Slowly catching up with coverage of the Spring Summer Ready to Wear collections from New York. My favourite trends are the dominance of prints and the multi-culti mixing and matching — a kimono… Continue reading
Paris Fashion Week has begun so here’s two bracelets from my mini collection of vintage Parisienne bijoux to celebrate. I wish I was in Paris right now.
It was my dad’s 70th birthday this week. I inherited my love of natural things and curiousity skills (which give me the ability to poke around in thrift shops for hours) from him.… Continue reading
If you want to make your own jewellery, the first thing you should buy is a good pair of needle nose pliers. Maybe two pairs in case you are prone to misplacing things.… Continue reading
Bow blouses are a big look for Fall 2011. They look good with tight pencil skirts and looser, wide-legged pantaloons. Here is my only bow blouse — from the Rodarte for Target collection.… Continue reading
This 1970s Givenchy logo shirt is vintage vintage. I bought it from the Goodwill on College Street — before it became Motoretta. At the time I was shopping with my former roomie Amir… Continue reading
Got this destroyed celluloid hair comb or or peineta in the free stuff box outside of Gadabout. I bet I can make something out of it, but it also has a certain charm… Continue reading
Here are some Art Deco rings that I have owned — or continue to own (clockwise from top left): Silver and pale amethyst and marcasite ring; sterling and marcasite double heart ring; sterling… Continue reading
The very first bag of broken jewellery that I ever got was at the old Goodwill at Sherbourne and Richmond. This was about seven-and-a-half years ago. Technically, it was a mason jar full… Continue reading
Here’s a nice piece, signed Birks Sterling. It is displayed with a Birks box and jewellery bag of the same era that I found in a “free” box on my street.
