Here is another picture of Katy in the dress.
Posted on 06/28/2009 7:31:01 PM PDT by Steelfish
Teen sails into Miss England final wearing the same dress her grandma was modelling in 1966
By ADAM DAWE
29th June 2009
Recycled: Miss England finalist Katy Baxter in her grandmother's dress [Pic in URL]
It was a stunning dress back in 1966. And in 2009, it's still a winner.
The silver frock first worn by Katy Baxter's granny has helped the teenager through to the finals of Miss England.
Katy, 18, had to wear something 'recycled' for her semi-final against 57 other girls a fortnight ago.
She said: 'You could wear an old dress or make up something yourself from old crisp packets, as one girl did.
'My mother had just had Gran's old dress dry-cleaned two weeks earlier and she suggested that I tried it on. It fitted perfectly and I absolutely loved it.'
The lurex frock was worn by Margaret Sloman, now 76, while she was modelling at a motocross event in Kent.
Mrs Sloman, who lives in Exeter, bought the dress in either France or Italy during a summer holiday. Her daughter - Katy's mother - Julia Baxter said: 'My mother is absolutely delighted that the dress has come to life after all these years.'
The Miss England final is taking place in London next month.
Meanwhile Katy, from Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, is awaiting her exam results to see if she has the grades to study business management at Exeter University.
She also is holding a series of local fundraisers for the pageant's three nominated charities, B-eat, the National Autistic Society, and the Variety Club of Great Britain.
Supporters can donate via www. giftshare.com/katybaxter.
The winner goes on to contest the Miss World crown in South Africa at the end of the year.
[Pic in URL] Brand new: Katy's granny in the frock in 1966
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Here is another picture of Katy in the dress.
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/catalog/templates/P6.jhtml?itemId=cat22010736&parentId=cat12310741&masterId=cat6170735&cmCat=
which is what a lot of the summer dress shoes looked like. I think they're a little S&M for daily wear.
Very pretty and wholesome looking young lady.
What? Grey or silver and grey, maybe, with perhaps 1/2” or 3/4” shorter heels? Perhaps the heels would be better proportioned if they were 3/32 larger at the tip.
She looks divine & chic. Simplicity in its finest. 60s fashion were still feminine.
Nice!
I do believe your calculations are about an 1/8 of an inch off.....and they look like granny shoes, just like the dress......now a nice pair of hooker shoes might work to update the look.
;^P
Hmmmn..
Appears ti & I disagree aboot shoes.
;^)....they are naughty monkeys....
I owned a dress nearly identical to that one, same color and style. Now I am trying to recall what shoes I wore with it! Possibly grey with a thicker, shorter heel.
Figures - men discuss her obvious pulchritude, while women discuss her...shoes. LOL!
Lol! I think you may be right.
I never did comprehend the appeal of this kind of nothing “fashion.” A bath towel would be more shapely and stylish.
Grace Kelly in “Rear Window,” “High Society,” and every other movie she made. That’s clothes.
I wish my legs were long enough to wear a shoe like that.
More appropriate shoes would have been refined-line high-heeled sandals of a similar hue to the dress.
I just hope I never see them on the first lady.......(shudder)....she may have long legs.....but gees......imagine?
Shoes?
Disagree on both counts. Here in the US, ugly clunky heels are easy to find -- all too common, in my opinion! And they were not the fasion in 1966; they didn't become fashionable until the late 60s, and, sadly, dominated in the horrific early 70s. No, in 1966, refined, light, rather elegant little strapped sandals, with either a spike heel or a very light squarish high heel, would have been the fashion. Not that she's required to wear period accessories wiht the dress, it's just that those kinds of lines would work better with the dress.
THAT had me laughing aloud! How TRUE!!!!!
define pulchritude: physical beauty (especially of a woman)
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