Live auction for rare vintage Aubrey Beardsley "The Peacock Skirt" dress...auction ends 5 December. Read more →

It has been brought to my attention from a fellow vintage fashion aficionada that the print on the dress in my last post, although Poiret~ish, is actually an Aubrey Beardsley illustration produced for the first English edition of Oscar Wilde's play "Salome" in 1894...It's called "The Peacock Skirt". Please allow me to properly introduce to you "The Peacock Skirt Dress". Read more →

This stunning vintage dress was the result of a last minute, unplanned 10 minute treasure hunting expedition. I was avoiding doing things I didn't feel like doing and popped into one of the shops I frequent and there she was, waiting for me. Don't you just love when that happens? Serendipity, once again. I was bit stumped as to how to describe the print on this dress at first. But I keep going back to Paul Poiret, when his work took on the influence of orientalism. Read more →