You Really Shouldn't Have




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For me for Christmas please?!?  Though 1500 issues of the original covers and magazines would be better, but I will compromise and settle for issues from the first half of the century if you are seriously thinking of going that route for me.

No Autographs Please!

Did I mention that I am in a movie? The above poster represents what I am doing this weekend. I will be attending the premier of Club 27, a film short I participated in (I'm the one in yellow) over the summer and also provided vintage clothing for.  It is part of Project Twenty1's Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival . I've only seen clips, so I am really excited to see it in it's entirety. 

 Also this momma gets to dress up!  I had to raid the stock room for something to wear but had no problem with shoes, even though I never go anywhere worthy or practical for heels I have quite the whore-ish shoe collection. Doesn't everybody? Everyone should have at least one pair of whore shoes, it's a happy maker.

So if you are in or near Philadelphia this weekend why not attend the screening?  Show your support for independent filmmaking. What you need to know:

Club 27 Premier

Saturday, October 1 · 1:00pm - 3:00pm @

 

The International House
3701 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA

PRICE: $10

HORNY: A Children's Story

                                                  

Buying vintage always creates an opportunity to find unusual and one of a kind pieces.  Also weird and offbeat things as well.  Was going through my office the other day and came across this book:

The main character's name is "Queen Horny", just thought that needed to be added in too.  Not exactly "Jane kisses Dick" from those bastards of grammer Dick and Jane, but it's a keeper.   I think I do not need to elaborate I have the emotional maturity of a 12 yr. old boy, but for further amusement I have listed below a few more titles of vintage children's book that speaks to the 6th grader in all of us, let the snickering begin:

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Seems something really queer was going on with marine life during the 1950s and 1960s;)  But sometime during the 1990s Opo lost his gayness, now the book is just titled, "Opo the Dolphin"....poor Opo.

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And lastly, not exactly vintage but needed to be included because this was the mother of all double entendres when I was in 6th grade:

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What She Wore: Annabel

                                                          

Truth be told when I was told at least one of my twins would be a girl I was SO relieved.  When my sister told me she was expecting a little boy I groaned.  And it is totally for a superficial reason and the reason being in my opinion girls are more fun to dress and shop for.  Now my little man does have his share of  mini 1950s Cowichans and Davy Crockett style ensembles, but by far shopping for and dressing Miss Annabel has been the most satisfying, especially when it has come to baby vintage.  Case in point, how cute are those little boots? 

Unfortunately just two hours after these photos were taken  Annabel started to get really sick. Sick to the point where I thought the outfit would need to be burned if you get my drift, yes gross.  She creates a light anywhere she goes, her laughter and smile very infectious breaking even the most jaded person. So of course the opposite applies as well, when she isn't smiling no one else is either. Even her brother has been super nice to her and he normally enjoys making a sport of bullying her. So today as was yesterday is being spent with my sick little girl fused to me on the couch, poor baby:(

Irma

I did try to make a nice pretty and tidy Polyvore collage of all my lovely Irma finds but that meant undoing a lot of my firewall and browser settings and so I mini panicked as the image of precious life minutes going down the drain for the sake of installing Polyvore flashed through my mind.....yeah, no.

For Halloween I plan to be Irma la Douce, it's one of my favorite movies.  I'll even have a little stuffed white dog to stick in  my purse. What's great is I already had all the pieces when I had my costume epiphany, no constructing of anything required just need to do hair and make-up.  It's the only way I'll even bother getting dressed up for Halloween because I generally have three other costumes that need making in the house, which case in point I still have yet to start .

Above is an Irma look constructed of pieces all found via Etsy :

1. Dress, ThePigeonChest

2. Green Net Stockings, PinUpBetty

3. Shoes, Skinny and Bernie

4. Purse, LipStickWhiskey

5. Hair Bow, TheVintageFleaMarket

Saddle Shoe Baby

Annabel had quite a vintagey weekend.  I'm totally loving saddle shoes right now on her, they go with everything.  So glad she grew into them in time for the season and she loves them, have to fight her to take them off. 

Lovely high quality leather shoe w/ stiff sole from the 1950s, so classic and I'm thoroughly addicted to the look.  I'm already on the hunt to track down as many of the sizes she will need to come to keep her perpetually in saddles shoes.

1950s Saddle Shoes~ Thrifted

1950s Yellow Linen Dress~ Gift

1960s Forget Me Not Dress/Top ~ Thrifted

Green Shorts~ Old Navy

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