Sunday, January 9, 2011

From my grandmothers closet PART THREE

I have talked about my grandmother and her amazing clothes collection before (you can check them out here. 
And here ).  She had an absolutely stunning collection of hand made, off the runway designer threads from all over Europe.  She gave me a lot of clothes before she died (almost 10 years ago now) but they were mostly crazy bright coloured things from the 60's and 70's.  We thought that she had given everything away but recently while me brother was in Germany he stumbled across a box of her clothes hidden away in the basement.  They are absolutely to DIE for and most look like they have never been worn before!  My grandfather said that she had them all especially made by famous tailor in Switzerland. When my uncle came to visit a few weeks ago he managed to bring a few pieces with him (although he said it is only a fraction of what is there), and as luck would have it I am exactly the same size as my grandmother was so they fit me perfectly!  I am planning a trip to Germany now in July to pick all the other items up.. I am absolutely terrified that somebody might take them or give them away!  Anyway enough talking... here are some of the stunning pieces my uncle bought over (please excuse how wrinkled they are, who knows how long they have spent in storage!).












8 comments:

  1. Wow she must of had an amazing sense of style!, do you have any images of her your could share? That first suit is absolutly gorgeous cant wait to see an outfit pic of you wearing it.

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  2. To be honest I think all these clothes were more my grandfathers doing! I don't think my grandmother was ever terribly interested in clothes and dressing up (when she got older she sewed most of her own clothes). I will try and find some photos of her, my grandfather is just writing his memoirs and has some beautiful photos in it from when they were young. I will try to muster up the courage to do an outfit post, I love looking at other peoples but feel a bit silly doing ones of my own!

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  3. Oh my, those are just stunning!

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  4. How lucky you are to stumble over such a treasure!

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  5. That is like a dream come true, how lucky that they fit you. The fabric of the first dress is amazing.

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  6. Wow, you lucky girl!
    That is like a fairy story!!

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  7. I gave you an award! Come and grab it on my site.
    What an amazing collection. How great that you and your grandmother are the same size!

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  8. You know how absolutely jealous I am!

    You should definitely do an outfit post xox

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