Coming Soon!

I'm going to start advertising next week on Weardrobe.com.

Right now I'm in the process of getting Maiden Rapture Vintage really beefed up before my first ad goes up next Monday. TONS of goodies will be up and available for purchase by the end of this weekend.

Here's a few!

Hope you like! Le Shoppe is RIGHT HERE for your all your purchasing pleasure.


xoxo
-Desiree

Designer Crush!!!!

My new favorite designer, Greek born Mary Katrantzou.

Seriously. How incredible are her prints? Quite literally wearable art. Gorgeous. When I close my eyes and imagine what girls will be wearing 20 years into the future, this is what I see and what I hope for.


xoxo
-Desiree

(all pics are borrowed from here and here)

We Ain't Born Typical

Gettin' my Kills on today.

xoxo
-Desiree

Weekend Goodies

Some new goodies coming to the shop this weekend!

Happy Independence day, Americans! Here's some vintage Obama for good measure:

(courtesy DC)

xoxo
-Desiree

Teaser!

Here's a photo of Blaire from yesterday's shoot wearing an optical illusion 60's mod dress. More photos coming soon!

xoxo
-Desiree

the river

Last Saturday was like the first official day of summer in Portland. To celebrate the coming of the sun my girlfriends and I went to the Sandy River for the day. Sara's mom, Sara, was in town and Genevieve's dog, Ola, was in tow. A couple of boyfriends were allowed to tag along, too. :)

I am so lucky..... I have the loveliest friends......


xoxo
-Desiree

Human Furniture

By artist David Blázquez via S Magazine's blog.


xoxo
-Desiree

BRANDING MAIDEN RAPTURE!!!!!

So, this just in from the rumor mill: My friend Sohale Kevin Darouian may soon be helping me with branding Maiden Rapture Vintage! Everything from logos, blog/shop banners, and business cards, to a background for my new twitter account. Kevin is an innovative graphic artist who lives here in Portland. He designs band posters, album artwork, etc. and he RULES it! There's no one with style like Kevin, and if there is... well they stole it from him. He is a rare talent! A visionary! I cannot wait to see what he creates for me. I'm literally squirming in my seat.

Anyway... Right now I'm trying to come up with some sort of direction to turn him in or inspirations for him to draw from when he creates the artwork for Maiden Rapture Vintage.

I've been word associating all day....

Maiden: female, feline, femininity, coy, innocence, perceived innocence, long flowing hair, curls of hair, waves of hair, lolita, femme fatale, statuesque, grecian goddess, damsel, nouveau, deco, vintage, antique, coquettish, flowers, siren, perfume, vanity, and my favorite: mermaid.

Rapture: eroticism, nighttime, dancing, disco, holiness, divinity, nirvana, embrace, sun/moon, elation, floating, levitation, glory, magic, enchantment, heaven, sex, sexuality, trance, ecstacy, secrets, seeing stars, BLISS.

What do the words "Maiden Rapture" mean to you?


xoxo
-Desiree




Images from here, here, here, and here.

N E W S I E S !

Here's some new cuties coming to Maiden Rapture Vintage on Etsy soon!

Any questions, please leave me a comment or just convo me through Maiden Rapture Vintage on Etsy!

OH, ALSO! I gave in and joined Twitter! Today marked my very first Tweet. Click here to follow Maiden Rapture.


xoxo
-Desirée

devotion.

“70 year-old Buddhist monk Hua Chi has been praying in the same spot at his temple in Tongren, China for over 20 years. His footprints, which are up to 1.2 inches deep in some areas, are the result of performing his prayers up to 3000 times a day. Now that he is 70, he says that he has greatly reduced his quantity of prayers to 1,000 times each day.”

xoxo
-Desiree

via http://www.weirdasianews.com/