TALES FROM A VINTAGE WARDROBE

AUDREY HEPBURN WAS HERE

A few weeks ago I helped a couple of friends get ready to go to a "Decades" party, which basically meant you could pick whatever "era" you wanted and go for it.  Here's what we came up with:

She's a perfect "Audrey", isn't she?

How fabulous does she look????

We took these photos in my boutique / studio the night she came over to "shop".  She's head to toe in vintage from The Red Velvet Shoe!

 

 Here she is on her way to the party, looking fabulous!

  

 

 

 

 

What's Goin' On

I have been spending quite a bit of time updating my type-lists & links~~you will see some new ones that are well worth a visit~~you will also see a bit of a "Francophile" theme going on rather than much new in a vintage clothing kind~of way. . . I figure I should only add a bit of beauty at a time.  Do not fear, the vintage list is in the works! 

I also have finally joined "FLICKR WORLD" (which I am still a bit overwhelmed by!)  and have added a link to my favorites of other Flickr Members~~you'll see it to the right:  I called it"FRONT ROW AT OUR VINTAGE FASHION SHOW"~~be sure to check out the photostream for some AMAZING vintage clothing.  It also shows some very thin models which explains why a lot of vintage clothing is teeny, tiny, and that models starving themselves is nothing new!  (Of course they lived in "Girdle World" so that was a big help.)

So, what else is goin' on?  Well. . .

First, I'd like to introduce you to my friend Karina of the World Famous Karina's Bags.  A few months ago, she purchased this vintage bag from my boutique:

 

and turned it into this:

 

The bag itself had seen better days, but she took the Vintage Bakelite frame and created this couture purse from it. . .talk about talent!  Check out the amazing bags she has~~I especially love the clutches which she accents with vintage scarves. . .she's all over England with her Haute~Spun designs, and British Vogue even did a feature on her last month!

Onto more excitement for talented designers, my good friend Lisa of Pink Lemonade Boutique was invited to participate in The Foundry Artists Association Show in Providence, RI, USA which will be held over the next two weeks.  Take a peek at these photos of Lisa's work and you will see why she was invited to this exclusive artists venue:

     

  Here she is, hard at work selling her wares!

Congratulations, Lisa, I know it will be a wonderful success story for you!!

 

I've also been surfing a few on~line magazine sites and have found these beautiful images to share; they are enough to melt one's Vintage~Lovin'~Heart. . .

This is, of course, a Chanel ensemble. . .

(the hat is similar to this one, don't you think?)

 

Another Chanel ensemble from the Spring collection, and yet a true classic, season-less, timeless,

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Just Like You!

Remember. . .

 

 

 

 

 

A Summer Feast

We came back ashore to attend a great 25th Anniversary Party for some good friends, here are a few pictures from it. . .just try to ignore the barefoot beach bum kid who snuck over from next door!!

Now you see why we had to be here!!  There is nothing like dinner at dusk by the water with candles, wine, great food and great friends. . .well worth the trip!!

Take Me Out to the Ballgame III

CLAM BOIL!!

( If you just logged on go back a few posts to Take Me Out To
The Ballgame I & II so you know what we are talking about!! )

This beautiful ad is from House & Garden many, many moons ago to advertise how wonderful it is to have a Clambake. . .(she looks a lot like THIS blogger vintage beauty!)

A Clam Bake is cooked in the ground with seaweed (and usually at the beach which it isn't quite warm enough for) so to make it a lot easier we chose to do a Clam Boil and this is what it looked like:

A good old fashioned Clam Boil~~so delicious!!!  And here we are enjoying it:  Handsome Hubby, Uncle Bunckle, Arden, long lost orphan friend Brad who excels at self extended invitations to park it at our kitchen table (we are thinking of adding him as a write off this year!) LOL! and my little pumpkin girl. (I, of course, am balancing on a chair taking the picture!)

I guess the dress code has altered once again. . .it's a bit on the messy side anyway so I wouldn't get too dressed up for it, even if I did live in the 50's.

Oh!  the joy of a weekend with family, friends & yummy food tastes better than ever!!! 

Michelle

Take Me Out to the Ballgame II

So anyway:

We went to see the Pawtucket Red Sox at Mc Coy Stadium on Sunday afternoon and here are some fun photos for you:

With our beloved Auntie Brandi ( aka "Arden")

And here I am with my little tomboy!!

Here's Uncle Bunckle with Daddy Warbucks~~LOL!

They invited all the kids to run the bases so we got in line. . . oh the things in life we line up for!!  Must say this was well worth the 15 minute wait:

She's off and running. . .

There's no stopping her now!!

Clearing third. . .there's s no end in sight!!!

We have a winner~~well, at least according to Mom & Dad!!

By the way, did I tell you before my husband decided to become a chiropractor he wanted to be a baseball player???  That is another post for another day, isn't it? 

And after all of that we celebrated with a good old fashioned. . .(see next post, I ran out of room!)