KCET is holding a special auction of vintage House of Cardinali clothing, donated by the designer Marilyn Lewis. She is an iconic Hollywood/California fashion designer and still avant garde and gorgeous. Many of her designs are used for inspiration for MadMen.
These are some of the dresses being auctioned on Ebay and are tax deductable. Bid or just drool!
Cardinali Evening Dress : Mother of the Bride?
Cardinali Shimmer
Images via KCET flickr account. You’ll have to go the the Ebay link to see them in all their glory! Some more here:
Dress was iconic for Marlo Thomas in "That Girl"
Note to models on the catwalk: If you are wearing vintage clothing: Walk the Vintage Walk!! The current runway style is way too muscular for clothes from the 1950’s and 1960’s. Darling. You’re supposed to float and sort of slide across the room in these dresses.
Cardinali Catwalk
About half way though the Cardinali fashion show retrospective, the models settled in and pulled back on the assertive modern runway style.