Lovely vintage we're listing throughout the week! Click on the thumbnails to view the product images and more details! There are so many more pretty vintage wares that will be photographed this week, so be sure to visit the shop to see more previews!

BTW, have you noticed my newest doll? (And by doll, I mean dress form) She is a Vintage Wolf Dress Form, a vintage size 10 but has the measurements of a modern day size 2/4. An early birthday gift to yours truly from my honey bunches of oats. I spent nearly 3 months hunting for just the right one and we finally found her waiting patiently in an antique shop (next to a Victorian dress form!) I named her Beatrice. My other dress form, a modern day size 0/00, is named Eloise. Just some Adore Vintage FYI. *hehe*

“Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.” - Queen Elizabeth




Image credits: 1.} 269/365, 2.} Joe Pye Weed, 3.} the archives, 4.} Hedy, Judy, & Lana, 5.} dreamy desert, 6.} dreams of maps, 7.} lilies of the valley, 8.} Sewing the Butterflies, 9.} Think Pink!, 10.} 128

All images are saved in the Adore Vintage Flickr Faves, so feel free to browse more inspirations and to view more work by the amazing photographers featured here!

Dress: Teal Dream Dress, $42
Necklace: Malta Coast Necklace, $12
Shoes: Turks & Caicos Sandals, $32
Bag: Leaf Carvings Clutch, $32

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Image credit: Vintage Malta postcard from Strider V

Vintage 1930s dresses and frocks made from silk crêpe fabrics in solid and dainty prints. I especially loved the shirtwaist dress with large sleeves (model 8388) and strangely enough I have those shoes (not from the 30s, but from Neiman Marcus clearance center!)

Image credits: Sue Tarr on Flickr, 1930's Fashion Set

Coco Chanel-esque straw boater hats, I simply adore it! I actually have a vintage straw hat which I plan to wear more often during the summer. There is something so very chic and French looking about all of these looks. If this is the future of mainstream fashion then I will take an extra double helping and go back for seconds! Je l'aime beaucoup!

Image credits: Style.com Jason Wu, Resort 2011 Collection

There is something about a woman who has very short hair that makes me look twice. I feel like they are braver than me, more confident, more comfortable with who they are. I've been toying with the idea of cropping my hair pixie length for over a month now, so here's hoping these vintage pixie haircuts (and modern cropped hairstyles) will inspire me to chop off all my locks!

{ Vintage Hairstyles }


My main source of hair inspiration, Audrey Hepburn.


Jean Seberg


Mia Farrow


Twiggy


Edie Sedgwick

{ Modern Pixie Cuts }

Christy Turlington as Jean Seberg


From the Sartorialist? Or Garance Dore? *shrug*


Michelle Williams


Mia Wasikowska


Shannyn Sossamon & Carey Mulligan


Michelle Williams & Natalie Portman

"Everyone agrees that Lily Elsie has the most kissable mouth in all England... she possesses the Cupid's bow outline with the ends curving upward delicately, all ready for smiles.... Strangely enough, the women of the land were among her most devoted admirers." - Lily Elsie Recalls her Renunciation", Atlanta Constitution, 21 November 1915 from Wikipedia





Edwardes took Elsie to Lucile for what might today be called a 'style makeover'. One of the first things they did was to make her alter the style of her hairdressing and after one or two experiments to see what suited her, evolved the fashion of coiling it neatly and flat to that beautifully shaped little head of hers. The result was a complete change in her appearance and Edwardes was as delighted with it as much as she was.




Although her fame and fortune came entirely from public appearances she was painfully shy. After just a few years on the stage she retired to a quite life away from the public eye.





Lily Elsie was an English actress and singer in the early 1900s. Her dresses, jewelry, and headpieces for her roles in plays such as "The Merry Widow" and "A Chinese Honeymoon" are so beautiful to me, I could even see some of the jewelry and hair accessories translated to modern day wear. Oh, so much loveliness!

Image Credits: Lily Elsie Set, LIFE Magazine