It’s been a busy summer, and if you’re anything like me, you’re finishing up your summer sewing and preparing for fall. I’ll be posting some summer projects as soon as I have photos. In the meantime, I thought you might enjoy this 1959 ad from Acrilan’s “For an Active Life!” campaign:
(Acrilan was produced by Chemstrand-Monsanto; you can see more ads from this campaign here and here.)
The model is wearing Vogue 9469 made up in a wool/acrylic blend from Jacqmar. Could that be a copy of the June/July 1958 Vogue Pattern Book she’s holding?
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LOL, look at that kid’s pose! If that were real life, with a mother like that there’d have been a good chance that he’d have become a grand couturier ;-D
…he’s obviously in love with that fabric…
That’s funny, I hadn’t thought much about the boy beyond his function as minion! Clearly a great ad, rich with ambiguities đŸ˜‰
I love all of your inspirational photos and posts. If only women dressed like that every day!
Thanks so much, Maddie! She’s so glamorous, it makes a pretty good case for the chemise dress..
Agree! A well designed chemise dress can be very elegant.
Back in the 50’s a number of poorly designed chemise dresses poisoned the good ones. As a result the chemise became better know as the “sack” which lead to its demise by the end of1958.