"'Costume Party of Our Lives": A Vintage Fashion Feature

It was an utter honour and total thrill to be featured on the front of the Style section of the Edmonton Journal last week, as part of an article about local vintage lovers!  Below is a scan of the feature and here is a link to the article online!

All in the Eyes

My favourite shot in the set of photos from my collaboration with Brad Gibbons of DB Photographics.  1920s velvet & gold cloche is available in my shop.

A Study in Sultry Satin: The Flapper Bride's Dream Dress

More photos from my collaboration with DB Photographics, with the focus in this set being on a dreamy 1920s paneled silk satin wedding gown (with swoon-worthy lace detailing at the front and back bodice necklines), which has just been added to my shop.  

The New Spring Mode: A Dreamy Lookbook by machinedance vintage and Brooksy Hats

I've posted about the dreamy creations of Brooksy Hats before.  Well, wait until you see her collaboration with machinedance vintage.  All I can say is: SWOON!  Inspired by the kodachrome film and photography of the late 1920s and early 1930s, their Lookbook is definitely the stuff my dreams are made of!  Brava, ladies! This is the kind of thing that inspire my own vintage style and shop. Hoping to be involved in similar local projects this spring and summer!

A Special Deco Set

I always love it when my vintage pieces (especially those sold from my personal collection) go to loving homes.  Case in point: this wonderful 1920s cotton dress and jacket set went to live in New Zealand with another vintage lover named Jill and I just love how she styled it for the recent Art Deco weekend in Napier! Keep the customer pics coming, lovelies! I am giving away a gift certificate for my shop every quarter and to enter, you just need to forward a pic of yourself in something bought from Adeline's Attic Vintage!  

Vintage Insta-Blitz

I'm offloading a lot of my vintage stock through an Instagram INSTASALE blitz. If you don't want to miss out on the deals, be sure to come follow me @adelinesattic

The Brilliance of a Bobbed Brunette

My 'new' haircut has inspired this post. Consider it a tribute to the iconic Jazz Age beauty of a brunette with a bold bob!

Flapper Friday: Vintage Girl Crushin' on Hailey Tuck

One of the vintage girls I've been stylistically and musically crushing on for a while now is Hailey Tuck. Her videos are also dreamy!

Wedded to Bliss

20s wedding dresses are on my mind for many reasons: one very dream reason is this 20s cream silk & spiderweb lace beauty which I have just added to the etsy shop!

A Real Ringer

Still swooning over the results of my recent collaboration with the immensely talented and dreamy Hello June Photography for Adeline's Attic Vintage.   Everyone involved just "got" what I was hoping for, stylistically. Look how perfectly model/makeup artist Aki, and photographer Safauna embodied the 30s aesthetic through hair, makeup, lighting, pose, overall composition?? Doesn't Aki look like the twin of the Rolf Armstrong image dug up by my friend, the Sydney Flapper?  While I'm on the subject of the make-up, a shout out to Besame Cosmetics. We used the brightening violet powder and Merlot lipstick from this brand for the look, and since I'm a loyal wearer of this brand, I was unsurprised that the results for the shoot were stunning. Swoon!

Brooksy's Beautiful Bandeaux

Although I love my growing collection of authentic vintage 20s headwear, I do love a lovely repro., and these beautiful 1920s-inspired bandeaux by Broosky Hats on etsy have definitely caught my eye and stolen my heart! I'm eyeing the Hazel, though I adore the boudoir bandeau, too! This shop also has 20s style cloches, 30s style berets, and 40s style turban hats!  Swoon!

Living on Velvet

Just added these vintage velvet stunners (one from the early 20s, the other from the late 30s) to the shop

Bye to the Baroness, Hello June, and Attending to the Attic

As my new blog header hopefully suggests, I'm making some changes to this space to reflect the fact that my focus these days is on being a vintage seller and stylist, rather than purely a vintage fashion blogger.  This means that I am going to be continuing to now use the blog more as a professional space for Adeline's Attic Vintage, though I may throw in a few good old fashioned vintage outfit posts for good measure, now and then.  For now, I have to extend huge thanks to the incredibly talented Safauna of Hello June Photography for making my vintage aesthetic dreams come true today, through the creation of my stunning new blog and shop header!  She also worked with me to snap some great photos of vintage 20s, 30s, and 40s garments which are going into my shop shortly!  Props to Danger Delux, Aki, and Chantel for exquisite modelling, and extra thanks to Aki for hair and makeup work on the shoot!  I'm a happy happy camper! More images from the shoot shortly!

A Birthday in Bohemia

This past Saturday, I celebrated the beginning of my last year of my 30s in 1920s Parisian bohemienne style, at the aptly named historical B & B, La Boheme, which is in the same neighbourhood as my new shop.  Kind thanks to my vintage loving pals, who donned some fun finery and joined me in the secret wine room for a lovely evening!

Photo courtesy of Charmaine

The Baronial Brag Book (and a Big Batch of Gratitude)

As I am moving forward and embarking on a new 'vintage adventure,' in the form of my business partnership with The Moon River Mercantile Co. (we're on Etsy too) I foresee that this blog space will be in for some changes to put it more in line with the new shop, both in style and in content. I feel like my own personal vintage style has been evolving and will continue to do so, as well.  Stay tuned, as it becomes clearer what new direction I will take this blog space.

I will soon share with you some images of our new vintage showroom; however, even while I look to the present and the future, I feel like now is a good time to revisit the wonderful projects, experiences, and accomplishments which my vintage fashion blog has afforded me over the past FOUR years.  So, forgive me if this comes across as bombastic, but I feel like it's so easy to get caught up in feeling like I am not doing enough that I need to sometimes stop and do an auto-pat on the back for the things that I *have* seen to fruition.  Consider this my blogger's CV, if you will.  Again, I want to thank those of you who have remained my loyal and patient followers and friends, as I've weathered the peaks and valleys of the past few years.

• I was asked by vintage-repro label Able Grable to design and then model an early 1930s style dress that went on to be dubbed the "Vintage Baroness."

• I was elated to be named Queen of Vintage #65!

• I really enjoyed doing a fashion history article for the SiW Costumers' Journal. Watch for more of my fashion history writings in the future!  

• I got featured in a book called Wearable Vintage Fashion.

• I was honoured to be featured in a "Profiles in Style" piece for Lily Lemontree

• An image of me in 20s garb won the right to a feature at the front of a "Gatsby" photo album on the People Magazine website:

• I worked as a vintage music correspondent for The Glamourous Housewife

• I served as Artistic Director, Head Stylist, and Photographer for a shop photoshoot at Rutherford House. I've since done several other shoots, vintage stylings, and fashion history consultations. Looking forward to doing more of such things, including consult work for a film project slated to be filmed locally this fall!

Lately:

• I was included in a list of 10 amazing vintage bloggers.
• One of my vintage dresses is going to be featured in the May 2014 issue of Flare magazine.

Along my journey, I have been able to meet some really interesting people. Some meetings led to friendships that I know will flourish for years to come; sadly, I had to let a few others fizzle, but on the whole, what a marvellous set of experiences I've had. Looking forward to a new chapter in the book of my vintage-loving life!

Hanging on the Queen Mary in California with Beth of V is for Vintage and Lauren of Wearing History

Ringing in the New Year Right

In the vintage world, deadstock items (never worn or used vintage items with shop tags still on) are the holy grail. How about a deadstock 1920s hat in a rare 22" size? Believe me, friends, this find rang my bell!  Sold quick as lightening on layaway over at Moon River Mercantile.

Psychedelic Deco

Last year, I sold a pretty amazing but what I can only describe as "psychedelic deco" 20s dress.  This past weekend, when on a buying trip/visit with my pal Rueby Retro, I found another vividly coloured and designed 20s tufted purse, which shall soon be making its way to my shop.  My 20s chocolate box also reflects some psychedelic deco design tendencies! Now, you can see where the 60s got it from!

Bang Bang!

If you follow my instagram feed, you probably noticed I recently decided to try out some 20s vamp bangs. Not sure I love them (they were more heart shaped when I first did it, but still not as distinctly curved as I wanted); still, I don't regret the lark. For a moment, I felt like Margaret Livingston or Lia de Putti. Back to the 30s waves shortly, though! 

1920s black velvet & white fur trimmed deco coat