Vintage Inspiration for a Mature Woman's Wardrobe
(Let's hope she likes neutrals!)
* a silver-gray silk--"she had white hair, and the effect was beautiful"
* a black silk dress
* white dresses--"that's what my chum's grandmother used to wear when I went visiting in the summer"
* real lace collars, to go with the gray silk
* half a dozen plain collars for everyday wear
* a gray voile dress, very simple and elegant, lined with gray silk and trimmed with lace dyed to match (reduced from sixty dollars to thirty)
(hopefully she likes neutrals!)
* a coat and skirt suit of fine soft black taffeta, for traveling
* a handsome black cloth coat for cool days
* a black and white dotted swiss dress
* a white linen suit
* a handsome black crepe de chine dress
* a black chiffon waist (blouse)
* filmy, dreamy, white shirtwaists, simple and plain in design, and exquisite lace simply applied, fine handmade tucks and finer material
* white linen and white lawn for morning wear at the seashore
* two white linen skirts
* several pairs of silk gloves, black and white, undergarments dainty enough for a bride, a dozen pairs of stockings
* a black lace bonnet on a foundation of white roses, with a drapery of fine black lace which swept around the roses and tied loosely on the breast
* a lace wrap from the cloak department
* a plain black bonnet
* a sweet little gray bonnet
* a fine silk umbrella
* a lot of pretty belts and handkerchiefs
* some shoes and rubbers
* a handbag of cut steel
Grace Livingston Hill wrote Aunt Crete's Emancipation in 1911. It contains an exhaustive description (this list is verbatim) for a dream wardrobe for a woman of mature years.
