It’s not necessarily cold outside, but I’m sitting at a desk in a damn near 65 degree office. Sitting still for that long in that cold an environment gives me the chills, and my winter wardrobe as of late has been big on ultra-warm pieces thrown on haphazardly. Like this outfit. You probably remember this [...]
Again, I found a bunch of lovely vintage inspiration in the Etsy today (and Taste Test is addicting!) – probably because I spend so much time sifting through antiquities (like glass vintage apothecary bottles), looking for oddities and curios. So I made this treasury (click the pic to go to the Treasury Page…) Inspired by [...]
Last Post, I mentioned Planet Shoes sent me the J Brand Spring oxfords to try out. And I mentioned I’d be posting what I wore… I had a date with Mr to the Seattle Art Museum to see the Picasso exhibit. We had our evening planned, complete with delicious sushi and a night à la [...]
It’s Cyber Shopping week and every retailer has got quite the deal for shoppers; with Christmas around the corner, how could shoppers NOT be interested in great deals. Among all the ruckus, though, it can become hard to find all the signature pieces – that something special for that certain someone. If you look hard, [...]
Recently, I had a chance to dig through some of the old Deco Modiste back-stock from the last couple Spring/Summer collections. I took some of these cute little pieces over to the Sustalux studio where Jess and I spent an afternoon playing dress-up. There’s something about goofing off in amazing vintage pieces and new, wearable [...]
What could you afford?? Today, in the spirit of creativity, we at Deco Modiste, are looking back on those women who had to creatively endure in times of Depression, Recession, and Rations: In the 40’s when materials like silk were rationed for WWII, women had to selectively choose what they could afford to wear based [...]
So I was telling you all how I wanted to experiment with pincurls, as a result of the old glamour shoot, and this weekend I had a little time to hang out and mess with my coif. I looked up a bunch of examples of how to pincurl hair, checked out all the diagrams on [...]
It’s been a busy week for photos, and I’ve had a TON of fun learning and expanding my horizons. Today’s post is brought to you by THIS GUY: (Photo courtesy of Kerry Thalmann, who maintains a great webpage for large format fans) It’s a large format camera; the film cells are generally 4″ x 5″ [...]
