Imaginary shopping spree: Need Supply Co.

1. DeeDee dress
2. Orangey shirt dress
3. Atty Dress
4. Emma
5. Sandstone point necklace
6. Rumble in Brown
7. Shirt dress in navy
8. Champagne tank
9. Graceful dress

Imaginary Shopping Spree: Spanish Moss edition

I’m obviously not really tied to any sort of specific aesthetic. Some days I want to dress like Betty Draper, some days I want to look like I’m in head-to-toe Spanish Moss garb – a desert femme fatale. I seriously love their stock. And while I’ll never ever ever be able to afford any of it (ever), I sometimes pretend I’m wearing their clothes when I need to feel brave. Also, their logo design is so perfect. These are a few of my favorite pieces that are currently in stock.

1. Sooooo pretttttyyy.
2. Crushed-velvet T-strap wedges?! Too perfect.
3. Confession: I LOVE some well-placed fringe like the fringe on this dress. I’d feel like such a dandy with that swishing around my legs. Now that I think about it … I might be able to make something like this. Noted. Also, I love the version in white!
4. Oh god. These boots. The color is perfect, and see how there’s a little peephole? I think that is the only thing that could ever motivate me enough to knit a pair of socks; it’s the perfect subtle way to show them off.
5. This ring is everything I like about jewelry.
6. I can’t even talk about these booties. They’re so perfect they hurt my feelings. So do the ones in black.
7. I basically spent my entire summer looking for a white lace dress like this or the right stretchy lace to make it with. I was unsuccessful. It is so delicious in black, too. What do you guys think of bell sleeves?
8. I look at these boots and feel like I could manage going to PTA meetings and other similar horrors without feeling anxiety if I were wearing them.
9. This blouse is so great! I don’t know exactly why I love it, but I do. The shape is perfect for my body. It also looks so cool in black.

Imaginary shopping spree: Fancytreehouse edition

Today’s Imaginary shopping spree features one of my favorite online vintage shops ever! Fancytreehouse has a great selection and awesome prices. (Check out the sales! Seriously.)You can tell how much I love this shop by how much italicized text I’m about to use.

1. I love ’70s summer dresses like this one.
2. This mustard blouse is so pretty. I’m trying to get some more color in my wardrobe, and this is exactly the kind of thing I’m looking for.
3. The skirt on this dress is great. Mama’s a big fan of gingham.
4. Isn’t this cardigan just begging to be embellished with a little abstract embroidery?
5. This ombré dress is made out of some sort of faux bois wood-patterned material. Which I think is awesome.
6. Call me crazy, but I love this skirt. The colors are perfect and I really like the length. I’d love to wear something like this this winter to brighten up the landscape a bit.
7. Another ombré dress! This time it’s yellow, with a crocheted bodice and gauzy skirt. In love.
8. This perfect skirt is only ten dollars. Seriously, someone less broke than I am must buy it immediately before I do. It’s so adorable!
9. Yup, that’s a white lace peekaboo on the back of a red full-skirted dress. Gorgeous.

Imaginary shopping spree: Shop Kempt edition

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I love Shop Kempt. Their clothes are feminine but not too girly, and I think their selection is perfect; not so many pieces that you get lost in the swarm, but enough that there’s always something interesting.

1. Jada Florence dress – Love this! It’s so very twee.
2. Varina Eyelet Tiered dress
3. Florania stripe blouse – I’ve been trying to re-acquaint myself with shirts. Sounds weird, but I really don’t wear shirts that often, and I’ve kind of forgotten how to find interesting ones. So I love this; also I have a soft spot for that faux-chiffon polyester. I love wearing it.
4. Hannah striped dress - Shocker! I love black and white.
5. Fiona geometric blouse
6. Snow white sweetheart dress
7. Evelyn wrap dress – This looks so much like a vintage dress with a shortened hem, I almost can’t believe it’s something newl
8. Cool it up draped jacket
9. Bailey coral tank – I almost never wear this color, and I think it needs more of a presence in my wardrobe.

Imaginary shopping spree: Black Cat Hill

You knew I was going to do this eventually. A 100%-cats Imaginary Shopping Spree! This week I’m perusing the vintage cat prints at Black Cat Hill. Top-to-bottom, left-to-right:

1. Grandma cat, reading to her grandchildren that are somehow mice.
2. Royal cats. Look at that headdress.
3. Pagliacci cat! I’m actually having a really really difficult time not buying this one. It is so awesome.
4. Romance at the ball.
5. Look how angry she is! This cat is probably my favorite. Yes, even more beloved than the sad clown.
6. Dueling cats! Don’t do it, kitties! You are too young to die.
7. Faust Cats! Check out that villain.
8. Aida cats? Love it.
9. Madame B.F. Pinkerton Butterfly cats!

Imaginary shopping spree: The Attic People

I love browsing through The Attic People’s collection of vintage wares. They always have incredible stock. Unfortunately, it’s based in the UK so shipping is a bit more than I can afford, but it’s still great to window-shop. I’d wear most of their pieces in a heartbeat. Anyway, top-to bottom, left to right:

1. ’50s/’60s batik mini dress (The color and print are perfect. I usually don’t go for anything with that high a collar, but this is too lovely.)
2. ’50s peter pan collar full skirt dress (I never go anywhere formal enough to justify wearing this, but I think I’d still wear it anyway. Just on any old day.)
3. Maxi skirt with bold Aztec print
4. ’50s sheer flocked leaf full dress (Love this one. I’m picturing it on a blurry summer day with a wide-brim hat and long necklaces and bare feet and iced tea.)
5. ’70s floral sun dress
6. ’70s white lace blouse top 
7. ’80s glam silk sequin crop top (It’s really silk! I bet it’s gorgeous in person.)
8. ’70s embroidery summer dress (I think this would look great in the winter with a cardigan, belt and boots.)
9. ’80s-does-the-’50s circle dress with cutouts (OBSESSED. Isn’t it beautiful?)

Imaginary shopping spree: Rockentots edition

It appears I forgot to write this again this week, so it’s coming in a day late. I’ve been feeling a little burned out when it comes to blogging lately; but I’m going to write more! I really am. Anyway, look at this outrageously cute stuff:

Left to right, top to bottom:

1. Heart mom coffee cozy (I don’t regularly use coffee cozies, but I would start for this. It’s so fekking cute.) (I don’t know where the word “fekking” came from, but I use it all the time now.)
2. Rose felt crown
3. Mustard yellow mum felt flower headband
4. Pioneer headband
5. Girly Pirate Patch
6. Bigfoot coffee cozy (This would be perfect for my stepdad. He’s a coffee drinker and does the best sasquatch impression.)

Imaginary shopping spree: Motel Rocks edition

Top to bottom, left to right:

1. Frankie long cardi in black and cream
2. Trinity dress in black and red
3. Shannon skirt in teal
4. Malia dress in blue denim
5. Damita dress in black lace
6. Winnie playsuit in denim
7. Cilla dress in black
8. Ethel short in pretty rose navy
9. Edner tee in black crochet lace

Imaginary Shopping Spree: Sew, Mama, Sew! patterns edition

(excuse my lazy lazy lazy collaging. I had no desire to figure out a pretty way to arrange all those disparate rectangles.)

Top to bottom, left to right:

1. Heather Bailey’s Effie and Ollie.
2. Heather Bailey’s Henrietta Turtle.
3. Oliver + S’ Ice cream dress.
4. Oliver + S’ Sketchbook shirt and shorts.
5. Jamie Christina’s the Miz Mozelle dress.
6. Bettsy Kingston’s Womens action pants. (It occurs to me that it might look a little strange to have a lady’s bum pointing at you in the middle of all that cutesy cuteness. Ah, well.)
7. Marie-Madeleine’s Gracie ruffle skirt.
8. Tie Dye Diva’s Pretty pantaloons.
9. Sewaholic’s Lonsdale Dress.

Imaginary Shopping Spree: Noro edition.

I know a lot of people don’t like Noro. They say the yarn, famous for its self-striping colors, is too rough, unpredictable or filled with knots. But those are all qualities that I love in a yarn. Especially with knitting, I am generally more interested in the process than the result; so Noro is often the perfect yarn for me. Because it’s just so fun to knit with. Never a dull moment in these skeins.

Left to right, top to bottom:

1. Furisode, a silk/cotton/wool bulky weight. Colorway 16.
2. Chirimen, a cotton/silk/wool DK weight. Colorway 12.
3. Taiyo Sock, a cotton/wool/nylon/silk fingering weight. Colorway 08.
4. Hitsuji, a 100% wool super bulky weight. Colorway 09.
5. Aya, a cotton/silk/wool worsted weight. Colorway 08.
6. Nobori, a cotton/nylon/wool/silk bulky weight. Colorway 18.
7. Silk Garden Lite, a silk/kid mohair/lambswool DK weight. Colorway 2038.
8. Aya, a cotton/silk/wool worsted weight. Colorway 02.
9. Furisode, a silk/cotton/wool bulky weight. Colorway 02.