Thursday, October 7

the distillery


Since not all vintage is created equal, I've been knocking the idea around of creating a special shop or at least special category in the shop for the real vintage gems, the dresses you just won't see much more of in the future; the dresses that literally make you (at least me) cry. Although I don't wear 1920s dresses, I do however, collect them. I am sure at some point I will wear one of them, but I am a late 1930s, early 1940s girl at heart and when it's time to gussy up it's the garments of that era I usually pull out of my closet. But there's something about 1920s dresses that really woo me, they are like art to me and thusly I collect them as an art collect would amass art pieces. Named The Distillery, the dresses I have collected have a special place in my closet where they all mingle together. While the ones below are in my personal collection, I have other 1920s dresses that will show up in the shop near the holidays, but they seem to warrant more than just a listing in the shop, hence The Distillery, where all the goodness of a dress is distilled into one lovely and historical garment...coming soon!

 ♥ These two are my favorites ♥



16 comments:

  1. What a great idea! And a beautiful collection. Looking forward to seeing more.

    And I love that read number with the embroidered collar.

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  2. it's always amazing to see pictures of these dresses today, since most of us only know them from black and white photographs!

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  3. I would be a little afraid to wear them! agreed they are fantastic pieces of art, love to see dresses like this hanging on the wall.

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  4. Wow, that first blue dress just made my heart flutter a little bit!

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  5. Ow wow, what gems! Good idea!

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  6. what a beautiful idea! it's so hard to wear these fragile pieces, but so lovely to look at, like art! i love it!

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  7. I love all those '20s dresses. So lovely. I agree, they are art. It'll be fun to see what you have. Thanks for sharing!

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  8. Wow they really are stunning. I like thinking about it as having a little piece of history in your wardrobe.
    x

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  9. All gorgeous! I have the same black beaded 20s dress!

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  10. That pink and black dress.... gosh it's amazing! 20s style clothes sadly don't suit me, but I wonder if I would feel tempted to buy a dress anyway, just for display...

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  11. These are all so great! I agree the first blue one is perfect.

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  12. holy WHOA!! these are amazing!! le sigh...

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  13. omg... these are divine. (missed this post the 1st time around!)

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  14. somehow missed this post and i am ooing and awwing over that second to last dress with the orange and white. any chance that will be showing up in the shop??

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