It's All In The Details

 1970s Cream Lace Dress

Hurricane Sandy sure is putting a damper on things here in New York. The subways are shut down, no one is going to work, and most of the city is cozied up inside watching Netflix. So far, I've been cooking a lot (I made a from-scratch pumpkin pie and French onion soup yesterday) and also catching up on some shop tasks that often get left by the wayside like repairs and redesigning my logo. I also managed to take a few shop photos before the rain ruined my natural light, and each piece happened to have some really exquisite details. These items will be trickling into the shop over the next couple of days, here's a little preview. I'm also having a little storm sale, take 20% off of everything in the shop with the code SANDY20!

1950s Wool Circle Skirt

 1950s Silk Blouse

1940s dres

 1960s Wool Suit

1940s Coat

Vintage Designer: Hanae Mori

A Hanae Mori ad from Vogue, 1976

When I'm not updating La Poubelle Vintage, my internet time is usually spent trolling Pinterest, Etsy or an infinite number of other sites, oogling lovely clothes and expanding my vintage knowledge. In doing so, I came across the Japanese designer Hanae Mori and was instantly smitten. The story behind her brand is pretty cool as well. According to the Vintage Fashion Guild, Mori was a small-time fashion designer who had married the son of a wealthy textile manufacturer. Mori happened to meet Coco Chanel while on vacation in 1960 and was so inspired by her, that she decided to expand her business and focus on haute couture. Her first collection was launched in 1965 and went on to be carried in high-end department stores and become a favorite of Japanese royalty. Her pieces are definitely Japanese influenced but they also have a bohemian goddess vibe that I love. I am really enamored of her beautiful printed silk fabrics and kimono-like dresses and caftans. Unfortunately, Mori's last collection was in 2004 but luckily there are plenty of photos of her pieces online. Here are some of my favorites.

 

Photo credits: 1) Get Some Vintage-a-Peel 2) The Goldstein Museum of Design Archives 3-5) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 6) OMG, that dress! 7-12) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 13) The Modern Bohemians on Etsy 14-16) The Metropolitan Museum of Art 17) The Goldstein Museum of Design Archives 18) Paper Blog

A Fab Sale

I am so excited to announce that starting tonight tonight at 7pm I'll be hosting a sale on the awesome site Fab.com! The sale will feature some gems from the shop sold at a discount and some new goodies that I rounded up just for the occasion. Please check it out and share with your vintage-loving friends! Here's a sneak peak at what you'll find.

Insta-Cation

I got back on Monday from my first real vacation of the summer. My boyfriend is a vintage motorcycle fanatic so we took two '70s BMWs on a little roadtrip to our lake house in rural Maine and a pig roast in Vermont. Not a glamorous trip but we did  do a lot of swimming, hiking, biking and fresh-produce-eating! Here are some vacation pics via Instagram.

From top left: (1) before leaving in Brooklyn (2) the reddest hot dogs you've ever seen (3) a foxy tail (4) maxin' and relaxin' at the cabin (5, 6) fun with sparklers (7) various flavors of lime rickeys (8) fresh baked bread and homemade blackberry jam (9, 10) an epic hike (11, 12) fresh farm stand eggs (13) Merav and I in matching outfits... (14) ...and matching moto boots (15) VT scenery (16) a baby biker boy