Frequent shoppers and bloggers of The Sleepy Poet, I love the Matters of Style ladies, and this week I just had to share their creative ideas for storing and displaying their Vintage Jewelry!Check out these great ideas for storing and viewing your prized Vintage jewelry collection!
From the latest Lucky magazine, to one of my fav catalogues, Toast in England, to even the Charlotte Observer, 70's fashions are all around these days...Just in time for cooler weather, this week we're right in style with authentic 70's bow and wide collar blouses, matched with 60's 70's cutie wool skirts of every style: below the knee, pencil skirts, circle skirts, and even wraps.Pair a fancy blouse with a wool skirt. 70's jumper, or Mad Men style winter suit - we've got 'em all today at Kitsch-y-Cool ...
80's fashions are HOT right now, so what could be better than creating this hot new look into a cool and hip Halloween Idea!!If you didn't live thru the decade, than you probably think that 80's fashions were all about Madonna, Mullets, and Miami Vice....well, yes, it was, but there is so so much more fun fashion to exploit for the best Halloween costume!!Here's a few ideas to get you started - take any (or all) of the basic items below to create a cool Halloween look: legwarmers - don't have any, just c...
Beginning today, Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage is bringing in their Halloween collection...items we have collected over the year that are just right for your Halloween costume!! Mad Men style suits and dresses Authentic Men's early 1900s Top Hats Bowlers 50s Poodle skirts 60s Mod jumpers 70s peasant / hippie dresses 80s Dynasty style dresses Military uniforms and more!Kinda Kooky, Some Corny, Maybe Crazy but all Kitschy and Cool!!
BIG Thanks to Jen Aronoff and The Charlotte Observer for giving a nod to Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage and Sleepy Poet in their annual "Cool Shops" list!! Where to spot a cool shop By Jen AronoffFor a New South city that's long turned its eye to the future, Charlotte has had plenty of choices for shoppers interested in looking in the other direction - to the past, for one-of-a-kind antique and vintage items. Of course, it helps to know where to search. So travel beyond the region's gleaming malls and abund...
Who knew Vintage looks were hot in 1968!With the 2010 Carolina Renaissance Festival right around the corner, what a better time to read about a revival of Renaissance fashion in this Dec 6, 1968 issue of Life magazine!Gold and Black - hmmm, sounds like a great vinette display!Layered necklaces are making a comeback today, just like they did in 1968. You can definitely see a beatnik influence in the outfit on the right.Should be an easy outfit to put together for RenFest!To purchase any of these magazines...
The easiest way to tell if a top is a men's or women's style is to look at the button closure.Men's clothing have buttons on the right side, Women's clothing have buttons on the left side.This seems to date back from to the late 1600's women's buttons were placed on the left to help their right-handed hand maidens who usually dressed them. Men's buttons were placed on the right since they typically dressed themselves. Some say the buttons on the right also allowed easy access to weapons kept under the ja...
Labor Day weekend marked our final journey of the year to one (or a couple...)of our favorite flea markets of the year. Sometimes it's not all about the Vintage...I love all the unique finds at these eclectic markets around the country!Big box of old keys and metal parts - if husband would let me buy them all, I would!(The keys, not the old tires or guy with the mullet...)Hooters and The AmishOne of my favorite booths! I just love the spools and old store displays!Monday's flea market haul, there is no w...
Fashion has always looked backwards for inspiration. This article from Life Magazine November 22, 1968, fashion and theatrical costume designer Donald Brooks gets his inspiration for 1968 fall collection from the period costumes he designed for Julia Andrews in Star!.To purchase any of these magazines, visit Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte, or contact us via email for availability and shipping information.
All month long we will be looking at Great Halloween Ideas, and how to use Vintage to get those great looks! To check out all styles of Vintage for the coolest Halloween outfit, visit Kitsch-y-Cool Vintage in Charlotte! This week - the iconic 1920's!!!1920's fashion is all about an easy, loose, jazzy look.Think flapper girls and speak-easy's, Great Gatsby The Cotton Club, gangsters and silent movies.Can't find a fringed "Flapper" dress? Don't freak! A simple black tank dress will do with all the right a...
