Rosa's vintage wardrobe #4: the sweetest 1950s dress
I know that in the 1950s and 1960s most children (and adults) didn't have as many clothes as most of us have today. My mother, who grew up as one of seven kids on a farm, likes to tell me about the very small wardrobe she had as a kid: each year they got like two sweaters, two pairs of trousers, a skirt and blouse and a nice Sunday's dress. And though I must admit that's a pretty small amount of clothes, my mom looks so well-dressed on each image I see of her childhood... So apparently those few clothes that people had back then at least were good ones.
That's what I often think about when I buy Rosa vintage clothes today. I've bought her dresses from the 1950s that still look better than lots of the clothes that I buy her new look after having washed them once or twice. And though I wouldn't dare to brag about my qualities when it comes to laundry, I'm sure that isn't all my fault: you often hear that these days clothes are made to last just for one short season, while in the past they had to be worn by at least a few successive sisters.
So it's fascinating that Rosa can still wear this dress that's over fifty years old, and that still has all these nice little details like little buttons and detailed embroidery. I'm pretty curious how this dress, after having survived more than fifty years without too much apparent trouble, will look when it has been worn by our wild and spilling girl a few more times...
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