Swimsuit Issue Volume II !

Quickly, before I head over to open up shop--- Just a few more swimsuits from Five and Diamond that showed up at Trixie's fabulous swimsuit party last night.
First,
Jessie stole the show in this brown 50s bombshell one-piece. She won best costume for looking so damn hot! (Hello- I felt like a proud grandmother;  I pulled that suit out of my personal collection and brought over to the shop just yesterday...)
Then there was the classic black wool suit from the 30's (how did this girl dance all night in that hot itchy thing?==extra kudos!)


And let's not forget Homer, who scored the only Borat thong I've ever let pass through my doors. (You gotta love this town.)

The Swimsuit Issue

Are you ready for Trixie's Swimsuit party tomorrow night at Jason's?

All the details are at gayhudson.com.

Meanwhile.... Here are some real people looking really fabulous in vintage swimsuits from Five and Diamond.

Hudson, New York.

P.S. This 1960s cabana boy/beach ensemble is still available. Drawstring pants with very see-thru matching top to show off your pecs and guns.

Have a Great Weekend!

Some Girls

We have a motto at Five and Diamond Vintage:

"Some girls you practically never find out what's the matter."

It's a line I plucked out of The Catcher in the Rye a couple of years ago and got sort of attached to for some reason.

If you don't get it, never mind.
(Hey, that would have made a good motto too--)

Or... just read the book again...

Anyway, I made a bunch of t-shirts and tanks bearing the quote, and wouldn'tcha know it, they actually got kind of popular this summer and sold out. (Maybe cuz I put them out where people could see them?)

If you missed out, don't despair. I made a new batch last week, in fun summer colors.
Each is one of a kind, only $7, and also bears the Five and Diamond logo.

Five and Diamond Vintage, Hudson NY.

No Shame

Hardly a day goes by in my shop that someone doesn't ask
"Where do you find all this great stuff?"

Depending on how chatty I'm feeling, I either give them the long, whiny "it-ain't-easy-there's-no-secret-wholesale-vintage-warehouse" answer---

or, I just say

 
"Anywhere I can."

So guess where I found this fun houndstooth suit jacket yesterday?



In a dumspster about 5 houses up the street from me.


(Completely dry and odor-free, but yeah, I'll have it dry-cleaned..)

Other fun scores from this dumpster (sorry, it's gone already) included an "all I got was this stinkin' t-shirt" t-shirt, little boys' cowboy and indian PJ's and bermuda shorts


And a big old volume on homemaking/housewifery from 1928, which has already provided me with at least one full hour of fun summer reading.

Junk Buddies

I had a nice surprise visit from my friend Mary Randolph Carter  the other day.
I met Carter back in 1994 when her first JUNK book, American JUNK was published.
I had just moved up to the country, and was obsessed with yard sales, flea markets, and auctions.   Within a year I was a full-fledged junk dealer myself, and Carter was one of my best customers, using a lot of my finds in her subsequent junk books Kitchen Junk, Garden Junk, and Big City Junk. 

(click these links to buy her fabulous books!)

In this next pic a small film crew joins us at one of my colossal barn sales --to shoot a pilot for a tv series. (These were the olden days, before blogs and websites...)Do I miss all that chipped Pyrex & McCoy? Nah, not really...


And even though I've come a long way since my Fred Sanford days, I still manage to have a barn full of junk.  In addition to the boyscout shirt she nabbed in the shop,  Carter also went  home with a  pansy paint-by number, some toy garden tools, vintage wallpaper border, shell-encrusted salt and peppers, plaster Indian head, sailboat/shell ashtray, felt owl string holder, and home-made patchwork mushrooms (who could live without them?) 

Fun Times in Hudson, NY

Wow, what a crazy week it's been around here. And I can't even relax on my day off because I have to pack my truck today for Brimfield tomorrow...

This is this years quintessential Fourth of July Dress:
Slinky 40s rayon--- I pulled it out of my home closet and brought it over to the store just for the holiday week. It sold on Thursday. I miss it already.

...On Friday I got to wear my vintage Pake Muu to a fabulous 4th of July luau here in Hudson.
These are fitted Hawaiian dresses with bat-wing sleeves, made of wonderful colorful rayon prints. I got mine about 6 years ago and this was the first time I ever wore it. These dresses go for several hundred dollars apiece on ebay. I will keep mine as long as I can squeeze into it. And I mean squeeze.

Then on Saturday night there was a Pajama Party in town. At Five and Diamond we had a huge run on negligees


Petticoats

And Paris Garters (Holly and I are hoping to start a trend)...
(Suspenders, Hat, Vest, and DJ Gio's underwear also from Five and Diamond Vintage ...)

p-P-p0InTy bRa aNd BlAcK StoCkInGz

This week I had the pleasure of posing for artist Gretchen Kelly.
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