Remember that 1940's suit skirt set I mentioned in my last post. Well I got to wear it out tonight. Erik and I made yesterday into a day date since he goes into the recording studio tomorrow and will not be around much until they get the album recorded. We had a few vespers and a few shots of bourbon. We rode the Ferris wheel and had some more bourbon and then went antiquing. We bought a vintage Playboy from the 60's and a box of Kleenex from the 50's You want to know why on earth I need I box of vintage Kleenex? Because only the vintage boxes fit in my super fabulous metallic gold Kleenex cover.

Anyways, it's Tuesday night and I have had a bit to drink. It was my bestie Glynis's birthday and I am a wee bit tired and typsy. Here are a few photos of our evening and my new dress. I threw in a few from yesterday too with my husband and I on the Ferris wheel. Please forgive my hair. I just got off work and don't typically style or dress up for work.

This is my bestie Glynis, We celebrated her birthday tonight she is a very talented writer director and producer. Her current project is Causality, a web series that involves time travel.

My husband talked me into these shoes. I typically wear a lower more classic heel but lately I am trying to incorporate more contemporary pieces into my wardrobe. I think that being an absolute vintage purist is too limiting to all of the wonderful things that all fashion has to offer.

Day date with my sweetie. I tried out some dry shampoo this day. Let's just say that I am underwhelmed.

I love living in the Pacific Northwest. It may rain a lot but it is so lush, green and beautiful even in the city. This is the view from the Ferris wheel looking out towards west Seattle and the outer islands. This is also home to some of the biggest squid in the world. 

And on the other side is downtown Seattle

View from on top

Breaking up with my favorite vintage reproduction line.

I don't usually verbalize things like this or make them public but I feel like everyday through either twitter or facebook I am made aware of how someone is being a bitch or even worse a c-word to either person A or person B of a rather large vintage reproduction line here in the United States. Granted I don't have to follow them on twitter or face book. And as of recently I have stopped following them on social media sites that I use frequently. They do however employ some of my favorite models whom I adore and also follow on numerous social media sites. Half the time this complaining of so and so anonymous person being scandalous is through posts or comments on posts of one of the models or employees facebook page or twitter. I will not name names but if you follow any of the people in this company you are probably well aware of the non stop drama and finger pointing that they like to refer to as calling people out on bad behavior. Ok, that's great, bad behavior should be called out. I completely agree with that but it's happening on a very public platform and the thousands and that is literaly thousands of fans of these so called role models are then ganging up on people that they do not even know in the defense of people that they do not know.

 Liking someones fan page on facebook or following them on any other social media site does not mean they are your friends or that you know the first thing about them. You know what they want you to know. I find it unattractive that the owner and production manager/model (I think that is their title) of this company deem it necessary to constantly publicly vent about her negative interactions with business partners, models, customers and employees. It is just so incredibly unprofessional. It makes me cringe every time I see a new thread or comment. This has been my favorite reproduction line for the last six years. My closet is full of this line. It seems that this public very outspoken-es regarding the owner's personal opinions is steadily increasing. I have seen posts and responses to fans of the line that are incredibly insensitive weather it be intentional or not. For instance, they receive many requests regarding modeling. Of course only a handful get that opportunity but to publicly post how annoying it can be to receive those requests is insensitive. It's the equivalent of a fan gushing over a celebrity they praised online via twitter or facebook to be met by the celebrity telling them that they are ridiculous and telling them to back off. I believe that with wide spread recognition a good deal of responsibility comes as well. Your image is EVERYTHING. I do not shop businesses that perpetuate drama or bad behavior. On the surface this company has a great image, just don't scratch the surface unless you also thrive on drama and desire to live through all of their drama vicariously. All that being said, I am breaking up with this company. I have never had any personal interaction with the owner weather that be positive or negative. I do still follow some of their models. I would rather support other like companies that exhibit a professional image and don't make me cringe every time they show up in my facebook feed. I much prefer to feeds that pertain to new lines of clothing or photos of fans enjoying their purchases.  I get mad at people too. Not every business interaction I have is a good one. But I do everything in my power to work it out and don't talk about it on my public social media profiles. That is precisely why a private profile is a thing of necessity. Sometimes dealing with customers and business partners can be really trying but I would never publicly vent about those things. That is what my husband and friends are for. I know this is quite the rant and quite off the trail of things I typically post about, I promise to return to pretty fun things now. <3

I spend countless hours every week looking for new finds for the shop but this week I decided to spend a little time looking for new finds for my own closet. I found some really amazing things and fell in love with two new vintage stores here in Seattle in the heart of Ballard a northern Seattle neighborhood.

I found the cutest 1940's jacket and suit here at Trove. I have yet to get a picture of me in it yet. Isn't this the cutest shop. The owner is a sweet heart as well

http://trovevintageboutique.tumblr.com/

I also ventured into Lucky Vintage today which is just around the corner from Trove. Lucky vintage has a large selection of men's wear as well whereas Trove is more focused on Women's wear. I found so many lovely things here today as well but sadly nothing in my size.

To be honest most of my personal vintage items are from Ebay. I love winning! I get a fair amount from fellow Etsy shops as well. I can typically find more things in my vintage size 16-18 online but was reminded today of how awesome it is to try things on and fall in love in a dressing room. 

Here are a few of my new online dress finds. I outta stop buying myself clothes, I don't have enough occasions to wear everything and when I do go out I tend to grab my same rotating favorites again and again. 

This wool and rabbit collared suit is in mint condition. It is so gorgeous, I need to make an effort to wear it soon before spring officially arrives.

This dress is lovely as well. It fits me like a glove and is made of the prettiest rayon chiffon. I love Chiffon, I just can't get enough of it. I can't stand the nylon stuff though. It never hangs right and feels so slippery.

After a long day of vintage shopping with my husband we decided that it was time for a treat. We needed a drink too. What to do? Go to Hot Cakes in Ballard for boozey shakes and hot molten chocolate cake. These shakes were so freakin good. Bulleit bourbon, salted caramel, homemade whip cream and a slight sprinkling of sea salt. Heaven.