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‘Psychedelic Sea’ Paisley summer dress by Cálle Modista
Made from vintage deadstock crimplene jersey
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/970234928/60s-mini-dress-green-paisley-psychedelic?ref=shop_home_active_1
"Crimplene for Men", ICI fabric advert early 1970s. #1970s #crimplene #handlebarmoustache
Ad, Fashion - Diana Rigg and the EmmaPeeler (Full 4-pages) by Jim Via Flickr: Here's that Avenger girl, Diana Rigg, in the grooviest jumpsuit on your TV screen. Called the "Emmapeeler" -- after the character she plays -- it comes in eight colors and is made of a stretch fabric called Crimplene. T.B. Jones Ltd. of London is the maufacturer.
Polly Peck Doing their own thing!
Scanned from Vanity Fair 1972. Polly Peck with ‘Crimplene’. Left is style 27 about £10.55. Style 114, about £14.80. Shoes by Russell & Bromley, Bond Street. Polly Peck doing their own thing. Working wonders with ‘Crimplene’ and the power of print. Saying it with flowers in a riot of colours. Bold, bright and beautiful, as only crimplene shows how. A light-hearted approach to lightweight fabric…
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Intro: I was a bit of a 'goody two shoes'. In junior school, I once had to write 200 lines "I must not talk in class" - I didn't mind the li
I was looking through this random blog (again) and felt that I had to highlight a post about schooldays in the 1960s, as it made me laugh. Here's a paragraph about fashion:
"Update: Just remembered how fashionable my 11-year old self was! Christmas, 1965, my parents bought me a blue anorak and blue stretch trousers with a strap that looped under the foot to stop them riding up. A year later, my Christmas present was a sleeveless, polo-necked skinny-rib top in white with a mustard colour mini-skirt in crimplene ... CRIMPLENE!!!"
It made me think of my mum who wore crimplene a lot! Has anyone even heard of it this century?
1970's Crimplene Flower Power Shift Dress
What an amazing job by Sallyanne. With just one yard of vintage 1970s crimplene fabric and using one of her grandmothers 1960s patterns, she has made this iconic shift dress, fully lined with lace edging too. It is so satisfying to see the fabric I have unearthed being put to such good use.
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