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’50s Style Wiggle Dress – Stop Staring! Challenge

’50s Style Wiggle Dress – Stop Staring! Challenge

by Sammy 11 Comments

Stop Staring! is a women’s clothing company that draws inspiration from the 1940s and 1950s for its USA-made line.

Since being introduced to Stop Staring!, I’ve fallen for it’s ’50s-style dresses the most. So to show you how versatile a ’50s-inspired floral wiggle dress can be, I recruited my friend Hope Adela of Pink Champagne Blog to share how she’d wear it, too.

What Inspires Me About ’50s Dresses

What Inspires Me About ’50s Dresses

by Sammy 6 Comments

‘50s dresses aren’t my usual stye of choice, but I challenged my creative limits and found that each had a special story to tell. So to show you how fashion goes deeper than surface-level, keep reading after the jump to not only see these 5 vintage dresses from the ’50s but to feel how their styles inspired new thoughts in my mind and love in my heart.

1950s Shirtwaist Dress Worn 4 Ways (Not to Look Like a Housewife!)

1950s Shirtwaist Dress Worn 4 Ways (Not to Look Like a Housewife!)

by Sammy 43 Comments

While known as the unofficial uniform of the classic housewife, today’s girl isn’t wearing her ’50s shirtwaist dress to fulfill archaic ideas of feminine fulfillment. To show how to wear a shirtwaist dress without looking like a housewife, I asked Elegant Musings to style one with modern day funk for looks that are still functional for day, just like the dress was invented to be.

How 1950s Fashion Makes You Feel Like a Lady

How 1950s Fashion Makes You Feel Like a Lady

by Sammy 16 Comments

1950s fashion was a decade of glamour, femininity and the return of European haute couture. Women were hungry for style, and the fashion freedom of the era inspired her gorgeous girl within to scream, “I am woman — see me dress!” Keep reading after the jump to learn how 1950s styles, tastes and trends can grow any girl’s wardrobe into one meant for a woman!

Where to Find Vintage Clothing to Dress Like Marilyn Monroe

Where to Find Vintage Clothing to Dress Like Marilyn Monroe

by Sammy 7 Comments

Where to buy vintage clothing on Ebay and Etsy that resembles Marilyn Monroe clothing and dresses worn in Monkey Business, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Somethings Got to Give.

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