THE SONGS OF A NIGHTINGAIL

  The EARLY 1900s The 1910s The 1920s The 1930s The 1940s Formal pose from my 1958 high school yearbook 1950s daytime apparel I’m not sure what color the gal’s jumper in the photo above is?  I had a red corduroy one with a dropped princess waist. And I liked polka dots only these were navy blue dots outlined in red on white rather that white dots on a dark color. 1960s mini skirts 1970s minis 1970s The Maxi dress 1980s was all about hair! 1990s just about anything was okay including, for a softer look . . . Jessica McClintock And nowadays, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised at anything I saw - at least not on the younger generation. :-> La Nightingail

  From a PR photo for a play I was in, I was an old granny who spent most of the play sitting in a rocking chair knitting, wearing a homespun gown with a lace capelet over the shoulders. Sometime later, another actor wore the gown with the lace capelet to play the part of Mother Goose. A large sheer lace collar becomes a faux capelet for this dress. A sheer capelet turns a strapless gown into the perfect wedding dress.  Bridesmaids could do the same over formal gowns they could wear again without the capelet. These lace capelets can change the look of any dress. This is a gorgeous sparkling sleeved slipover capelet atop a slim dress worn by Doris Day in the movie “Lover Come Back”.  I love it.  She got to wear the best clothes in her movies! I made a black cape much like this in style to wear for a part I was playing in a melodrama.  The only difference is the cape in the picture is in black velvet.  Mine was done in black water-silk taffeta. I was another ...