the clothing menu

have you seen this beautiful, fun commercial for miss dior cherie perfume that’s been on-air recently?  i love it!!  the music, the dress, the parisienne scenery, the vintage look.  and i just found out sofia coppola directed it, which totally makes sense because it resembles the style of marie antoinette and the virgin suicides – [...]

check it out – rachel bilson answered my question in the november issue of instyle magazine! i asked what piece of clothing every girl should have in her closet and her response: a great go-to dress.

this store has tons of great stuff.  the vintage clothes from ramona west are hand-picked with modern trends in mind.  so many awesome clothes – and for affordable prices too (dresses for $50)!

california vintage connect is a great ebay store with all sorts of vintage finds.  the store is stocked with new items 3 times a week – so definitely check back often!  here are some items on sale now that i love:

i love looking through vintage clothes.  i love getting a glimpse of what fashion was like decades ago, and seeing how things that were in style then, still look good now!  so this week, i’m going to share some online vintage shops that i recommend you browse through. the first is bleubird vintage – all [...]

my inspiration for the “american” menu here started with audrey hepburn as holly golightly in one of my all time favorite movies, breakfast at tiffany’s.  that movie is from 1961 and so many of the wardrobe pieces are still stylish today.  here are the 3 most timeless pieces holly golightly wears: 1) “i’m just CRAZY [...]

yay – mad men is back!  what the heck slimeball don draper?  anyway, as i’ve mentioned here before, i love getting a glimpse into fashion in the 50′s/60′s when watching mad men.  i’m so jealous of the costume designer’s job!  check out this great video with the designer, janie bryant, giving a tour of the [...]

2 more weeks and mad men is back for its 3rd season!  i love this show for multiple reasons: 1) my obsession with what life was like in the 1900′s before i was born 2) the suburb story lines, complex characters, and captivating directing 3) my full-time job is working at an advertising agency – working in [...]

as i mentioned in this post, i am very intrigued by what life was like in the early-to-mid 1900s.  i love tv shows like mad men (new season in august), american dreams (no longer on air, but loved it)..and audrey hepburn movies like breakfast at tiffany’s (of course) and sabrina..and books like valley of the [...]

i LOVE this collection by Sarah Seven!  look at these beautiful, feminine, vintage-but-modern party dresses/work skirts/tops.  aren’t they so pretty?  i’ve seen a couple of these dresses while browsing around and finally looked through the full collection and i’m loving all the designs by this portland, oregon designer!  and, an added bonus – 5% of [...]