Carmine & Hayworth

Every vintage collector has that one piece of vintage, in their minds, that they dream of and lust for. That one piece that is their own personal, Holy Grail of vintage treasures.  Last week, I found mine. I was shopping at a local antique mall when I came across a booth that I usually always skip, since I've become quite accustomed to my own booth pattern.  In a little crate, hidden around the corner, I found a treasure trove a vintage crowns! They appeared to be, what I thought, were beauty pageant crowns due to their height and rhinestones.  There were two that were Gold with Rainbow rhinestones, but looked to be around the 80's.  I then saw, to my EXTREME surprise THIS: It was that one moment where I got the cold sweats and I started to shake (dramatic, right? ;p).  My heart was pounding and I knew it HAD to be mine! The condition of the rhinestones date this to be around the early to mid-1950's, but the stars at the top are what were perplexing to me...

Have you ever had one of those weeks, where time felt like it stood still, yet flew by too fast? The past two weeks have been exactly that.  We all know the lovely world of adulthood where you live, eat, and breathe work, go to bed, and do it all over again the next day.  I rotate between a few different jobs ( I'm a crazy person who hate monotony) and the past two weeks have be one job after another.  I realize I do this to myself, but in the midst of all the adult hootenanny, I've become more motivated to do little projects, in my off time.  My biggest project was to tackle the hole that is my closet.  My loving and tolerant boyfriend lets me use our second bedroom as a closet and suffers through me using part of his for my store merchandise.  My goal was to clean out things to sell, throw or just plain organize. My first step was to clean off the hoards of clothing and lingerie I had collecting on my sofa. This is the place where my clothing goes t...

I don't know about you, but on Monday's, I need a little bit of extra inspiration to get me going in the mornings.  My life is in perpetual chaos, as of lately, due to the never-ending maintenance work being done on my apartment. Let me repeat APARTMENT! Seriously...  if this were a house it would be well worth it, but I live in an apartment, so instead of throwing money at something that will increase in value, I'm throwing money at a home where there's no return on it! I'm in full belief that my landlords order loads of maintenance for fun to piss us off.... Anyways, as I was saying :)  This particular Monday morning I wanted to go back to the one thing that never lets me down: Chartreuse. I collect a lot of chartreuse piece from decor, clothing, fabric, etc. but this dress is my HOLY GRAIL OF ALL CHARTREUSE EVERYTHING! I was randomly searching online, many moons ago, when I came across this dress. Dress: Off Broadway Vintage on Etsy! Lipstick: Kat Von D Ever...

My love and passion for the world that is "Vintage Lingerie" has hit full steam.  This past week, my boyfriend and I were evacuated from our apartment for a collapsed pipe, which led our apartment management to tear up our concrete floors throughout 30 feet from our kitchen to our storage room.... real fun amirite?!  Any who, I felt the need to justify a recent purchase of an early 1950's Dead-stock with tags "Lady Marlene" over wire bra that I CANNOT afford, especially after this apartment debacle. This was the PERFECT excuse since I was inches away from losing my damn mind! Again, let's take a moment to fully appreciate this.....that has now become my chosen phrase :) The pure craftsmanship and construction of this pieces is ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, FUCKING AMAZING!! Pardon my language, but SERIOUSLY! We don't give enough credit to these pieces for making the way for lingerie that doesn't aim to please a man, but to please the person wearing ...