I have been trying to clean out my personal closet,  and as this means literally years and years of vintage collecting, my ‘what to keep and what to get rid of rules’ are centered around ‘will you have this forever and is it amazing’, otherwise I would never get rid of a single darn thing.

Case in point; I am not normally driven by designer labels. My feeling is if an item is well made it will stand the test of time. I get the obsession with new designer stuff, I am just not into it myself that much. However, there is some fun in the juxtaposition of high/low dressing - you know, your thrift store sweater worn with your Hermes scarf. My personal take is that I want the classic vintage version of whatever that designer thing is. Hence, I must say I know I scored when I unearthed this real Gucci logo satchel bag from about the 70s or so.  (I’ll never tell where) If you are gonna have one, then get the iconic version, right? This logo lovely needed some serious TLC, and I spent real time cleaning and polishing it and if the truth be told it is a teensy bit long in the tooth if you got real picky about it, but I don’t mind that touch of ‘ruined elegance’ it gives. I did find online this company in NY that restores these bags, and at some point I might send in mine to get her up to speed, but I’ll have to save up for the investment. Until I do that, it’s kinda of fun to wear this w/my Converse and vintage redlines, or when I had it downtown and walked thru the Gucci section @ Nordstrom where I was immediately accosted and interrogated about the bag. It seems Gucci itself knows a good thing and is reissuing the logo print this season - they know the classics like I am talking ’bout. … I laughed when they offered me the matching reissue wallet to this bag for a mere $425.00 to go with my bag that cost me the price of teriyaki for 2. And mine’s the original.

So, yes I Covet my own bag… Do you have any of these ‘classics’ you Covet?

Naturalizer Kister | ON SALE $49.99

I wrote a bit ago about my love for these laceups…and now they are on sale! Hard NOT to justify them now. P.S. I saw them in person, and tried them on at a Naturalizer store - they seemed to run a bit small but the two tone suede and leather was a very smart look peeking out from under my wide leg jeans. xoxo ~ CovetGirl

Wow! We found a vintage couture piece that PROVES classic investments are so worth it! This 90s era Christian Lacroix Pret-a-Porter coat dress is an amazing example! The fit and flare shape is so sexy and looks like it just walked down the runway at the RTW 2008 show!… and its in the hot color of the season - a rich vivid royal purple! Can’t get any better! Check it out! In our eBay store now!

...just add a belt an you're set!

Just like Beth at TheVintageSociety, I love a good white dress. They are surprisingly easy to dress around and lately its all about white lace for me! At first too sweet sounding, these seem to be the perfect foil to anything tough or hand-hewn, even to soften up an architectural/avant garde pair of shoes.

Beth does it light and summery with the russet leather accessories…

White Fetish @ www.theVintageSociety.com

~And this past week we had this sweet treat in the EzPickinz Shop on eBay:

white lace

…We have another white lace lovely up for auction launching today..don’t miss it! Click here to go to the store: EzPickinz Vintage

Can’t say why, but I really want to check out these super tall platform sandals from Old Navy. They have a sorta-40s wedgie style that draws me in, I think. Now, I would wait till they go on super sale if I was to even get them as they are ‘faux patent’, or in realspeak - plastic.