The Girl in the Vintage Dress

The many lives of second-hand clothes.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Bumbershoot

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As I write this, there's a torrential downpour just outside my window. Which is, I should mention, an enormous picture window in the thi...
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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Slip stream

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Now that it's warm and lovely (and, on certain days, hinting at summery ) I've been thinking about slip dresses. The kind that are, ...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Pendantic

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Skeleton key pendant from Nesting Nomad Having been a scarf girl all winter, the warming days have got me thinking about how I'll decor...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Of Goth and Peter Murphy

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I recently had an interview with Peter Murphy (above) of Bauhaus. One of the things he told me was that Goth was never his thing and he kind...
Wednesday, March 23, 2011

The timelessness of trousers

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According the Fashion Encyclopedia , "Like many of the popular fashions of the 1930s, the pants suit was associated with a Hollywood st...
Wednesday, January 12, 2011

An Oxford education

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There's something so perfectly put together and elegant about an Oxford shoe. Like the trench coat and the fedora, the Oxford is a class...
Thursday, November 4, 2010

Monk strap shoes

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One of my all-time best back-to-school purchases was a pair of monk-strap shoes made by GAP. I'm not sure what inspired by mother to let...
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Fan of vintage apparel, thrift store finds, glossy mags, runways shows, clothing swaps, retro styling, the way the past always seems better in retrospect and the way the future is always full of promise.
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