Vintage Square Dancing Dress

Oh this is a fun dress. I love what a crinoline can do, and I love these colors right now. Actually no, who am I kidding, I love all colors all the time. Anyways, gotta find me one of these dresses for summer!

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Gene Tierney. I can't get over her gorgeous clothing. I did some reading up on the always beautiful Gene. It's weird how so many starlets have extremely tragic lives. Apparently she suffered from depression, and was given shock therapy. After 27 shock treatments, Gene tried to escape, only to be caught and re-institutionalized. It eventually destroyed large parts of her memory.
Gene eventually died of emphysema from smoking. Ironically, it was her studio bosses when she was a young actress who had encouraged her to start smoking, they thought it would make her voice sexier.

Vintage Sixties Mini Dress

Sooo perfect for summer. I found this one on Ebay. I don't know why, but I've been neglecting all my 60's vintage dresses lately. I go through phases where I'll wear one decade or style for months, and then move onto a different one. This just reminded me of how much I LOVE mini dresses. Now I'm gonna go pull all mine out the boxes.

Vintage Dress Up Time

I babysat my little niece the other night, and who wouldn't want to play dress up with my 20 boxes of vintage clothing? Except she doesn't like to stick to one decade, she likes to mix it up a bit. Lets see, there's the 60's mini dress and purse, the 80's gold heels, and the 50's hat. Looks good to me.

Vintage Hat Dreaming

So, I found these three gorgeous hats that I love. The first one is from the 20's, second one from the 30's, and of course the last one is from the 40's. I think that if I had to pick one though, I would choose the green 30's hat. I love the fact that it has a bit of a masculine look to it. Which is your favorite?

Ebay Dress of the Day

Mine! It's a vintage swing dress. It's got a cute velvet trim around the collar and sleeves, and a nice full skirt that would great on the dance floor. I really wish it fit, but unfortunately it's just not my size, so I put it up for sale. More details here.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Louise Brooks. Dancer and actress, Louise became the hot trendsetter of the 1920's. Not just with her stylish clothes, but with her pageboy hairstyle that influenced women everywhere. Did you know that after she stopped acting in 1938, she became a very accomplished writer?

Vintage Hawaiian Style

Aloha! I was looking on Ebay for a vintage Hawaiian dress, and I came across this.

What a beauty....too bad I promised myself I wouldn't buy clothing on Ebay for another month! I spent way past my limit last time!

Wannabe Vintage Clothing

I don't do it very often, but once in awhile I give in and buy clothes that are non vintage. Of course they usually have a vintage look to them though, hehe. Anyhow, just thought I'd post a pic of my latest "new" find. I've been looking for a red dress forever, and this one just grabbed my attention. I usually stay away from malls, but my sister dragged me out the other day, and well, I got my dress!

Drop Dead Gorgeous Vintage Shoes

I just got these vintage heels! And with their original box too! I'm so excited. They're supposed to be slippers, but as if I'm not going to show these off. They look around 40's/50's. They should go well with my matching gloves and vintage 40's black dress.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

The lovely Miss Ginger Rogers. Wow, now that's a breathtaking dress. So gorgeous. I just watched "Finishing School" on the weekend with my sister, and I adore her. Besides acting, dancing, and singing, Ginger was also a talented sculptor and painter.

My Latest Vintage Score

Well, 2 things actually. A plaid 1950's swimsuit, and some cute 40's platform heels. My next thing is hats, I want to find some vintage hats that I can wear. Oh, and if anyone has any info on how to style hair 30's/40's style let me know. I have curlers but I'm just not positive on placement.

Vintage WWII Era Dress

Oooh I'm so excited! More vintage clothing for me! I just bought this sheer 1940's gown. So of course now I need a slip, matching shoes, and maybe a hat....

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Vera Ellen in one of her many gorgeous dancing outfits. I love the polka dot gloves. I've been so sick the last couple weeks, so I haven't been able to find any real life clothing. As soon as I'm healthy though, I plan to make up for lost time!

Vintage 50's Lacey Dress

I bought this gorgeous dress last week! I also picked up a beautiful black 2 piece 1950's suit, and a light pink 60's dress. I met this sweet older lady and she gave them to me for a really good price! They fit perfectly too. Now I gotta work on finding shoes to match the clothes.

Ebay Dress of the Day

Wow, I haven't been on the computer forever, life is too unstable right now and I don't like it!

Anyhow, I know this isn't a dress, but its adorable. So this is my Ebay Favorite Clothes post or something like that. Starring a super cute vintage halter top that I wish was mine! With a built in bra too. I love it.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Marilyn Monroe of course. It's about time I put Marilyn in here. I could do a blog just featuring her clothes, or shoes for that matter. And the reason I chose this picture? Those platforms! Check them out.

Vintage Garden Party Dress

I love finding treasures like this. Found this one a thrift store not looking like much on the hanger. But when I got it home and put it on the dress form, wow! Gorgeous, and with a big crinoline underneath it would be even better! I swear, decent vintage clothing is getting so much harder to find at thrift shops.

Vintage 50's Prom Queen

I can dream, can't I? Another dream would be that this dress wouldn't have a huge rip in it! But only I have to know that, because I covered it up with a flower!

It works pretty good doesn't it? For $6, I figured it was worth the try. Another idea I had would be to remove the top layer of tulle/netting over the bodice. Then it would just become a strapless gown, which would be nice except that the layer underneath is a little faded...I think I'll leave it for now. More clothing pictures to come!

Sparkling Vintage Shoes

Lucked out with these 1970's wedges. Not only did I find silver ones, but I found the exact same pair in gold! One set I found at a vintage clothing store, and the other at a thrift shop! So weird! And they're both in amazing condition. Crazy shoes.

Ebay Vintage Item of the Day

Gorgeous vintage 1930's dressing gown/robe. Even better because I won it! Finally. All the clothes I've bid on in the last couple weeks I've been outbid, but this one is all mine. The mannequin is kinda creepy, but it didn't scare me away. This is my oldest item now. Yay!

Vintage Clothing to Die For

Feast your eyes on this 1950's bombshell. I bought this gown a little while ago at a local vintage store for under $50, and it's perfect! No, it doesn't fit me, but I have tiny friends who can model it. I swear I've never found a dress so beautiful and in such great condition. I will probably sell it, but I don't want to! I want to display it on my wall, haha.

Sparkling 60's Vintage Purse

Picked this little purse up at a cheap vintage shop last weekend.
Looks sixties.
I love sparkly accessories...
I could never say no...
Then I found a silver box shaped one, and a clutch covered in fake pearls!
Ooh, and I also got a really cool hat box that's like a mini suitcase!
So now I have something to carry them around in.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Betty Grable. What a doll. You gotta love the 1940's 2 piece bathing suit. It's easy to see why Betty was the favorite pin-up girl of WWII. She's absolutely adorable. Did you know soldiers actually painted pictures of her on the noses of their bombers? Now that's fan dedication.

Vintage Space Style

The elegant Jane Jetson.

This is actually the first picture I've seen of her wearing something other than her usual purple mini dress, so I had to post it.
Jane was basically a sweet housewife and mother who did absolutely nothing.
Their robot did all the housework, and dinner came from a vending machine.
So she was basically a lazy space wife.
She looks great though.

Love the sixties futuristic fashions.

Ebay Dress of the Day

Beautiful and unique, orange colored 1940's taffeta gown. What I wanna know is, unless you're hooked up to an old movie stars wardrobe collection, where do you find clothes like this? Even at expensive vintage stores and estate sales, I've never seen anything quite this glamorous.

Vintage Clothing Miracle

Finally!
Im back!

After not having a computer for 2 weeks, I can now post again.
So I'm gonna try and do a post overload the nest few days.
I'm starting off with a pic of this 1940's dress, because I found one almost identical at Value Village last week.
Yes, I said Value Village, it's true.
Never have I found anything this good there.
Now I probably won't find anything there for the next 2 years, but this was worth it.
The only difference is mine is more of an acetate fabric, where is this one looks satin-like.

Gorgeousnessssss....

Vintage Starlet of the Day

Carole Landis in 1940. It was almost impossible to choose a picture of her, as each one is more stunning than the next. Did you know Carole chose her screen name after her idol Carole Lombard? She looks like perfection, maybe that's why she was voted best dressed screen star in 1943.

Ebay Dress of the Day

1940's swing style dress. This is so simple yet so gorgeous. I actually just bought a vintage 40's dress this morning, and it's stunning. It's a miracle too, the waist was bigger than 24! Usually everything I find thats earlier than 1950's is so tiny. It's sheer though, so I can't post a picture till I get a nice slip to go under it:)

Vintage Style

Once again, I'm not usually into the vintage "style" or retro "style" in clothing.
Usually they're just cheap rip offs, trying to be trendy.

This dress however, I love.

It was on some vintage inspired fashion website, but you can tell all the dresses were very well made, and quite beautiful.
They're pricing was pretty crazy though, for non-vintage items.

Crazy but stunning.

Vintage Silver Shoes

As I was pouting over how people were outbidding me on Ebay (for all the vintage shoes I wanted)...I had a brilliant idea.
Why not just go down to one of the local vintage stores, and try and find some cute shoes?
I've been online so much I almost forgot that real stores existed!
So I found these silver beauties that fit me perfectly.
I wonder what year they're from...the girl at the shop said prob 1950's, but I had thought 1960's...
If Carol from Dandelion Vintage reads this, let me know what you think!
xoxo

Ebay Dress of the Day

This is just beautiful. 1950's swing style dress. I love the light colors & ruffles, and check out the lace on the sleeves. Now just add some white gloves, and what kind of shoes? White heels? That might be perfect.

Gold Vintage Purse

Ooooh, check this out. It's gold, it's sparkly, and it's mine! Found it at this hole in the wall vintage shop for less than $10. It's always the places I never think I'm going to find anything at that I end up getting the most stuff!

Vintage Gloves

Got my first Christmas present last night! A sweet friend of mine got me some gorgeous vintage gloves. I'm guessing they're 1950s, but I could be wrong. Either way I'm so excited, and can't wait to wear them. I've gotta start wearing more of my vintage collection. There's no sense in having all those beautiful dresses just hang in my closet, and this is the perfect time of year to do so. I will post the pics to prove it too.
Hope everyone has a great Christmas!

Ebay Dress of the Day

Love this red 1940's dress, but I still can't find my red vintage dress!
Why is it so hard to find a red one that fits me?
Life is unfair.
And I wanted one for the holidays. I've been looking for months too!
Ok, enough.
I did pick up a bunch of 70's shirts this weekend, if thats any consolation. Really funky, with big collars and crazy patterns. So fun.
Oooh, and I found a bunch of old school baby barrettes, all brand new in packages, so I grabbed those as well.
Last but not least, I found some very lovely gloves.
White, in good condition, with a little flower pattern on them.
Very ladylike.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

The goddess Rita Hayworth. I just watched Cover Girl, which has so much fabulous 40's fashion. Gorgeous suits & hats all over the place. Pure elegance. Not to mention the beautiful dresses.

Vintage Christmas Angel

My precious thrift shop angel. Complete with lights inside her dress. My favorite part of her though is her messy little bleached hair do.

Vintage Dress Finds

Wow, its time for me to post!

Ok, so I've found a ton of new things in the past week.
First the white little mini dress in the photo.
It looks really 60's, Im wondering if it was maybe some kind of unifom?
A little short for a nurses uniform, but the label says "White Cross" so you never know.
Just dont bend over.

Found a tye dyed 60s mini dress.
Super cute.
Also a long, green flower print Hawaiian dress. It's never too early to get ready for summer.
Not to mention a bunch of brand new, vintage white nylons to go with my new dresses.
And just my size.
Perfect.

Dating Vintage Clothing

Found this dress the other day, and it's in perfect condition! Looks like its barely been worn. Anyone have any guesses what year this could be? When I first saw it, I thought it looked very late 50's or early 60's...but maybe its more recent. It's very lightweight, and has some newer stitching inside, so who knows. Anyhow, I love it, but it's not my size like usual.

Ebay Dress of the Day

Wow. I would love to have the dress & matching jacket combo. So elegant! Too bad this one isn't my size. I will be on the lookout.

Green Vintage Style

Is it a jacket or dress, or both? Who knows. The main thing is I bought it! The boots look great, but I think I'm gonna do white tights with chunky black heels. Wow, I am so behind in blogging, I've gotta catch up! So, this was my latest purchase. But there were many more this past week....I will post pics asap!

Hot Pink Vintage Dress

Check out this hot pink vintage dress I recently found. It looks early 60s to me, but I could be wrong. The condition is perfect, I couldnt believe it. It looks like it was never even worn. Unfortunately it was just a little too tight for me...I mean, I could get into it, but I just couldn't move. So I guess I will try and sell it.
More info on my Hot Pink Vintage Dress

Ebay Dress of the Day

This is hot, and yes I would definitely wear it. Square dancing dresses are so underrated! I actually wanted to order this one, but it was the wrong size! With the puff sleeves, the circle skirt, and the matching belt, you can't go wrong.

Vintage Dresses Up for Sale

Well, I finally put some dresses up for sale on Ebay.
Nothing much, but I need to get rid of my ever growing collection. I can barely find my way through my room anymore!
There's a cute leopard print coat as well, which I wanted to keep, but it's too big for me.
I posted a photo of the blue housewife style dress, or maybe its more of a cocktail dress.
Who knows.
Anyhow, I have tons more to put up.
Oh, and for some exciting news, I found 2 pairs of beautiful vintage heels today. One is open toed and the other is closed. They're both gold and they're both gorgeous.
My Ebay dresses

Vintage Platform Shoes

Check these out.
The first thing I thought when I saw these was disco! But I may be way off.
Carol of Dandelion Vintage says they may be from the 1940's. Which would make me even more proud. The older the better.
They're quite beautiful, the detailed little beads are so gorgeous.
These platforms must have got some good use back in the day, but are still in great condition.
So Im thinking of selling them. Unfortunately I have no clue what size they are. I'm thinking they're about a size 6?
Does anyone know how to figure out shoe size? I have no clue. The label probably got worn off decades ago.

Vintage Starlet of the Day

The many shades of Stella Stevens in "The Nutty Professor". What a doll. I think my favorite is the white mini dress, with the matching hair bow of course.

EBay Dress of the Day

Why? Because I won it, and it's sooo cute. Bought it from - OhLaCherie. I just put up a few vintage items for sale so far, not much yet, but hopefully more this weekend. It's just hard to part with the things I love....but they do need good homes, it's a waste to have them just hanging in my closet all lonely.