Vintage
Clothing
Doesn’t that
sound classic, so first-rate!
I thought I would
start a new blog posting featuring vintage clothing, and what better piece of
clothing could I start out with than my 1956-57 school skirt I could have worn
on my first day back to school, which today is the first day back to school for
many kids.
Do you
remember what you wore on your first day back to school?
I had
attended the John L. March Elementary School in South Chicago, from 1955 to
1960. The school still thrives today and has a very long history. My mother’s family
all attended Marsh, as it was simply called then. 
This
is my skirt. I remember wearing it often, as I did not have a wardrobe of means. I
think it had two long jumper straps because inside the waist band are
buttons that held the straps in place. I think I remember them always falling
down, too. I also had a white blouse with short puffy sleeves.
I can’t
remember where my mom bought the skirt, but I do remember shopping at
Montgomery Ward in Chicago. We use to get their big catalogues in the mail and
I remember flipping through the black & white and colored pages picking out
mostly the toys I wanted. Heck with school clothes!
Today with
vintage clothing being popular, I wonder if there are any skirts like the one I
had available for sale. One such vintage shop is online. It’s called Mod Cloth.
There website is http://www.modcloth.com.
It’s lots of fun looking at
vintage clothing.
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