Letting Go...Starting With Emilio Pucci

I have decided that I am going to let go of a few pieces of my "most hoarded" vintage collection. It is making me hyperventilate a little just to think about doing it, let alone actually doing it!

I will start with my matching set of Emilio Pucci for Formfit Rogers lingerie. These carefully hoarded pieces have been in my collection for quite a few years. The set consists of a fabulous slip dress with a built-in underwire bra and a matching pair of panties.

Letting go is good for you, right?

I have just listed both items in my store, ClubVintage over at Etsy.

Vintage 60s Emilio PUCCI Slip Dress

Vintage 60s Emilio PUCCI Bikini Panties Nylon Gusset

Ah Shucks Guys....

I just returned from a two week trip, a perfect mix of buying & relaxing...what fun!
I will be offering up some of my newest finds in the next few weeks over at my Etsy store Club Vintage so be sure to check in frequently so you don't miss any of the new vintage beauties.

I am also getting ready to go back to my "real" job working at a high school as the new school year is fast approaching. I want to share this school themed picture...I love the expressions, enjoy!

September, 1937 issue of Country Gentleman magazine

Back To School Fashions

New fashions for the back to school crowd have always been important. Girls from eleven to nineteen will make the grade with two-piece dresses this fall. They can be worn with a sweater on campus or with a blouse either on the campus or in town. The swing skirts are comfortable and flattering. Colors this fall will be cinnamon brown or bronze green. Plaids will also be popular.

This is the forecast for the fall of 1937 according to Country Gentleman magazine.

Shop Update...Shoes, Shoes,Shoes

A quick shop update shows that the shoes are coming, the shoes are coming....run over to Club Vintage Fashions & More now for the best selection.

All joking aside...we are overstocked with shoes and must sell some before they take over the storage space completely.

Enjoy!

New Old Stock Bass Weejuns Penny Loafers, perfect for back to school

Oxblood Red Andrew Geller Vintage Shoes Mules,
can you say S-E-X-Y

Black T-Strap Shoes Shiny Patent Chunky High Heels, love these classic beauties

I will be listing more fabulous shoes all week long....be sure to stop on by.

The Prevailing Mode In Fashion For The Summer Of 1935

Pattern number 3033

All images courtesy of Rural Progress Magazine

According to the June-July 1935 issue of Rural Progress Magazine weaves vie in summer popularity with prints. The wide varity of designs were created expressly to achieve the utmost smartness in both prints and weaves.

• Number 3078-This smart little cape dress with its three-quarter sleeves, is very practical.
  
  Number 3030- Here's one of those attractive and useful little one-piece model dresses of linen-like cotton print.
  
  Number 2268-It's slim and graceful and is so easily sewn.
  
  
  Number 2875-A charming caped model designed to flatter the larger figure. The caped shoulder are delightfully cool.
  
  
  Number 3173-Just the sort of thing you need for hot days in town! It is made so easily and is predded in a jiffy!
  
  
  Number 2858-A simple day dress of printed cotton and just the easiest thing in the world to fashion.
  
  
  Number 2938-This slim cotton print dress is the softly tailored type, favored by smart women. It has the raglan shoulder effect, quite becoming to the average figure.
  
  
  Number 516-Could anything be more fetching than little sister and brother in these cunning togs?
  
  
  Number 3033-Here's looking at you in the loveliest frock of the season, a charmingly simple evening dress of embroidered organdie which achieves distinction without effort. The scalloped ruffle front and back, and the panel of the skirt ending in a point at the lower edge are the simple but effective features which convert just another party frock into something of a creation.

Each one of these patterns could be ordered for 15 cents except for number 3033, it was 25 cents.
I'll take two of each please!

Hawaii Has My Heart

I have been having a love affair...there I said it...it is out in the open.
I know that the allure is just physical...the warm and sultry, the blue of the sea and the sky, the colors and textures....but I don't care.
I am firmly in love....with Hawaiian clothing!

I have been enticed to wallow in my passion...but I am not selfish....here are a few of the newest aloha beauties to be offered in the store, enjoy!

Culottes! Smartness & Comfort

From the pages of a Country Gentleman magazine dated June, 1936.

Culottes! Did I hear someone mention culottes? Of course I did, and you are probably hearing about them and seeing them as much as I am these days. If you are interested in smartness as well as comfort for active and spectator sports, you simply must have one of these new divided skirts. Of course, if you are very conservative, you can make this new sports frock with a plain skirt and pleats in the front and back, instead of divided. The blouse of the two-piece dress has an action back. By this I mean a deep pleat that gives plenty of room to swing a tennis racket. I am making mine in a lovely rust color cotton broadcloth that looks something like Shantung, and the buttons are of bright green composition, that will stand many launderings. I also am going to put a handkerchief of the green in the pocket. Here's to happy sporting days!