Kind of hidden between Fashion Avenue & the Avenue of Americas ( 7th & 6th respectively but the names sound more enticing than the numbers) on the 18th street in Manhattan at about 12:02 pm today I met up Lisa Versacio, my lovely friend, mentor and fashion mom for an afternoon full of old clothes & new news. If you have not heard of this show — or Lisa Versacio — then you should probably Google them both because in the world of fashion they are a big fucking deal. Lisa caught me up on her next fashion girl project, the previous being Brocade Home, a company she created to fill a need in the market for pretty furniture. I lamely use the word pretty because in my eyes it is just that. My room is decorated with many of her pieces and I feel like when I try to describe the style of the furniture, I contradict myself. It is feminine but not girly, ornate but not fancy, modern but not cold. Lisa created a feminine focused brand of very pretty furniture and then decided it was time to get back to her roots — fashion.
This was my second year attending the show with Lisa, and when I received her invite via text just the other day, my heart kinda stopped. I had just been reminiscing about last years show when I found some pictures on my laptop. Of course there are those annoying signs with the slash going through the camera around the whole GINORMOUS room but do you honestly think that stopped me from snapping away? What can I say, I like pretty pictures and || I . will . snap . as . I . please . || Anyways, the show is made up of about 90 vintage clothing vendors all there to sell past decades in clothing form to fashion crack addicts like myself. Let’s just say my father is lucky I did not have his credit card on hand because my brain, made up of Chanel instead of cells, would have told me to spend “Trump Money” on clothing to create for myself a closet full of history lessons, particularly the events of the 60’s and 70’s. My father of course would not agree that buying vintage clothing is the best way to educate myself on history and would then suggest a trip to Barnes and Noble to buy – perhaps – a history textbook. Don’t get me wrong I LOVE Barnes, but history books are always so boring and wordy. I would rather wear history than read about it which is exactly what I imagine myself doing once I earn some “Trump Money” of my own. Or at least some money in general. I admired the clothing, jewelry and shoes vendor by vendor, and at the same time I was daydreaming about coming to this show in ten years and being able to finally educate myself on history. And by educate I mean purchase lots & lots of pretty things. Someone once said “Out with the old and in with the new” but I really like the old, when it comes to clothing at least, because when I purchase new clothing I do not feel it has a soul. Everything about “New Fashion” from the industry itself to the trends and designs are different from how it was back then. There is something about a rainbow sequined shift dress from the 20’s that feels so alive. Vintage clothing, unlike anything new, has a soul & I am a chick that is always soul searching, one gold Chanel chain at a time…
|| Go back in time with me! Scroll down to see my totally permissable pictures ||
|| I walk in and immediately see something I want, like every fucking belt on that table ||
|| Enough Flannel to last you through the 90’s ||
|| Would you rather splurge on the Chanel Jacket or Fringe Boots ? Believe it or not, I would choose the boots. I am passionate about Chanel bags & jewelry, but not as much their clothing. ||
|| Take a walk on the wild side in printed Cavalli jeans and a f e a r l e s s top ||
|| I would rock a band tee from the left with long, fabulous coat from the right ||
|| My paparazzi self caught Lisa trying on this more awesome than awesome belt ||
|| Left: My Outfit Of The Day which I took in my room in my Brocade Home mirror. How precious is it? Perfect for my innumerable amounts of mirror selfies. Right: Mirror selfie at last years Vintage clothing show. Yes, I purposely wore the same handbag, my vintage inspired, cherry red Marc Jacobs bag. It is only appropriate to look a little “vintagy” at a vintage show dontcha think ?! I Also wore a vintage Versace inspired necklace from Topshop, A faux leather jacket from Topshop, Black jeggings from Forever 21, and a denim top by Blank NYC from revolveclothing.com. Last year, I wore a leopard free people jacket and an American Apparel rosette top, you cannot really see it in the picture but even if I did not have a picture I would remember because I am really weird like that. ||
|| Here are some pics from last years show. I suppose they are now vintage pics from a vintage show. hehe. ||
|| Lisa & I died over the leopard luggage ||
|| My idea of evening wear ||
|| I am not really a “frilly” person but this kind of “frilly” is perfect ||
|| All about the details. ||
>>> ONE LAST THOUGHT.. I hope that my crappy pictures have captured a little bit of that soul I mentioned before. Words cannot express how alive that room is and If you can, you should probably experience it for yourself. <<<
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Xo …. b
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