Monday, November 21, 2011

Novelty Skirts

I have a serious obsession with 50's novelty printed skirts.  I get heart palpitations when I see a gorgeous one for sale and if it's not my size, I get a pain in the guts from disappointment.   Do you know how many FANTABULOUS novelty clothing items there are for sale with a size 24" waist??!

Here is my vintage 'collection' as it stands at the moment!


Gorgeous Flamenco dancers in cartoon form


Chinese Pagodas.  I love this one and it makes me feel I am wearing a painting when it's on.


Spanish Flamenco dancers


Jars from a pantry with big pink bows


A Carnival Fair scene!


Gorgeous Forest woodland scene


This one looks better on, a patchwork of 50's fabrics.


LURV this racing car scene.  It's just so Speed Racer!


Firemen!  Note the wagon wheel style fire carriages!


The seaside......this just makes me sigh in all it's gloriousness.


Magazines from the 50's! Life, Readers Digest, Time......  This is seriously groovy.


And I have a few novelty items that are reproduction and they are:


Bernie Dexter's Landscape dress.


Snack Attack by Folter.


Bernie Dexter's Landscape dress with Blossom trees.


An Artscapes skirt with a Venetian Cafe scene.

Hope you all enjoyed my novelty skirts as much as I do. Anyone else have some gorgeous ones?  And more to the point....who has one I can buy?!
Posted by at 5:20 PM

15 comments:

  1. UnknownNovember 21, 2011 at 5:41 PM

    When I was a little younger I only wanted to wear black, nude and absolutely not 'noticable' clothing. Now I am pretty done with that and I love colors and nice combinations. But still it is not as colorful like these wonderful skirts! OMG... I totally want them all :D especially first 3 and the forest one. Great great great!

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  2. ♥Forever the ugly duckling ♥November 21, 2011 at 5:45 PM

    I adore these skirts! Makes me miss my own 24 inch waist :P

    I usually just find a fabric I like and get someone on Etsy to do me a custom order and make a circle skirt using the fabric I choose. My last one was a lovely wizard of oz print :) xo

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  3. SkirtsNovember 21, 2011 at 6:56 PM

    Hello Dude,

    You have provided a very good site to knowing about Skirts. It works beautifully with nearly any bright color. This print is nice and dark...

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  4. SelinaNovember 21, 2011 at 7:22 PM

    Gorgeous! You may have started a new obsession for me... :D

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  5. Kitties26November 21, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    WOW, that really is some collection. I seriously own about 6 skirts, and they are all boring. These are gorgeous.

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  6. KristyNovember 21, 2011 at 7:34 PM

    I love all of them.....especially the first one

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  7. HelgaNovember 21, 2011 at 7:35 PM

    These look really cool! I love the pagoda one :)

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  8. Konad-liciousNovember 21, 2011 at 9:30 PM

    Thanks Melanie. I know, they are all awesome!

    Ugly ducking. Nonsense, you look like yu have a 22" waist! Lu yr nails, I am now following ye blog!

    Selina. Oh no! Welcome to the dark side.....and sorry!

    Cathy. Life is way too short to have boring skirts

    Thanks Kristy!

    Thanks Helga, me too!

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  9. ♥ Sarah Claire ♥November 21, 2011 at 9:44 PM

    Such beauties!! Makes for great inspiration to get back on the diet train.

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  10. AnonymousNovember 22, 2011 at 12:16 AM

    These are all so pretty! I wish I had the nerve to wear them - I'm pretty Plain Jane when it comes to clothes.

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  11. I Drink Nail PolishNovember 22, 2011 at 1:25 AM

    *swooooooooons* Oh how I adore these kind of skirts (and dresses!)! *sigh* This makes me miss sewing so much that I could just cry. :( My perfect 1970's sewing machine was stolen and I have not been able to replace it. I hope so much that one day I can get myself set up to sew again. I miss getting excited over the wonders of fabrics, prints, and colors. If I ever get set up to sew again and I find some awesome fabrics you will be on my list of people to write! :D

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  12. MinnieNovember 22, 2011 at 2:53 AM

    Man oh man, those are fabulous!

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  13. SilhouetteScreamsNovember 22, 2011 at 7:04 PM

    These aren't skirts, these are bloody works of art! Love *____*

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  14. MartjeNovember 27, 2011 at 8:54 AM

    ooow I'm in love with the blossom tree dress wow that's so gorgeous!!

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  15. UnknownJanuary 12, 2013 at 12:12 AM

    Have you checked out Rooby's over there on Etsy? YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE.

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