Vintage Shopping Exhaustion!

What a run it’s been. I feel like it is all Vintage Clothing, all the time. First catching up from 3 months doing theatre work and vintage simultaneously. Then prepping the summer sale - photos, measures, writing; the whole nine yards. Then the sale itself, which was great. And now packing and shipping. Plus a big local sale last Sunday - an hour and half in line and a drive home in hurricane force winds ( 80 MPH!!!), but oh some treats are coming to the website. Then this past Saturday and Sunday, we trekked to the Leslie Hindman auction in Chicago. Also great, and more buys. Now, I must catch up again before we hit another out of town auction this weekend. Because theater work calls my name next week. May I say - oh my!

And just a teaser for the future:

This rack was empty last Saturday. Lots of names there: de la Renta, Blass, Moschino, Beene, Norell, Carnegie. And some lovely 1920s through 1950s things too.

Alright, enough talking, must get back to doing.

My Mother's Dresses: the 1949 - 1954 Edition

What I find so appealing about this group of my mother’s dresses is that they date from a time I do not remember. These are all from either before she married or right after. So these were worn by a young woman I never knew. One who went to dances and had a more hourglass figure than I ever saw. And the taste is different, too. She definitely went toward patterns and color from the 1970s on. No black or cream for her after 1970. Although there was the time she notably wore a very pale ivory dress as the Mother of the Bride….....Okay, it did have a large pastel flower on the chiffon overlay. And in all fairness, the bride was wearing her wedding gown, a beautiful and grand 1953 New Look lace gown, so there was not doubt as to who was the bride. And no, I was not the bride in question.

Anyhoo, three dresses that gave me insight into my mother and her life.

First: her 1949 High School Graduation dress set. Love this. Very pretty, clearly moving toward adult life and a set she could wear at college. My sister had custody of this for some years - and wore it well.

Second: a nicely tailored Stewart’s wool suit , early 50s, with pleated skirt. Probably purchased while at college or right after, maybe into the first year of marriage. Slightly boxy jacket but a tiny! waist on the knife pleated skirt. She probably got some wear out of the jacket, but not the skirt. Both my sister and I wore this in the 80s and 90s. I always felt very chic and ladylike in this and wore it with modern jewelry.


Third: a watercolor floral chiffon cocktail dress. This is most likely from 1950-1954. And it shows the direction her more mature taste would head in. I do believe this was altered in the neckline - another dress we wore in the 80s.

Third Annual Past Perfect Vintage Sale!

We have been busy! The Third Annual Past Perfect Vintage Sale has commenced!

And it's a grand one. Go To: Annual Ebay Sale

We have loads to come - new items every day for the next 5 days. There will be about 80 auctions with garments and accessories from the 1850s - 198os. I do belive this is all new to ebay, with many items from a private collection and a selection from http://www.pastperfectvintage.com/.

Don't miss it! We really only do this once a year. Here's a small sample:

And I promise I will be back next time with a less commercial post!!