World Peace.

That’s what I wished for as I blew out my birthday candles this year.

Seriously.

And I think perhaps it’s because I was reading Sebastian Junger’s War at the time, a fascinating and disturbing book that details what life is really like for our troops in Afghanistan.

Unlike many Americans I don’t have any personal friends or family serving overseas, and yet I can honestly say that I think about our troops each and every day…When I’m planning a trip back East to visit family and I think of all the families separated by war…When I’m eating a delicious, nutritious meal and remember all of the men and women serving our country who survive on MREs…When I’m enjoying a simple pleasure like a hot shower and know the people protecting my freedom are suffering harsh conditions.

So you can see my attraction to today’s VPOD, a vintage 1970s dress by Lanvin with a print that celebrates a universally recognized symbol of peace: the white dove.

In 1949, Pablo Picasso created a lithograph featuring a white dove for the International Peace Congress in Paris and artists everywhere took up his charge, including Jules-Francois Crahay, the designer for Lanvin who used this unique print.

It’s a very peaceful dress for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Lucitebox.

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