Vintage Must-Have: Breton Stripes

by the sea...

Warm weather is here and what better way to enjoy that than running around in a striped top and capris? Often taken for granted, let's look closer at the Breton Striped shirt and where it came from.

Vintage on the Web: Free Paterns and More

Its been difficult to keep up with blog reading, but I thought it would be nice to share what I enjoyed recently.

 Britany from Va-Voom Vintage has a great selection of FREE  PDF patterns including one for a fabulous 1940s handbag & hat!

 

Our Etsy shop Brentwood Lane Vintage is having a SALE

This item SOLD see more here

Get Tippy Hendren's look from The Birds! Make Up Artist Lisa Eldrige shows how.

 

Wearing vintage gloves this winter but don't know your size? Jessica from Chronically Vintage makes it simple to understand in her gloves post.

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Have a great day!

--Viola

Tell Me...Do You Know Andre?

Many apologies for being terrible about blogging--as you well know, life can get in the way!

But today I am excited to spotlight the Andre Studio Collections, which are available to view online.

Some of you may recognize the site from our links page, whrereas others may already know of this wonderful collection of sketches from 1930-1941. This was part of a project, as the New York Public Library and Special Collections of the FIT Archives put it, to "virtually unite a collection of spectacular quality and historical significance".

When I originally stumbled upon this site, I was thrilled at the orginization of the collection, and quality of the sketches. The collection consists of original, hand-colored and reproduced fashion drawings from Andre Studios, a small desgin company that competed to sell their designs to manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada. It's safe to say I was mildly obsessed with it, dreaming of sewing up my own versions of almost everything I clicked on...

To search for something specific is very simple, you can choose to browse their labels/categories or type in the search box. And its easy to share or print 'em out for personal use. You may just click on every one!

 Happy browsing!


--Viola