My View: August Instagram Round-Up

My day job is in the lingerie industry and we got to go to the Lingerie Francaise Exhibition during market week. I instagramed a few pics from the exibit, including this 1952 Lejaby Overwire. I am really on the hunt for a vintage overwire for my vintage lingerie collection. 

Summer in NYC is filled with outdoor movies in the parks. I was lucky to catch The Women afterwork one night with friends.  If you haven't seen this, do! It stars Joan Crawford, Norma Shearer and Rosalind Russell. The fashion show scene is to die for! 

Treated myself to some new shoes. I love these! Miranda from Re-Mix. 

ps. They come in green, too! 

I've worked in Union Square for the past 3 years and I love the weekly greenmarket there. We moved our office to Chelsea recently so I snapped some lovely pics from the market on my last day in the neighborhood.

Let's keep Instagram, ya know, instant! Follow me @BobbinBombshell to see these snaps and more in real time!

My View: June Instagram Highlights

Ahhh June!! Summer has made it's arrival and I couldn't be happier! Here are some highlights from my Instagram from last month. To see my vacation pics from Memphis, go here.  Should you want to keep instagram, ya know instant, follow me @BobbinBombshell.

Sewing projects are in order this Summer! I am committed to making more of my own clothes. Here is some patterns and newly purchased fabric for summer sewing goodness! 

The yarn arrived from Craftsy for the Mystery Knit Along! It's no longer a mystery. The pattern is now available. We are making a lacy shawl! My first one! 

Discovered this van completely yarn bombed! Wow! 

Spent the first day of Summer at the High Line afterwork to watch the sun set with my sweetie! 

Happy Summer! 

Maple and Vine: Discount Code Extended!

Good news for all of my vintage loving readers in NYC this Holiday season; the discount code for tickets to see Jordan Harrison's Maple And Vine at Playwrights Horizons has been extended! 

Use code VINEGR at ticketcentral.com. Hurry! This performance run ends December 23rd! 

Playwrights Horizons Mainstage Theater

416 West 42^nd Street between 9^th & 10^th Avenues

My View: Yarn Bomb!

I'm documenting Yarn Bombs as I discover them. A while back I found a tricycle that was completely covered in knit. Silly me, I wasn't carrying my camera with me that day. Now I always have my camera in my purse. 

This one going around a street post was found on 15th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues in Manhattan.

My View: On Top of the Empire State

My Grandparents spent their honeymoon in the 1930's in NYC. I have always adored this elegant photo of them on top of the Empire State Building. The day after my husband and I got married we withstood the long lines and went up to the top of the Empire State to "recreate" this photo.

Once there, we found it impossible to get a full body shot as my Grandparents did. The deck is too narrow and way too crowded. It looks like my Grandparents had the deck to themselves. Also, note the gate that wasn't there in the 30's. Fascinating.

A view of the Chrysler Building. My favorite.

This view is very close to wear my Grandparents were standing. The view hasn't changed that much. I love it!

Weekend Events and Links a la Mode

The official start to the summer in NYC is celebrated with the Coney Island Mermaid Parade! Hopefully the sun will come out for tomorrows festivities. I won't be able to make it this year but I've been several times and it's a hoot! I will be able to catch up on my blog reading this weekend from my fellow Independent Fashion Bloggers. This week's links a la mode are below.

Have a great weekend!

Fashion Potluck

Edited by Dramtis Personae


This week’s Links á la Mode it a fashion potluck, a hodge podge of politics in fashion, interviews with fabulous designers, bloggers, and photographers, flashbacks in to our fashion past, and great shops and designers to check out. I couldn’t make rhyme or theme of the collection, so just sit back & enjoy some of the best the Independent Fashion Bloggers had to offer this week!

Links à la Mode : June 19th

• A Typical Atypical – Thrifting – how to thrift with success – a step by step introduction for thrifting newbies



• Awakened Aesthetic – Ever have those utterly feminine, against-the-trend days? From lingerie to accessories, Jennifer Nicole goes ethereal



• Bonne Vie – Parasol Party Review



• Breakfast at Saks – Es Trella



• Denimaniac – Best Denim Shops Denham



• dramatis personae – Plus-Sized Eco-Friendly Fashion: A Myth?



• Fashion Matchmaker – Awesome giveaway, enter to win a beautiful, summery Love Quotes scarf!



• Fashion Pulse Daily – Get the summer blues by entering for a chance to win a pair of Current/Elliott boyfriend jeans!



• Felicia Sullivan – Interview: Entrepreneur and CEO at 24, Lindsay Phillips on Interchangable Flip Flops, Manufacturing in China, and Discovering Your Ideal Business Partner: Your Mom!



• in-mode.com – 4 weeks. bikini. ready. (week 1).



• Independent Fashion Bloggers – Get Real: How to Beat Blogging Perfectionism



• Individual Chic – Best bras for big girls



• Meilily – Fitness Shoe Skepticism: FitFlops & MBTs Glorified Platform Sandals & Sneakers?



• Pursed Lips Magazine – Documentary Teaches Never Let Our Daughters Model



• Retro Chick – 5 Ideas for Summer Days Out



• Style Symmetry – Seven Question Interview with The Clothes Horse!



• The Bare Skinny – Fifty Fierce Shoes for the Rocker Chick



• THE COVETED – Tye Died



• The Demoiselles – From the Birds: A Body Mantra



• the nerdlings – Men Have Style Too: Adventure Through The Photo Lens



• Unfunded – L.A. Fashion Market Wrap Up