Monday

Today was another nice and sunny day. I worked on my Ebay template, listed something on Etsy, packed a few packages, took some pictures, did errands and had a walk in the park. Did some university research. I also got outbid on this pretty 40's dress on Ebay, which wasn't so nice, but oh well...

Summer

Summer finally came and gave us some hot sunshiny days. I am wearing a very light cotton sun dress from the fleamarket, a thrifted crochet bag and sandals from Ebay.

24 Dresses and a Bag

I bought 12 kilo of vintage the other day, which consisted precisely of 24 dresses, from the 1970's mostly. Almost all of them will be added to the shop within the next few weeks. There are some colourful mod dresses and also a very pretty 1960's mini wedding dress. I also got a few blouses and this lovely bag with flowers. But this one I will keep.

I was a bit hesitant at first to go to this shop. Now I think, I will have to go at least once a month. There is just nothing like it. They pile up tons and tons of clothes there, you just have to dig. You can find some pretty treasures there if you work yourself through the 1990's polyester dresses and other strange things. The best thing is, everything costs the same, regardless of what it is.

New on Ebay

I listed a couple of dresses these days, you can find them here. I especially like the little orange floral dress. It reminds me so much of the Luella spring 2009 collection with it's frillyness and the cute little gold buttons plus the flowery print. Unfortunately it's too small for me and after having it sit for a while in my own closet without wearing it, I finally brought myself into selling it.

1. Vintage 1960's Luella Style Dress
2. Vintage 1960's Spaceage Dress
3. Vintage 1970's Prairie Dress

1. Vintage 1960's Luella Style Dress detail
2. Vintage 1980's Sailor Blouse
3. Vintage 1970's Crochet Dress with matching cardigan

Waiting for Summer in a White Dress

Still waiting for summer to come and stay, not just for one day, but maybe a few weeks, if that would not be too much to ask, maybe one week in a row (?). And I mean summer with it's hot gloomy days when we wouldn't have to wear that much and we'd go swimming all day and all night too. There won't be any stormy, rainy days, we could sit outside at night and have a beer or two. I would definitely need a white dress then and I think I looked at every white dress there is for now (at least on Ebay and Etsy that is). I want a pretty light cotton dress with eyelet lace and piping. I liked the antique Edwardian dresses best, but these are so old, they're almost too delicate to wear. But still, they are the prettiest white dresses I did come across. Oh summer, please...










pictures by 1860-1960, the sartorialist and merlinsmaiden

Men seldom make passes...

I never wore glasses except for sunglasses. Ever since I noted my shortsightedness I opted for contact lenses instead. I don't know why. Maybe I didn't want that much of a change happen to my face, even though I was wearing some really weird sunglasses from time to time. There was something about glasses I didn't like. Also glasses are very hard to pick, especially when you're looking for something you might have to wear every day. Only for a short time I am looking for some glasses to wear instead of my contact lenses from time to time. I would really like some 1950's cat eye glasses with a black frame and some rhinestones like the ones Marylin Monroe is wearing in the picture above. I found some vintage ones in an Etsy shop called Thirdgranny, like these ones below with stars or rhinestones. There's also an online-shop specialising in selling vintage eyewear called Retrospecs.co.uk. They have a large collection of glasses and sunglasses from the 1950's until now. You can even get your proper prescription glasses there.

pictures via TFS and Thirdgranny

Shop Update

I am still doing the Ebay thing, while I should concentrate on Etsy. It's so much cheaper. But I'm still used to Ebay, so it's quite easy for me to list a few things there, while I think in Etsy it's better to have more things in stock and it still takes more time for me to list things. So again, I did an Ebay update. Feel free to check it out here.