HI!

After a few days hiatus, I am back to share a few Etsy favorites I wish I was wearing for the rapidly approaching weekend....

Beautiful, modern disco-esque, and handcrafted! Chain Maille Earrings from MailleMystique, $42.

WTF? SO CUTE. Metallic Mesh Top from A Secret Shop, $15.

Holy Crap, these are the raddest shoes of ALL TIME!! Size 7, bummer. 70's Woven Leather Platform Oxfords from James Rowland Shop, $45.

Git you some!!!


xoxo
-Desiree

Love Day

Happy Love Day...

xoxo
-Desiree & Dan

Black and White

Andrea Galvani



xoxo
-Desiree

Summer Colors

Summer is a cruel mistress... she finds a way to taunt me somehow, somewhere, every single day. I woke up this morning to find Summer taunting me first thing in the form of boots that are as far from my pocketbook as Summer is from Portland.


Sunshine yellow....

And summer sky blue.....

Both pairs via Etsy via RWinters24.

I am usually drawn to more subdued tones when it comes to clothing, but damn if I don't love me some fancy footwear for a nice splash of color.

The cruelest part of all? These are my size... I never find shoes and boots in my size! Summer, you already left me cold and lonely four months ago... do you really have to twist the knife?



xoxo
-Desiree

MOMMY, WHY DID GOD MAKE ME THIS WAY?????

I have expensive taste, ok? REAL EXPENSIVE. Not like mansion in LA expensive, but like CASTLE IN FREAKING FRANCE expensive. And it is downright frustrating to be such a poor pauper with such expensive taste. It's like a joke....a really bad, mean joke.

In another life, I would whip out a bag of gold coins and buy these heartbreakingly beautiful chairs. My servants would load them onto the backs of my fleet of royal unicorns, and back to the castle we would go to find King Dan swan diving into a silo full of gold coins, just like Scrooge McDuck on Duck Tails. And we'd all live happily ever freaking after.

Coin Chair by Johnny Swing, $59,000.

Item description: Performance art in a chair: Hand-welded in the curvaceous shape of a butterfly, amassed from 1500 half dollar coins and 7000 welds. Stainless steel and half-dollar pieces. The contoured shape is designed to cradle the body.

This would obviously go in the modern art wing of the castle and, actually, I'll probably need two of these, you know: for feng shui, bringing the total, so far, to $118,000.

Lucite Chair by Suzanne Fellman, $2,500.

This is the most beautiful piece of art I have ever seen in my entire life. I have a major thing for lucite...

Item description: Bloomsbury Group redux: Expand your inner horizons with this elegant, whimsical Rococo-style chair, astonishingly executed in Lucite. Made in France, this special collaboration with Celia Birtwell features the British fashion and textile legend's romantic "Orphee" pattern screened on its back and seat.

Since I'll obviously have one of those incredibly long Last Supper style tables in my castle, I'm going to need at least 20 of these. To start. That's... hmmmm... $50,000.

Grand total: $168,000.

Yeeeesh. I'd better get rich (understatement) soon or I am destined to a lifetime of disappointment and cheap chairs... OH, THE HORROR!!


xoxo
-Desiree

I LOVE Etsy!!!

I just bought this really unique 70's disco necklace on Etsy for $12 from CarmenAndGinger... TWELVE DOLLARS! I was lucky enough to be one of the first to stumble upon it right after it was listed. I can't wait to wear this with a low cut dress and go out dancing!

I also spotted these adorable 1940's sunglasses in their shop for $18. So inexpensive it couldn't even be called a splurge! Except that I'm broke-ish, so I guess it would be a splurge. If any of you gals want them, be my guest, but don't be surprised if I never speak to you again. Just kidding. I'll speak to you when I ask to borrow them, a-doyeee!

xoxo!
-Desiree

Of Coats and Men

I love these coats on these men; each coat seems perfectly matched to it's owner.

Florence

Paris

Paris

Does the coat make the man? Verdict: Oh, yeah. Photos via The Sartorialist.

xoxo
-Desiree

Life's a Beach

A little bit ago I blogged about going to spend the weekend at a beach house in Neskowin, Oregon... I finally got my pics uploaded to my Flickr page tonight... here's a few of my favorites...

It was nice.


xoxo
-Desiree

A Little Plaid Goes a Long Way....

Confession time. I'm always late to the party.... I've accepted the plaid trend. Finally. Kicking and screaming. I think it's weird that something I wore when I was a teenager is hip again. Now I know exactly how my mom felt when I started wearing bellbottoms around the time I was 14... horrified that I am getting older!!! But I've finally accepted that I should not write off poor plaid simply because it was trendy 12 years ago. Plaid has been around forever. It will always been around, even when it is not über trendy, like it is right now. It is a wardrobe staple, a classic.

I'm still not a huge fan of all over plaid, or even flannel shirts... but lately I've been drawn to little touches of plaid. It makes a nice accent, no? Here's a few favorites I've found around the web lately:

Buffalo Plaid Cap from here.

80's Plaid Button Earrings from HeartFeltVintage.

Sterling Silver Plaid Ring by Nathan McPherson.

Nike "Jack Wool" Soaker Hi-Tops found here.

Clockwise from the top:
1. 70's Tartan Tunic Vest from Cloud Nine Vintage.
2. Yellow, blue, grey cashmink scarf found here.
3. 1950's Red Plaid Pumps from Ninth Avenue Vintage.
4. Yellow plaid socks via Chelsea's Girl Blog.
5. 80's Plaid accented bustier dress from VJones1.
6. Tartan Flats from RareTreasure.

And, just to contradict myself when I said I'm not one for all-over plaid, here are some looks from a Ralph Lauren 2008 runway show (borrowed from here) that I kind of love....

Well, it took me so long to make this blog post that plaid's probably not trendy anymore. Not that I would know because I am a curmudgeon. Moral of the blog: don't listen to me. Ever.

Rant: I think my original beef with the plaid trend was watching girls clamoring to bid against eachother on a styled up flannel shirt on Ebay that someone found at a thrift store for $1. The auctions would very often end at upwards of $100. Flannel shirts are in every thirft store across the country. They are not rare. They are not worth $100. I could go out and buy up a million plaid shirts and become an overnight billionaire if I wanted to (exaggeration), but I like to think I'm more discerning than that... I want the vintage I sell to be unique and interesting. Flannel shirts are not even that cute, not even with a belt! However, over time I have accepted that there is more to plaid than flannel shirts, it's just that that's what I was seeing everywhere on every hipster girl in town. To find the good kinds of plaid, you have to really dig for it. Or be very, very rich.


xoxo
-Desiree

Who Did It Better?

A highly important survey put together in 10 very important minutes by one very serious blogger: Who did it better: Antony or Beyoncé?

The original "Crazy In Love" by Beyoncé and hubby Jay-Z:

Or Antony and the Johnsons performing a cover live in Dalhalla, Sweden:

Both versions take me to two completely opposite places emotionally, yet similar in their intensity. I must say, Antony has got Beyoncé WAY beat on live vocals, though. His voice is just so much stronger live. Beyoncé sounds tired... at least she doesn't look it! I wonder if Antony can pop his booty like Beyoncé?

Ok, ok, back to work.


xoxo
-Desirée

Sigh.

Three things I am dreaming of today:

Burberry Prorsum A-Line Aubergine Trench Coat, $1500.

Burberry Prorsum Knit Wool and Nylon Gloves, $190.

Pour La Victoire "Felicia" Platform Heels, $180.


Total: $1870.

SIGH. Is it so wrong for a girl to dream?


xoxo
-Desiree

Do You Like Dresses ( 'n things)?

Me too!

Some of these are up in the shop right now, some will be up by the end of the week!

Sorry if my blog has been a bit boring lately, I've been doing nothing but shopping for stuff for Maiden Rapture Vintage. Obviously!! :)


xoxo
-Desiree

Do You Like Shoes?

I do.

Some of these are up right now in my Etsy shop, Maiden Rapture Vintage, and some will be up by the end of the week!

xoxo
-Desiree

I hate Ebay, but....

I have some pretty Ebay worthy stuff up for sale right now and I got into trouble with at least one friend the last time I posted an Ebay item that was ending in only 2 hours.... So here are my current auctions, just listed yesterday!

1940's auburn mink coat here.

Neiman Marcus cashmere sweater here.

Totally insane jacket by Burray Olsen here.


A few more items will probably pop up later today, too.


xoxo
-Desiree

Friday's Inspiration: Done Away

The fabulous Faye Dunaway....

Neutral earthy tones, minimal makeup, simple accessories, intense enigmatic stares.... Duly noted.


xoxo
-Desiree

1975, 1985.

1975

1985

Bryan Ferry, you make me a happy lady.


xoxo
-Desiree

Hedi

Browsing through the thousands of photos that make up Hedi Slimane's photo diary is like lucid dreaming... you know it's not real, you're not actually part of this world, but you keep forging ahead because you don't want it to stop; you don't want to wake up.

And miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep...


xoxo
-Desiree

TAGGED

Photo meme, tag, I'm it! Tagged by my bestie at Tell You (Today). Rules: Grab the fourth photo from the fourth folder in your IPhotos folder. Blog it.

This is Brian. He is one of my best friends because of where he is standing in this photo. Those mountains he is flipping off are the Grand Tetons in Grand Teton National Park. In the summer of 2004 we both decided to leave Portland life behind for an entire summer. We got jobs working as waiters for Grand Teton Lodge Company. Our restaurant and dorms were about an hour and a half outside of Jackson, WY. The next closest stop was Yellowstone. We spent the summer drinking every single night with our fellow employees and climbing into the mountains as much as possible. Brian and I became really close that summer. I hope he'll be one of my best friends forever. This is the shortest version possible of the craziest summer of my life.

A red ant bit my toe at a hotspring near Yellowstone about a week before this photo was taken causing me to drop my camera. For the rest of the summer all the photos I took came out all hazy. I was pissed about it at the time, but now I kind of like the haze... it matches my memories.


I tag LittleGrayPixel, my new bloggy friend! :)


xoxo
-Desiree

Bigfoot

Bigfoot is alive and well and resides here in Portland, Oregon. She goes by the name of Desiree and she love thrift shopping. Usually Desiree's feet are too, well, BIG for the lovely vintage shoes she finds. Normally that's okay, because for being a Bigfoot, she does have an unnaturally large shoe collection anyway. But the boots Bigfoot found recently are anything from normal.... behold:

They are a size 7 1/2. Bigfoot is a size 9 1/2. Poor Bigfoot will never be able to embrace her inner disco stripper.

Okay, enough of the talking in third person, I'm annoying myself. I listed them on Ebay and they end in a couple hours. If any of you petite feet havin' girls out there need them you can find them here.

Well, boots, I guess this is goodbye.


xoxo
-Bigfoot