The Kremlin.

Traditional way to wear scarves while visting orthodox churches at the Sergiev Posad (Lavra) — at Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra.

Bright & tight. Outside one of the churches at the Sergiev Posad (Lavra) — at Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra.

This little one decieded to wear the scarf like a bandana. All set to see painted wooden panels at the Sergiev Posad (Lavra) — at Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra.

Walking with the times. Carretto Siciliano fashion on a chic dress, at the Kremlin.

Young art enthusiasts with animal bags - to carry back home some art stationary :) — at The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Sliding with some church art inspiration. Animal face fashion at the Sergiev Posad (Lavra) — at Old Katholikon of the Trinity Lavra.

Carrying off folk embroidery with so much cuteness! At The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts.

Blame it on Angelina Jolie

In August 2014, Angelina Jolie got married in a white silk satin gown & veil that featured embroidered drawings of her 6 children. The wedding gown was wrapped in originality with expressive drawings of flowers, music notes, a plane, monkeys, qoutes and characters inspired from their parents’ lives.

Donatella Versace crafted the dress & Luigi Massi, the tailor at Atelier Versace, oversaw the personal touches. And the world of course, took notice and loved every dash of it.

So, it wasn’t surprising that in 2015, Dolce & Gabbana included innocent  scribbles as part of their Viva La Mamma show in Milan. The feel good show had supermodels catwalk in floaty shifts and Fifties-esque day dresses splashed with the wonderful world of kids' drawings.

These ‘sketch pen’ creations were drawn by the little nieces and nephews of the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and then printed on to fabric.

These ‘sketch pen’ creations were drawn by the little nieces and nephews of the designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, and then printed on to fabric.

With this colourful riot of scribbles, little girls dresses were as hip as their mothers’.  And D&G winter 2015-2016 celebrated toddler artists like never before.

This certainly wasn’t the 1st time, one had seen adorable drawings by kids on clothes. It has been an accepted (and expected) ‘design’ on kids clothing atleast. The big difference lied in its fashion value. Such high profile endorsements from the entertainment and fashion world, made naïve’ kids drawings go from being ‘pinned across homes’ to ‘pinup’ fashion!

The elevation from being just a“cute” sweatshirt or ‘whimsical’ tee, to a must have luxury item. The charming world of doodles now finds it self with a higher price tag and in prestigious fashion shows. Pages from drawing books are now proudly re produced on to well cut dresses and pants. And many A designers are experimenting with embroidered patches, sequins and paint –splatter prints.

So the next time you look through your child's drawings, smile a bit more. You are not only a mushy proud mom/ dad now, you are the ‘with-it’ parent :)

This post was written as as kids style article for mycity4kids.

You can read more about ‘art inspired’ and ‘stickers on clothes’ trend on kids clothes in our post for kidsstoppress.