Grandma's Dresses

So a few months ago my Mum and Auntie decided to clear out my Aunties old bedroom at my Grandparents and my Grandma gave my cousin and I permission to try on the clothes in the wardrobe and pick out anything we wanted. As the room got used for storage after my Auntie moved out there was tons of old stuff in there, only a fraction of which is included in this post. Although I've titled this post 'Grandma's Dresses' there was a lot of stuff that belonged to my Auntie and even my Great-Grandma. Unfortunately as my Grandma no longer lives at home I haven't had time to talk to her about any history behind a lot of the clothes. There may be more of a post about that in future, including the stuff I haven't got pictures of yet like my Great-Grandma's fur coat and stoles.

We kept this dress despite it being too small for either of us,
also I apparently forgot to wear matching socks

As my grandma in the 50's was very slim
a lot of the earlier dresses wouldn't do up at the back

My mum found her old costume from her
 school's production of The Mikado

My cousin picked this out to wear as part of her
Miss Hannigan costume  in her school's production of 'Annie'

We put this one straight into the co-wardrobe!
I think my Auntie said she wore it for singing at an event

That 70's look

My grandma's 'rainbow dress'
is one of my Grandpas favourites

My Auntie made this at Secondary school
 and it's been in her old bedroom ever since

My cousin in her Mum's bridesmaids
dress from my Mum and Dad's wedding 25 years ago

And the giant bow at the back!

This 60's dress was amazing and I got to keep it for myself

Look at the pretty purses!
(the bottom one had an ancient fossilised sweet inside, yum).

Detail from the back of the purse on the left