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Show Us Your 1930s Beach Pyjamas

therizyflapper

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A two-piece pair of early 30s beach pyjamas...with POLKA DOTS. Again, they were too small for me in the waist and rise, so I sold them along. Wahhhh!

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oh how i wish i was the one to buy those hahaha
 

Lauren

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I love Beach Pajamas too!

I sold this one a few months ago. It's a cotton print of college penants.
Unfortunately it was only in fair condition. It has some stains and the dark colors have all run in the cotton fabric.

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AMAZING! Combines two of my favorite 1930s things- collegiate influence and pajamas! SO yummy!

I love seeing everyone's pyjamas!

Baroness, those polka dot ones- I STILL wish my legs were shorter so I could have gotten those from you ;)

Love the pattern, Miss Tuppence! I have never seen that one before.
 

poggleberry

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Great Thread, these are mine, picked up a couple of summers ago at a carboot sale, I was jumping inside when I spotted them.
They are for a petite girl, so are too small for me, I just love the eyelet detail on the frilled neckline and the contrasting inserts on the
legs.
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VintageBaroness

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I love Beach Pajamas too!

I sold this one a few months ago. It's a cotton print of college penants.
Unfortunately it was only in fair condition. It has some stains and the dark colors have all run in the cotton fabric.

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And this silk pair I've had for over 10 years. Love, love, love them.

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I remember seeing your listing for that college one. AMAZING. Those silk ones are incredible, too....and SO rare!
 

ColeV48

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I recently went on a cruise and made a pajama set (amongst other things) for it:
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The trousers were from Eva Dresses 1934 Lounging Ensemble pattern, while the top is basically two triangles cut on the bias.
 

VintageBaroness

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Miss Sis

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Now how cool is that, to find the photo matches the illustration?!?

I wonder if the pattern illustrators sometimes drew from 'life' or cloth, as it were. I'd always thought they just made it up or followed some vague direction - 'Make that one striped and that one green' style.
 

VintageBaroness

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FINALLY got a chance to wear my early 1930s vest/bolero...
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You can't tell in this pic, but Lauren (gal in the middle) is wearing an amazing pair of 30s beach pyjamas she made herself!! Lauren, did you find a full length pic of them? I think Nicole might have taken one :)

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swinggal

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I recently went on a cruise and made a pajama set (amongst other things) for it:
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The trousers were from Eva Dresses 1934 Lounging Ensemble pattern, while the top is basically two triangles cut on the bias.

Fantastic! I have that pattern too but have not made it yet. The person I know who has the biggest collection of the most stunning beach/lounging pyjamasI have ever seen is a friend in LA named Amber. She has 9 pairs of original ones that I have seen her wear and they are all different and stunning and some come with matching boleros! I might ask her if I can post the pics of her wearing them here.
 

VintageBaroness

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Fantastic! I have that pattern too but have not made it yet. The person I know who has the biggest collection of the most stunning beach/lounging pyjamasI have ever seen is a friend in LA named Amber. She has 9 pairs of original ones that I have seen her wear and they are all different and stunning and some come with matching boleros! I might ask her if I can post the pics of her wearing them here.

I agree! Amber's collection of beach pjs is impressive! I think the only other person I know who has amassed a major archive of these garments would be my friend Heidi (who, interestingly, recently scored one of Amber's best pairs on ebay). http://citizencouture.com/2010/06/heidi-rosenau/
 

VintageBaroness

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Heidi actually even came across a picture of a woman wearing the exact same (or identical style) of beach pjs, complete with matching hat, that she had acquired a while before. What are the chances?! Vintage serendipity strikes again! I'll see if she will post here or let me do so!
 

swinggal

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Yes, I love her collection. I have found beach pjs in the past but they were always too small for me so I sold them on to friends. So many women here in Australia wore them in summer in the 1930s so I am surprised more don't turn up. Maybe they were all worn to death and thrown away, as they are sooo comfy :)

I have this 1930 poster advertising Bondi Beach (at Bondi Pavillion in Sydney) framed at home. Such a lovely, stylised depiction of the beach fashions of the day...including our beloved lounging pjs. The woman on the left even has a matching hat :)

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