Today, I have a skirt and top set – labelled “Campus Casuals of California”, made of cotton-rayon blend in beige, navy and yellow. The top buttons in the back and the beige skirt has a nice navy and yellow detail at the pockets. I also have a navy blue box purse, heels, yellow bakelite charm bracelet and yellow bakelite dice earrings, with multicolor rhinestones. This set is one of my favorite ones; it used to be two sizes bigger but I had it tailored by VintagEija’s to fit me better.

I purchased this set in the early 2000′s from Boss Vintage stall at the Viva Las Vegas R’n'R weekender. The purse is from ebay some years ago; the heels from the Brooklyn flea market in October 2011; the earrings are also from ebay and the charm bracelet purchased from etsy last spring.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

Kaikki yhdistyksen jäseneet ja jäsenyydestä tai yhdistyksen toiminnasta kiinnostuneet ovat tervetulleita verrattain pienimuotoiseen vuosikokoukseemme, joka pidetään Vapriikissa, Tampereella 12.2.2012 kello 13.00.

Tervetuloa!

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Autunm colours today, orange and chestnut together in a cotton-rayon blend – linen like –  wiggle dress, matched with orange bakelite costume jewelry, an orange purse and wedges. The dress would probably fit me better if I’d loose a few pounds but that’s easier said than done.

The dress is a find from Beyond Retro in Stockholm’s Södermalm area last July. The purse is from etsy and purchased this autumn, the wedges are from VintagEija’s a few years ago, Finnish made and labelled “Susana”. The orange bakelite necklace is from and antique mall in  Orlando in Spring 2010, the charm bracelet and earrings set from etsy last spring.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

We are getting close the end of the year and the next days will be a mix of seasons and styles, with recent acquisitions and older ones, summer and evening dresses, swimming suits and winter coats… As you probably guessed, there’s not much in my closet to show anymore (except blouses, tops, sweaters… but no skirts, shorts or trousers to match with). It is obvious that  as I reach the end of the 365 days, this will not be only with clothes I already owned 11 months ago when I started this blog. Instead I have been shopping  (as always) and presenting new acquisitions, and I have also sold a few of the clothes that had been standing in my closet for years without being worn.  Thus I have lost my bet in fact.  Nevermind, there’s still something to present and enjoy.

Tonight I have a cotton dress, with a very colourful full skirt, a black boned bodice and a black bolero with the skirt’s fabric on the collar. All this made in Florida, according to the label. I also have a rasberry red lucite purse (it looks more brownish on the pic), red wood and leather sandals, a rasberry red bracelet and earrings.

I purchased the dress and bolero set in June from the Vintage flea market at the Rockabilly Rave weekender in the UK. The lucite purse is from an antique mall in Chicago in the early 2000′s, the sandals are from VintagEija’s, bought in the mid 2000′s, the earrings are from a vintage dealer at the Rockabilly Rave some years ago and the bracelet from a small shop in the Södermalm area of Stockholm, purchased last July.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

This is the last of my shorts outfits… actually a white cotton halterneck playsuit,  with turquoise and black squares. I wear it with white sandals, a white purse, white and turquoise plastic earrings, signed Trifari and a gold tone and turquoise charm bracelet. There are some outfits that I very often wear in certain places and occasions and this play suit is among the clothes that I almost always pack with me when going to the Västerås Power Meet classic car weekend, in Sweden early July. The weather there is most of the times great and warm… and this playsuit is perfect then (but worn with flats and a bigger purse).

I purchased this play suit in the late 90′s from Tamara and Cyril, at their chalet at the Hemsby R’n'R weekender. Actually, I purchased the shoes from them too, but in the late 2000′s and at the High Rockabilly weekender in Spain. I bought the purse from ebay around 2007 or 2008, the charm bracelet from a vintage shop in Saint Augustine, Florida in spring 2010 and the earrings from the US in the late 90′s or early 2000′s.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

Let’s start february with light blue oriental print shorts and a black blouse, black sling back sandals and a straw purse. Light blue straw earrings and a gold tone, bamboo and blue charm bracelet. The shorts are late 40′s - early 50′s, with side buttons and  also have a matching bikini top, which unfortunately does not fit me very well and looks sort of funny… hence the black blouse instead.

I purchased the shorts and top set three or four years ago at the vintage flea market of the Rockabilly Rave R’n'R weekender. The blouse  and the purse more recently – I guess it was in September –  from Tamara and Cyril’s vintage stall at the High Rockabilly weekender. I bought the sandals much earlier, in the mid 90′s from Paris. The earrings were purchased in the early 90′s in France and the charm bracelet is probably from a vintage dealer at a R’n’R weekender in the mid 2000′s

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

Back inside! and back to present some summer outfits. I still have a few shorts and tops to show, but not many. Tonight I picked up multicolor stripe shorts – blues, green, browns, yellow and white, in cotton with a back zip. I also have a yellow cotton knit top, white wedges, a white wicker purse; green, turquoise and yellow bangles and green loop earrings.

I purchased these shorts – dead stock –  in spring 2008 from the Aqua Vintage shop in Las Vegas. I do not recall where I got the top from but it could be from Finland. The white wedges are probably from Tamara and Cyril’s vintage stall at a R’n'R weekender in the UK, purchased many years ago. Actually, I do not remember either where the purse is from but I have owned it since the mid 90′s. The blue faceted plastic bangle   is from Sivletto in Stockholm and the yellow and green bakelite ones are from the US. The earrings are also from the US.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

We just spent the weekend in Tampere, for the Vapriikki Vintage event. Two really nice days spent chating with friends, enjoying the vintage fashion show, and some vintage shopping of course! Sunday morning was very nice and also really cold (- 14 C or 7 F) and we took a short walk. I was wearing a american made winter coat, labelled Lilli Ann of San Francisco, in thick antracite and red wool fabric. I also had black ankle boots, with a red leather purse, and red, black and white plastic earrings. Under the coat I wore a black and red  felt skirt (pictured in my blog post number 17, on March 18th, 2011), with a red woolen top and a red belt.

My husband purchased this  great condition coat in 2008 from ebay as a Christmas present. The red purse is from a small antique shop in Daytona Beach, Florida and purchased in spring 2010. The ankle boots are an old acquisition from Nasta Vintage shop in Helsinki, in the early 2000′s. These were originally cream coloured but I had them dyed in black by the shoemaker.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.

Fintage ry haluaa kiittää kaikkia mukana olleita! Kiitos vieraille ja myyjille!

Palaute oli lähes yksinomaan positiivista ja jatkoa toivottiin. Selkeästi tämä konsepti toimii!

Kävijöitä oli lauantaina 1140 ja sunnuntaina 1105.

Kuvia tapahtumasta toivomme saavamme mahdollisimman pian.

Kiitos vielä kaikille!

Uutistoimitus

Uutistoimitus pitää huolen, että kaikki ovat ajan tasalla vintagemaailman tapahtumista. Palstaa ylläpitää useampi kirjoittaja. Lähetä uutisehdotuksesi osoitteeseen uutistoimitus(at)fintage.net

Today’s dress is quite a  peculiar one, which has probably been altered at some point of time by one of the previous owners. It is made of thick sturdy cotton, in two colours: light blue and toffee brown, with a wide collar. So far nothing special. Then look at the back: the dress is actually open back and halterneck and that the part that looks like “home made”. With this dress I have a matching blue belt, blue sling back heels and a blue purse ( but the colour of the purse does not match that well with the other shade of blue). For the final touch, I picked up a blue and bamboo charm bracelet and blue earrings.

I purchased this dress from a friend a couple of years ago, the belt from Boss Vintage’s stall this spring at the Viva Las Vegas R’n'R weekender. The heels are a find from the vintage market at a R’n'R weekender in the late 90′s in the UK and the purse from ebay. The charm bracelet is probably from a vintage dealer at a R’n'R weekender in the mid 2000′s and the earrings are from Boss Vintage.

365 Vintage Days

365 vintage days is a bet and a challenge. I am going to try wearing a different outfit every day for 365 days and have you witnessing the challenge. The writer has been buying and wearing 50’s clothing and accessories – most of it casual - for more than twenty years and continues to do so.