I am loving the look of a chunky gold mens style watch worn with lots of gold bracelets. I guess i love the mix of masculine and feminine worn all at once. I have slowly been building up my bracelet collection since it was lacking and have some new ones that I really love. I guess i am on the hunt for vintage bracelets because you know I think vintage is better. I love the look of a gold tone vintage bracelet either very chunky and ornate or small and delicate. They look so beautiful worn together and i always use jewelry to dress up my outfits. I found some favorites on Ebay, take a look.
Vintage Monet
Vintage Trifari
Vintage Napier Bracelet
Lauren
Happy Valentines Day,
Hope you had a great day with your loved ones. Lots of cards, chocolates, and maybe even a little bit of jewelry hopefully come your way. I found some of my favorite vintage valentines day cards and made a collage for all of you.
Lauren
When I think of Valentines Day, the colors that come to mind are pink and red. Even though this is not a color I also think of hearts. I did a little digging on 1st dibs to show you some of my favorite Valentines Day inspired jewelry.
Victorian garnet and diamond necklace
13th century signet ring
Tiffany brooch 1900
enamel 17th century ring
Tiffany ruby and diamond necklace
1890′s ruby and pearl heart locket
1940′s Tiffany Heart
1940′s Cartier Heart
1890 enamel and gold pendant
1940′s four hearts locket
Happy Valentines Day,
Lauren
I had an amazing time last week at the Sleep No More show for my birthday. I don’t want to give anything away but it was an incredible experience unlike anything I have ever been a part of. I would love to go again and for those who have yet to see it, please run. The show ends in April I think. The only thing I will say is that the rooms are decorated in 1930′s design and you know me, I love all things vintage. Especially walking into vintage style homes. One of the rooms that inspired this post was the taxidermy room. The room was covered in stuffed animals. I am not a big fan of taxidermy but I love when it is done in a different creative way. Meaning no real animals were used in the process. Artists Frederique Morrel creates the most amazing faux taxidermy animals I have ever seen. The animals are carved out of foam and covered in vintage tapestries. Below are some of my favorites. They are simply stunning.
Lauren
Hi All,
Today is my 30th birthday and I am very excited to be pretend styling myself for the occasion in black tie looks! Tonight we are celebrating by going to the play Sleep No More and I seriously can not wait. I think it would be really fun to dress up but we will be on our feet for three hours exploring so that won’t happen. Will have to be comfort dressing all the way. Below are three different looks that I styled for different faux parties. If I learned anything from Rachel Zoe it would be that you need to have many options and different looks. Each theme is a mix of modern and vintage clothing and accessories. Please feel free to click on my pinterest for links.
This is the outfit that I would wear to see Sleep No More if money was of no concern and I had the strength to spend three hours in heels. I went with a vintage flapper dress for the occasion since the play is supposed to take place in the 20′s or 30′s. With some Deco jewelry and crazy spike shoes. This outfit is a little bit Victorian goth and I love it!
For my second party I would love to spend it on a cruise vacation. My birthday would fall on formal night and we would dress up for a fancy dinner and then go to the broadway style show afterwards. The day would have been spent on the beach in the Bahamas. I went with a loud color blocking dress since I love to wear long colorful dresses on vacation. The more color the better with lots of beautiful vintage stunning jewelry and a vintage shawl for even more pop!
For my last party I went with a bohemian but lux outfit with the long kaftan style dress. And a mix of beautiful silver accessories. I think it is perfectly ok to mix gold with silver and opted for vintage gold jewelry with emeralds. This party would be spent somewhere exotic like in Greece which is one of the spots we hit on our honeymoon two years ago. It was so beautiful there and I miss it. I am definitely dreaming of my next vacation even though I have no idea when that will be happening.
Lauren
Happy Monday,
This week is partially a vacation for me because one it is my birthday on weds and two Craig is taking three days off starting tomorrow. So I am excited to have some time off together. Last weekend we were in Connecticut and I did a little vintage jewelry shopping with the money I made by selling off some old clothes. I did very well and bought two vintage bracelets and three vintage rings. I think rings are my favorite jewelry item to wear. I just love them. Big or small, real or faux I do not discriminate when it comes to jewelry. I will wear a ring on every finger if i feel like it and just love a hand covered in all kinds of rings. especially vintage ones. Below are some current favorites I found on 1st Dibs.
really loving vintage turquoise rings at the moment
1940′s
native american love the design
deco marcasite and glass ring. amazing
1940′s crystal ring. love how oversized it is
1960′s enamel snake ring
vintage coral cameo ring
1950′s beaded ring
Lauren
I love love love Charlotte Olympia shoes. Her designs are very modern with the exaggerated platform, funky, fun, sexy, loud and so much more. And I think it is so cute her logo is of a gold tone spider web under her shoe. Some favorites below.
crystal platform
very 70′s with the gold
color blocking
dying for these kitties
leopard with red is a great combo
like the chunky stacked heel. reminds me a little of the 1940′s
Lauren
This winter in NYC has been crazy. One day it is super cold, in the 20′s and the next it is 60 degrees out in February. Crazy I tell you and also making it difficult deciding on which winter jacket to wear every day. I must admit I am not a fan of my winter coats. I hate them in fact. I have three brown puffer coats that I use for different temps. I mean who has three brown coats, I couldn’t find any black ones and that is what came home with me. I wear those ugly puffers becuase i hate the cold and they are the only things that keep me warm. But I feel dowdy and ugly in them and wish I had a coat closet full of really beautiful vintage ones. The ladies from the 40′s, 50′s, and 60′s sure knew how to dress up their outerwear. Their coats were so lady like and pretty and they dressed them up with fancy brooches pinned to their lapels. I did a little digging on 1st Dibs and here are some of my favorites.
1. faux 60′s leopord
2. 1960′s Tiger Mink, love the stripes
3. Camel with fox fur collar 1960′s
4. 1960′s lynx
1. Muskrat 1960′s. Love the mix if fur and leather
2. 1920′s blue velvet and white fox collar
3. 1960′s dyed beaver. The stripes are pretty amazing
4. 1950′s purple fox
1. 1980′s Navajo, love the pattern and it even has beading
2. Orange Jean Patou 1960′s looks like it moves like a dress
3. Sable and leather 1970′s
4. Missoni from the 80′s. Love the color blocking
If I move to warmer climates one day wear a cold day is in the high 40′s I will be on a mad search for similar coats!
Lauren
I would say my favorite vintage style of watch would be 1920′s Deco. I just love love love those watches, they are like beautiful pieces of art work for the wrist. I usually wear obnoxiously large watches in my every day life but definitely want to add a deco watch into rotation. I like how watches from the 1920′s were super feminine. They were usually very tiny with either a thin metal band or black cord band. The face usually had some type of diamond or stone and the font of the numerals was pretty striking. Deco watches usually have alot of adornment as well which is why they remind me of beautiful bracelets. Even if they no longer tell time they are still special enough to wear. So yes, I would even buy a broken one to adorn my wrist. Below are some favorite deco watches from 1st dibs along with some other vintage watches that are truly feminine from other time periods.
1940′s Rolex
1920′s Rolex
1940′s diamond and platinum
1920′s Patek Philippe
deco diamond
Bulova 1920′s
croton 1920′s
my favorite. love the sapphire detail in this 20′s watch
emerald 1920′s
40′s watch
40′s Cartier
1920′s and 1940′s watch. They were reworked together
Lauren
Alexa Chung will always be a style icon for me. She has such an effortless look and quality to her dressing which i just adore. I feel like I am always referancig her style when getting dressed in the morning or when shopping too. How would Alexa style this outfit? I feel like Alexa has two different looks when dressing herself. She either goes really girly with cute little dresses but will toughen up the look with boots and maybe a leather jacket. Or she is casual in jeans and a top. I thought it would be fun to play pertend stylist for the day and made a collage of how I would like to dress her with modern and vintage clothing and accecories. I went the feminine route with a little bit of masculin mixed in. Click on my pinterest board for links.
Chung Inspiration
I have two looks going on here. A day time and night time look
Day
I would pair the vintage 60′s blue and green dress with the leather jacket and black chelsea boots to make it a little more down town. For accecories the hat, Alexander Wang leopord bag, and sunnies.
Night
I am going for a little bit more of a glam look for night hense the black sequin dress,vintage faux leopord coat, and vintage Chanel backpack. Some studded lady like wedges, pamela love crystal necklace, and crytal ball ring and shes good to go!
Hope you enjoyed my new kind of style post. I have many more in the works with other gals and guys!
Lauren
