We had a quiet day in the shop today, so Betty and I decided to play dress ups with some of the new frocks.

Eras date from the ’40s to the ’60s, with one from the early 1970s – to make up for posting an image of polyester dresses last time, these are all made of natural fibres: silk, cotton or rayon (technically a man made natural fibre).

Betty is a typical mannequin of the 1940s: aloof and disinterested. Despite her fabulous colouring (which seems to show every garment to best effect) she always looks like she has something more important to do…I wonder what?