The highlight of my week was the purchase of a vintage velvet gown made for Lana Turner. I’m not sure yet what film the actress wore the dress in, but you can imagine my glee when I spied the studio label with “Lana Turner” written clear as day.
Of course, any vintage piece from the 1930s or 1940s in this condition would have value, but that…
Wow! A 90-piece collection of vintage Braniff uniforms, shoes, luggage and accessories designed by none other than Pucci, Halson and Narducci of Dallas is now available on eBay.
The collection was amassed by a former Braniff flight attendant who flew for over 20 years. And I guess if you or I had to wear a uniform designed by Pucci or Halston, we might actually tuck it…
I was paging through the August edition of a fashion magazine yesterday (from back to front as I have a habit of doing), when I stopped on a page that told me that color-block handbags were OUT. And we all know, because Heidi Klum reminds us each week on Project Runway, that when it comes to fashion, “You’re either in, or you’re out!”
So imagine my…
Look out America. The fourth season of Mad Men started this past Sunday and that means plenty of vintage fashion eye candy on Sunday nights. This popular and highly acclaimed television series is becoming known as much for its clothes as it is for its characters!
In fact, this year AMC has teamed up with Banana Republic for a casting call contest in which one lucky winner…
“Every dress has a history. And so does every woman.”
These are the first words on the book jacket of A Vintage Affair, a book that effortlessly melds a charming story with a manifesto extolling the wonders of vintage clothing.
Now you all know I loooooove vintage clothing but I have another love in life too: good books. So you can imagine my delight when I curled up…
There’s no better way to start the day than to hear that you’ve been included with 49 other fabulous bloggers who are working to support responsible fashion.
Many thanks to Amy Cook for including me on her list of 50 Fabulous Blogs for Green Fashionistas.
I am thrilled to share my unique perspective on vintage clothing and eco-issues with you, my dear readers, and I have lots…
ABC News reports that there are 84,000 centenarians living in the United States—that’s folks who have reached the ripe ol’ age of 100 years or more. And when I think of all the changes they’ve seen in their lifetimes, I often wonder if they feel like they’ve been characters living in a science fiction novel.
After all, in the past 100 years they’ve witnessed the birth…
If you’ve been experiencing the intense heat wave creating record high temperatures this summer, probably the last thing you want to look at is anything made of heavy knit, wool, or tweed.
But global warming is not only making our hot days hotter. Oh no, no, no. While winters are becoming milder and shorter on average, we can also expect the effects of global warming to produce…
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As drawstring bucket bags come back into style and take their place on plenty of magazine editorial spreads for fall, I see it as a perfect opportunity to talk about women who carry a different kind of bucket everyday—a bucket full of water.
Just in South Africa alone, it is estimated that 16 million people have no operating water supply and it is the women who…
