Grain Edit: Your New Favorite Design Blog
If you’ve ever wanted to dive into ModCloth’s Apartment section and never come out, you will love retro design blog Grain Edit. (We certainly do!) The arty site splits its focus between classic design...
View ArticleDresses Through the Decades
With another decade drawing to a close, and our expansive selection of vintage-inspired frocks right at my fingertips, I started to think about all the iconic silhouettes that each era brought. But...
View ArticlePage Turners: A Charming Summer Editorial
All images via Flickr user Millie Motts. Ah, April — the month when the suns finally rolls out of bed, and one can practically taste the summer on their lips. Soon, we’ll all be gallivanting around in...
View ArticleFave Finds: Rebecca’s Retro Dress
Who: Rebecca of Rebecca Anne Photography What: A blue 1950′s handmade dress Where: At a Goodwill in Athens, Georgia How Much: Less than $6 When I Use It: ”I just bought it yesterday, so I have yet to...
View ArticleFashion in Film: The Blob
Get ready for company, because this is the summer of alien invasions. Hollywood headliners such as Prometheus, Battleship, and Men in Black 3 are ushering extraterrestrials earthward in droves,...
View ArticleFave Finds: October’s Carolyn Schnurer Sundress
Who: October of October Rebel What: 1950′s Carolyn Schnurer sundress Where: Theatre rummage sale How much: $5 When I use it: ”I love wearing it outdoors — it has a sort of tea party-on-the-lawn...
View ArticleFave Finds: Diana’s Fabulous Fifties Frock!
Who: Diana of Retro Glam Girl What: A 1950′s vintage dress Where: Salvation Army How much: $1.50 When I use it: “On dates with my husband.” Shopping tips: “Be patient and look through every single...
View ArticleTough Threads: Taking Tips from Teddy Girls
A scan from a 2006 issue of BUST Magazine via À L’allure Garçonnière. Forever haunted by those striking vintage photographs of Teddy Girls by Ken Russell in 1950′s London, we went out in search of...
View ArticleVintage View: I Love Paris in the ’50s
All photos by Janice Niepce, courtesy of Arts et Métiers, Paris, 1957. Ah, Paris. As springtime — the city’s most storied season — approaches, we’ve been pining for a Parisian holiday. Well, since we...
View ArticleThe Diner Things in Life
Truly, we couldn’t have found a more apt location for the second chapter of our Summer in Focus stylebook than Los Angeles’ Cafe 50′s. This classic diner was the site of some of our most stunning...
View ArticleLora Lamm’s Lovely Illustrations
Image via Vogue Italia Looking for a new illustration crush? Look no further than the lovely work of artist Lora Lamm. Born in Switzerland in 1928, Lamm was a key contributor to the Milanese design...
View ArticleFashion in Film: Clue
Was it Miss Scarlet with the wrench in the drawing room? Or, Colonel Mustard in the billiards room with the rope? The plot is a thick web of mystery and lies in Clue, the 1985 film adaptation of the...
View ArticlePage Turners: A Charming Summer Editorial
All images via Flickr user Millie Motts. Ah, April – the month when the suns finally rolls out of bed, and one can practically taste the summer on their lips. Soon, we’ll all be gallivanting around in...
View ArticleFave Finds: Rebecca’s Retro Dress
Who: Rebecca of Rebecca Anne Photography What: A blue 1950′s handmade dress Where: At a Goodwill in Athens, Georgia How Much: Less than $6 When I Use It: “I just bought it yesterday, so I have yet to...
View ArticleFashion in Film: The Blob
Get ready for company, because this is the summer of alien invasions. Hollywood headliners such as Prometheus, Battleship, and Men in Black 3 are ushering extraterrestrials earthward in droves,...
View ArticleFave Finds: October’s Carolyn Schnurer Sundress
Who: October of October Rebel What: 1950′s Carolyn Schnurer sundress Where: Theatre rummage sale How much: $5 When I use it: “I love wearing it outdoors — it has a sort of tea party-on-the-lawn...
View ArticleFave Finds: Diana’s Fabulous Fifties Frock!
Who: Diana of Retro Glam Girl What: A 1950′s vintage dress Where: Salvation Army How much: $1.50 When I use it: “On dates with my husband.” Shopping tips: “Be patient and look through every single...
View ArticleTough Threads: Taking Tips from Teddy Girls
A scan from a 2006 issue of BUST Magazine via À L’allure Garçonnière. Forever haunted by those striking vintage photographs of Teddy Girls by Ken Russell in 1950′s London, we went out in search of...
View ArticleVintage View: I Love Paris in the ’50s
All photos by Janice Niepce, courtesy of Arts et Métiers, Paris, 1957. Ah, Paris. As springtime – the city’s most storied season – approaches, we’ve been pining for a Parisian holiday. Well, since we...
View ArticleThe Diner Things in Life
Truly, we couldn’t have found a more apt location for the second chapter of our Summer in Focus stylebook than Los Angeles’ Cafe 50′s. This classic diner was the site of some of our most stunning...
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