Just like the changes of the 1960s themselves, the fashion trends were similarly groundbreaking and for the most part, completely new and novel ideas to the landscape of fashion.
While ’60s designers still defined trends for the season, for the first time ever counterculture groups like London’s “mod” scene and America’s “hippie” sect influenced the styles and clothing types produced by mainstream fashion brands and marketed to the decade’s youth.
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Hello and Happy Thursday, everyone! I’ve recently been digging into the pages of a recent gift … a stack of 1960s fashion McCall Magazines gifted to me by a fellow vintage lover and Facebook supporter, Lisa C! When envisioning my “dream home,” (or per NYC standards … apartment!) I imagine a great wooden bookshelf built [...]
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What I love most about vintage is that you can modernize the pieces of the past to suit your style of today. Vintage isn’t OLD … rather, it’s OPPORTUNITY. I’m SO happy to have the opportunity to shoot some of my favorite vintage pieces and present them to you here with background on where I [...]
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So, it’s almost two weeks after Halloween. We’re moving on to pumpkin pie, hot cider, turkey and the subsequent sleeping like we’re old, running for Black Friday like we’re young, and holiday spending like we’re rich. Well, whatever you are, I know one thing for sure. My good friend Bridget, who rented her Halloween ‘09 [...]
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A few days ago, I teased you with some of my first Sammy Davis Vintage-Halloween-designs. My good friend Bridget – a friend from uptown in the Bronx – wanted to be Joan from Mad Men. Her aesthetic was perfect for the role – milky skin, luscious red lips, and yes! ginger red hair. Now that [...]
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The starring ladies of Mad Men Joan is a seductive secretary in solids Betty loves floral Peggy pulls the school girl look The inspiration for Bridget – purple! Peggy as copywriter steps up her style Betty sticks to solids for formal wear Peggy & Betty in florals, Joan in solid The stylish women of Mad [...]
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