This past weekend I was lucky enough to be one of the vendors at A Current Affair, a vintage pop-up marketplace held at the penthouse of the Cooper Building. The two day event started on Saturday afternoon and stylish guys and gals shopped, gabbed, and drank into the evening. I had SUCH A BLAST! Even a few celebrities passed on through and I was able to brush shoulders (and have short conversations) with the likes of Marisa Tomei and Nora Zehetner (from Grey's Anatomy and Mad Men). I was cool as a cucumber on the outside, but inside I was as giddy as a little girl in a Unicorn shop!

Here are some instagram pics I snapped during the event. The next one is December 3rd and 4th, so if you're in LA or nearby, mark your calendars and be sure to check out A Current Affair!


I made friends with the other vendors by me since we took turns watching each other's booths when we needed bathroom breaks. Check out LUX Revival and Vutique, the shop owners are pretty kick ass people! The event was such a great place to meet new people, hear stories, and witness some really fabulous fashion! I had a 15 minute conversation with a gentleman who curates the Debbie Reynolds Hollywood Museum about Kathryn Grayso n and he seemed genuinely excited that I own two of her vintage dresses from her estate because he had a couple as well. Met the stylish gals from Fabulous on a Budget, the super sweet Heather from La Fashion Snob, the lady behind the camera and style inspiration blog HiStyley, and the ever sweet Kat of La Femme Vintage. It was just so nice to be around people that really appreciate, love, and kind of obsess over vintage like I do!

Be still my heart! I have died and gone to fairy tale cupcake vintage dress heaven! Seriously, this dress from Rococo Vintage is beyond amazing and befitting of a true modern day princess or perhaps someone with a penchant for pink sugared confections.


Rococo Vintage always has such pretty little things. Vintage cocktail dresses with large blossoms showered throughout, little black dresses with pleats and ruffles to last you for a lifetime, and amazing 1940s numbers like this one that I would snap up to wear to a wedding (or to a movie, or to buy groceries, I'd wear the heck out of this dress!) if only it were my size!

To find out more about Rococo Vintage be sure to visit their blog (gorgeous imagery!) and visit their website Rococo Vintage

It's been a busy busy week my lovelies. Working on some new stuff for AV, slowly but surely! I'll be selling at "A Current Affair" next Saturday and Sunday so if you're in the LA area, be sure to come by and say hello! (More on the show later!)

I'll be combing the flea markets this weekend for industrial looking tables for the show. Hopefully I find some at a nice price (less $75... a girl can dream, no?)

The following images made me feel so happy and peaceful, I hope you're inspired by them too.

The past few days have been a whirlwind! In a good way of course. On Friday I did a little antique shopping and treated myself to a pair of rhinestone and sapphire blue stud earrings ($10!). I wore them with a 1930s marigold gown I wore that evening. Marigold and sapphire look really good together, I must say. I did eye another pair of lovely dangly earrings in which the sweet lady behind the counter said "You've got excellent taste" with a little chuckle and proceeded to show me the most lovely pair of Miriam Haskell vintage earrings...at a mere price of $428. Le sigh. Sadly, my budget was closer to the $20 or less range...





Outfit Details:
Blouse: Vintage
Cardigan: Secondhand from Buffalo Exchange
Pants: Vintage from SLOW Vintage
Shoes: Beverly Feldman
Bag: Vintage from Adorevintage
Brooch: Vintage


You know, I have to say, I really appreciated this woman's attitude. Sometimes if I am a bit taken aback by how expensive something is a seller gets a little insulted. But if I'm taken aback it's not because I think you're overcharging, it's mostly because I'm trying to calculate inside my head how much work I need to do to afford said earrings and realizing I simply just cannot afford it at this time. Her reaction was a simple smile and a "Well, you'll look lovely in the sapphire earrings especially with it against your dark hair." I wanted to hug her. She was so sweet and genuine. I'll definitely be going back to the shop! I so wish I could remember the name, I had just wandered in randomly. I'll find it again and will share with you name and location of said antique shop!

Headed off to the Rose Bowl today, so hopefully I find some treasures! I had a small shoot yesterday so it was nice to get a bit of cash to bring to the flea market and not to mention it gives me a strict budget since I refuse to withdraw money and just have cash sitting idly in my wallet (I WILL spend it and won't realize how and when and where...) For now...au revoir!

Coined by the French a "Boutonnière" is a little bit of floral flourish worn by men for special occasions on the lapel of their jackets. The British term for it is "Buttonhole" which (as immature as it sounds) I don't care for how that sounds at all. Boutonniere's used to be worn much more frequently by the likes of dashing Hollywood men such as Cary Grant and Frank Sinatra. Nowadays you usually only see men wearing boutonniere's at weddings (or proms for you young uns reading this).


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How to Wear a Boutonniere: This is a fantastic post and a little history of the boutonniere on The Art of Manliness. "Great statesmen, warriors, and poets have worn flowers for over a millennium. Soldiers headed to war have proudly worn flowers on their chests, and here in the United States every January 1st two of college football’s best teams square off wearing roses on their uniforms."


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My stomach is grumbling in protest because unfortunately it is not being fed any of the delicious foods you are about to encounter on this page. I wanted to do a post on vegetarian recipes because to be quite honest I'm trying to motivate myself to eat better/healthier. I do try to cook a few times a week, not only is it healthier it's also cheaper. Can you imagine decades ago women cooked every meal every day?! Where did they have the time?

Anyhow, here are some deliciously yummy (and easy enough to try) vegeterian recipes found all over the interwebs. I think I might start doing one "meatless" day a week, maybe on Mondays. Meatless Mondays! If I really loved tofu I could do Tofu Tuesdays (or Thursday) but I don't love tofu. Haha. Happy cooking guys and dolls!

How pretty are these mini pizzas? I'd probably only attempt one instead of one of each. Have to stay on budget and I can't be buying the entire veggie section at Trader Joe's!

Oh my gosh, my mouth is watering looking at how fresh this looks! I could probably do a big batch and have it for lunch for a few days. Mmm. With some garlic pita. Mmm...

I had to do a dessert, I have such a sweet tooth! This looks so delicious and on such a pretty plate too. This website has really lovely food photos.

Vegetables always taste better when fried to golden perfection. Haha, I know I'm trying to be healthy, but at the moment my vegetable of choice is French Fries. Why are fried vegetables so darn good?!

I LOVE paella! I can't wait to try this recipe! Too bad saffron is kind of pricey... :( so this recipe might have to wait.

I'm perusing through the beautiful vintage wares at Dear Golden and I've come across this most darling little mustard yellow Curry A Favor dress and I'm trying to convince myself on why I have to have this dress. Oh, could it be the pleating on the bodice? Perhaps that ridiculously lovely topaz gemstone belt?


Or perhaps its because it's exactly my size and I have an Autumn wedding to attend and this dress would be oh so darling and well, I know I already have a mustard yellow dress as an option, but it's okay to have another dress of the same color and besides you can never have too many choices, you know just in case... *le sigh* Well my vintage dears, I won't be purchasing it too soon (mailbox this morning had two lovely utility bills, thanks life!) and I'm sure someone will purchase it soon enough seeing as how the vintage lovelies at Dear Golden fly off the shelves in a blink of an eye. If you haven't wandered over to the online shop on Etsy, I highly recommend you do! Any vintage aficionado is bound to find something to love and covet.

To find out more about Dear Golden Vintage... be sure to check out their lovely vintage blog and of course the well curated vintage selections in their vintage shop.

It's a 1940s vintage inspired love story featuring model Kendra Spears and Aussie actor Ben Mendelsohn. The fashion editorial features Miu Miu, Prada, Gucci, and many actual vintage pieces! I love when stylists use authentic vintage in photoshoots! This shoot was photographed by Will Davidson and styled by Jillian Davison for Harper's Bazaar Australia. Original post where I got the photos is via Dust Jacket Attic.