Daily Inspiration: Vintage Children's Book Illustrations

I simply adore vintage children's book illustrations! Some of the color combinations and mix of patterns are so inspiring for fashion. I particularly loved the colors in the top two illustrations and I love the Renaissance feel the "Swan Lake" illustrations have on the bottom.

Image credits: 1.} Every Child's Story book, 1959 scanned by Corduroy Cat, 2.} John Gee by Shelece, 3.} & 4.} "Swan Lake", Prague 1970 illustrated by Ludmila Jiřincová scanned in by josefskrhola

Vintage Outfit Post: A Rose By Any Other Name

Yesterday morning my lovely friend Sade and I scouted locations for a fashion spread we're shooting for Dujour magazine. We stopped by a lovely rose garden and thought the location would be so fitting for a magazine as girlie and vintage inspired as Dujour. I had Sade snap some photos of my outfit but was quite happy there were some candid ones as well (both of which I am holding or looking at my iphone, honestly, this device is glued to my hands at all times!)


Dress: Vintage 1940s Chevron stripes
Cardigan: Thrifted
Shoes: Thrifted
Socks: Urban Outfitters
Bag: Etsy
Necklace: "The Cat Lady" necklace from Adorevintage
Hat: Thrifted

Runway Report | Milly by Michelle Smith Fall 2010

I love this collection because of the apparent nod to vintage 1960s French fashion. It's young, wearable, and playful and you can take pieces that a 16 year old girl could wear it or a woman in their 30s could wear.

The show was styled so sweetly with the polka dot tights, colorful gloves, and double strapped mary-janes. My favorites are the black and red checked patterned blouse and skirt.

Image Credits: ELLE.com
Where to Buy: Milly NY.

Vintage Clothing Shop Updates

Adorevintage has finally gotten in new vintage clothes and accessories! YAY! The Bon Chance Madeline 1950s wiggle dress is one of my absolute favorites in the shop and would keep it in a heartbeat if it were my size! The "reverse" Peter Pan collar is just too cute, don't you think? I also quite love the Bird of Paradise hat from the 1940s with the giant plumes and the green net veil. I actually used this for a styling job I had a couple weeks ago (which hopefully you'll see in a magazine very soon!)



The vintage Wooded Violets Necklace makes me smile whenever I see it. The first time I spotted them I thought of Betty Grable even though they're from the 1980s, I don't know why, I just think of Betty! I was so shocked to find out the label on the South of Fiji Dress reads Frederick's of Hollywood! When I think of Frederick's I always imagine their cheesy lingerie, but not super adorable vintage sundresses!


Guess which of these is my favorite?! If you guessed The Cat Lady Necklace then you're right! This vintage necklace is made out of little kitty cat charms *meow* and I adore it so! I have one similar to it with elephants that I love dearly. I have quite a few figural vintage jewelry pieces so sometimes I need to let them go so I don't become the crazy cat lady of vintage costume jewelry. Ha! Ha!

Shop Link: To view more vintage in our shop, be sure to visit the "What's New" section!