Seventies Prints

Hello 1970s Australiana. How this picture makes me chuckle! I am here posing for a family portrait with my three big sisters. We are on a family outing, possibly in Emerald, a township in the Dandenong Mountains east of Melbourne.

My sister Blossom, the eldest, looks to be wearing maroon cords with a white blouse (I love her proprietary big sister pose, stern but benevolent); Serena is in a black embroidered peasant blouse matched with a navy, yellow and white maxi skirt (how I wish these were stored in the family attic somewhere … and, is she holding me back from bolting?); Star is in a purple cord mini and what I think is a print shirt.

And cute li’l me, sporting a long bob, was dressed in a plaid dress (possibly cotton flannel) and white Roman sandals. I am sure I had that same dress in two colourways, and I don’t think I particularly liked it. Funnily, I’ve been looking for a taffeta plaid dress recently – Australian label Cue did some great 50s style dresses a season or two ago, and I’ve been trying to find one on eBay … What goes round, comes round, as ever.