Everyday....Vintage!

Gosh darn I've been busy with mundane non vintage things and neglectful of my blog. I was hell bent on blogging about the recent showing of Grey Gardens on HBO and my personal take on the Edies but... Netflix informs me that the wait for the original docu is a "very long" one and since it's been about 15 years since I last saw it I think I'll hold off on that entry. The movie was divine though.

I decided to make a list of a few little ways ways to own, wear , give away or incorporate in general vintage clothing (textiles & accessories too) into one's life and maybe actually on a daily basis if one's so inclined. Here goes, if anyone reads this and has any other ideas please feel free to augment.

1. Since it's almost June and nearly all of us has a Dad why not give him a tie, whoa... wait, too boring? Well then make it a vintage one. I bet even if he's not the dresser upper type of father he'll want to be if you present him with one of these.


2.Sew some vintage buttons on a shirt you already have. Make them colorful bakelite or faceted glass - everyone will covet your blouse and wonder why they can't find one just like it.

3. Wiggle into a vintage slip - a tried & true answer to feeling sexy and devilish underneath it all. You'll have a sly & seductive smirk on your face almost all day.

4.Sew a vintage apron with a wonderful vintage apron pattern. Really, truly it's easy to do even if you're not a sewing expert. You'll end up wearing something you created, keep your nice clothes clean and will probably become addicted to collecting them.

5.Wear a pair of long black vintage gloves with your favorite little black dress on a date with someone very special (or maybe even your husband). Hint - in case you didn't know this, long black gloves drive men wild...

6. Take one of those very sheer, very adorable, very delicate antique cotton baby dresses, thread it through a curtain rod and hang it in the window for the summer instead of your usually drapery. The light will shine through it on sunny days ethereally, making you think of the tiny baby that wore it maybe some 100 years ago.

7.Of course wear a piece of vintage jewelry - all that glitters need not be gold.

8. Just go ahead & do it if you haven't done it before. Buy & wear a piece of vintage, slip it in there with all the new stuff. Be it a blouse, bag, skirt or dress even, pick something you know you'll wear. Summer is a great time to start. Recycle, reuse, renew, remember.

That's all I could come up with for now. I'm sure there's tons more and some of these are obvious I know. I wish I could conjure up more.

But I do have to think these things up you know.