some new goodies

last week i went to this wonderful vintage and antique show called remembering yesteryear, i mentioned it a few posts back about the hats i got there. well i finally got around to taking some photos of the dresses i got there. as well as some things i got in the mail from etsy!
first, here are the two dresses i got..

first of all, i have recently been trying to study up on my decades, mainly early 1900's to the 1950's. sometimes i have a hard time telling decaes and styles appart, i tend to get the 30's and 40's mixed up, or more like i just cant tell when something come from one of the other. anyone have any god suggestions on reading, books, websites or other wise that can help me brush up on these types of things?
anyway, this dress i believe is from the 20's seems to be the right style, however i was very surprised at the good condition of it for being so old. can you believe this thing could be about 90 years old? wow, it just amazes me. i mean, its not in the best condition, some seams coming appart here and there. but i dont think thats too bad considering how long its been around.




next up is this beauty.. im thinking 30's maybe 40's? once again, im not too good at this. but either way i just love it. i need a nice slip to go under it, actually... come to think of it.. i may have one! ha!
you cant tell from these photos ( this dress was so hard to get a proper photo of to try and do it justice..) but its fairly long, just above the ankle id say. and it has such a beautiful full skirt, perfect for spinning around!





so this next dress came from etsy. its the first vintage dress i bought on there and was $32, a bit more than i would normally spend on something. (which is why this is my first vintage dress bought on etsy.. i feel many of them are too over prices!..or hell, im just cheap!) but i just saw it and automatically fell in love. it fits wonderfully too!



these shoes i also bought on etsy. they were only $16! what a steal i thought! they are just what i have been looking for, with a modest yet noticeable 2.5" heel. they are so perfect with their little but out and sling back. they fit like a dream and will go with just about everything.

etsy update: summer dresses

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and still.. more to come later!

etsy update: blouses

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no magazine out takes

these all look perfect to me! bambi northwood blyth for no magazine shes such a babe! so naturally beautiful. and she really makes me want a nose ring again! i used to just have a stud, but i have always wanted a hoop. what do you think??

hat!

every saturday jeremy and i have off from work. its the only day we aren't available to work, i guess so we can have a day off together. and just always know that we have that day off (its hard to make solid plans sometimes when your schedule changes from week to week.) so the other day i looked up this flea market i heard about on long island. didn't find anything about that one, but i found some other place. i wasent sure if it was going to be one of those kinds that sells junky jewelry and perfume. things like that. so i decided to call and find out if they had any vendors selling vintage clothing. the woman said "what?" and i said "i havent been to this flea market before and i wanted to know if you sold any vintage clothing" and she said "oh yea theres some if you go down the stairs when you come in."
so maybe she misunderstood me and thought i said simply "clothes" because alas, there was no vintage clothing, it was the sort i thought it may be. so that was a bust. especially since we had to drive quite a bit west on the island to get there. so instead we headed back east and i wanted to go looking for this vintage shop my friend had told me about. its called remembering yesteryears. and oh man, it was amazing. there wasent too too much clothing, but i sure found some good pieces. and ended up leaving with all but one of what i wanted. i had to do a bit of haggling. but i got two dresses and two hats there.
the photos of the dresses will have to wait until tomorrow with better lighting. but for now heres the hats. one of them i actually got in the mail today as a trade on etsy. its quite amazing!
ooh! and i also got a pair of shoes in the mail today, these were purchased with my hard earned cash though. once again, photos of those to come tomorrow!

photos by sandra savic

so i have never really modeled professionally. i have always done with for my best friend ali. thats how our friendship started really. and when i went to FIT i helped out a few photography students by modeling. and here and there for other things. i dont think iv ever been paid or even compensated really. but since now im getting a bit older, and i dont want to just work at trader joes forever, iv really been playing with the idea of doing this for a living. or at least so i can have some extra cash flowing in.
im almost certain i can at least get one job, i kinda know what im doing.. i dont really have the hight (only 5.5"... 5.6" if i feel like telling a white lie) but i think i have the look. so im currently trying to put together my own portfolio (is that what they call it in the modeling world? i wasent sure..seems right to me..) consisting of some of alis photographes..and well thats really all i have.
so a friend of a friend who i recently met, names sandra savic, is a photographer, she worked for next modeling agency at one point, and so she helped me out! well we kinda helped each other out (shes going to be using a photo or two that we took last night in a show she has coming up!) and ww shot about 600 photos last night!
it was a really fun experience. got my hair all done up by my friend kristin, i styled the whole thing with clothing from my personal wardrobe, and well it was just really fun. and i think these shots will really help my portfolio have more of a fashion side to it.
here are just a few shots, we are in the process of narrowing them down and doing a bit of touching up.
sandra is going away for a couple of weeks, but when she gets back we have some more shoots planned, more of an outdoorsy thing, posing in front of a beautiful vintage volkswagon bug she owns (which is for sale and which im now really hoping i can buy from her once i get paid from modeling..its a vicious circle!)










all photo credit to sandra savic

love this shoot

i absolutely love this shoot. not because im into the clothing, which im not really.. but watch this video and you will see how these photos were taken, and how amazing it looks to model for these. i want to model like this, throw my body around and have them catch all the action. and when the guy and girl are like grabbing at each other and stuff.. ah thats my favorite part!!

pre-camping errands

today has been a busy busy day. this weekend is my best friend alis birthday. so to celebrate her and her boyfriend steven, jeremy and i are going camping up in the catskills region. i am so so excited. i havent been camping in four years, since after my senior prom! we are going to mongaup pond camping grounds about a three hour drive away. we picked it because the site we found siad its for campers who like deep woods and seclusion. and let me tell you, its in the deep woods alright. no towns around it really, only trees. i cant wait to get a real good look at the stars while being away from all the city and suburb lights.
today we did a bunch of shopping tog et things together. flashlights, rope, duct tape, fire starters, camping chairs, food..you name it. we are trying not to pack all too much as we are all taking my car with one of those snail compartments up on top. its gong to be an amazing weekend. i just want wait!



oh, and this is what i wore today. cropped top is from etsy, skirt was thrifted and the platforms i got at brimfield in march. im going to see edward sharpe and the magnetic zeros with my friend carly. im very excited for that. i havent been to a show in a while where i actually listend to the band. im really to get a little drunk and dance my buns off. i hope its a good crowd. i hate when people just stand around when the band is a fun as them.

coney island, siren fest

yesterday, on a very very hot and humid day i spent it all outside in the blistering sun for siren fest 2010. it was fun, my friend natasha came with me. and my friend celeste who i interned with at marie claire also came along. i dont get to see her much so that was real nice. we sat on the beach for a bit when we got there which was my first time doing that. i didnt get to go in the water, cause honestly i didnt want to leave my stuff on the beach unattended. back home on long island i would do this..but in the city it didnt feel so safe. womp womp.
it was very hot out. i was covers in sand and sweat, it was not too nice. but it was fun just to go to coney island and to people watch..im a bit fan of that. also siri of ringo, have a banana has a boyfriend alex who is in the pains of being pure at heart, who played the show. i got to see her, we ran into each other while getting pinkberry from the booth they had set up. we were supposed to meet up after alex's band played and packed up, but my friend started feeling sick, and we were very uncomfortable and in desperate need of ice cold showers so we left a bit early.
but in between bands we got to stop at the small coney island history project. they had many photos of the park in its hay day, photos of the numerous coney island fires..since everything was built of wood and probably a bit dangerous to operate. thats when i really would have liked to be there. when it was a park for adults to come and play, to crowd the beach until there was literally no room left! le sigh..






credit for vintage photos from coney island history project