via Trendland

Real mother and daughter pairs were cast in this photo series by photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten. 

More on them here. 

have a seat

Some new pieces are dressing up the shop lately. The french settee was a long time in the making. I searched for one of these even before I had a shop but they are always way out of my price range. In November I found this one on Craigslist being sold about 3 hours from my house by a woman who refinishes and reupholsters this type of furniture. When it was listed on Craigslist it was unfinished so I got to pick the upholstery color which is something I never dreamed I would be able to have done for a piece like this. It was a long wait but it's finally found it's home in my shop. 

The painted screen was also a Craigslist find, I wanted a screen that wasn't too "chinosierie" but still sort of dreamy. It is from the 1920s with neat wood inlay on the frame. Most of the very antique ones are so expensive, I really got lucky with this one. The light fixture is something I picked up on my last trip to New York, had to have it. 

1950s dress sisters

Not that long ago, last month in fact, I had one of my all-time favorite dresses in the shop. 1950s black soft boucle knit wiggle dress with gorgeous gold bugle beading - sigh...it sold, but last week I found her sister dress (below), same size only the beading is in silver as opposed to gold! I was sort of in shock and I admit I sort of almost cried a little bit. I remember just taking some steps back from the rack when I found it just to catch my breath. I mean, these dresses are rare enough, but to find two in the span of 30 days? Makes me think they might have been owned by the same woman maybe?
The sister dress is available here. 

1950s Silvered Wiggle dress

girlie hair & manly clothes

A very Annie Hall inspired outfit for this bleak and cold day. The bleak and the cold mitigated by a fun hair appoint here with my little spitfire of a friend Deb. It was just a trim, but Deb got product happy (in the very best way) and then styled my hair in this sort of deconstructed 1960s sex kitten thing. I really liked it paired with my menswear outfit. 

white cotton oxford - thrifted

gray wool vest - adelaide's homesewn

Pendleton plaid wool tie - thrifted

Giorgio Sant Angelo high waisted wool trousers - thrifted

wool zip up jacket - Althleta

charcoal wool car coat - thrifted

black leather boots - Blunnies

pour l'amour de l'amour

images are linked

 a SHOP update fit to love.

floral bodies

via Trendland

The artwork of Cecilia Paredes, a Chilean artist who paints her own body to camouflage herself 

among the pattern of floral wallpaper. What it did was made me want some floral wallpaper in my house. 

And for it to be spring.

lena hoschek ✤ a/w 2012

 Lena Hoschek | autumn/winter 2012 | here & here

I can't imagine it's particularly easy, as a fashion designer who loves vintage clothing, to create a line that is obviously vintage inspired without being costume-y, unoriginal or unmodern, but Lena Hoschek does it right, so so right. I think I have previously avoided blogging about her collections just because it's sort of obvious that I would like her pieces and every other vintage-loving gal does her part to blog the collections. But I couldn't resist this time, partly because I fell super in love with how every model has a simple wool beret on her head and the styling made me happy I have not chopped off my hair. Tonight I'll be sleeping on sponge rollers for sure. Tomorrow I'll be on the hunt for that petulant shade of deep red lipstick (I'll take any leads I can get, hint hint).