For your ears only | vintage jewelry preview

A sunny morning enabled a photoshoot of the earrings I'd been collecting for the shop. These will be in the shop soon - or if a pair catches your eye, drop me line! lauren@deargolden.com

Two-hearted

Whether your preference be gold or silver - both of these are now available in the shop!
brass heart ♥ silver heart

Whiting & Davis

Whiting & Davis necklace  - gold | Whiting & Davis neckace - silver

Whiting & Davis, a pre-turn of the century company is best known for their metal mesh handbags, the time-tested company also became known for making jewelry as early as the 1950s and creating these stunning metal mesh scarf necklaces at the height of the disco era in the 1970s. Click HERE for a great blog post on the history of Whiting & Davis. 

Both of these Whiting & Davis necklaces are in the SHOP now! 

Hidden Gems

via here & here

Still life photography commissioned by Cartier by Peter Lippman, the series features iconic Cartier pieces among actual floral & fauna. One has to look closely to find the jewelry!

stone roses

These 1950s handmade porcelain earrings are just the sweetest, I got them all at once and knew right away they deserved to have their own blog post. Don't they sort of look like little candies? They are all in the SHOP now. 

a little (literally) something different

For as long as I have been running the shop I have wanted to carry earrings, but I could never figure out a way to shoot them that I liked enough. The reign of indecision is now over! Let there be earrings in the Dear Golden shop! I admit that my taste (and thusly, the "shop's taste") is jewelry is a bit less feminine than most of the garments in the Dear Golden shop, but if you like cool & somewhat simple jewelry then I think you'll like the pieces that are headed to the shop. 

The first four pair are already in the shop! 

Building a Vintage Wardrobe: Halloween Colors

 

It would be so easy to write these posts if I just threw theoretical outfits on the mannequin. But the goal here is to show looks I have actually worn in the ‘normal’ world. Not as costumes or for “dress up day” at work, or even to actual parties. But every day , go to the store, go to lunch, or in this case, go to the genealogy seminar outfit.
I was pleased in that this was comfortable, the