Cliffside.

Beautiful vintage car parked by some cliffs on a San Diego beach. Taken on a recent trip to visit a great friend who is lucky enough to live so near to this! The sunstreaked blue colors of the sunset are inspiring... the car isn't so bad either!

This is what everyone who was parked here was looking at!
So pretty...

There was a surfer there too!

Blue suede...

Blindingly bright, vintage electric blue suede Neiman Marcus purse...sooo soft, and drool-worthy! The picture of it laying atop my favorite 80s wall hanging doesn't quite do it justice!

Twinkletoes!

Happy Holidays from my new (vintage) heels!

Foxy Lady...

In the store right now!

Winter.

Finally! The cold has swept down upon us...time for cozy sweaters, jackets, coats and capes! Let us embrace this tiny window of time and play dressup!

Drops

...there is something so soothing about rainy days, and shadowed skies...they aren't gloomy at all!

Well, unless it's an extra hard rainfall, and you are trapped outside, umbrella-less...

If you aren't- put the Bauhaus on the stereo and savor it!

Flashy.

My favorite piece in the shop right now! I've seen a zillion vintage drapey sequin tops in my time, but never one in such pretty colors! Hard to define this particular blue; it's so pretty alongside the true purple...the deco pattern is pretty amazing too!

Non-Earthly Delights

Hieronymus Bosch- The Garden of Earthly Delights

*click any photo to see it full sized*

Intense and overwhelming triptych painting by Netherlandish artist Bosch.

Worlds of detailed surreal scenes are portrayed- from the brightest, most paradise-like moments, to the darkest, most somber shadowed existence. Throughout it all the constant of elaborate weirdness remains. So magical, you can stare at it for hours!

*click below to see it full sized*

Haunted days...

Halloween- my personal favorite holiday, is surrounding me everywhere now! Ghosts & goblins, black cats & jack-o-lanterns, spiderwebs & witches: Welcome.

Costumes? Yes! May the spooky fun begin!

Perfume & Lace

Vanessa Paradis, back page ad in Seventeen magazine, September 1992.