Stella McCartney's Botanicals

One of Stella's new collections (she is a very busy Lady), is simply breathtaking! I am so inspired by what looks to be some vintage lithos made into a fabric print! This simplistic look of the dresses really compliments the print beautifully. See for yourself... Also check out her site!

Vintage Eye Candy - Vintage Fabric Prints

I am truly amazed at how wonderful vintage prints are... I am addicted. Whenever, a print pops up, I find myself designing a garment around it! Here are some delightful vintage prints, most from my personal fabric hoarding collection:)

Welcome to Anthropologie - Anthropologie.com

Turn up your volume and tune in to this adorable video from Anthro!

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I find these images absolutely amazing! I can't stop staring... It's so very joyful!

Portrait of the Week - Sisters

I found this picture a few years ago. I'm thinking by the garments and hairstyles that it most likely dates to the late 1880's or 1890's. 
They look like sisters, probably close in age. I have been calling the one on the left Martha and the other Eunice. I feel like they were just two peas in a pod. So much so, they probably held each other's hand mirrors after the ritual of  pinning up their hair. I'm sure Martha learned the harmony to all of Eunice's piano concertos, so the piece would sound just as it was written. Eunice loved hot blueberry pie and Martha liked ham and eggs.
This picture was taken in Sandwich, Illinois.

Taste of Tumblr

I recently opened a Tumblr blog full of vintage photos and illustrations! Needless to say, I am addicted. I am addicted not only, to the eventual day when all of my beloved vintage photos will be shown off all in one spot and shared with anyone who loves vintage photos as much as I do, but looking through everyone else's vintage photo treasures too!
Here are just a few of the beauties you will find within my blog...

So lovely...

Happy Belated Birthday, Lillian Gish

I don't really remember how I discovered Miss Lillian, but I was rather young and in one of my nerdy moments of becoming obsessed with something way older than even my grandparents. I remember finding a book in my library that was about her and from that moment on she has been one of my most beloved Silent Film stars and heroines. I have read several books about her, got teary eyed during most of her films and have always thought of her first when I think of silent films.

Her birthday was on the 14th of October, but still completely worthy of mention. She was born in 1893 and lived to be 99.

Some of her early silent films are:
Broken Blossoms, True Heart Susie, The White Sister and D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation

So, Happy Birthday dear Lillian.