Damn, Girl: Josephine Baker
Sometimes you come across a person and their life-force takes your breath away. Maybe it’s someone you met last weekend, or maybe it’s someone you stumbled across in a history book. Or maybe they were always there, popping up in books and movies and on the internet, and it wasn’t until you really looked that...
D.I.Y. : Poppy Bag
Inspired by silk chiffon poppy bag by Blugirl. You will need: A fabric pouch or purse (we sewed our own & attached a chain strap from a thrifted bag) Fake flowers Black beads & buttons Needle & thread 1. Begin by taking apart the fake flowers so that you have individual petals. 2. Sew the...
D.I.Y. : Leather Shopper
Inspired by the Jil Sander Transparent Shopper and the Cast of Vices “Thank You” Leather Corner Bag. You will need: a sewing machine that can tackle leather leather (thrifted leather skirts, jackets, etc.) a plastic shopping bag (for the pattern) First things first: inspect the shopping bag. Look at it’s construction. Do you see how...
Scarf Wrapped Tops
(Illustrations in this post are by Cecilie Starin, from the book The Yestermorrow Clothes Book by Diana Funaro © 1976, published by Chilton Book Company, Radnor, Pennsylvania.) We are aching for warmer weather & have a feeling our Northern Hemisphere neighbors (bar you lucky dogs in California) are too. Here is a great little D.I.Y....
How To: Date Vintage Clothing
There is nothing like the tangible glee felt when pressing fingers against clothing-clad hangers to slide them down a thrift store rack. Or the smell of anticipation mixed with the musk of moth-balls and old-lady-smells in the back of an estate sale closet. The hunt for vintage clothing is as peril-fraught and rewarding as any...
