Vintage Sandal Swoon

1a: SkinandWood (size 8)
1b: AdrainCompanyVintage (size 9.5)
1c: storyofthings (size 6)
2a: RaleighVintage (size 9/10)
2b: principessaemicranie (size 6.5)
2c: RockyMountainRetro (size 6/6.5)
3a: MariesVintage (size 6)
3b: weezieduzzit (size 6)
3c: Shabbylull (size 6)
4a: MariesVintage (size 6)
4b: fluffypinkbunnies (size 7)
4c: lisazain (size 7)

A Joanie Inspired Guest Entry

This Joanie Inspired Entry comes to us from my best friend who is now afar in West Hollywood, Kristin Peach Hooker. Hopefully you will see more of her soon!

As a fan of Christina Hendrick's Miss Holloway of Mad Men, I was particularly interested in finding her cute necklace, although I had no idea her necklace is actually a pen! There were some expensive versions of the gold pen necklace, but I settled on a $20 version from 1928 - a brand of vintage inspired jewelry.
http://www.1928.com/1960s-vintage-inspired-gold-tone-pen-necklace.html

During my search for the jewelry, I also came upon some super sweet vintage hair-do tutorials from a woman named Super Kawaii Mama! Here is her Mad Men hair tutorial:



Very fun! I watched a few of her hair tutorials and then fooled around in front of the mirror with a couple hundred bobby pins and a tube of liquid eyeliner.

Now, take a tip from Maria Bamford:
"Sometimes I still get a little homesick. And that's when I like to put on my Led Zeppelin CD, plug in my curling iron and just get full-on, balls-to-the-wall pretty."

ps: If you were Miss Holloway, you'd be learning your flirting skills from the 1962 book Sex and the Single Girl by Helen Gurley Brown.

my new girl

I let out squeals of delight yesterday when the UPS truck stopped at my house to deliver my perfect new dress form!! I had cheaped out on the previous dress form that I bought...not only was it oddly shaped, but it fell over often which lead to it quickly developing a crack in the base and constant leaning. ughhh....lesson learned i suppose. quality over $$ Embarassingly, as soon as I got the new form together, I tried about 20 different dresses on it and even clapped my hands a few times! (I am glad nobody was around to see such a display of affection)


In other news, I had previously avoided white clothing for the shop at all costs because I have always used a white background, making the clothing near invisible and endlessly frustrating. With Spring here and Summer on its way, I could no longer fight it. I painted a wall grey and have started a new white collection. Here are a few gems!

First Time

i have never had a blog before, but i burden everyone close to me with too much talk about vintage and this may be a better place to get it all out. i also have been experimenting with a new photo project involving all of the vintage clothing that is taking over my home. this is a sneak peak. of course, i will keep you updated on what is going on in my etsy shop.