40% Off Vintage Holiday Sale

Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall. Who Is The Fairest of Them All? Why, YOU, are, dear reader/follower!  To thank you for following me and supporting my shop, everything in my shop is 40% off from now until Jan 2/2015, using coupon code MirrorFair1 at checkout! Shipments won't actually leave my city until Dec 29, due to the holiday season.  

Photo by Hello June Photography

Autumnal Awakenings

“Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” --F. Scott Fitzgerald

I cannot believe it is not yet mid-September and autumn has already almost come and gone here in my part of the world.  The changing of the seasons is bringing with it still more transformations in my life. One of them involves a movement back of sorts. After a trial partnership with The Moon River Mercantile Co., from which I learned and re-learned many things, I am looking forward to revitalizing my original vintage shop, Adeline's Attic Vintage.  Watch for lots of lovely 'new' vintage goods in the coming days, including this glorious late 20s/early 30s silk georgette gown.  Photo by Hello June Photography.

Red Hot Hat from the Swingin' Seamstress

Speaking of chapeaux....I am over the moon in love with this little 30s red straw hat I got recently from SwingingSeamstress on etsy (yes, that's the same gal who runs Vecona Vintage, so you can get some great Vecona prototypes through her etsy shop!).  Feels a bit like it fell from this 1934 fashion illustration I found! 

Linx

Later this weekend, I'm hoping to post pics of a very fun night we have planned for tomorrow (and I will admit that part of my excitement stems from the new-to-me frock I am going to wear. I had had plans on saving it for my fall trip, but I just don't think I can wait to wear it!!).  In the mean-time, I thought I would note that I spied some very inspiring scans & images taken from 1930s magazines over at Small Earth Vintage's and Vixen Vintage's blogs, as well as at the charming The Cats & the Berries blog.  Nothing like some vintage fashion pages to drool over!

Image via Small Earth Vintage

The Latest Fashions for May (1933)

Since last year, I have been on a self-imposed magazine reading and buying ban.  Actually, I've been on a MODERN magazine buying ban because I am tired of the same trends, the same ads, and the same images of female beauty and sexuality being displayed therein.  Vintage magazines from the 1930s are not part of that ban.  Let's have a little peek into the Woman's Journal from May 1933 for a little late spring style inspiration, shall we? Kim, thought you might like a peek at some of these frocks!

Images from Gold Stars for Tulip on Flickr (I really need to upload scans from my own ephemera collection. SOON!).