Pink is one of my favorite colors and I absolutely love gingham – I think pink gingham looks so summery! So some years ago I sewed this 1950s-style dress with pink and white gingham.

The gingham dress is a backless neckholder dress.

My dress is inspired by 1950s dresses and dirndl dresses but it’s not an authentic 1950s dress.

-> 1950s White Taffeta Dress

The color of the dress matches the phlox in the background!

She’s happy after having a slice of watermelon – she loves watermelon!

It was a beautiful summer evening when we took the photos of the 1950s-style dress.

I’m wearing the dress with 1950s accessories and DIY shoes with cork soles – more about them below.

For construction details and close-up pictures of my 1950s-style gingham dress, click on the link:

-> 1950s-Style Pink And White Gingham Dress – Details

1950s-Style Dress Accessories

With the gingham dress I’m wearing my DIY 1950s-style crochet hat made out of a crochet tablecloth!

I’m also wearing my vintage crochet lace gloves that I found on ebay. The crochet lace is so delicate – maybe the crochet gloves are from the 1950s?

More pictures of the vintage crochet gloves with detail picture of the crochet lace:

-> Vintage Crochet Lace Gloves

And I’m wearing my DIY espadrilles. I made the espadrilles from scratch with jute twine, cork tiles and fabric scraps. I crocheted soles with jute twine, stitched the shoe uppers to the crochet soles and then stitched the cork soles to the crochet soles.

-> DIY Espadrilles From Scratch

The DIY espadrilles are so comfortable to wear but I’m thinking about replacing the cork soles with leather soles – leather is more durable than cork.

Vintage Picnic

We had a vintage picnic after we took the photos of the gingham dress. I prepared Victorian and Edwardian picnic food. Click on the link below for the recipes:

-> Victorian And Edwardian Picnic Food

We had savory sandwiches – ham, beef and cucumber sandwiches – sweet coconut sandwiches and homemade lemonade.

The homemade lemonade was so delicious! The recipe dates back to the 1920s!

-> Old-Fashioned Lemonade