Leisure Suit

Every Wednesday I have a ritual of visiting one of my favorite SF vintage shops, NO. They are group-curated and i can always find at least one or two perfect, wearable pieces to leave with. Key word being WEARABLE - it's easy here in San Francisco to find expensive statement pieces, semi-formal 50's and 60's dresses that leave you speechless but end up hanging in your closet waiting for the day when you have a semi-formal kind of life (baby, baby)...but finding great vintage pieces that are casual and EASY to wear on a daily basis, that isn't so easy, and it's why i love NO. this is every-day vintage at its best.

This past week i found one of my favorite NO finds ever. An amazing floral pantsuit romper, with ruffles and drawstring waist and harem pant legs in the softest cotton....so comfy it feels (and kind of looks) like pajamas...in the best way possible. So perfect for our sunny-but-breezy SF summer days. I may never take it off!

yeah, you like those fancy photobooth pics, don't you! (notice aforementioned "semi-formal" vintage dresses being put to good use....hanging on my bedroom wall)

also sporting my new FAVORITE nail polish color, an almost-white-yellow-green-cream called Glow Star by Floss Gloss...a post about this amazing new polish brand is in the works!

✿ ✿SO, WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE EASY-BREEZY LEISURE OUTFIT? ✿ ✿

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Flea Circus

One of my absolute favorite things to do in the Bay Area is to attend the monthly Alameda Antique Fair. Second only to the Rose Bowl flea in Pasadena, this market is HUGE and the sellers are required to sell only items 20 years old or older. In other words, no cell phone chargers or made-in-china toys here, it's ALL VINTAGE, ALL THE TIME. Everything from books to furniture to knick-knacks and of course, clothes. LOTS AND LOTS of clothes. it takes me a good 3 hours to get through this flea and that's just because I usually run out of money by then.

I try to go as often as I can. It is held on the first Sunday of every month. Yesterday my dearest friend-twin Lula and I went and came back with 3 bags of records and dresses and vintage lingerie.

This is me and Lula. You will be seeing a lot of her around these parts.

isn't she fabulous?

gahh should've bought the hat!

the things i came home with:

i never (seriously, NEVER) wear rings. 

but i fell in love with this vintage daisy.

L to R: 

red ruffly 60's dress

light blue origami 50's cut-out lace wiggle dress

 cream & orange cherry-print silk 60's wiggle dress

 90's creepers with black & white pony hair

and 3 records (Cream, Michael Jackson, Rolling Stones)