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More vintage African American weddings and brides! This time from 1959. The 1960s are up next and the gown styles shift DRAMATICALLY over the course of a year.
This dress is a bit busy for my taste, but as you may remember, I'm a sucker for long sleeves and a diaphanous illusion neckline! Which was apparently, a very popular style in the mid to late 1950s.
I like the bridesmaid's dress more than I like the bride's. Though the bride is stunning. And look at those tiny waists!
This wedding was a star-studded affair. Love the bride's hair.
Cute picture. And a great coquettish veil.
Great looking couple!
Great looking couple!
I remember her from a wedding editorial I posted from 1958. Harlean Harris must have been the go-to wedding model of the late 1950s. Though, it's not odd for me to run into the same models over and over again. I've come across Helen Williams in over 50 ads and pictorials. Come to think of it.... she's getting her own post! She deserves it! If my research is any indication, Helen Williams was one of, if not the sole, most hardworking model in the 1950s and 1960s.
This isn't the first time I've seen the dress/pants combo look! This look from a December issue of Ebony Magazine, also from 1959:
Trend Alert!
Below are photos from a 1959 Ebony Magazine story about a couple of color wedding to great pomp in Russia.
Enjoy!
Thanks for reading. Up next will be part one of the Vintage Black Voters series and more Black films from the 1930s and 1940s.
Thanks for reading. Up next will be part one of the Vintage Black Voters series and more Black films from the 1930s and 1940s.Don't forget to visit b.vikki vintage on Etsy!
I love the way the two ladies are standing in the second to last photo. Always on point!
ReplyDeletecool pix! I just found your blog yesterday via Racialicious and I'm enjoying your posts so far!
ReplyDeleteJust wonderful! I love all the old wedding announcements. Great tidbits about the lovely couples and their backgrounds. I'm here via Racialicious and will be returning frequently. Your site is fab!
ReplyDeleteGreat pics! I came across your blog because I was looking for AA vintage prom pictures. I haven't found any yet but I'm glad I found your blog. :0)
ReplyDeleteI especially like the Ebony Fashion Fair pic!
A lovely post and a fabulous blog. I really like how you post the detailed wedding announcements. It gives us the chance to really be up close and personal with the lucky couples. Their photos make me feel like I was present at the events.
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This was such a fun post! I love the concept! I especiallyliked the fifth wedding picture. Her dress is so classic and gorgeous.
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this is such a cool blog. i found you through the blog of note. i've never seen a blog like this before. i really do love it. it's so wonderful to see black women of decades past portrayed in such beautiful ways. i mean, all we ever hear about from the 50s and 60s is civil rights. while i'm glad i grew up with segregation, i love that you are telling a whole other history none of us have had the privilege of being exposed to. i really do love this and i bet you just keep skyrocketing forward with blog traffic.
ReplyDeleteI've been involved with archives & vintage fashion (collecting/wearing/selling) for years, and I really enjoy your blog. This wedding post is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteI notice that the bride marrying in Russia is wearing an Ann Fogarty dress (I'm a big fan of the 'paper doll' sihouette & collect Fogarty items). As you & other vintage fans probably already know, Fogarty's sister was food writer Poppy Cannon, who married Walter White of the NAACP. To my knowledge Fogarty never spoke publicly about civil rights issues, although Cannon and White did appear together in a TV interview.
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I can't believe that was a time in where the black people must do this activivities hidden in the shadows, in other words, nobody could know this, only the family and the minister.
ReplyDeleteThis was really great to read! Came upon it by error. The outfits are fantastic and the men look so debonair.
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