How to Clean & Dry Clean Vintage Clothing, Lace, Crochet, and Sweaters

You can find some really unique vintage clothing that will require some extra love. I've written up this guide based off my own experience over the past year in cleaning clothing. I will cover how to hand wash a variety of fabrics, when to dry clean, and taking care of antique/delicate fabric.

Etsy Treasury: Classic Vintage Shoes & Boots for Fall under $35. Offbrand Lolita, Dolly Kei, Mori Girl

'Dolly Kei & Classic Lolita Vintage Shoes Under $35' by MinervaMateria

Classic feminine shoes perfect for fall, all for a bargain.

Vintage TALL grunge mid... Grannyvintages... $19.99	Enzo Granny Pixie Ankle... GoodEye $30.00	Navy MaryJane shoes Mod... funkomavintage $38.00
Vintage Heeled Oxford S... JLVintage $22.00	SALE Size 5 Nautical Ox... learntoread $5.00	ORIG 1960s mod psych go... liebchenvintag... $21.00
Mod Vintage 60's ST... VintagePippi $29.00	Vintage Black Shoes / S... BetaBoutique $37.00	Vintage Size 9 Leather ... generationthri... $38.00
size 6.5 tan leather la... santokivintage $25.00	Taupe suede lace up gra... lovinglola $30.00	Strap Buckle Granny Boo... GrannysBootery $25.00
Vintage Pixie Ankle Boo... JLVintage $32.00	Black Combat Roper Kilt... ToatsMcgoats $34.00	90's Two Tone Grann... claudedonohosh... $38.00
Vtg 80s Bandolino Choco... ToatsMcgoats $35.00

Treasury tool by Red Row Studio.

Fashion's Night Out Grand Rapids Event! One Girl's Treasure, Urban Exchange, freebies, and sales found!

I attended Fashion's Night out in Grand Rapids. It had a modest number of shops that were participating, but friendly atmosphere, free treats, and sales made for an awesome night.

I started out with my favorite resale boutique in Grand Rapids, One Girl's Treasure on Lyons St. and the owner had chocolate covered strawberries, cheesecake puffs, and champagne for shoppers. Live music played in the background, and overall was my favorite store to visit for this event.

My roommate Michelle, picked up a super cute vintage printed shirt.


We continued on and took to trolly from lee & birch to Urban Exchange on Fulton St. which had some amazing 50% percent off sales a good number of items. They had cupcakes and white wine. I had the raspberry cream cupcake which was delicious.


I picked up a long free people blouse from urban exchange for half off!


Afterwards I went and visited some friends. It was an awesome night. Next year I'd like to see how Fashion's Night Out is in a bigger city like Chicago.

Casual Kodona Mori-boy, Pageboy, Victorian inspired Outfit Run Post

Mondays & Wednesday are the longest days for me. I have studio classes from 8:30 am to 9:30 pm, so I want to be comfortable. Today I put together an all brown casual boystyle look. Mind my hair and makeup, it's been a long day.

Anime World Chicago JFashion Show pictures

Zoe and I represented Dolly Kei at a convention in Chicago two weeks ago. I've been moving back to college and I've been waiting for the internet to get set up my new place.

Here's us together. Outfit rundown and pics under the cut.

How to Thrift for Anything! Advice for vintage shopping for clothing, accesories, dresses in Thrift Stores, Garage Sales, Estate Sales, and Online

 

Selection of my recent favorite thrift store finds. All found locally! Ethnic metallic gold embroidered, lined & beaded Indian tunic, pink gunne sax knee length dress, and 80s blue embroidered gypsy maxi dress. My heart was beating a million miles a second when I found that gunne sax dress.

Summer is upon us! While I'm been away I'm been continuing my endless crawl around town for amazing forgotten treasures. I'm slowly building up a wardrobe of amazing Dolly Kei/Gypsy-esque items, it's almost like I have a mini chunk of Grimoire Shop in my closet. It makes me so happy to see it all starting to become visually cohesive and completely unlike anyone else's closet. As, that is my favorite part: finding unique, beautiful items that can't be found anywhere else. For me, that is what makes vintaging a great adventure! All the places you go and never knowing what will pop up: 20s flapper dress, 70s psychedelic prints, 80s ethnic revival, 60s mod, or modern designer brand names. Anything is game!

Rule number one, if you don't play you can never win!

Minerva Materia Vintage Clothing Open for Business!

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