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A Fashion Moment McCall’s Treasury of Needlecraft: Evening Shawls

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A Fashion Moment with Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft: New Year's Edition, The Artyologist

Happy New Years! Well, almost. In honour of the most glamorous time of the year, I thought it was a great opportunity to share these images from the McCall’s Treasury of Needlecraft, featuring some wonderful knitted and crocheted evening shawls and wraps.

Nowadays there seems to be a trend towards New Years parties where the guests are encouraged to wear pyjamas. This, Dear Readers is a tragedy. Not because pyjama parties aren’t loads of fun- they can be (although not my cup of tea), but because New Years is the most glitzy holiday of them all, and if you can’t wear a cocktail dress out on New Years, just really when are you going to wear it? So, I vote that this year, instead of continuing the trend towards casualness that our culture is embracing, if we are going out to celebrate, we instead don our most glamorous garments possible. Or, if you are staying in, your most glamorous housedress and robe 😉 To be honest, I am not going to be going anywhere on New Years Eve, so I’ll probably not be wearing anything very fancy that night. . .

Anyways, without further ado- some glamorous evening wear from the 1950’s!

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, evening shawls, The Artyologist

I love the cape-like look to the one on the left.

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, shawl, The Artyologist

This kind of looks like a table runner. . . but the rest of her outfit is glamorous, so I’ll forgive it. 🙂

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, new years evening shawls, The Artyologist

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, vintage evening wear, The Artyologist

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, evening shawls, The Artyologist

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, evening shawls, The Artyologist

Such a pretty zig zag pattern.

Vintage McCall's Treasury of Needlecraft, knit evening shawls, The Artyologist

Which of the evening shawls and shrugs is your favourite? I personally really like the first picture, with the yellow dress and sparkly jewellery.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas, and that you have a Happy (and glamorous) New Year celebration however you spend it!

A Fashion Moment with McCall’s Treasury of Needlecraft: Pullovers

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It is high time that I share some more treasures from the Mccall’s Treasury of Needlecraft, don’t you think? I took all these photos last year, shared some here on the blog (hats, dressy sweaters and dresses), and then forgot that I had the rest of these! They were a bit out of season, but now that we’ve got snow on the ground, or at lease chillier climes headed our way in the Northern Hemisphere, sweaters are just what are needed. So, today I am sharing a few lovely vintage pullover sweaters from the book.

Above: I love her belt over the top and also how her scarf loops through her collar- such a lovely classic look! Also, note that she has a zipper on the front of her skirt, which I think is rather unusual for that era? 

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Pretty vintage ski attire- if only sports attire looked as nice today. Yes, I know that it’s all about “performance” but as someone who really couldn’t care less about sports, I just want everything to look nice 😉

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This is a really nice “college girl” look. Again, I love her scarf- I think I need to adopt scarves into my outfits more often!

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Nothing like posing for a photo while eating an apple? But just look how wholesome this sweater is because it is in an orchard. Style-wise, I don’t really like the boxy fit. It would probably be comfortable, but not as elegant for sure.

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A “simple crocheted” sweater. Love the batwing silhouette. And, the statement necklace is really interesting too- usually models wore more understated jewellery such as pearls and chains.

Which sweater is your favourite?

Well, that’s rather a small collection for today, but as it is late and I still have many things to do before the end of the day (I’m selling at a craft sale tomorrow, and there’s much to be done before then) so. . .  I’ll sign off for now!