Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vintage. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 11, 2016

I mean, I can't even!!!




Okay. It's official. I am wearing my pajamas ALL THE TIME these days.
It has been so so hot this year that loose and breezy is the only way to go.
Also, my waistline disappeared awhile ago. I have been looking for it in donut shops and brew pubs all over town but it simply cannot be located! Another reason to go for the loose look.
I mean, I can't even!






I had this plan to actually venture out of my yard to take a few photos out in the Real World.  But as soon as I set up my tripod in the park I noticed that there was a punky kid on a skateboard skating back in forth in front of me just sorta checking me out. I feel like an idiot taking photos of myself already so I really didn't need an audience. Then I noticed that he was wearing a Trump for President t-shirt! Yikes!!!
I packed everything up and skedaddled on home. It was truly terrifying.
I can't even explain to those of you who don't live in the United States right now the level of anxiety that is floating in the air.



Alas. Here I am Back in the safety of my old backyard. Wheh! That was a close one.
I'll be hanging out here until November.




Both the white linen blouse up top and the faux Liberty night-gowny maxi dress are made by me
from Kwik Sew pattern 3065. No zippers, no button holes, no sweat. Easy Peasy. I added pockets OF COURSE.
My sash was purchased from the Putumayo store on Columbus Avenue in NYC in the 1980's. I loved that store. I shopped there all the time. I wish I'd kept more of my things from there. Yes, Seinfeldians. It was a REAL store.
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Isn't it amazing when you can actually shop for vintage in your own closet???
I mean, I can't even.


Monday, January 11, 2016

overalls



Do you Recall your Very First Personal Fashion Moment???
My first Memory is of Overalls.
I must have been about three years old. At least I hope I was only three! I was wearing the type of Toddler Overalls that snap on the inside of the legs for quick emergency trips to the potty. The snaps were unsnapped, the pant legs were flapping around and I started twirling around singing, "I'm wearing a dress." My First Fashion Moment. Tra La.
Well, the fashion neurons in my brain must have imprinted on those overalls because I have owned and worn some form of bib overalls practically every decade of my life.
Meanwhile it is finally RAINING in SoCal!!!
El Nino ha llegado. YIPPEE!!!!


We're hunkered down doing inside rainy day things like
packing up holiday ornaments
baking cookies
and searching for new knitting projects
How gorgeous is Daphne Selfe in this Rowan knitting book?
striped turtleneck ~ Anthro
overalls ~ vintage 1990's from enidandedgar Etsy shop
Calgary slip on clogs ~ Vionic
Soooo....My Friends. What was YOUR Very First Fashion Memory?????
Do Tell.
meanwhile I'm linking up with the Super Smart Patti at Visible Monday



 Ooooohhhh.
This post is just perfect for Spy Girl's
Fashion Rosebud.
Check out the other Rosebuds HERE 




Wednesday, March 12, 2014

When Vintage Eyes Are Smiling


I have been wanting a Square Dancing Dress for as Long as I Can Remember.
 Haven't You?
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Well, the Vintage Gods Must have been Smiling Down Upon Me Because
The Road to Flashbacks Rose Up to Meet Me
The Wind was At My Back
The Sun Shone Warm Upon a Parking Place
And the Rains Fell Soft Upon My Wallet 
Happy Connie*
 
 
handmade square dancing skirt ~ Flashbacks
linen peasant top ~ vintage J Jill
"statement" necklace ~ pulled out of the rummage bin
 
What makes this Find even Better is the crummy sewing involved.
Sewn by a Kindred Spirit. Yeah!!!
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Until We Meet Again
May YOU Hold the Vintage Gods in the Palm of Your Hand.
 
 
And a Big Thank You and a Double Hug to the adorable megan and nora of two birds
for putting me on their love*birds list. 
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