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Silk Shift Dress Biography

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Hubert de Givenchy has been credited with designing the shift dress. He designed the black shift dress Audrey Hepburn wore in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, in 1961 and the dress (along with the film) went on to become a legend. He went on to design most of Audrey Hepburn’s wardrobe for her movies, and had many famous clients including Jacqueline Kennedy and Princess Grace of Monaco both great fashion icons in the sixties and both fans of the shift dress.

However the story we love the best is Lily Pulitzer’s. Lily was an American socialite from New York. In 1950 she eloped with Peter Pulitzer and they settled in Palm Beach, Florida, where Peter owned several fruit groves. Lilly decided to make juice from the fruits and sell them to tourists. She set up a fruit stand by the roadside in Palm Beach and the juices were very popular. Lilly asked a dressmaker to make her some dresses that would help cover the stains from the fruits. The design was simple, a sleeveless dress with two front darts and the length falling just below the knee. They were made using brightly coloured, patterned cottons. Her customers loved the dresses as much as the juice and some wanted to buy them, so Lily started selling dresses too. The design became a  ’classic’ shift dress and at the time were affectionately called “Lilly” dresses. When Jacqueline Kennedy, who was an old school friend of Lily’s wore one of the dresses for a feature in Life Magazine it started a fashion trend throughout America.

The shift dress became popular with women all over the world.

Back in London, in 1966, Mary Quant queen of the mini skirt took the shift dress and turned it into the mini dress, which was worn 6 or 7 inches above the knee. A young 16 year old was hired to model the dress, she had just been ‘discovered’ in a hairdressers where she worked as a Saturday girl. Her name was Twiggy and she went on to become the first supermodel of them all.

This weekend is our HUGE Memorial Weekend Sale at Deja Vu Vintage Finery. Earlier during the week when gearing up for our big sale, I was adding onto the sale rack fun and flirty vintage dresses that I knew our customers would love. Most of the dresses that were on the rack were the popular recognized "shift" dress, most popular and worn during the 1960's. I had asked my boss, why are these called shift dresses? I know what a shift dress looks like and feels like, but where exactly did the name come from? Bill, owner of Deja Vu, did some reseacrh and came accross why the "shift" is called that way.

So vintage lovers, if you did not know why the shift dress was called a shift, well now you do!

A shift dress is a short, sleeveless dress that hangs from the shoulders. It is suitable for all body types and sizes. It has been popular since the 1960s. Though it is easy to shift or move around in a "shift dress," the term signifies a shift in culture. When the dress became popular in the late 1950s, American youth culture was at its height. The dress represented the youthful, free and revolutionary attitudes of the time.

The credible shift dress entailed many features, it's short and straight with a simple line. It hangs loose on the body from the shoulders and is held together by side panels. The dress is sleeveless with a short hemline. The neckline is high, typically with a boat-neck collar. The dress has almost no detailing, beyond side panels and breast darts. The waist is de-emphasized. This allows women to move around freely without constraints.

The history of the shift dress, I read the dress can be traced back to 1920's flapper trends. Dresses of Coco Chanel had featured exposed legs and arms with simple cuts and loose in shape with minimal waist definiton.

This movement caused many women to slowly drift from the corsets and offered women both with style and ease of movement. The shift dress was not only a new look, but was also promoted independence, modernity and redefined the females shape. The shift is a symbol of youth culture. It was all about mobility at casual ease.

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos

Silk Shift Dress Salmon Recipes Oven With Sauce Grilled Easy For Christmas Pinoy Healthy With Rice Pan Indian Style Photos