vintage hiking wear

My family and I are planning a hiking trip in may and of course I have to be difficult and insist on wearing vintage appropriate attire. So I went scowering the Internet for vintage pictures of women hikers. What I found was amazing. Not only were women tough they looked good while doing it. Most of these pics I found on maryvannote.com/








this was found because my Friend suggested i take a look at pictures for the movie "African Queen" with Catherine Hepburn , Humphrey Bogart, and Lauren Bacal


And of course no Vintage research is complete without including Marilyn Monroe

Re-fashioning

There are so many things on my sewing list Lately . Most of them wearable Vintage inspired Winter clothes. Which means A lot of heavy Fabrics that are Pricey. So After looking at some awesome blogs Like:Casey's Elegant Musings Miss P and many other wonderful Blogs. I ventured into my closet and to the thrift stores to Try my hand at refashioning and I'm glad I did I found some of my favorite pieces to date. hers a few of my creations:

A bulky Cardigan that I Adjusted to be more Fitted


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And a Pencil Skirt That was 3x to big but I loved the fabric so I Took it apart and cut it down to my size

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