Sunday evening shop preview

I'm a little behind on this week's preview, and there's a lot of it. But it's fun stuff--two new L'Aiglon dresses, a Givenchy juniors dress, and another fab print from my new favorite dressmaker, Joan Miller!

1950s white sailor/middy blouse.



1950s Joan Miller Juniors sailing ship print dress.



Close-up of the print. I love the prints on these Joan Miller dresses. The charming black little birds dress in the shop right now is also Joan Miller.



1960s portable sewing/crafting caddy.



1960s white woven purse by Danieli.



Mod lemon yellow swiss dot and navy pinstripe shift dress.



Celadon L'Aiglon ruffle-front shirtwaist dress.



Cos Cob yellow rose blouse.



Mt. Rushmore, squirrels, cowboys--confused or comprehensive souvenir salt and pepper shakers?



Moss green plaid Ann Taylor dress. That Ann Taylor? I think so.



Some more Jonathan Logan--nubby pink sundress and cropped jacket.



1962 Seattle World's Fair monorail souvenir glass.



Slate gray muslin pleated dress



Chocolate wool boucle pencil skirt.



Taffeta and chiffon floral party dress.



Blue plaid high neck dress.



Folklore needlepoint print blouse.



Lavender Givenchy Juniors dress. This dress has issues--fading at the armpits and elsewhere, a couple tiny holes--but it's too nifty not to sell.



L'Aiglon nylon knit abstract cityscape dress.



Jacket with nautical buttons.



There's lots more to come, including many more Vera Neumann and Jonathan Logan pieces. I'll probably be posting another preview this week. Oh, and despite all the pretty summer dresses and bright colors that keep calling to me, I'm starting to break into some of the wool skirts--we have some gorgeous plaid pleated and pencil skirts to list--and sweaters, looking forward to autumn and winter. Not to mention coats. And suits. Woo hoo!

xo
k

One of those days

That's what today was. Everything and everyone was conspiring against me with slowness, disorganization, or just plain stupidity, and I found it really hard to get anything done. Well, I did manage to get something done, and listed a few of the new goodies in my Etsy shop. You can click that there link to visit, or click my Etsy Mini over there in the righthand margin (which also shows you the latest items in the shop, handy!) --->.

I had strawberries and Swedish cream for dessert tonight (from this Mark Bittman Bitten post), which helped a little. Because isn't anything Swedish always better than anything not-Swedish?

But I also plan to end my evening with a smile by viewing the wonderful Flickr photostream of * Eartha Kitsch *. She has an amazing home, style, and sense of humor. Her home definitely fulfills that Twin Peaks/cabin-y/lodge-y/1950s thing that I love so much. Go check it out--you won't be sorry!

And now on to the new goods! Here are photos of blouses and dresses coming to the Etsy shop this week. First, this 1960s linen wiggle dress by Alison Ayres:

The cutest and funniest chicken and herb print novelty print blouse by Cos Cob!

My FAVORITE dress of the Big Score so far, this olive and bronze polka-dot print taffeta party dress:

A silk scarf-neck blouse by Bill Atkinson, Glen of Michigan.

Creamsicle gingham shirtwaist dress.

Purple sateen ascot neck blouse.




Green and yellow floral print party dress.

I also photographed several hats this weekend. I'll post those tomorrow.

'Night all--here is to a better, more productive day tomorrow!

xo

k