Fleamarket

Today I woke up to disgusting rainy weather. It was cold also and it definitely didn't seem like June. I was extra unhappy as I wanted to go to the fleamarket today to find new things to sell in the shop. I'm glad I went anyway as I found some things from the few sellers that were actually there. My favorite is the 1970's floral dress and the white skirt with lace trim from Mango. I also found a Marimekko bag for just 1 € and some scarfs for my friend's birthday.

My Vintage Vogue

Myvintagevogue surely has one of the most inspiring foto streams on flickr. I could spend the whole night looking at her collections of vintage fashion photographs from the 1920's to the 1960's if I weren't so tired. She also has a website which is worth checking out. I spent quite some time on the 1930's folder so here is what inspired me most. I especially love the first picture:

1930



1931 Vogue



1938



1938 Vogue - John Rawlings

New this week

I listed a few things on Ebay this week, still need some time to get the Etsy shop set and done. You can get it here.

Picking Cornflowers

Dress: Liebemarlene Vintage
Cardigan: Thrifted
70's or early 80's sandals: Fleamarket

Vintage Shoes with Sunflowers

I put up some new shoes on Etsy this week. Also I'm trying this new picture editing software for my blog now. I always admire people with these beautiful picture collages and backgrounds on their blogs and I never know how they do it. I know, this blog has been pretty dead lately. I'm trying to revive it though.

About Fleamarketing

I'm not good at bargaining, which I think is essential when going to a fleamarket. There are just days when I'm too shy to beat down the seller, although it is obvious that he or she would set the price a bit higher than what they would finally sell their item for. At least that is what I would do. I don't like it when sellers tell you a ridiculously high price just to sell it for half of it or less. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for bargaining. Sometimes I am, and beating down the prices and get things for 1 Euro or something leave me feeling very satisfied and happy. I don't know, why it's not always this way. I got these boots this weekend for 3 Euro, which I think is a very good price, although I didn't bargain.

Milan

Today while browsing through the pictures from Milan Fashion Week on style.com, I liked Marni the most. I loved the mixture of colours and patterns and the knee socks. I especially liked tha blue and white dotted dress on the first picture, which makes me realize I have to look for a blue dotted vintage dress on Ebay or on the fleamarkets coming this weekend.