Brimfield Booty- 2 ends of the Style Spectrum

The shop is bursting with lots of fresh merch.
Here's just a couple of things I picked up at Brimfield last week.

It's hard to find 60s shirt-dresses without waist seams:
...and Amber already snatched this one up.



This ensemble satisfied my current Black-and-white obsession:
The jiffy-pop hat and polka-dot party dress were purchased ten miles apart, but seem to be made for each other.
With the exception of the crocs, I think this is very Sarah-Jessica-Parker-in-Paris, no?

Yes, I sell Men's Stuff

It's rare that someone can walk into my shop, ask for something very specific, and actually get it in their size.
But that's exactly what happened the other day, when Frank came in looking for a white, shawl-collared dinner jacket.

Needless to say - we were both delighted.

advertising

  Last week I made a couple dozen boxes of Five and Diamond matches, using an old 1938 catalog, full matchboxes (of course), and some rubber stamps I got out of the church dumpster last week.   Matches are supposed to be advertising giveaways, but these things sold like hotcakes all weekend at $1 each. Hudson ephemera, and each is one-of-a-kind. Get'm while they last. When they run out I'm going to make pocket sewing kits.


Five and Diamond Vintage. Hudson, NY.

C**K a doodle doo

Can you believe this Gamecocks Varsity Jacket lasted an entire weekend at the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Hudson, New York?
I can; it's a piece of made-in-China shit--- polyvinyl-chloride -acrylic- polyurethane blend. Cleaning instructions:
"Wipe with a Damp Cloth".

Yes it's for sale, but don't expect to find it hanging in my shop.
You'll have to inquire....

Come on in and make an offer. The highest bidder gets it, and 100% of the proceeds will go to Animalkind of Hudson, NY.  Animalkind feeds, spay/neuters,  houses, provides medical care, and finds homes for stray and feral cats all over Columbia County. 

All-creatures.org/ak/index.html 

If I were a rich girl

this would totally float my boat

http://cgi.ebay.com/EXCEPTIONAL-1920s-ADAIR-PARIS-BEADED-FLAPPER-BLOUSE_W0QQitemZ200218321458QQihZ010QQcategoryZ52414QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
.......

hanging out to dry in hudson

It's supposed to be 80 degrees today.
So I'm pulling out my summer wardrobe.



A customer asked me yesterday:
"Why don't you post pictures of all your new merchandise on your blog?"


I said: "Because I'm lazy."

I love my job, but If I didn't have to work, (and had a lot o' money), I would travel the world and photograph clotheslines.

Has that coffee table book been written already?

Hello Goodbye

God Bless Melissa for fitting into every itsy-bitsy teeny-weeny dress that passes through my shop doors.
Yesterday she picked up two dresses that I had just put out;
This gauzy yellow embroidered sweetheart of a cotton day dress:
And this fab little blue cotton 60s party dress that had been cropped to mini length:Check out the fun stringy-yoke detail in the back:
We also love Melissa for her endearing and consistent habit of wearing her purchases right out the door into the night.