You may recognize this funny little monkey. If you do, then you are blessed, because it means you were acquainted with Mary Catherine Lamb. Mary Catherine, or MC...
I bought this robe back in the spring when I went with my sister to Chattanooga. It was in an antique mall and was super cheap. I saw the horses and...
If you are a vintage shoe fanatic like you should be, then you know of Summerettes. Summerettes were canvas shoes and sandals made by the Mishawaka Rubber & Woolen...
I love finding vintage hang tags, especially if they are still attached to the garment. All kinds of information can be found on them, including fibre content, patent...
This is a 1956 ad for Flip-Flap tennis shorts made of Rhovyion, which I assume is a rayon or nylon fabric. The ad is in Elle magazine. I really don't have anything...
I've been looking for antique bicycling photos ever since I spotted this on at the Liberty Antiques Festival this April: Such a great photo, but I did not buy it because it...
I want to thank everyone who has bought from my etsy shop over the past 8 months. In December I set a goal: I wanted to raise $2000 for Sarge's Animal Rescue Foundation by...
I'll not beat around the bush. The dress above is a Claire McCardell. I bought it last spring, knowing it was damaged and not wearable. Does that mean the...
For the past 26 years, my county has held an international festival called Folkmoot. That is supposed to mean something like, "meeting of the people" but I suspect it...
Most people who visit western North Carolina plan on seeing the Biltmore House , the mansion that George Vanderbilt had built here in the mountains....
Last week I visited my niece and her lovely family near Boone, North Carolina. We shopped the outlet stores on Monday (see Cashin-Coach entry) and on Tuesday we went to...
When Claire Shaeffer was told she could not visit and observe the Chanel couture workrooms, that just made her even more determined to learn about the techniques used at that...
Back in March I posted this photo of one of the items in the new Cashin-inspired line at Coach: photo copyright Coach, Inc. Quite unbelievibly, these are already in the...
If you do a lot on vintage shopping online, I'm sure you have noticed the common usage of the word "rare" and the latest ebay-darling key word, "avant-garde." Truth is,...
Pendleton Indian Blankets - for many generations a part of the daily life and ceremonials of the American Indian - have been adopted for their picturesque beauty and utility...
Before women wore long slacks, they wore knickers. I just love the basketball sneakers the girl above is wearing, along with her white linen knickers and fancy...
I don't know when they changed, but there was a time when a factory outlet really was at the factory and really did sell over-runs, seconds, unsold lines and such. The...
Need I say more than what you can get from the photo? This is the print of my dreams. I found this at the Charlotte Flea Market on Friday, and at first I doubted...
I love red, white and blue. It's one of my favorite summer color combinations. Somehow it always looks fresh, year after year. And even though it is the...
Today has been such a perfect summer day that it reminded me of this photo I've been meaning to post. Time: 1920s. Place: Lookout Mountain: Tennessee or...
Yesterday my husband and I went to a local tourist spot, Cherokee, NC. I had some vintage photos I wanted to compare to the way the town looks today so we...
It's been almost a year since a large number of fake vintage Vivienne Westwood tees were seized from the Kerry Taylor and Christie's auction houses. I posted about this...
It seems like half of the country is in the grips of a heat wave, and the other half has cool and rainy weather. Here in the mountains, it has been quite nice after...
Aren't these 1920s golfing girls great? They arrived in the mail last week from etsy seller Primelias. If you love vintage photos, you need to check out her...
I've been working on an interview for another site and one of the questions got me to thinking about the reasons why I choose the things I do to wear. When it comes to...
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