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Heavens To Etsy: The Beach Episode
Hello and welcome to Heavens to Etsy! Every Friday, we’ll curate a collection of vintage gems just for you. There will be themes, laughter, tears of joy and many a bedazzled bucket hat. This week, we’re inspecting the necessary accoutrements for the sandy tundra sometimes known as the seaside. Ah, the beach. Wind in your…
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Heavens to Etsy: The Infatuation Episode
Originally, my idea for this Etsy extravaganza was to show a variety of sellers with each installment. Maybe I’d use a theme here and there, like “swimsuits” or “competitive hotdog eating attire”, but not a singular shop for an entire post. That is, until I found Zappa’s Vintage. I tried and failed to pick just…
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Heavens to Etsy: Round 1
Hello and please welcome yourself to Heavens to Etsy! Shopping online for vintage can feel like a lawless and futile task. It can feel like wandering aimlessly through a Goodwill three hundred times the normal size. Sometimes, your vision goes blurry. Maybe you start having nightmares about polyester. The Garbage Lady is here to assist…
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I Like Third Planet Collective
Third Planet Collective inspired me to write a soap opera with shower accoutrements for characters. Possible plot lines I’ve conceived are: -Soapie elopes with Scrubbert, the dashing new organic loofah in town. Then, she discovers she has a twin. THEN, she finds out she’s from the dollar store, not Whole Foods like everyone told her.…
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Coat Remedy
Fall is the season of change. The leaves to orange, the air to crisp and my smile to a grimace. I don’t hide my dislike for the cold. But I do find solace in pieces of clothing that have purposes other than keeping my internal organs from freezing solid. This year, I’ve found two new…
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The Real OG: Pondering Pierre Balmain
I awakened Wednesday of last week and began the day as usual. Calisthenics with Vladimir, my personal trainer. Thirty minutes of scales, Beethoven and Rachmaninoff at the Piano forte. Two and a half raw eggs. Bee pollen smoothie ‘cause I was feeling extra peckish. Ten minute mirror pep talk culminating in a twenty second…
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Let’s Examine: CutandChic Vintage
I look at Vintage much like I look at tequila. Potent. Charismatic. Best when mixed. Wearing a certain era of vintage shouldn’t feel akin to wearing a costume. I prefer it to be sprinkled, perhaps dolloped, but certainly not lathered all at once. At times I dial it up to serve as the nucleus to…