dear golden | vintage: 12/01/2011

Friday, December 30

totally Sundance

You know the Sundance catalog right? This outfit screams Sundance doesn't it? I know it might not be super hip, but I sort of love the whole Sundance style, makes me feel like a very cool, arty, affluent older woman living in some cool town in Utah. This length of skirt is sometimes hard to wear, I think it's important to have a nice high fit on the waist and a tight-fitting top, oh and a heel on your shoe/boot.

I also thought since I have a raging coat obsession I should start to show them in my outfit posts. This one was purchased for the shop but I sort of fell in love with how it swings, the tie cuffs & the hood so it's a keeper for now.

vintage 1970s wool coat ◊ thrifted

black bodysuit ◊ Anthropologie

southwest skirt ◊ thrifted

vintage 1970s black leather heeled boots ◊ thrifted

victorian gold-filled locket ◊ eBay

vintage 1950s black wool beret ◊ thrifted

shop update to close the year

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A shop update here on this second to last day of 2011.

Maybe tomorrow I should do a post of my favorite things that sold this year?

Though it is always sort of painful revisiting sold items...

Thursday, December 29

shoes i'll never own

Too expensive for me, but that won't stop me from drooling over them.

What is it about the perfect leather ballet flat?

All found here.

Wednesday, December 28

shop update!

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Hello hello! Officially back to work and I have given the shop a good updating.

All of the above are now available. Shop here.

get your hair did

cup of jo | it's hard to find a friend | a beautiful mess | big fashion geek | juliettecyn

I know braids have been super popular for a long while now, I remember something like 'braid Wednesdays' on Twitter last year, yes? But yet, I have refueled my interest in them by watching the entire season of Game of Thrones recently. Unmatched violence & unmatched hair braiding! Personally I really want to figure out how to fishtail braid my own hair.

And a little history - apparently in Europe, during the Medieval and Renaissance periods simple braids served functional purposes keeping hair out of the way of cooking and cleaning as well as to keep it cleaner between bathing.

Tuesday, December 27

added to the library

My brother's girlfriend is a librarian in Washington, D.C. and for Christmas she gave me the coolest 1950s books on fabrics, dressing, clothing construction and design. Some are very technical and will do well to further my knowledge of vintage clothing. I love the ones on textiles and fabrics the most because there seems to be a real dearth of such books out there, particularly ones that go into detail about so many of the fabrics from which vintage pieces are made. I'm looking forward to pouring over them and using them as reference books.

Friday, December 23

she knows me so well...

The sweetest girl in the world, Duff (of Jean Jean Vintage) knows the path to my heart. For two years in a row now she has given me a gorgeous silk beaded 1920s dress for Christmas to add to the Dear Golden Distillery (of course I told her I hope this becomes a tradition...). This year I when I opened the package I had to set it down and take a deep breath because of the color alone. This delectable frock will now live among it's contemporaries, tucked away in archival paper. Well, okay, I might wear it - but just once!