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.

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.

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!

Outfit Post & Review for Wealthy Street, Grand Rapids Vintage and Antiques: Phil's Stuff and The Brass Owl

I have a nice long post for you today! I'm sharing today's outfit and talking about the vintage stores down wealthy street: Phil's Stuff & and The Brass Owl.

These sunglasses are so ridiculous, and I liked the colors so I couldn't pass such a strange find up! My roommates as bought a matching pair. Today I'm wearing them with my 70s psychedelic art nouveau print shirt I picked up from Vintage Heaven, with green jeans, and beige lace loafers I found over the weekend. Just a casual outfit today for going to class and running to Alpine to pick up art supplies. I'm anxious for spring, especially with the tease of 70-80s weather we had over the weekend.

So, after chatting with the owner's of Eastown Antiques, I continued down wealthy street and found The Brass Owl. 

Vintage Finds: Floral Concealed Meat Fork!

Above is a strange find I came by this weekend while exploring Eastown Grand Rapids' vintage stores.  Between a bunch of antique photographs at Phil's Stuff, I saw this peeking through! A floral decorated sheath, that when opened I discovered it was a dagger/meat knife! It's 11.5 inches long and pretty scary looking! Anyone have any ideas for what it's original purpose may be? I honestly stumped. In anycase, I love how its feminine, aged, and secretly a deadly weapon. No one's messing with me in a dark alleyway!

I have been making the rounds in Grand Rapids, and I have almost visited every vintage and thrift store in the downtown area! Today after I post this blog I'm visiting the last to off my checklist: Salvation Army and St. Vincent DePaul down South Division street between classes. I think I'll have a week devoted entirely to Grand Rapids specifically for vintage clothing, and reviewing some of the shops around here.

I'm going to do this with some of Chicago's surburbs and the Chicago Downtown area when I get back home for the summer. My fellow blogger friend, Zoe who's been blogging about her last half year's experience in Spain as a foreign exchange student, also wants to do a guest blog where she talks about the vintage stores she's visited. Hope you look forward to it!