TALES FROM A VINTAGE WARDROBE

TOMMY LOVE

"Tommy Hilfiger’s alpha moment came in the early ’60s,
 when he started peddling bell-bottoms to
middle-class kids who were looking to
embrace the hippie spirit of the age.
Obsessed with the burgeoning American music scene,
in 1969 the 18-year-old opened his first store
—the People’s Place—
in his hometown of Elmira, New York,
before a slump in the economy forced him
to shutter its doors in 1976.
Humble beginnings for someone who now
runs a company worth more than $3 billion,
but through it all Hilfiger sure has put his
money where his mouth is when it comes to
his love of all things made in the USA."   

(Elle Magazine October 6, 2009)

 

Being so obsessed with vintage fashion,
I was surprised I did not know this little bit
of very important information about Tommy Hilfiger. 
Did you? 
I've always loved his "look"  and this is probably why!

"This month, Hilfiger unveils his paean
 to fashion and pop culture with his new
Fifth Avenue flagship, a renovation of a
neoclassic building by iconic architects
McKim, Mead, and White."  (Elle)

 

 “Everyone has a lane,” Hilfiger says.
“Mine may be more appropriate now than it ever was.” 
 (Elle)

 

(photo courtesy of rpulse.com )

Another wonderful story about not giving up on a dream!!

Congratulations, Mr. Hilfiger, for staying true to yours!

 

 
  

FRENCH CONNECTIONS

How do you like to spend a rainy day?

 

I think I'll sleep in a bit. . .

 

soak in a bubble bath. . .

  

get dressed up. . .

 

meet a friend for coffee and a decadent pastry. . .

 

treat myself to a manicure. . .

 

do a little shopping. . .

 

catch a matinee'. . .

 

take a long nap. . .

 

get dressed again. . .

 

for a romantic dinner for two. . .

 

*visit The Paris Hotel Boutique Journal to enter a wonderful French Inspired Give Away!

 

 

Maybe Someday. . .

I have a big list of Maybe Someday's. . .but at the top of my list is:  Own a Vintage Clothing Boutique.  A Vintage Fashion Atelier, of sorts.Yes, I have this Virtual Boutique and it allows me to indulge in my passion for working with Vintage Clothing.  However, if I were able, I would love to have an actual Boutique.  In a beautiful old building with lots of character and hard wood floors with lots of antique chandeliers and mirrors. . .something like this:

 I love the tall windows~~how fun it would be to do window displays!!  I would invest in some beautiful antique dress forms. . .this storefront is home of The Wedding Club in the UK.

I also like this one:

I lost a bit of photo quality when I edited it but you can see the great architecture, and again tall windows!   I found this from a site called The Ped Shed, I guess it was in a town they did a feature on.

This one is sweet, too.  My husband and I actually walked past this when he was in Washington D.C. on a business trip.  We stayed in Alexandria, VA and the entire town was cobblestone streets and old historic buildings~~I had a blast shopping while he was at the seminar!

It was the prettiest shade of pink and my favorite shade of blue. . .wow, I wonder if this was the inspiration for my website colors????

And the inside would look something like this:

 www.exquisitecostume.com

boutique owned by Suzanne Prieur

And this is my absolute dream workspace/shop/boutique. . .of course it's in Paris!!!

www.chaalis.com

And this would be the perfect cash register, wouldn't it?

www.dreamkeepernj.com

And maybe someday it would become the most fashionable place to shop (of course with Valet Parking!)  the place to see and be seen, a place to meet a girlfriend for an afternoon of shopping and then coffee and  pastry in the tea room, a place where the sales clerks are immaculately turned out from head to toe and address you as Mrs. So and So, where they carefully wrap each beautiful item you choose in crisp, clean tissue paper, where the doorman holds the door for you and says "Have a Wonderful Day". 

A girl has to dream. . .