Vintage Find of the Day: 1950’s rainbow stripped dress from Father & Son Antiques (the best vintage store in the city).

Yesterday I had the pleasure of vintage shopping at my favorite place with one of my favorite people. This dress was hanging out waiting for me on an over-crammed rack of dresses and well…it was love at first sight. Its cute colorful stripes, puffy shoulders, and varied piping along the collar and sleeves create the perfect look for welcoming in the spring to North Carolina. The dress is big on me, but after consulting my favorite seamstress sidekick (my momma), I bought the dress and we are already elbows deep in needles, scissors, thread, and zippers altering it to perfection. Pictures of the final product to come…

1934 Sears Catalog - Click through to see the amazing 1930’s attire and check out how cheap everything used to be.

Retrovival Revels in Tacky Bridesmaids Dresses

I may be a little biased in saying this, but being a female can be pretty freaking awesome. I mean, guys really miss out on a lot of the great pleasures in life we women get to enjoy: menstrual cycles, childbirth, boob sag and the bridesmaid dress. We’ve all been there…well, many of us have. If you haven’t yet had the pleasure my dears, fret not. Your time will come. Oh yes. You ain’t lived until you get escorted down the aisle in a pastel, pouffy, bunched, bedazzeled, belaced, t-length, tapered, butt bowed, sequined, layered, patterned, shiny, ruffled, stuffed, themed, taffeta, what the hell did I do to deserve this disaster. And despite the mix of horror and anger that you suppress with a forced smile or the overwhelming desire to get completely wasted at the reception, you wear the dress because you are a good friend or sister and you know that nothing makes a bride’s self confidence skyrocket like witnessing her girls look way ugly on her day.

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Raleigh Denim

“All of the raw materials come from within 200 miles of Raleigh, and the selvage denim is woven on the same shuttle looms responsible for the original Levi’s (the couple took over an abandoned factory once operated by the jeans giant)…Every pair of jeans that finds its way onto store shelves has been designed, sewn, washed, and finished under one roof by the duo.”

(via Raleigh Denim: Sustainably Stitched Jeans : TreeHugger)

Vintage Find of the Day: Red clutch with handle

Looky looky what I got this evening at the vintage store Moda Amiga y Rastrel Reciclatge in Valencia. I collect vintage clothing and accessories, but I have a particular weakness for le vintage clutch. This little number only cost me 10€ and it just happens to be my most favorite color.