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Retro dresses for your every whim! Dress like the retro sirens from the 1940s & 1950s, a mod girl from the 1960s, or a disco vixen from the 1970s. You'll find new retro dresses as well as authentic vintage retro dresses in our fabulous boutique. Featuring brands such as Stop Staring! Clothing, Mode Merr, Heartbreaker, Lolita Girl Clothing, Broad Minded Clothing, Bettie Page Clothing, and lots more!

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Are you looking for a unique style that you can call your own? Are you tired of wearing the same old clothes day in and day out? If this sounds like you, retro clothing may be just what you have been dreaming of. When it comes down to it, retro clothing has a lot to offer both guys and girls. No matter who you are, there is a good chance that you can pull this look off. After all, people have been wearing this look for many years. Although it went away for a good while, the fact of the matter is that retro clothing is once again back in play.

The most important thing that you will need to consider is where you can find retro clothing. Remember, buying the original clothes from many years ago may not be an option. Luckily, there are many retro clothing shops that are sure to meet your needs. The only thing that you need to do is determine where these stores are located, and then from there you can get started with the actual shopping.

Your best bet for finding retro clothing is the internet. There may be a store or two in your area that sells some of these pieces, but if you want the largest selection you will need to rely on the internet. This will give you the chance to find plenty of selections, and of course, you can also shop around for the prices that will best suit your needs.

Even if you think that a retro look is too much for you to handle, you should at least try it out. A lot of people look down on retro clothing until they actually try them on. From there, they realize how good they look and they cannot resist buying more and more.

Overall, there is a large group of people who love how they look in retro clothing. Are you going to be next? If you never try these clothes on you will have no way of saying for sure. For this reason, pick up a few articles of retro clothing and see where it takes you! About the Author

BabygirlBoutique.Com features a unique, hand-picked selection of pulse quickening retro, rockabilly, indie and alternative clothing, footwear, jewelry and accessories. Brands include Stop Staring Clothing, Paper Doll Productions, Hell's Belles Handbags, Sweet Romance Jewelry, Anne Koplik Designs, Retro Shoes, and an assortment of sexy pinup style lingerie for any time of the year! Local pickup available. Free Shipping.

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Forties-era Waitress Dress 

From Broad Minded Clothing. Created from an authentic vintage pattern, this waitress dress features corduroy pockets and buttons, small shoulder pads, and ric rac trim. The print is tiny, little motorcycles in pale blue or sage green. This dress is cute as a (corduroy) button!

Forties Era Sarong Dress 


Bernie Dexter for Broad Minded Clothing ~ All Day Long Sarong! Faux-wrap style, very flattering, and exclusive to Babygirl Boutique! Seen here in two new tropical prints!

The History of the Sarong Dress 

A sarong or sarung ( in Malay; ) is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist and worn as a kilt by men and as a skirt by women throughout much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Arabian Peninsula, the Horn of Africa, and on many Pacific islands. The fabric most often has woven plaid or checkered patterns, or may have brightly colored by means of batik or ikat dyeing, although often today, they have printed designs, often depicting animals or plants, or resembling batik or ikat.

1950's Era Exquisite Plum Satin Retro Party Swing Dress 

by Queen of Heartz, Available in Plum Satin ONLY at Babygirl Boutique

Wow!! From Queen of Heartz comes this exquisite swing party dress, exclusive to Babygirl Boutique!



Designer's notes: "This vintage reproduction dress is beautifully designed with vintage style double flap neckline, gathered halter straps, and a true circle skirt and waltz hemline."



This dress was recently featured gracing the curves of Bernie Dexter on the label for a new microbrew from a Portland brewery, Bridgeport! Just like the beer, this dress is beautiful and packs a serious punch!

Made of a top-quality stretch satin. Favored by brides seeking a retro vibe for their bridesmaids, a huge hit at proms, and other formal parties! Also perfect for any gal who just wants to knock the socks off of everyone in the room. For extra drama, wear a long petticoat underneath!

Queen of Heartz makes all their dress through 3X, for all you Pinup Girls with hips and curves!

Visit BabygirlBoutique.Com for more photos and info of this stunning gown!

Broad Minded Clothing Swing Dress 


The dress is called "Lookie! Lookie! Here Comes Cookie!" in Victorian Red. The model is called Bernie Dexter. The beer is called Stumptown Tart in Cherry Wheat. And you'll be hard-pressed to figure out which one is most delicious!

Another Babygirl Boutique exclusive dress featured on a local Portland brewery's label, worn by our own Bernie Dexter.

Life is a Picnic! 


From Broad Minded Clothing-- Babygirl's exclusive brand-- comes this fabulous fifties "Life is a Picnic" black & white gingham wrap dress! Based on a true retro pattern, this is not a faux wrap dress, but the real deal! A full swing skirt means lots of flair for dancing! See more about this wonderful dress by visiting BabygirlBoutique.Com!

Fifties-Era Life is a Picnic Dress 


From Broad Minded Clothing, in red & white gingham.

Fifties-Era Maui Tropical Dress from Stop Staring! 


This retro styled Maui dress is a tropical delight from Stop Staring! Known for quality and authenticity, Stop Staring creates beautiful vintage-inspired dresses with modern fabrics. The Maui dress is beautiful and a flattering length and shape for all size gals!

Retro elegance in the Malena Dress by Stop Staring! Clothing 

Classic 1940's Vintage Style Wiggle Dress

Classic and classy style abounds with the retro dress made with a top quality black stretch bengaline for the skirt and a lovely black and white retro floral print polyester fabric for the blouse portion of the dress. A red contrast bow adorns the center of the flowy butterfly collar bodice. Skirt features smart front and back darts for a very fitted, tailored look.

Retro Housewives 

A Retro housewife is a married woman who embraces the role of wife, mother, and housewife rather than working outside of the home.

The 1960s and 1970s marked the rise of feminism as we know it today, and as a result, women made huge advancements in the work force both in number of women working as well as the type of work being performed. Today there is hardly a profession or occupation where women are not employed.

However some women have found the demands of holding down a job or building a career as well as bearing and raising children overwhelming, and have either postponed having children, or are opting to leave the work force and devote themselves to home and family.

The modern version of the housewife has women pursuing an education, entering the work force and then leaving to care for children. This is the reverse of what the women of the 60's and 70's faced, when women were expected to marry early, and working outside the home was only an option when the children were grown.

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Sixties Mod "Melinda" Dress 


From EC Star Clothing comes this fabulous 1960s-inspired Melinda Dress. Featuring a high collar and gold buttons along the collar and up the puffy sleeves. A sexy keyhole opening in the back reveals just a little, but says a lot. The shape of this dress creates an authentic sixties, Twiggy-style silhouette. And of course, being from EC Star, the quality and attention to detail is top-notch!

Sixties Mod Little Black Dress 


Perfect for any occasion, this cute little black dress works with tights, boots, heels, or pretty much anything. Dress it up with accessories for a night out, or dress it down for a demure, sophisticated look.

Sixties Spy Dress 

The Super Spy Dress from Heartbreaker Fashions is a top seller! Girls can't get enough of its simple, flattering shape and 3/4 length sleeves. Kinda makes you feel like a sexy spy in a James Bond movie, especially when paired with boots!

Mod Squad 

Mod (originally modernist, sometimes capitalised) is a subculture that originated in London, England in the late 1950s and peaked in the early to mid 1960s.

Significant elements of the mod subculture include: fashion (often tailor-made suits); pop music, including African American soul, Jamaican ska, and British beat music and R&B; and Italian motor scooters. The original mod scene was also associated with amphetamine-fuelled all-night dancing at clubs. From the mid to late 1960s onwards, the mass media often used the term mod in a wider sense to describe anything that was believed to be popular, fashionable or modern.

There was a mod revival in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s, which was followed by a mod revival in North America in the early 1980s, particularly in Southern California.

Seventies Celebutante Maxi-Length Dress 


The disco-fabulous maxi-length dress is back and sexier than ever! Broad Minded Clothing presents the Seventies Celebutante Maxi Dress, straight outta Studio 54. Made of a heavy rayon jersey fabric, it flounces and bounces and flatters your frame from head to toe. Halter top and bare back. Pair it with strappy heels and you're ready to turn heads wherever you go!

Retro dresses for your every whim! 

Get your retro on....

We have so many retro dresses in our inventory, you simply must check out our entire retro dresses collection at BabygirlBoutique.Com right now!

Vintage reproduction styles from Stop Staring! Clothing, rockabilly swing halter dresses from Broad Minded Clothing, retro tropical dresses, classic repro designs from Bettie Page Clothing, and much more!

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