• Pearl and green glass earrings – made by my sister
• Vintage lace collar
• 1930s Velvet Dress – Buffalo Exchange (I added the buttons)
• Striped stockings – www.sockdreams.com
• Shiny mary janes

My flapper afro is slowly coming back…
This is how I fluff it up… by running my hands in small circles until it puffs up.

Flapper/Afro Inspirations:

Allene Ray

Probably one of my most favorite photos, ever.

A very coquette photo of Alla Nazimova
Madge Bellamy
From some ukulele sheet music I have, called “Brown Eyes, Why Are You Blue?”

Joyce Compton in 1925

• red ribbon as headband
• red vintage slip
• blue (dyed) slip
• red stretchy belt
• flower clips from h&m
• seamed stockings
• black maryjanes

There’s a fine line between two slips=a dress and two slips=wearing lingerie out of the house.
I’m still not totally convinced that this is a good outfit… maybe the slip would have to be less of a lipstick red for me to believe it.
This outfit is inspired by:
Bette Davis in Of Human Bondage when she’s strung out and sick.
Courtney Love circa 1994 – lots of lace, red lipstick and mary jane shoes.

• 1920s Cloche – Ebay
• Faux Fur Stole – Coquette Faux Furriers
• 1960s creme coat – St. Vincent de Paul
• Fingerless knit gloves
• 1940s suit top
• Green belt – Decades Vintage, PDX
• Green and creme lace dress – Buffalo Exchange, ATX
• Striped Stockings – Sockdreams.com
• Brown and Black t strap shoes – Target

After a few days of 70F weather, the arctic winds have shifted and now it’s 30F in the mornings! I’m taking this last chance to go all out with my winter accessories. Stay tuned for the Shocking Pink faux fur stole and matching muff tomorrow!

Oh little cloche hat! I got it for a song on ebay forever and ever ago. It was one of the first things I ever got from the 1920s and I’ve treasured it ever since. It’s got it’s own little hat stand (a taxidermy bell jar, see below) on my dressing table. This shot below is from when I lived in Oregon in 20o6.

• Millenry flowers – vintage store in Seattle from my trip last week
• Wooden earrings with Damask print – gift from my sister
• 1920s black necklace
• 1950s lace dress with rhinestone buttons – Buffalo Exchange, Austin, Texas
• Green belt – Decades Vintage Co, PDX
• Violet Stockings
• Violet Socks
• White t strap shoes – Dollhouse

What a find with this dress! It incorporates all of my favorite vintage details:
LACE!
CREAM!
NIPPED IN WAIST!
RHINESTONES!
All for $17… thank you friendly neighborhood Buffalo Exchange. I literally work around the corner from the store so I go frequently on my lunch breaks and I would say that I find about 3-4 stellar dresses per month. So, that’s about thirty six dresses per year… which, looking through my flickr for verification, is about right!

I used to wear lots of rings every single day but in the past five years I’ve shed daily jewelry in favor of larger, silly pieces. The Mint Green Cameo is from Uncommon Objects, in Austin and the giant ring with Valentine script (“To the one I love”) is from the Betsey Johnson store in Seattle. I had to keep taking them off today to use scissors!
I love these garters. I got these stockings for Christmas but they are too short for my long legs so I snipped them off and now I just roll them down and secure them with the garters. Instant fix!

“There’s pansies, that’s for thoughts”
I’ve been on a real violet/purple kick as of late. I can’t tell if these are violets or pansies? I think they are pansies.