Wow! And you won’t here me throw that round lightly, but WOW! we have some great offering this week on our eBay site, EZPickinz VIntage! We decided we can’t stand it any longer and have opened the vault of our Vintage Fall Collection to give everyone a sneak peek of what will be coming in the cooler weeks ahead!
Head over to the Ebay store EZPickinz for this and so much more!
My mind is already thinking ahead of the fall… as is everyone’s! And I don’t know if you are like me, but each season I try to form a ‘look’ I am going to have. It makes it easier to gather the few pieces missing in your wardrobe and have fun mixing and matching. One year my fall idea was Fair Island sweaters w/wool pleated Pendleton skirts and knee socks…yeah, that one didn’t really pan out. In any event I love this gal’s fearless mix of 40s era and sparkle…now where to get a sequinned cardi…
Ok, so its still not super hot where I am, dunno what the deal is. Today its supposed to actually go over 70 degrees, but today is also the day I want to wear my boots. Why do these things always clash?! The day I want to wear a fun sundress I freeze, and the day I feel the need to layer and bust out the boots it’s hot. Ah well, there’s always this lass who seems to have both camps covered:
P.S. how cute is the jewelry holder on the wall?!
…and waiting and waiting here. I actually had to break out a cashmere sweater today. IT IS JUNE, people! How can this be? Well, ok, I am known to have hands straight from the morguedrawer even on an 80 degree day, I run a bit chill all the time, and a small breeze makes me run for a scarf no matter what, but still!
In any event, there’s a tag-party going ’round some of my fav blogrs where you list your own wardrobe basics. This cashmere sweater would be one. I always try to stock up on larger size slouchy vintage men’s cashmere V-necks at the thrift store. You’d be surprised what decent quality ones I have found, older vintage ones from the 60s are great. They are usually so reasonably priced I end up using them in place of the ubiquitous sweatshirt everyone else wears. And they can be washed in cold water and layed out to dry like any other sweater, I find. I like to pair them with some dark bootcut jeans, a bit of silver jewelry and some interesting boots. No, not earth-shattering, but super comfy and just a bit slouchy-cool…
Like so many, I check into StyleBytes daily - sometimes more than once. I have read her blog for a long time now and have really enjoyed her sense of fashion fun, tand that she seems a very genuine person. The fashion pictures have really stepped a notch recently too, and its cool to have a pet pig - however vicariously! Her little family makes me smile, so I, as have so many of us out there, been worried for some time now when she went to Stockholm for a few days and now its been a month since we’ve heard a peep.
I’ve emailed Agathe in the past; and have sold her some vintage lingerie for her growing collection, so I am really worried about her. Her MySpace is still up, etc. and not to get to stalking level, but I have sent her a couple of emails to check to see if she’s ok too. Nuttin.
I can only hope this bodes very well for her; perhaps she’s in the midst of a big new secret project that will bring back her stylevoice to us and she needs this time off! I hope that’s the case, and just want her to know she is missed!!!
Come back soon, Agathe!
Supposedly we will be getting some actual sun here this coming weekend. To start it off I am looking to throw together something ‘hopeful’ (i.e. that there WILL be sun after all here) and simple that showcases a fun straw bag, just like this gal:
We’ll see if this makes some of the clouds depart…
I am trying to get the best shoes for summer and am finding this difficult at best. Sandals are always the answer - but here’s the rub, literally. By the time you get them sorta broken in, your poor feet end up toast and you really don’t want to bare them with all your blister war wounds. And they are rarely supportive, like the push for this gladiator trend. I appreciate them, I do. They are simple, they go with everything…but they are less of a sole between me and the hot pavement than a rubber flip flop in most cases. Especially for some of the pricier ones I have seen. Um, $200 for 3 strips of leather? I am thinking totally different. After getting onto the espadrille bandwagon last season late, I discovered they are amazingly comfy, classy and retro chic. You can go 50s w/a printed skirt (Roman Holiday, anyone?) or my fav; platform ‘espys’ with your wide leg jeans for that 70s vibe. The search, however has so far been fruitless. These are ok, I’ll keep looking…
