Party, Party!

New to the site, we have 3 Party dresses. 50s? Yes. 60s? Yes, indeed. 70s? Of course. The 1950s butter yellow taffeta party dress is a hard to find larger size with a V waistline, puff sleeves, flared skirt and pouf. The 1960s dress is a lovely quality black silk chiffon with rhinestone and bead encrusted yoke and cuffs. And the 1970s is a gold and black sequin tank style dress has a flared full

Etsy Collection: Summer Marigolds

I'm pretty excited about the pieces included in today's Etsy shop update. There is a wide variety of sizes in this batch from XS to XL. There are lots of light silk blouses and skirts. I did a little closet cleaning and included a few of my own dresses as well. This color scheme reminds me of the marigolds we always had growing in our yard as a girl. I've just finished adding them all to the shop so they're up for grabs. I hope they all find good new homes!

Row 1: windowpane smock dress, bohemia crochet dress, marigold linen dress

Row 2: summer sunsets dress, fleur de lis dress

Row 3: geology major dress, vanilla wrap dress, bonnie floral dress

Row 4: crosshatch dress, ships ahoy dress, fresh grass dress

Row 5: straw boater hat, music man hat, summer squared purse, olive teardrop bag

Row 6: buttercream silk blouse, pastel petals blouse, sunflower blouse

Row 7: paperwhites silk blouse, brick dust silk blouse, creamy knit blouse

Row 8: goldenrod pleated skirt, pistachio silk skirt, clover fields skirt, terracotta silk skirt

Betty Magazine

Have y'all checked out the second issue of Betty magazine yet? There's some seriously good stuff in it! I've had to pull myself away from it for now because I need to get back to work on today's Etsy shop update (I'm pretty excited about all the new items for today) but as soon as I'm done I'm going right back to reading this issue. There are quite a few things that caught my eye; an interview with Nadinoo (a favorite collection of mine), a piece about social networking (I'm the worst at using social sites), some perfectly styled editorials (I spy polka dots and a TBA dress), a guide to London for under 20 pounds (my sister leaves for a month long stay today, I'll have to forward this to her) and a guide to growing your own vegetables (I'm trying but the birds and the bugs keep beating me to everything) and a road trip guide for the US (another cross country drive is on our list of trips to take). My apologies for the excessive use of parentheses here. ;)

To die by your side is such a heavenly way to die...

photos by Tom b.

- vintage dress
- vintage woven oxfords
- vintage Coach purse
- Fletcher for Lyell cardigan
- listening to: The Smiths - "There Is A Light That Never Goes Out"



Do you remember the other day when I mentioned that when we were in LA we visited the bench that was featured in 500 Days of Summer? Well, here we are! For those of you wondering it's in Angel's Knoll park in downtown LA; right next to the trolley that goes up the hill. Once you get into the park it's sort of hard to miss the bench since there's a pretty conspicuous plaque on the back of it. After we snapped a few photos there were some other folks who came along and were clearing doing the same thing we were. It's apparently quite the attraction.

After sitting in the park for a bit and enjoying the view we walked over to the Bradbury Building, one of our favorites in all of Los Angeles. It wasn't our first visit but I'm always awed every time we go. Once when we visited we were the only people there and the guard let us ride the elevator up to the top (there may have been a small bribe involved in that). It's probably best known as the Blade Runner building but once we were there we realized that it also has a 500 Days of Summer connection. It's where Tom goes for his job interview at the end of the movie.

It's Summer Sale Time at Past Perfect Vintage, the Etsy Division!

 


It's summer, so it's time for the annual Summer Etsy Sale at Past Perfect Vintage. We have the entire shop - womenswear, menswear, accessories - everything- on sale at a whopping 50 % off. This is a one week only event, ending July 5. Then we will restore prices, or remove items from the shop. So now is the time!

Here's few items to tempt you - head on over to pastperfectvintage.etsy.com to

Summer Outfits

Madewell blouse, Topshop shorts, Steven Alan hat, Le Botte Gardiane sandals, necklace

Somehow summer managed to sneak up on me without my realizing it. Luckily we haven't had too many of those hot sweltering summer days that make you want to sit in the air conditioning, never venturing outside. Last night we took our nieces out for miniature golf and an ice cream dinner. I was wearing something very similar to the outfit above although I would have been perfect happy wearing the ones below as well.

Monki dress, Rachel Comey sandals, sunglasses, necklace

Topshop dress & boots, sunglasses, necklace

Signs of the Times: More from the West

More signs, more neon. Can there be too many? I think not. Motels, bars and cafes. 

Shelley's Cowboy Bar and Golden Spur Cafe in Afton, WYIt's a dining room, a cafe, a bar, a package liquor store, and of course, that is a spur with rowel between the cafe and bar signs. Not a lot of neon, but a fine sign nonetheless.  
 The Rawhide Motel, Jackson,WY I didn't get it lit up,but a fine sign, yes?