wear it with PRIDE

Protests, feminism, revealing clothing and opinion. Women demanding the same rights as men. This sounds in some ways like today, but I'm talking about the roaring 20s and the women suffrage. The 1920s and 30s is an important time, not only in terms of fashion but also in EQUALITY through women rights.

In the US, which usually sets the trends, women were allowed to vote 1920. The following year women in Sweden were given the right to vote, but in India the voting rights for men and women didn't become equal until the year 1947 (according to Wikipedia). Why am I talking about this now? This year it's ELECTION in Sweden. This week is PRIDE WEEK in Växjö. We've come far in equality and yet we still have a long way to go. 

WEAR IT WITH PRIDE

this dress is an Lovinspire UPCYCLED piece

it was a thriftshop treasure, a kind of discreet skirt 

carefully redesigned to a steaming hot 20s inspired flapper dress

with a voice of it's own

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Sun up, shoes off & rock on!

 OWN the field of flowers. STAND OUT with purple and ruffles this summer.

 

 

I'm proud to present the first creation of my own at etsy. Modelled by my twin sister Cecilia.

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Vintage (1970s) colorchanging velvet coat.
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"Let them eat cake" (aka. HAPPY2014)

The year 2014 got a warm welcome by the NSF-scouts at Ransbergs Herrgård in Värmland, Sweden. Alot of new wonderful friends, a nice cavalier, good food and drinks (virgin of course). Since it was a masquerade ball it was quite expected of one to make their own mask, do alot of dancing and be just a bit over the top. So I went dressed up like Marie Antoinette. BEFORE she lost her head of course.

It was alot of preparing, traveling time, time traveling and fun! The dress I wore for the evening I had found at a local thrift store (hehe, you probably got that thrift shop song in your head now)  in Växjö. It needed some repair and modification. Handmade old thing. So I pimped it and puffed it (didn't have nearly enough volume at the back to measure up to Marie's standards!) Also customized some earrings to match the necklace and I hand stitched an underskirt that was very much like a pair of bloomers. My twin sister arranged the wig which took an incredible amount of time. THANKSx2! And thank goodness that style not in fashion now...