Thrift Store Hunting, Finds and Fascinations
What starts as hunting to find buried thrift store treasure oftentimes leads to discoveries far more interesting than the piece itself.
Decades Fashion
Separates Rule Modern Fashion
The Evolution of the Separate Suzanne pulls it off with perfect pattern mixing. Love the vintage animal print purse! Ah, The Separate. This might be a term imbued only in minds of veteran retailers. For those that rolled racks down department store floors, the Separate Department housed everything that wasn’t a dress, a coat or …
Machine Age: Man Finds Its Heart In The Age of Metal
“The Mediator Between the Head and the Hands Must Be the Heart”. Metropolis 1927 Industrialization exploded between the two world wars. Urban centers expanded. Steel defined the landscape. And with it, grew a movement in art and in architecture tempered toward the linear and mechanical. It was called the Machine Age. In America it was …
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Vintage Clothing: Why I Love It
Four Qualities To Make You Love It Too Me wearing my favorite dress with my husband wearing his favorite Baja Hoodie on vacation in Cancun 2006. A recent sale of a favorite dress makes me think of why I love vintage clothing. This is my parting goodbye to my favorite dress. Here are four qualities …
60s Trends Before Disco
Hippy and Mod celebrate the sweet 60s. Hippy and Mod met with a last gasp of innocence before the 70s synthetic craze and disco noise took over 60s trends. In the 70s synthetic production dominated the textile industry. Although synthetics like nylon gained prominence during the 40s, a major production shift happened in the 70s. …
80s Fashion: Girls Just Want To Have Fun
80s Fashion, Lingerie And Cyndi Lauper For 80s girls, Cyndi Lauper was a pop culture legend. Attracted to her quirky flamboyance, teens identified with her edgy style. Most amazing was how she powered a big look with her tiny petite frame. No longer was fashion just for the tall and glamorous. With orange spiky hair …
60s Fashion: The Waistline Revolution
Cool, psychedelic, hip or groovy baby, the 60s rebelled against the establishment very much like the flapper generation did. And, 60s fashion showed it in the waistline. The yearning for freedom rang as style anthem for both 20s and 60s fashion. The 60s desired to explore, experience and adventure. The flapper simply wanted to …
The Timeless Style Of ART DECO Fashion
“You can’t repeat the past? … Why of course you can.” F Scott Fitzgerald The GREAT GATSBY ART DECO fashion enchants us even today. The rebellious 20s generation inspired a century of art and fashion that still gets our attention. Here are the three most cherished things about ART DECO fashion. 1/quality fabrics First of …