Over 100 million American tuned in to the watch the Super Bowl yesterday but I wasn’t one of them.

That means I not only missed all the athletic action on the field and all the high-priced commercials but also the much-talked-about National Anthem performance by Christina Aguilera.

And while I didn’t have any bets riding on either of the teams and wasn’t rooting for either team to win, I do have a clear favorite when it comes to the team colors.

Give me a choice between the green and gold of the Packers or the black and gold of the Steelers and, at least in the moment, I’m leaning toward the green and gold combo.

Take today’s VPOD for instance. This vintage 1950s silk cocktail dress from Saks Fifth Avenue is oh-so-pretty and adding a little gold bling would just make it shine even brighter.

It’s a fashion touchdown for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Dandelion Daydreamer.

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Think a sundress is just for summer?

Think again!

When a sundress is as sophisticated as this beauty, you’re perfectly sane to want to wear it year round. And all it takes is a bit of styling flair.

Sure this 1950s cotton dress has an organic country print of wheat and daffodils but the color scheme of navy and gold makes it easy to dress it up and take it out to the big city. Just add a cashmere cardigan or a faux fur shrug. Or try it with tights until the thermometer gives you permission to switch to bare legs and sandals.

It’s a year-round beauty for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Catbooks 1940s. | Discovered at TheFind.com.

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I spied a Tweet the other day asking why vintage clothes were so expensive and the way I see it, any price tag on a piece of vintage clothing reflects two different things:

1. The value of the original garment (based on its creator, fabric, construction, scarcity, provenance, etc.)
2. A dealer premium that reflects the dealer’s efforts to make the piece available for sale.

Now for those readers who aren’t dealers, please believe me when I tell you that vintage clothing dealers work hard!

For every minute they spend purchasing a great vintage find, they spend fruitless hours driving from thrift store to estate sale to private appointment to auction and returning home empty-handed. They must carefully inspect each item and soak, steam, press, launder, dry-clean, mend and otherwise bestow many hours of tender loving care on it before they can offer it to you. They need to research its era and check “comps” so they can price it fairly and, if it’s sold online, they have to photograph it, measure it and write its description.

Whew!  It’s exhausting just thinking about it!

When you combine all this work with a valuable garment like today’s VPOD, well, you shouldn’t expect to pay $100 or even $200. This vintage 1950s couture-quality chiffon party dress hails from Italy. And yes, by couture-quality, I mean that every single one of those hundreds and hundreds of chiffon rose buds was created and sewn on the skirt by hand!

It’s a breathtaking and one-of-a-kind find for a vintage fashionista!

Available at Vintage Vibrations.

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