Trusting your vintage dresses or vintage fur coats to a dry cleaner causes as much anxiety as finding a baby sitter. In my book. Who do you trust with your precious vintage? Do they know how be careful around that metal zipper or how to handle delicate chiffon? And those…

5 Places to Buy Vintage Furniture Looking for vintage treasures in LA? Here are the best Flea Markets in Los Angeles. I don’t mind looking costumey as long as I look like a pin up! But if you are more low key, here’s how you can make vintage clothing feel…

When I was a kid, I loved playing with dolls – Barbie, Cabbage Patch Kids, you name it. One Christmas I received a strange gift – a flat doll made of paper. My eight year old brain thought it was a coloring book until I saw the little tabs on…

  Gala Darling was transformed into Elizabeth Taylor! Check out her video. My friend Rebecca and I went to Viva Las Vegas #17 (a long hiatus for me) and we took a really cute picture with one of her customers who blogs at Like a Tree in the Desert. Rebecca…

1. Jergens Face Cream Just like vintage, when it comes to beauty the old stuff is always better than the new stuff. I rediscovered Jergens Face Cream, or as my Mexcian mom would call it, “la crema de las caritas”. Translation: the cream with the little faces. This stuff WORKS!…

Oh I want to recreate this outfit that Jessica Alba wore to the Ralph Lauren show. I’m not quite sure if it IS Ralph Lauren. I have the patent bag, and a tight, cropped black sweater. Now I just need a romantic chiffon pink skirt. Probably shorter because I am…

I haven’t been posting on the blog lately because I have been working really hard (fun work) on the new e-shop for Debutante Clothing. Here’s a sneak pic of what it will look like: I have moved the the Shopify platform. After checking with a few vintage colleagues on how…

  I was sorting through bins upon bins of vintage clothing I have collected over the years and realized I needed to let go of some of my treasures which I logically call inventory. Selling vintage is a very difficult process for those of us that see the beauty in…

  Because I love to curate vintage news too… The history of the Birkin bag – DoYouRemember.com give a history lesson on the most iconic luxury bag, the Hermes Birkin The Department Store Museum is a great resource for learning about the history of department stores $15 Flea Market Find…

I’ve always said that I wish we could dress for travel. They way people used to dress before leggings and sweat pants were acceptable to board a plane. Well I’m not alone! A few weeks ago, I attended the opening of a new exhibition at the FIDM Museum. My friend…