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| {1} Dress form holding scarf at our Design House. |
We get vintage dress forms in the shop, but even for us, the really old ones have just been getting more and more difficult to find. Usually when we do have them, we're sure to post them on our website for Fresh Off the Wagon, since they're highly sought after by our customers.
We love looking at all the variations over time; you can really find some beautiful pieces with great age and patina. We use them at the shop to display scarves and wraps, jewelry, and they just plain look cool in a room by themselves - so we do that too!
Where can you go when you want a vintage dress form fix?
I scoured around and found a few favorite pictures. They're mostly early 1900's examples and many easily ranged from $750 and up {yikes!}. Here are the results of my search. Leave us a comment telling us which dress form is YOUR favorite. Have a great day!
{2} This one is early 1900's. It stands 4' 6" tall with a 21" round skirt.
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{4} This one extends to 43" tall. I love how the photographer offset
the form in this picture against that dark concrete wall. Pretty!
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Which of these five antique dress forms is your favorite?
Leave us a comment and let us know!
7 fabulous comments:
Like you, I love old dress forms. I have one very similar to the first picture. She lives in my bedroom and is wearing vintage skirts, old lace collar, lots of jewelry (old and new), a scarf and a crown on top. I also have three others that I rotate in and out of my antique booth. Yes, they are very hard to find! I just sold one not too long ago and it only took a week for someone to scoop her out of my booth.
I love these and you are right - they are so hard to find. I like #2 best but then that is because she is like mine- Josephine. I am always on the lookout for more - and especially would love a childs size one but am told they are next to impossible to find.
tammy
They are all gorgeous, but I like #1 best. I like the size, shape and colors. Would love to own one someday.
I love #5. I don't think I have ever seen one from the 1700's.
My Heart skips a beat whenever I see Old
Dress Forms.... the duo in the bottom
photo are Breathtaking~ Thanks for sharing
Cheryl~ZM
Those all pictures are very nice, Especially i like first one. In first picture, i like size, shape and colors. I impressed by that.
It is interesting post. I like the size, shape and colors in above picture. I like to share this information with all my friends.
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