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Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shopping. Show all posts

6/27/11

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!

4/18/11

Modern Vintage Chicago Highlights: Victorian, Scottish, Italian & Edwardian Antique Jewelry & Russian Ethnic Clothes


Here's the crew for the day. From lefthand to right: Me, Tori, Zoe, and plus my man behind the camera, Mike!



Modern Vintage Chicago had a two floor indoor show last weekend bursting at the seams with designer vintage fashion, ethnic clothing, and beautiful antiques! Here's part one of my adventure on Saturday to the event!

3/25/11

Upcoming Vintage/Antique Chicago Events


Here's a list of some upcoming shows and sales in Chicago I'm come across. I, unfortunately, will not be attending any of the first three shows. I'm going to try to arrange to make it to the Modern Vintage show.


Trunk Show. Dollparts: A Fabric and Vintage Sale
http://vintageheavenchicago.blogspot.com/2011/03/this-weekend.html
914 N. California (between Augusta and Chicago), Humboldt Park.
Saturday March 26th 12-6PM 
Sunday March 27th 1-7pm


Chez Mignon: A House of Pretty Things

http://www.dollpartsdesign.com/2011/03/22/chez-mignon-a-house-of-pretty-things/
At Elastic Arts Gallery in Logan Square
Elastic Arts Foundation, 2830 N Milwaukee Ave, 2nd Fl
Friday, April 1st 7pm -11:30pm


Chicago Botanical Garden Fair
http://www.chicagobotanic.org/antiques/about.php
1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe, IL 60022  •  (847) 835-5440
Preview evening: Thursday, April 14, 6 – 10 p.m.
Friday – Sunday, April 15 – 17, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.


Modern Vintage Chicago: Spring Fashion & Jewels
http://www.randolphstreetmarket.com/modernvintagechicago/index.html
Plumbers Hall
1340 W. Washington - Chicago, IL
Saturday, April 16, 2011 10am to 5pm
Sunday, April 17, 2011 10am to 5pm

3/22/11

Event: Vintage Heaven. Chicago Vintage Sale.


Last Saturday, I went with my friend and ChiCityTrend's blogger Luis to the monthly vendor vintage sale at Vintage Heaven in Wicker Park. To those of you unfamiliar with Wicker Park, this area is the best in Chicago for thrift and vintage. There's so many different kinds of shops and clothing there.

Vintage Heaven had an interesting selection for many different eras of dress. The shopping area was spread out between two rooms, and did have a dressing room in the back to try the clothing on if you were undecided on a piece.


My most memorable vendors were Adrienne from ShopNOV with her beautiful selection of wild dresses, and Karyn from Dethrow who looked gorgeous in her retro Gunne Sax day dress. Karyn is also putting together a dolly kei fashion show this weekend.

I also met the lovely ChicagoLooks fashion blogger Isa, and caught Dollparts' Michelle on a smoke break.

 

I highly recommend stopping by and visiting to anyone in the Chicago-land area who is looking for a unique and interesting addition to their wardrobe.

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