DOWNTOWN ABBEY STYLE

Starting from the popular and successful series of  Downtown Abbey, there are so many movies coming out this year that are set in the twenties and early thirthies , do  you think it will influence fashion and bring back these fabolous twenties and early 1930 silhouettes ? ...I 'll 
think  for sure ......  faboulous girls  will wear vintage !

Can I suggest to read the caption ?

Iniziando  da Downtown Abbey la fortunatissima e seguitissima serie televisiva , quest'anno ci sono molti films  ambientati negli anni venti e primi  trenta , pensate che questo influenzerà la moda e ci riporterà alle  belle siluette  degli anni  20 ?...io ne  sono certa  che le ragazze  trendy vestiranno vintage !

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Ever notice how nobody wears her hair down at Downton Abbey? That's not by accident. Only little girls and "loose" women wore their hair down in those days. Wearing hair up, however, showed that she was ready to be presented — and therefore, courted — as a grown woman.

Rules dictated not only that women changed outfits for every occasion, but also that they updated their hairstyles accordingly. Between riding, sitting for tea, and having dinner, a woman like Mary could spend hours getting dressed and coiffed each day.

Upper-class women like Cora and Edith typically wore hats and gloves if they went outside. That's because a pale complexion, not a tanned glow, signified wealth and status. Fair, nearly translucent skin was desirable among nobles, especially if veins could be seen. (Hence the popularity of the phrase "blue bloods.")

As compared to Victorian styles, Edwardian fashion was looser and less restrictive. That's not to say that clothing was comfortable, though. Cora and her daughters would definitely have worn corsets beneath their clothing, which explains why they needed help dressing.

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Hats,  usually topped with flowers or feathers, were de rigueur during the Edwardian era.

The lack of contemporary deodorants isn't to say that people smelled awful, though. Upper-class women like Edith might bathe every day — after, of course, a servant ran the bath for them. Some soaps, such as Yardley, that the Downton Abbey characters might have used are still around today.

During the Edwardian era, women washed their hair only once or twice a month. Sybil might have used bar soap or coconut oil to keep her hair clean.

Full brows were in fashion during the 1910s, but mascara took a while to catch on. Though it was invented in 1913, it would take more than a decade for women to wear it regularly.

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As sleeveless dresses exposed the underarms, more and more women began to shave their body hair. And it happened quickly, too: Around the turn of the century, few women removed hair, but by 1915, the Milady Gillette razor was in stores.

Working women didn't catch a break from corsetry, either. Daisy, Mrs. Patmore, and the rest of the "downstairs" group would have worn corsets as they cooked, cleaned, and served in the home.

Lady Mary acquires an electric curling iron during Season 2. The newfangled invention had no heat controls, but it was much safer than previous versions, whose rods had to be heated in a fire.

....ONCE UPON A TIME .......

----------Once upon a time there was an old mother who often asked to  her beautiful girl : please lend me your "Postina "  One day, the dear girl  was angry and said " that's enough" ! The poor old woman was very sad ,  without the "Postina" she  didn't want to  go out ! and' passed a few months , the desire to have that bag was always stronger : Her little girl  could not longer see her mother  so sad, and then she tought    that  this would be her Christmas  present !



......C'era  una volta una  vecchia mamma che chiedeva spesso alla sua bella bambina : "mi presti la tua Postina ?". Un giorno  la  cara bambina si è arrabbiata  ed  ha detto  basta !
La povera vecchina era molto triste  ,   e senza  la Postina  non usciva  più!  E ' passato qualche mese , e il desiderio di avere quella borsa  era sempre più forte ......la sua bambina non poteva più vedere la sua mamma così triste  ed allora ha pensato che  sarebbe stato il suo regalo di Natale !

my  daughter'  with  the blue china  Postina   Large size

Bolzano   Principe Zanellato

                                                            My Postina  in  burgundy  Medium size

MY New Year's Eve will have your eyes

 When I came back from ,my holiday there have been some important changes in my life,:sometimes you just see things more clearly. I'm still the same person and I still  love the beautiful things, but  they are no  longer so important as they  once  were. I just don't want thousand  things that in many way make my life harder  , and a huge waste of money, I won't  be going crazy in the  sales, I'll try to match my pieces with the  beautiful accessories I already have, and the new ones I'll spend time enjoy  buying with no pressure to acquire.

Of course  the sight of these children has had an important role in these changes.

Happy New Year !  love     

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Da quando sono rientrata dalle  vacanze ci sono stati dei cambiamenti nella mia vita : qualche volta si riesce a vedere la  vita da una diversa prospettiva : Sono sempre la stessa persona e continuo ad amare le belle cose , ma ritengo non abbiano la stessa importanza che avevano prima .Non impazzirò più per avere  cose che in qualche modo ti complicano anche la vita , con un enorme sperpero di denaro., sicurammente quest'anno   non diventerò pazza durante  i saldi. Cercherò di abbinare i pezzi del mio guardaroba con i  bellissimi accessori che già possiedo, e ,per  le cose nuove ,avrò il piacere di fare shopping, ma senza la smania  di acquistare.

Non vi nascondo che il ricordo di questi bambini ha avuto un importante  ruolo nei miei cambiamenti.

Buon Anno!  con affetto  a tutte voi 

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