What I'm Wearing

skirt: vintage
shirt: vintage
boots: vintage
beret: vintage
sunglasses: vintage

I'm feeling a bit broken hearted this morning. If you look verrryyy closely in every one of my photos you'll notice a small silver bracelet on my right wrist. It's not a fancy, expensive bracelet but it was my very favorite thing. It's been on my wrist for about seven years, every day, 24 hours a day. Yesterday afternoon I looked down while I was making lunch and realized it was no longer there. I searched everywhere I could think but by the time I noticed it was missing I'd already been out running errands and it could be anywhere in a ten mile radius. I've resigned myself to the fact that I'll never see it again. I have to say, I feel quite naked without it.

New Auctions at Sally Jane Vintage

Here's your sneak peek at some of the items that will be going up in the store tomorrow afternoon. There are lots of great layering pieces, cute fall dresses, and some truly amazing and unique shoes. My favorites are the black satin 40's peep toe pumps with the wrap-around straps. Too bad they're not my size! Thanks so much for stopping by!

(If you see something you like, click to see it a bit bigger)

Vintage Paper Dolls

Waaayyy back when this blog was just a wee little baby blog, I wrote about a collection of Swedish paper dolls that I discovered online. I recently thought of them and tried to follow my original links to the paper doll site. Sadly, the site has been removed. I wish I had saved more of the images! A little more searching turned up another collection on Flickr. This one is not nearly as extensive as the original but it has some real gems nonetheless. Wouldn't it be nice if these paper outfits could come to life?

What I'm Wearing

photos by Tom b.

60's sweater cape: vintage
skirt: vintage
shoes: vintage
hat: vintage
mini gladstone bag: vintage
tights: H&M

Friday night my boyfriend and I walked downtown to have dinner. It was finally cool enough to wear this sweater cape that's been hanging in my closet for weeks. Yay!

Street Style Inspiration

Enough of the fashion week photos already, right? What inspires me the most is real people on the street mixing and matching (or not matching!). These are my favorite looks from the past couple of weeks. I'll have these in my virtual scrapbook to refer back to all winter long.

(Cafe Mode, Hel Looks, Face Hunter, Style Sightings)

London Fashion Week

I don't have much time to write today so instead I'm going to leave you with tons of pictures upon which to gaze. London Fashion Week has come and gone and I have to admit that I enjoyed it more that NYFW. Now onto Milan and then Paris! (You can find a schedule for all of the shows here.) Here are a few of my favorite looks from London:

(Temperley London, Peter Jensen, Luella, Mulberry, Jaeger London, Charles Anastase)

Overall I'd have to say that I'm leaning towards Eley Kishimoto as my favorite collection. Sometimes it veers a bit into Lolita territory and don't even ask me what those aboriginal lizards were doing in the middle of the collection but when they keep to simple silhouettes with hints of mod and art deco, I'm a fan. Here are my picks from the collection.

What I'm Wearing

top: vintage
skirt: vintage (altered by me)
tights: H&M
purse: vintage
shoes: vintage
hat: vintage

I was feeling extra lady-like today and wanted to wear gloves with this outfit but didn't have any that I thought matched. I'll have to put that on my list of things to look out for. This skirt is one of several that I found at a thrift store and altered by cutting several inches off the hem. I prefer my skirts a bit on the shorter side to keep my outfits from becoming too granny-costume. I was surprised at just how many stares and comments I got about my hat. I guess people don't wear hats out very much any more. Just imagine if I'd been wearing gloves as well!