Holiday Cards from Etsy

    Today is known as Black Friday (the busiest shopping day of the year) and as Buy Nothing Day (a day when you are supposed to restrain yourself from consuming).
    I like the idea behind "Buy Nothing Day".
    But, I feel that something that would be good to do today and year round would be for people to shop from small local businesses, small online businesses, second hand stores and from arts and crafts makers.
    So, think of buying from an online or local crafts person or artisan.
    Or see what you can whip up yourself!

    Check out the holiday cards that I found on Etsy...

Set of 3 square cards with prints of Matryoshkas.
You can purchase these cards for $6.40 from tsktsk over on Etsy.

Set of 3 cards with print of a hand ringing a Peace bell.
You can purchase these cards for $8- from wonting over on Etsy.

Set of 8 postcards with print of girl with snow dove in her hands.
You can purchase these cards for $16- from belleandboo over on Etsy.

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Jacket & Dresses from Erin Fetherston

Erin Fetherston black dress with fun bright bunny print.
This dress is similar in style to sun dresses from the 1950's and the bunny print on the fabric reminds me of Peter Max's art.
You can purchase this new dress for $44.99 over at Target

Erin Fetherston black jacquard jacket with bow detail.
This jacket is similar in style to early-mid 1960's suit jackets.
You can buy this new jacket for $44.99 over at Target

Erin Fetherston black tiered chiffon dress with black bow detail.
This dress is similar in style to disco dresses from the 1970's.
You can purchase this new dress for $44.99 over at Target

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired John Fluevog Embossed Leather Bag

John Fluevog, the master of shoe art, has brought us this great "Romance Shoulder Bag", which is reminiscent of vintage tooled leather purses.
You can purchase this new purse for the sale price of $159- over at John Fluevog

Vintage brown tooled leather purse.
The Starting bid on this vintage purse is $9.95 and there are 6 days left on it's sale over on eBay

Vintage brown tooled leather purse.
You can purchase this vintage purse for $49.99 over at Monstervintage.com

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Hats from Pinkham Millinery

    Last night my husband and I were trying to decide what to eat for dinner when he suggested Chinese food. That sounded good, so off we went to get some take out. I was disappointed when I looked into the takeout bag and discovered that they had only given us one fortune cookie instead of two (I love reading my fortune). I thought to myself well maybe there are two fortunes in that one cookie (I have received 5 fortunes in one cookie from this place before).
    After we ate our food we split the cookie open and indeed there were two fortunes inside, I put the fortunes on my hand mixed them around and told my husband to pick one, he choose his and read it aloud. Then I picked mine up and it couldn't have been more appropriate for the day, "Try a new hat for a change in looks. Be creative." I was indeed wearing a hat yesterday though it was not new. Well, it's a newish brown wool felt cloche I bought about a year ago on our honeymoon in Belgium. I had also been thinking of hat ideas for the IPRC "Elements of Style: Text Ball". So, needless to say this fortune was indeed apt!
    Today, I was going to do my Fashion Fridays blog entry about purses- but, after last night's fortune I thought it would be a good idea to write about hats.

    In today's post I am featuring hats by the very talented local Portland milliner Dayna Pinkham
    Back when I had a bricks and mortar store location Dayna would occasionally stop in and look around.  As you can see by the pictures below hats don't get much more vintage inspired than these...

 

Pinkham Millinery is located at 515 S.W. Broadway in downtown Portland, Oregon.
For pricing information contact her via email

Fashion Fridays! Katharine Hepburn Inspired Wide Leg Pants from See by Chloe, Vivienne Westwood Anglomania & DAY Birger et Mikkelsen

See by Chloe gray wide leg pants with small check pattern and cute front pocket detail.
You can purchase these new pants for $480- over at Net-A-Porter.Com

Vivienne Westwood Anglomania wide leg black wool pants.
You can purchase these new pants for $595- over at Net-A-Porter.Com

Day Birger et Mikkelsen brown wide leg tweed checked pants.
You can purchase these new pants for $355- over at Net-A-Porter.Com

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Sweater Dresses from Alice & Olivia, BCBG by Max Azria & M Missoni

Mod 1960's inspired Alice & Olivia red and brown patterned wool dress.
You can purchase this new dress for $298- over at Saks Fifth Avenue

BCBG Max Azria grey wool dress with Art Deco inspired skirt design.
You can purchase this new dress for $300- over at Saks Fifth Avenue

1970's/80's inspired M Missoni zigzag pattern wool dress.
You can purchase this dress for $495- over at Saks Fifth Avenue

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Vera Wang Lavender Dresses

Black wool dress with tulle trim and diamante embellishment at the neck.
This dress is inspired by cocktail dresses from the 1960's.
You can purchase this Vera Wang Lavender dress for $595- over at NET-A-PORTER.COM

Navy blue velvet dress with button detailing at the square neckline.
This dress is inspired by late 1950's early 1960's cocktail dresses.
You can purchase this Vera Wang Lavender dress for $520- over at NET-A-PORTER.COM

Red jersey dress with golden embellished belt.
This dress is inspired by evening dresses from the 1940's.
You can purchase this Vera Wang Lavender dress for $615- over at NET-A-PORTER.COM

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Alice Temperley Dress, Sweater & Blouse

Alice Temperley Petal Tank Dress.
This dress appears as though it was influenced by flapper dresses from the 1920's.
You can purchase this new dress for $49.99 over at Target

Alice Temperley Leaf Print Sweater.
This sweater is similar in design to the graphic novelty print sweaters from the 1970's and 1980's
You can purchase this new sweater for $29.99 over at Target

Alice Temperley Swiss Dot Tie-Front Top.
This blouse reminds me of blouses from the 1950's and 1960's
You can purchase this new blouse for $34.99 over at Target

Fashion Fridays! Vintage Inspired Coats by Diane von Furstenberg, Juicy Couture & Tocca

Diane von Furstenberg "Principessa" bold black and white polka dot print coat.
You can purchase this new coat for $725- over at Nordstrom

Juicy Couture mod black and white print peacoat.
You can Pre-order this new coat for $498- over at Nordstrom

Tocca "Alessandra" plaid coat with lined hood.
You can purchase this new coat for $660- over at Nordstrom

Fashion Fridays! 1960's Inspired Dresses by Tracy Reese, Nanette Lepore & Laundry by Design

Laundry by Design Metallic Lace Mini Dress.
You can purchase this new dress for $325- over at eDressMe

Nanette Lepore Bronze Trapeze Dress.
You can purchase this new dress for $410- over at eDressMe

Tracy Reese Back Tie Trapeze Dress.
This dress consists of a fitted sequin under layer and a sheer trapeze style outer layer.
You can purchase this new dress for $325- over at eDressMe