Vintage Fashion with Judith Durham

What’s one thing I love above all else? …not vintage fashion, actually, if we want to get technical. But I am quite fond of vintage fashion. I’m also quite fond of Judith Durham, lead singer of the Australian ’60s band The Seekers, owner of one beautiful voice, and one of those people who just radiated sweet wholesome vibes.

As it turns out, Judith also had a smashing wardrobe. Don’t be turned off by the fact that it was the ’60s and think of stringy hair and mini-skirts. Judith’s fashion sense was classier than that – she apparently held the Queen as a fashion role model, in fact.

So, why not share some of her lovely vintage outfits with you in my post today?

1. Emerald Green Dress

This is probably her most iconic dress (and also happens to be one that she made herself, I believe), but sadly I can’t find any good pictures of it…so I’ll have to share a video featuring it instead.

Oh, and I may as well take this opportunity of mentioning that not all the pictures in this post will be terribly high quality…sadly, there’s a lack of clear, non-fuzzy pictures of dresses I especially like. Sadness.

(Fun fact: last I knew, this dress was actually in an Australian museum; the concert this clip is from has the world record for having the largest concert audience in the Southern Hemisphere!)

A lot of Judith’s concert dresses were the same style of floor-length, flowing, feminine, and fairly simple, but with some little thing to set them apart (like those cool sparkly buttons on her emerald dress). As one I especially like which will give you a good idea of the style, here is

2. White Dress with Pink Thingys on the Sleeves and Collar

Another concert dress of hers which I especially like is

3. Gold and Pink Dress

Isn’t it really pretty? I love the bow. (I think she made this one herself, too.) Here’s the obligatory full picture of it in horrible quality:

4. Pseudo Wedding Dress That She Wore in the Video for “Morningtown Ride”

As far as I know she only wore this one in one music video-thingy, never in concert, but it’s quite pretty.

It does look rather like a wedding dress, doesn’t it? I have a picture of her actual wedding dress too, as a matter of fact, which is also lovely:

5. Actual Wedding Dress

Here’s a higher-quality picture, but you can’t see the dress itself as well…at least you get a closer look at those cool sleeves:

6. Light Blue Dress with Pastel Jacket

I would make this one a little longer, but I like the delicate pastel-ish vibe.

Here’s a closer look at the jacket part:

7. Navy-Blue Dress with Yellow Buttons

Here’s a very smart navy-blue thingamajig – I love the color combination of the dark blue with the bright yellow:

8. Black Dress

Here’s a simple black dress that I quite like – I could happily own this one myself (though, again, I would want it a bit longer).

I love the pleated skirt. You can see it more clearly here:

9. Red Corduroy Two-Piece

Isn’t the corduroy texture cool? You can see the full outfit more clearly in this picture, though in less detail:

10. Orange Suit

This is another cute one. I can’t tell if it’s two-piece, or a dress trying to look two-piece:

I (again) would want it a little longer, but other than that it is cute.

Well, I suppose that’s as good a place to stop as any. There are more I could put in, of course, but one can’t go on forever. That was rather fun, though! Should I do a series of these vintage wardrobe posts? Maybe do some period drama wardrobes sometimes too? Oh, and which of Judith’s dresses would you want in your own wardrobe?

Toodle-oo!