Vintage Halloween

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Are you a Halloween person? I can never think of a creative costume, but I love going out and seeing what other people come up with! This year, I'm going as Miss Havisham from Great Expectations, think vintage disheveled lace wedding dress, bugs in the hair, a single shoe, and a clock stopped at twenty minutes to nine! What will you be going as? I'd love to hear! If you need some inspiration, check out these vintage photos from Halloweens past, some silly, some sexy and some downright creepy!

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It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fall

 

As much as I love summer and all of its beer-soaked, sundress, food-cooked-on-the-grill glory, there is something quite comforting about fall. It's getting to be that time again where we go back to school, get back to reality, and bundle up with a cozy sweater and a latte. It's beginning to look a bit like fall at the La Poubelle Vintage HQ with some seasonal transition pieces trickling into the shop. Here are some of my favorites. [All images are linked]

I Scream! A Mobile Vintage Social

I'm super psyched to announce my latest vintage pop up event! This time I'm teaming up with cross-country mobile shop Coast to Coast Vintage and taking over a really rad ice cream shop in Brooklyn, OddFellows Ice Cream Co.

Please stop by our ice cream social for a double dose of vintage trailer awesomeness–plus creamy frozen treats! OddFellows is known for their wacky ice cream combos and they've cooked up a super special vintage-inspired flavor for one night only! Choose the snazzy new flavor and you'll score 15% off at either vintage boutique! Hope to see you there!

Vintage Hanae Mori-Finally Mine!

I first learned about the vintage designer Hanae Mori back in September and ever since, I've been plotting how to get my hands on one of her designs. Well, the time has finally come! I recently scored this amazing late '60s Hanae Mori dress for the Etsy shop and it's everything I'd hoped for: bright colors, a superb print, and lush silk. This is a true collectors item, find it in the Etsy shop now!

Vintage Designer: Lanz Originals

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Perhaps I'm a little biased (I do share my last name with the vintage dress brand...perhaps I'm a descendant of vintage royalty?!), but Lanz Originals are some of my favorite vintage pieces to find. They aren't known for being particularly showy, but the cuts are always quite classic and the prints adorable. Plus, their tags are darn cute! I just found a couple of lovely Lanz dresses (pictured below) which inspired me to do a little digging into the background of the brand.

Lanz originated in Austria during the early '20s and made a name for themselves by blending traditional Austrian folkwear with the current trends of the time. Why the folkwear base? Lanz originally produced clothing for Austrians at the Salzburg Music Festival and soon tourists began buying the designs to take home, according to the Vintage Fashion Guild. It wasn’t until after WWII that Lanz started designing clothes for American women that were still inspired by traditional Austrian culture.

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Here's where it gets a little tricky...By the late '70s, two Lanz labels existed in America–Lanz Originals and Lanz of Salzburg, which was focused on making women’s sleepwear. This is likely why many people associate the Lanz name with nightgowns, I know my mom had one. Today, Lanz Originals still focuses on traditional Austrian clothing and dirndls while Lanz of Salzburg continues to produce women’s sleepwear in the U.S.

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A Mobile Shop Update: The End Is Near

It’s been awhile since I’ve updated you guys on the progress of my mobile shop venture and I’ve got tons of details to fill you in on since April.  

First things first…the clothes! One of the most fun (and indulgent) parts of launching this new facet of my business has been getting to stock up on lots and lots of vintage to fill the trailer with. Above are some peeks at what I have in store for you Brooklynites but believe me when I say that there is much more where that came from. My bedroom is literally exploding with vintage clothes and I can’t wait to share it will all of you!

My trailer-towing machine!

Aaand here she is getting towed away after a highway breakdown!

Also…I bought a car! The trailer isn’t going to tow itself, so naturally I needed a vehicle to pull it with. I decided on a Ford Escape since they’re affordable and powerful enough for towing. I’ve had a couple of major breakdowns (and just as many anxiety attacks) since buying my wheels but all in all, my vintage sourcing has been much more effective now that I don’t have to rely on friends and Zipcar for transportation. Learning how to drive with a 10-foot monstrosity attached to my car has also been, in a word, interesting but I keep telling myself that trailer towing will be a good skill to have if this whole vintage thing doesn’t work out...right?

The trailer primed and ready!

Me getting my construction on and sanding the trailer.

And we can’t forget about…the trailer construction! Since buying the trailer, I’ve gutted the inside and replaced a lot of missing wood paneling with the very generous help of my friend Zach who has a carpentry business and has donated his time and power tools to the cause. The inside is almost ready for finishing touches like a new paint job, hanging racks, checkered flooring and the deadstock 1950s floral wallpaper that I just ordered! I’ve also primed the outside (as you can see in the above photo) and it’s all ready for its teal paint job as soon as I can get a few clear days in Brooklyn...are you listening Mother Nature? 

And you can’t leave without hearing about…my new website! I finally have a domain name to call my own and pretty soon lapoubellevintage.com will be up and running. My super talented friend Hannah Rawe did some amazing drawings for the site (that is actually being coded as we speak). Above is a sneak peek at what the home page will look like.

All in all, these past few months have been a combination of amazingly exciting/incredibly stressful/creatively stimulating/physically exhausting. Getting this thing up and running has been a TON of work with lots of unexpected twists and turns and also one of the most satisfying experiences of my career thus far being able to actually create something that I’ve been conceptualizing for so long.

Thanks for reading and sorry for the very wordy post! Follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter for more daily updates and stay tuned for the launch date (and backyard party!) of the mobile shop!

1940s Shoe Porn

 

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Everyone loves a good ‘40s frock but what I’m really keen on are shoes from the decade. The footwear styles look modern enough to be sold at any shoe boutique today but the bright colors and whimsical details make them amazing vintage pieces. In honor of this pair of ‘40s leather pumps that are in the shop now, I’ve rounded up some 1940s shoe porn for you. A lot of the photos I found on Pinterest, follow my pins here!  

 1940s shoes now in the shop!

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