Name Dropping

 

So since Etsy changed their default searches to be based more on relevancy it officially became the end of an era and death to the art and poetry of title writing for listings and potentially disappearing into an ocean of "1950s dresses" in the searches.  So I decided the best way battle shop anonymity and title writing ennui was to throw a few designer names out there in the updates, because in my opinion Diane Von Furstenberg makes a dress pretty relevant. 

Here are a few designer favorites currently in the shop. For additional designer names click here.

1970s DVF wrap dress

1950s Givenchy sweater

1970s Malcolm Starr

1960s Mary Quant skirt

1980s "punk label" Betsey Johnson Dress

Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Doesn't the above shoe remind you of Italian Rainbow Cookies? Recognize the shoe?  Well it ain't Jeffrey Campbell!  The one below however is:

The shoe in the first photograph was originally designed by Salvatore Ferragamo in 1938 created for Judy Garland. They are pretty iconic and are a fixture in most fashion history books.  The shoes were reissued in 2010 as a limited edition.  So I was very surprised and excited to see these on solestruck.com as part of Jeffrey Campbell's new line or should I say "new". 

The Jeffrey Campbell version is apropriately titled "Salvatore" and retails for $185.  A pretty penny,  but considering the odds of owning the original 1938 version are the same as finding a vintage Birkin for $2 at the Goodwill, I definitely feel it's something worth snatching up while you have the chance (speaking of which they are already sold out on solestruck!).

Having been born in the 70s and an adolescent during the 90s I have a fondness for chunky shoes, be it Docs or platforms,and the more sculptural the better.  So Jeffrey Campbell has me in a pretty bad state of want with his Ferragamo and 1970s knock-offs.  If I bought any it would be in a shameless attempt to pass them off as vintage.



Duck Hunting

I am big fan of graphic design, combine it with vintage clothing and you have what is at the top of my vintage buying list.  I am completely in awe and in love w/ the above 1970s outfit by designer Michaele Vollbrach. I must have been in a coma last week when it was a available for auction.  I guess it was for the best I missed it because both pieces sold for quite the pretty penny, but still a deal in my opinion.

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I did it all for the GUCCI

My New Vintage Gucci (and photo) from PranceandSwagger

                                                                  The one that started it all!

I'm so tired of seeing this design

Like my new (old) Gucci? It's been my new fixation for the last two years ever since I got my hands on the 1960s monogrammed canvas cream colored Gucci bag. The second Gucci pictured was actually for sale in my store until a woman seemed very keen on it and the threat of it leaving my universe seemed eminent, I hadn't realized we were in a relationship until that moment and could not bare to part with it ever since.  The new bag will fit in quite beautifully I do think, a little polish and the new-old bag will be like new.

 Names like Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Coach and Gucci have always evoked this painfully romantic provenance of days gone by filled with a forgotten art of refined travel, probably because a lot of these companies started making luggage and saddles before they ever made purses. So when I see vintage of any of these labels I feel like I'm bringing a piece of that past to my present, not to mention I feel like hot shit when I carry it;P.  So of course when I saw the navy bag, I had to have it. Luckily no one really cares for this style, everyone is all about the equestrian line of Gucci which I guess is it's trademark and why it is so easily available, but does not appeal to me in the least.

Matchmaking

I love these Hermes shoes with this dress. The dress is 1950s, but has very 1920s feel and the shoes are fabulous enough to not dress it down as a different oxford might. Alas neither fit and they both are now available in the store and I can only wish that they get "adopted" together.