The Perfect Holiday Dress

Available in the shop this evening!

Glamourai Giveaway and Other Goodies to Come

I am so dying to talk about last week’s amazing vintage score—it involves a small rural town and an attic full of deadstock 20’s costumes, not to mention dozens upon dozens of 30’-60’s dresses! Sadly, I am way to busy to fill you in on the whole story so I’m going to wait until my next trip (hopefully this week!) to the attic of vintage dreams to share my new finds and a bit of their history.

I have a more immediate tale to tell today. I’m sponsoring a giveaway on the oh, so, inspiring blog The Glamourai. If you’d like to enter to win the 70’s glam hippie dress below visit The Glamourai for details!

Here’s a long overdue shop update. The gray coat is a really special piece. Last year I found it in a local vintage shop about a month before christmas. I totally fell in love with it and completely bombarded my poor husband with not-so-subtle hints about its wonderful X-mas gift potential. He came through and on Christmas morning I was a very happy woman—until I tried the coat on—way too small! I don’t know why I never tried it on in the store, but I guess it worked out okay because now I can pass it on to some other lucky lady! This is just the begining of a HUGE shop update I’ve got planned for next several days so keep popping into the store to see what’s new.

40’s/50’s Wool Princess Coat


80’s Cashmere Blend Crested Blazer


80’s Izod V-neck


40’s Black Velvet Party Dress


Bags and Shoes

Needlepoint Bags Bring out the Hippie in Me

Maybe this is the result of growing up with hippie parents but I am a huge sucker for vintage needlepoint bags. I have one that I carry almost everyday and I just got a new from Lucky Vintage Seattle on Etsy. I think I love this one even more than my old one, check it out:



This one should have satisfied my appetite for bohemian bags but instead I’ve found myself searching for yet another one. I found all of these on Etsy and all at great prices so I’m really tempted to get another bag. I think the green one is my favorite, but oh I do love those straps on the tapestry bag and who couldn’t use another oversized clutch!

Come on Winter!

The frequent buying and selling of vintage coats that I’ve been doing for the store has me so anxious for coat weather. I know I’ll regret this in January when the daily highs won’t even rise above the twenties but…speaking of the twenties… I’ve got something special to share! This coat is probably the crowning glory of my vintage collection. This type of thing is usually well beyond my means so when I found it hanging in my local antique store for a very reasonable price I was nothing short of flabbergasted. The last two pics are of the carved shell buttons and the silk lining. Unlike some of my other older vintage pieces I intend to wear this one every chance I get!









I hope to chronicle all of my vintage coats on this blog over the course of the winter. You can check out two of my forties coats (one of which is in the store right now) here. Although I’ve collected a few more since this post was done so if you’re a fan of forties outerwear stay tuned!