eVintage Tag - Color My World

Time for the eVintage Blog Tag and I was tagged by Julie from Damn Good Vintage . This week's theme is Color!

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOR?
If you are a regular reader you already know that - Green! All shades of green. Also aqua and blue-greens.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE BRIGHTLY COLOURED PIECE IN YOUR INVENTORY?
Neither is green and neither is actually bright, but I love the colors on both. First, I think the color combo on the Brown nylon nightgown with the pink and bright aqua stripes is really cool. Then the pale aqua-blue slip by Aristocraft is very pretty, especially with the slight darker embroidery on the lace trims.



WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE WAY TO ADD COLOUR TO AN OUTFIT?
If I'm wearing all black, I'll put on a sweater that is colorful or carry a colorful purse.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE COLOUR TO WEAR?
Black. Because it's easy, and sometimes I'm lazy when I'm trying to decide what to wear.

WHAT COLOUR ARE YOU WEARING RIGHT NOW?
Black t-shirt and jeans, both from Old Navy. I know, no vintage!

WHAT COLOURS DO YOU DECORATE WITH?
Green! I also like the green with light pink and yellow. Kind of shabby vintage style, with a little bit of gold and black Oriental accents thrown in here and there.


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A happy ebay purchase!



I bought this suit on ebay this week and I am super happy with it! It's a woven rayon suit, with decorative mother of pearl buttons around the collar. The suit is made by Handmacher, which always has great styling and details, very well made. The skirt fits me too! I have a hard time getting jackets and skirt to both fit me. The color is a light khaki and it's a great lightweight for Spring.

I can't wait to wear it - come on warm weather!

There are still good, honest ebay sellers out there. I bought the suit from goodsax, accurate description and measurments, nicely package. So go check out her auctions, just don't bid against me! She also has a website at http://www.rickrack.com/

I've been goofing off at Polyvore again

Such a fun time waster! I used some dresses and a nightgown from my website to create these, with accessories chosen from polyvore's items.



1930s Dress Envy


I want these dresses! I snagged this photo from It'll Take the Snap out of Your Garters which is a gal who posts collections of great Old Hollywood photos.
The still is from a movie called 'Are These Our Children' which I couldn't find much info about, other than it was released in the pre-code movie days of 1931 - so something naughty must happen in this movie.
These girls look kinda naughty.
Bad Girls of the 1930s!
I wish I was them!

eVintage Blog Tag - 'Bare Your Sole'

Time for the weekly eVintage Blog Tag! I was tagged by - Julie at Damn Good Vintage

1) SHOW US YOUR FAVORITE PAIR OF SHOES IN YOUR INVENTORY.
I love these 1940s Peep Toe Wingtip-style Shoes. They are small though, sz5-1/2 or 6. Too narrow for my wide feet. Sadly, I don't handle very many shoes, I wish I came across more of them in sellable condition. But I do have several pairs listed - http://www.dandelionvintage.com/shoes.html




2) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE STYLE OF VINTAGE SHOE TO SELL?
I like high vamp 1930s shoes, 1940s Dancing shoes, good old classic Granny Swing Shoes, 1940s platforms and 1950s 'Bad Girl' shoes like Springolator's, Lucite heels etc.

3) FAVORITE VINTAGE SHOE TO WEAR?
I love 1940-50s shoes, Slingbacks, wedges, semi-casual with lowish heels. I tend to wear vintage shoes from Spring to early Fall, I don't have many Winter-wear vintage shoes.

4) FAVORITE PAIR YOU OWN?
I bought these 5 pairs of shoes last Summer. All from the same seller on ebay. The black slingbacks with the low heels got the most wear last Summer and I can't wait until the weather starts to warm so that I can start wearing them again!

Side view of the shoes

HOLY GRAIL OF SHOES?
I don't think that I have a single Holy Grail of shoes - Other than finding a great stash of 1940-50s sz6 Wide shoes to fit me and then a big stash of larger sized shoes to sell!

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evintage Blog Tag - Dress a Movie Star!

Time for the eVintage Blog Tag! I was tagged by Vintage Joy
This week's theme is to pick an item that you think could have been worn in a movie (Past or present)

1) WHAT ITEM DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE FOR SALE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN WORN IN A MOVIE?



I've got a great black creped dress by Maurice Rentner with fabric covered buttons at the front of the neckline and a cute little Peter Pan collar. It has wide bell shaped sleeves that drape fabulously. There is a section of smocking on the front if the waist and the skirt is full from small gathers into the waist. It has a metal side zipper, and the dress is unlined.

2) WHICH MOVIE STAR DO YOU SEE WEARING THE ITEM & IN WHAT MOVIE?
I could imagine the fabulous Rosalind Russell wearing this dress! She could have worn this is just about any of her movies in the 1940s, but since His Girl Friday is my favorite, I'd have to go with that one.



3) WHAT MOVIE STAR QUALITIES DOES YOUR ITEM HAVE TO MAKE IT PERFECT FOR YOUR STARLET? I love the dramatic sleeves on this dress. They are wide and hang nicely from the arms. I could see her with long gloves pulled up under the sleeves and a fabulous fun hat angled on her head.
This Fab dress is for sale here - http://www.dandelionvintage.com/6g2.html


Follow the Dress a Movie Star tag on over to Empress Jade's Pin-up Glam to Groovy Kitsch




Nelly Don and her fabulous dresses


I recently bought a load of vintage stock that had 8 1950s nelly Don Day dresses. I did a little research on the gal behind Nelly Don and found out that she had a very interesting life.
Born Ellen Howard Quinlan to Irish immagrant parents in Kansas, she was the 12th of 13 children. Nicknamed Nell, she learned how to sew and repair her hand-me-down clothing at an early age. After getting married, she began to make dresses for herself and family and friends. In 1916, a local dry goods store began ordering her dresses and this was how her business began. Her business was very successful and in the 1930s her factory was making 5000 dresses a day!
Nell was married but had a relationship with James A. Reed, a U.S. Senator from Missouri, who was also married. At one point, she went to Europe to 'adopt' a baby, but in reality she was pregnant with Reed's baby and went there to hide out and give birth to the baby.
In the 1930s Nell was kidnapped and held for ransom. James Reed enlisted the help of gangsters to find her! He threatened to expose the mob boss if they didn't help find her.
Nelly Don was one of the most successful dress manufacturers in the world. She lived to be 102 years old!


Check out A Stitch in Time - a documentray about Nelly Don.

The Kansas City Library has some great old photos of the factory workers at Nelly Don -like this one on the left






Here are a few of the Nelly Dons currently (but going quickly) for sale at Dandelion Vintage

evintage Blog Tag - Spring!

Time for the eVintage Blog Tag ! I was tagged by Figure8 Studio

This Blog Tag theme is Spring . . . la-la-la -

1) WHATS YOUR FAVORITE PIECE OF SPRING VINTAGE WEAR IN YOUR INVENTORY?
This one stood out as my current favorite and unfortunately it was a bit too tight on the waist for me otherwise I'd make it part of my own Spring wardrobe. It's one of 8 Nelly Don dresses that I got in a load of vintage last week.



2) WHY IS IT YOUR FAVORITE?
I love it because of the print. It has very pretty pastel but bright shades of pink, chartreuse, blue and lavender. Plus it's a nice diagonal weave cotton. Lightweight, pretty and perfect for Spring.

3) WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SPRING FLOWER?
I love hydrangeas, especially blue-green ones. I am already planning on planting several hydrangeas in the new flower beds at the shore this Spring. The ones that I planted a few years ago bloomed fabulously last year and I can't wait to see them in bloom this year.

4) FAVORITE MEMORY OF SPRING?
My parents bought our house in April of 1982 and every Spring since then, April means that it's time to clean, repair and paint at the shore house. Not that cleaning, repairing and painting is fun, it's just come to mean that Summer is coming soon.

5) WHEN DOES SPRING ARRIVE WHERE YOU LIVE?
Not soon enough! I always know that Spring is coming when the trailers start pulling into the park in Strathmere!

6) MOST EXCITING SPRING FASHION TREND?
Cute 1950s cotton Day Dresses, of course!


Made a polyvore of the pretty dress too -





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Indiepublic

There's a very interesting community called Indiepublic.
Denise @ Psychedelicat told me about it.

From the Indiepublic website - Indiepublic is an independent art and design community. If you're an artist, designer, retailer, blogger, or just someone who gets giddy when they buy indie, we've saved a seat for you!
So of course, I had to check it out and set up a profile. http://www.indiepublic.com/profile/DandelionVintage

You're a tickety-tack super tranny hot mess from Transylvannia - Look at those tranny panties!

I copy-catted this from Julie @ Damn Good Vintage , who grabbed it from those fabulous RunGay Guys . The clip is just so funny, all must see it! (I swear the Project Runway posts will stop eventually)


Project Runway - Yeah Christian! (It's over, now what?)


Yeah Christian! I'm glad that he won and I hope that we see more of him than we do of previous Project Runway winners. Tonight's final runway was the best of the 4 seasons. Every outfit that came down the runway from each designer was interesting - whether you liked it or not - I wanted a closer look at each item. I had to get out of bed and sit on the floor right in front of the tv to get a closer look as each collection came down the runway. Christian received the most applause, at least 5 of his outfits received applause as they came down the runway and they had guest judge fembot Victoria Posh wiggling in her seat and whispering in Michael Kor's ear. The outfits were just striking and I really like the look of the 3rd outfit above, very dramatic, outrageous, over the top, only wearable by someone like Posh, but fabulous.


Rami's collection was really nice too and for a brief second I thought he had a chance of winning when the judges said they were finally seeing the Rami that they wanted to see. The judges pointed out Rami's trouble with colors and I have to agree, some of the colors were odd. The gowns above were my favorites. The first had a satin basketweave on the side of the bodice that turned into an amazing drape down the side. The gold dress had a nice Old Hollwood look to it. The 3rd dress was made from 1930s lace and it had a gold shimmer as it came down the runway, the bottom had a very striking movement as it came down the runway. I can imagine Rami's gowns being worn on red carpet's in the near future.


Meow, kitty sees you! Doesn't that look like cat eyes on the bust of that first dress? I still really liked Jillian's collection too. I thought Jillian's pieces were more wearable for the semi-average gal. The riding helmets that some of the models wore were distracting, but the clothing was very nice and I see Jillian doing well with her own line too. The judges complaint was that the collection was too mixed, but I thought she was just showing her range.

At the beginning of this season, I kept feeling that something was missing from the show. Looking back at the season now, I think it was one of the best. It was focused more on the fashion than on the personalities, which is a good thing. In the past, the show had alot of focus on fighting, backstabbing and wacko people. If it weren't for Christian & Chris, this would have been a dull lot of designers, they added fun. Elisa had a wacky personality, but it was a sweet, likeable personality and I was interested in her designs. Unlike Vincent who was a true annoying wacko who was drug along in the competition for drama. Christian's early confidence seemed like arrogance, but it grew on you and it wasn't offensive or as biting as Santino was in his early episodes. Christian really grew on me, much earlier than Santino finally did.
I think the challenges were great this year too, faves being the Hershey challenge, the Wrestling babes, the NJ Prom Girls, the Weight Loss gals, the Avant Garde challenge and the Art challenge. During promos at the beginning of the season, Heidi and Tim both said this was the most talented group of designers, and at the end, I have to agree. They really turned out some amazing pieces this year. But now it's all over. I can't wait for the next season!


Some great dishy reading -
Tim gives a great interview about the show and dishes a little about Victorya -
http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2008/03/project-runways.html
Wonder why she was so grumpy at the reunion show? She thought the time limits on the challenges were faked for tv and was mad through the duration of her stay on the show because they didn't have more time to work on their clothing. Show accused the producers of giving more money to some of the designers to spend at Mood Fabric, and actually has Tim count out the money in all the envelopes in front of her. Plus I still don't get her attitude about Jack leaving, she thinks it was a set-up.
Victorya responds to Tim's comments over at Blogging Project Runway -
http://bloggingprojectrunway.blogspot.com/2008/03/victorya-responds.html
She basically disses and dismisses his qualifications to be a mentor for the designers. Can you say Bitter? How about Sore Loser?

LOTS of great stuff from the RunGay Guys - http://projectrungay.blogspot.com/
First check out all of their great photos from the Project Runway finale party and read the great dish. Also watch Jillian's 2 exit interviews, meow! She get's a little catty and questions whether Pos was a fair judge or not. I have to agree. I think someone with a wider range of an opinion/knowledge of fashion should have been a judge. Her comments about a lady in an orange dress and shoes being the judge is funny.
PLUS Jillain won the 'It's Sew Not Over Challenge' on Bravo's website (Yeah! I voted for her) so she gets the 10K prize.