Category Archives: 1960s

VPOD: No Bones About It


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vintage chenille fringe wrap sweater

vintage 1960s louis giusti fish bone necklace

Kate Winslet once wisely remarked that “There’s more to life than cheekbones.”

Don’t I know it!

Recently, I’ve become intimately familiar with one particular beauty among the other 205 bones in the human body: the scaphoid.

It’s one of 27 bones in the hand nestled between the thumb and the wrist and I unknowingly injured mine this past weekend.

I wish I had a good story to go along…

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VPOD: Inquisitive vs Acquisitive and a Vintage 1960s Holt Renfrew Silk Coat


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vintage 1960s holt renfrew silk dress coat

Let’s face it. We live in a consumer culture where we are bombarded by messages that try to convince us that we need another doodad, an improved something-or-other, a better whatchamacallit or the latest thingamajig if we ever want to be truly happy, content, or satisfied.

But being acquisitive isn’t the way to inner peace.

As soon as you do finally get whatever is was you were…

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VPOD: Polka Dot Power for Storage Boxes and a Vintage 1960s Polka Dot Dress


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vintage 1960s polka dot geometric print dress

chic recycled and decorated cardboard storage boxes

I’m not the biggest fan of polka dots in fashion. For me personally, I tend to find them a bit, well, polka-dotty! And the older you get the harder it becomes to pull off this whimsical print.

But don’tcha just love a challenge?

Me, too!

So with a wee bit of internet surfing, I discovered today’s VPOD. This lovely summer dress mixes dotted swiss with a bold geometric…

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VPOD: Canon4Kids, NCMEC and a Vintage 1960s Leather Coat


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vintage 1960s leather coat

Two Saturdays ago, I woke up at 7:40am when I heard a knock on my front door. I peeked through the blinds and saw an LAPD officer.

Uh-oh.

My heart started pounding because police officers never knock on doors to deliver good news like winning the lottery.

In this case, they were checking to see if I had noticed anything missing or had seen or heard anything suspicious…

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Going, Going, GONE: eBay Vintage Auctions


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Check out these fab eBay vintage auctions ending in the next five days including pieces by Alfred Shaheen, Malcolm Starr, and Hattie Carnegie. Be sure to check out the vintage 1960s fringe cropped pants (perfect for New Year’s Eve) and the fab vintage 1960s leather and brass belt.

vintage 1970s lace angelwing mini dressvintage hattie carnegie elephant broochvintage 1950s beaded sweatervintage 1960s fringe crop pants

vintage 1950s ostrich handbagvintage 1970s icelandic wool sweater coatvintage 1950s rhinestone beltvintage 1950s silk dres

vintage 1950s victoria royal lace cocktail dressvintage italian figural tomato evening bagvintage 1950s rompervintage 1960s malcolm starr lame evening gown

antique petit point pursevintage 1950s brocade evening coatvintage 1970s trifari lucite necklacevintage 1970s tooled leather handbag

vintage trifari matsumoto modernist lucite cuff braceletvintage 1940s crochet clutch with lucite handlevintage 1970s alfred shaheen jumpsuitvintage 1960s leather and brass chain belt

Going, Going, GONE!

CLICK IMAGE TO GO TO EBAY AUCTION

(Auctions all end within the next 5 days.)

Vintage 1970s…

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