We've been stocking up our "Vintage Lingerie/Boudoir" Floor of the boutique this week...click on any of the photos above for more details about the item. And remember: (photo courtesy of... Read more →
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Summer is in full swing around here....apologies for the lack of posts but it's been a nonstop whirlwind of go, go, go with no signs of the pace slowing down.... Read more →
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(photo credit: Elle April 2011 p.166) "Since its opening on the Place Vendôme in Paris in 1906, Van Cleef & Arpels has played a leading role in style and design... Read more →
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In 1952 Virginia Wagoner Booth was hired by Dorothy Shaver of Lord & Taylor to develop and manage The Country Clothes Shop in the 5th Avenue store in New York City. There, Booth collaborated with and promoted such American designers as Clare Potter, Bonnie Cashin, and Claire McCardell...In the early 1940s, (Henry) Booth came up with the idea for the PhotoMetriC camera system to be used in the custom tailoring industry... Read more →
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"Be it a jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to win the prize." ~ Owen Meredith (Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton) While true in many instances of life, this may be one exception to Sir Bulwer-Lytton's poetic quote. A few weeks ago I learned of a Give~Away via Lily Lemontree. The host was Sarah of My Little Boudoir, and she was generous enough to host a give~away to win a signed copy of this fabulous book: Summer at Tiffany by Marjorie Hart. Having a rare spare minute or two, I entered the give~away and spent a few hours day dreaming (while ironing, that is) about how great it would be if I actually won . . . just the cover photograph had sent me reeling into old~world New York . . . Half awake, waiting for the coffee to finish perking just after 6:00 o'clock this morning, I opened my "mail" and found this: Read more →
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I've always had a fascination with vintage vanities~~ever since my grandmother auctioned away some amazing Art Deco mahogany furniture at her country farm estate auction, I have carried within the belated realization that every child should/must be taught about antiques and heritage, about the importance of family heirlooms and preserving history, about how to determine whether this should be chosen over that, about how to know what one should inherently know~~from those who have come and gone before Read more →
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Have a great vintage skirt that's just a tad too tight around your wispy waist? Read my simple tutorial to revamp that waistband into a comfortable, wearable, yet still very vintage skirt! Read more →
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"SOME DAY YOU WILL BE OLD ENOUGH TO START READING FAIRY TALES AGAIN." C.S. Lewis Books are, to me, the absolute best gift we can give ourselves and others. I... Read more →
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