Back in the day, most women had at least one good suit in their closet. Spring was the perfect time to buy a new one, as you could wear it for Easter and then continue to use it for years to come. Take a look at these beauties from 1955. Be prepared to drool.
This Zelinka-Matlick suit was featured in an ad for Miron wool,
"the best wool you can put on your back". The hat is by Sally Victor and the fur muff by Fredrica.
A Bergdorf Goodman exclusive, this worsted flannel suit came in gray or navy. Sold for $195 in 1955 (about $1577 in today's dollar).
The Cadillac of suit makers, Lilli Ann, offered this one in an unusual blend of silk, mohair, and worsted wool. "
Sleeves are pleated for drama...buckles are from Austria, studded with hand-cut brilliants...in turquoise, coral, pale beige, or mauve blue". Sold for $100 in 1955 (about $809 in today's dollar).
Bonwit Teller offered this suit by Monte-Sano in gray tweed or navy Forstmann wool. It has s shorter double-breasted jacket over a fullish skirt. Jacques Tiffeau was the designer at Monte-Sano at this time, so this is one of his suits. Sold for $235 in 1955 (about $1900 in today's dollar).
Oleg Cassini started designing under his own label in the early 1950s. He always did sexy, even in a simple suit. Va voom!
At Couture Allure, we love
vintage suits, and always try to have a nice selection available for you. For spring, I love this
1950s tropical weight gray wool suit by Handmacher. It has sweet smiley pockets and the sleeves can be worn cuffed or not.
A brand new silver spiral tree with two sided heart frames to hold precious photos, this was only $6~ .jpg)
Some new and vintage jewelry. I'm not going to tell you how much I spent on all this stuff... it was way more than I wanted to pay, but thats how it goes sometimes. My intent was to donate all of this to be used doing collages with children... but at some point you just have to realize it just isn't cost effective when you start donating expensive stuff. lol The silver little trunk was .50cents and the four antique photos were .50cents each~.jpg)
I also picked up a huge red radio wagon (one of the new plastic ones with two pop up seats) for $7.50, a Big Wheels for $5. (I've always wanted one of those!) and various other odds and ends.
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Here is a close up of the little peeps on the banner. I think it turned out super caute....
I think I'll use this as a continuing theme for this upcoming Easter. Easy-peasy! Here is another view..
Okokok... now I'm just showing off all my neat stuff! :-P I've linked up to Someday Crafts Easter 
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Here is the after.... Drum roll please, rat-tat-tat-tat-tat~ .jpg)
I LOVE it! I used white flat paint and I distressed the edges of the pie safe ever so slightly with a brown ink pad. I covered the aluminum panels in each door with cardboard that fits snuggly inside each square. They can be popped out at a moments notice~ I used spray adhesive to adhere thin batting over each cardboard square then I tufted some shabby chic fabric with white buttons. .jpg)
I used glass knobs on the drawer at the botton and I used slightly bigger wooden knobs then what was originally on the piece for each door. I already had the white paint and the knobs... and I even had the Shabby Chic fabric that I used on the door. Total cost... fa-reeeeeeee~ .jpg)
I think it turned out super caute!
