Hopefully my long hiatus hasn’t discouraged anyone. I’ve had personal issues these past two years that I hope to chat about one day. I’d like to start anew with you, if I may. This post is long overdue, as the exhibit took place last year! However, the Dressing Downton exhibit at the Muzeo in Orange County delighted the eye and I couldn’t not post some…
The 1930s dress I made to wear with the marcasite brooches my husband gifted me with needed wearing. What is the point of having a dress and jewels with no place to wear them? Opportunity presented itself and I jumped at the occasion to wear them. An annual tradition, the dinner dance co-sponsored by the Art Deco Society of Los Angeles and the private ladies…
Christmas 2014 was a great holiday for me. My hubby dearest gifted me with a mini-collection of marcasite brooches, supposedly by Theodor Fahrner (the hallmarks are hard to read.) I received two brooches and a clip-pin, which has two dress clips that you can also mount onto a pin frame, making a brooch. They were so lovely that I immediately needed to make a dress…
Living in Los Angeles, you are exposed to a lot of movie history. Sometimes, you can take a bit of that history home with you. While I didn’t make any purchases this time around, as I did when I bought Greta Garbo’s green vases, I enjoyed strolling around the November Julien’s Auctions display of items from their auction Property From the Golden Closet Archive. Property From…
As my blog is so much about places and things and events, it only gives a very small snapshot at what I do when I’m not being vintage. Because I’m not vintage all of the time. I do regular things just like you do. I thought it would be fun to give you a snapshot of my Instagram feed, as many have before me, so that if…
While in Los Angeles we are often dismayed when historic buildings are gutted or torn down to make way for the new and modern, there are some exceptions that stand out, that are somehow saved from the wrecking ball. Clifton’s cafeteria is one of those landmarks. While not an exact replica of the original Clifton’s that opened in 1935, it is in the woodland spirit…
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