Category Archives: 1970s

VPOD: Protecting Your Assets and Vintage 1970s Earrings


vintage 1970s ruby and seed pearl dangle earrings

Sure it can be hard to keep a secret, but our computer passwords are secrets worth keeping.

When I used to audit companies back in the day, I was always surprised to see how many people kept their passwords posted at their desks or taped inside their top drawers or written on index cards that were tucked underneath their desk blotters.

I always thought these folks were…

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Going, Going, GONE: eBay Vintage Auctions


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!

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(Auctions all end within the next 5 days.)

Vintage 1970s…

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VPOD: Vintage Edouard Jerrold Suede Boots and The Ugg Dilemma


vintage edouard jerrold suede boots

I just spent 20 minutes on the phone with Ugg Australia hammering them with questions about where they source their sheepskins and what standards they have in place for the ethical treatment of animals.

Why?

Because a dear, dear friend gave me a pair of Ugg boots for Christmas.

Yep, Uggs. Made from sheepskin. And as you all know by now, I don’t wear fur.

Since my friend knows…

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VPOD: Vintage 1970s Roberta di Camerino Tote Bag and Living As Good As You Look


vintage 1970s roberta di camerino tote bag

Trompe l’oeil is French for “deceive the eye” and refers to an art technique that can create optical illusions that appear very realistic. But the idea of trompe l’oeil isn’t only applied to art. It also finds its way into fashion.

Fashion, by nature, is often used to “deceive the eye” with prescriptions for looking taller, thinner, or more proportional by wearing stripes or wider belts or smaller…

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VPOD: Vintage 1970s Stephen Burrows Beaded Dress and Cyber Shopping


vintage 1970s stephen burrows beaded jersey dress

vintage 1970s stephen burrows beaded jersey dress

It’s Cyber Monday so let the online holiday shopping frenzy begin!

Actually this is my kind of frenzy. No waiting in line for stores to open their doors. No pushing and shoving. No pepper spray.

Just me, in my bare feet, in my quiet apartment, sipping a cup of green tea and knocking out all my holiday shopping in an hour or so.

Now as someone who studied…

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