Jazz Age Baby

Here's a litte photo (and shopping) inspiration for you this Wednesday morning.


The large photos are from either Harper's Bazaar or Vogue in the late 90s or early 2000s. As a teenager I ripped these pictures out of the magazine and after all these years, they still hold great visual appeal for me. The actress is a young Winona Ryder.


These gorgeous shoes (which are technically Edwardian in style, not Jazz age) are available for pre-order right now. They are from American Duchess. You should check out the shop and blog; the girl behind the brand is seriously fabulous-- and she sews! 


And finally, Behida Dolic handmakes beautiful hats. Definitely take a peek at the gallery in her Etsy shop and if one strikes your fancy, send her your measurements and she'll make you a custom hat. They're gorgeous (as is her model, Helena Bianca) and would smarten up any outfit. A girl can dream, right?

Ballet Flats

Olivier Theyskens' Theory

I desperately need new flats.  My standby for years were a pair of M.I.A flats that I replaced twice.  I'd just order a new pair of those except that the last pair that I got must have been made in a different factory since the leather was different (cheaper with none of the buttery softness that I had come to love in the previous pairs).


The ballet flats above are velvet (I seem to be on a kick!) and lovely.  They're part of Olivier Theysken's new collection for Theory.  They also come in black and in blue but at $325 are out of my budget.

New Shoes at Birdcage Vintage

Special thanks to clearphotostamps for making my beautiful vintage frames!
(She did them as a special request for me!)

I just did a shop update and all of these shoes are now in the shop! I'm not sure how other sellers do regular shop updates, because just listing these five pairs of shoes (what with the weighing and measuring and describing, etc.) took me all evening!

I'm working on doing another photo shoot so that we can post some more dresses. I'm trying to think of something special for the shoot. Anyway, thanks for stopping by!


XOXO,

My 100th Entry

I started this blog back in March with little clue what I would write about, or whether I would even stick with it. I just knew that writing would act as a balm unto my wounded spirit. Today we celebrate my 100th entry, which can only attest to the fact that I've been busy. Thanks for reading along-- let's hope I make it to one hundred more.

Home Grown Cafe in Newark, Delaware

Last night I hung out with an old friend from high school at the local townie bar, Home Grown. They have drink specials on Monday and Wednesday after 10pm, and I, for one, am loathe to pass up a $3 glass of wine.

It was good to see Chetan, the kid that used to sit in front of me in senior english class, but who I have hardly seen since we graduated some eleven years ago. He was in town for the holiday, and Facebook being the great connector, brought us together. He is now a Ph.D. student at Berkeley (studying something about visual preception and computers/robots), while I am an unemployed model, which caused me to think what a great equalizer high school is. Nowadays, it doesn't seem likely that I would become friends with someone studying the same things as Chetan. Let's face it-- most of my friends reside in the realms of art and entertainment. I don't have Wall Street friends, or lawyer friends, or academic friends (which, by the way, is what a lot of my friends from high school have become), but with the common denominator of high school, I can be friends with these types. Anyway, it's just nice to stay in touch with these people from my past.

One of the really cool things that Chetan has done is built a website, Modista.com. It's a shopping website that uses a really clever search engine to help you find what you're looking for. For example, I typed in "Maryjanes heel" and up popped a bunch of shoes fitting my description. What's more, when I selected the picture of the style that I liked, Modista found more shoes that looked a lot like the one I was looking at, thus helping me to narrow it down. You'll have to check it out and see for yourself.

Here are some of the shoes I liked: