Showing posts with label gilded gypsies vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gilded gypsies vintage. Show all posts
5.06.2013
4.20.2013
It's time to shop, Yippie!
It's time to head on over to the shop and shop! Want to know why?
Because there is a sale going on, that's why! Get it while it's hot little lady! :)
4.14.2013
3.23.2013
1930s Inspired Dresses straight from the 1970s Baby!
3.15.2013
3.11.2013
Shop Update: Pretty Pastels!
1. 1940s milk glass choker, 2. 1970s tapestry maxi skirt, 3. 1970s Navajo fringe leather jacket, 4. 1970s Levi's wide leg bell bottoms...all recent additions to the shop!
3.02.2013
Maxi Skirts!
I love a good 70s maxi skirt. Especially when its made of amazing tapestry fabric, embroidered, woven wool or just a good heavy knit. Two great examples below, both from long ago Boston retailers and both are in the shop! :)
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2.26.2013
Baby It's Cold Outside!
I'm all geared up and ready for Spring just as much as the next lady; But just a little reminder...it's still quite cold outside somewhere in the world, and very much so here in New York! So why not throw on a fun vintage cape to keep warm until the flowers bloom. :)
2.21.2013
The Gal Knows Good Vintage!
Carrie Bradshaw Preston (Sarah Jessica Parker) on the set of Sex and the City 2 movie wearing a Halston accordion pleated dress.
Ahem...vintage 1970s Young Edwardian accordion pleated dress in the shop! p.s. I also have some choice vintage Halston pieces that will trickle in the shop for Summer 2013 & Fall 2013...stay tuned lovelies! :)
2.19.2013
1.10.2013
Found!!!
Got my hands on the same Young Edwardian dress Janet is wearing on the 1977 Christmas episode of Three's Company. Oh the joys of finding and validating vintage! ;-)
1.09.2013
Putting Your Best Form Forward!
When choosing the perfect dress form, any fashion designer, costume designer
or clothing retailer will tell you it is a painstaking process. But
truthfully there really isn't any one perfect dress
form. So okay, Wolf forms are pretty close to perfection, but not
everyone can afford this particular brand and a lot of times you want a
varietal of forms in addition to owning the highly covetable Wolf dress
form.
When it comes to designing, your dress form needs to be a professional, pinnable
form with human measurements. Anything less will ruin the integrity of
your design. But when it comes to retail and visual display, the type of dress form you
use is totally up to you! But be aware, it is a part
of your visual aesthetic...choosing how you display what you are selling is a
huge part of the story you are trying to tell.
I must admit, I am obsessed with dress forms! My personal favorites are older model full
body Wolf forms. I love the hunt of
finding the perfect one almost as much as I love finding vintage clothes.
However, since they can get pricey, my perfect dress form must also be
affordable. I will dig a discarded Wolf out of the garbage if I have to; and I
have! Now I am the proud owner of a 1978 model! I once owned a 1963
model, but sadly I lost it in storage. I will never put valuables in
storage again; I even lost old family photos and tons of vintage. I would
rather be featured on an episode of hoarders than put anything in
storage; but I digress.
Lately I’ve discovered how much I love body forms with articulating
arms (body forms are meant for displaying clothes and not recommended for sewing). Forms with articulating arms are pretty amazing! The look is so
industrial/robotic/little wooden doll. When
you add articulating arms, they give the form a cool element of expression. I also like the use of a detachable egghead
when necessary for coats and hoods and such.
I’m currently saving up for my dream dress forms, the aforementioned full
body Wolf and a museum quality body form with articulating arms. I’ve recently opened my etsy shop and I am
using a half body form with wooden base.
These forms are strictly recommended for display purposes as
measurements are completely unrealistic (think Barbie). If you are a designer, don’t ever buy a body
form, invest in a professional dress form from Wolf or Royal. If you are simply looking for a great way to
display clothing, go ahead and purchase a cheaper model body form, prices range
from $50 – 200 dollars…plus body forms make clothing look great!
*please note said "trashed" form was found sitting on top of
a dumpster full of discarded supplies from the set design and costume design
departments at the Metropolitan Opera House, NOT a dumpster full of NYC's
finest garbage! :)
3.18.2012
Gilded Gypsies Vintage
Gilded Gypsies is my love child. It's been tucked away in my heart for about 7 years now. I came to realize that selling vintage was my true calling while working on the feature film American Gangster. It literally was a eureka moment, like a light bulb went off in my head. When I came to NYC, I thought I wanted to work in either the music industry or fashion, I even had a specific job that I wanted in music, A&R. I temped at record labels, hung out at clubs and lounges AND other record labels meeting people to further my career in the music business but my first passion (fashion) just wouldn't leave my mind, and so I switch gears. I've had my hands in fashion across all boards since deciding to focus my energy on fashion. I've experienced every dream I've had as a 13 year old girl reading Vogue and Sassy magazine. I've worked with supermodels, I've been on white backdrop sets in a loft at photo shoots like I said I would when I was a 13 year old watching House of Style. I've been to amazing fashion shows during fashion week, I've worked for top fashion mags like W magazine and I've even interviewed at Christian Dior...and let me tell you, interviewing at Dior is like having Zeus invite you to walk amongst the gods!
But it's my experience as a film costumer that has led me to my true passion and that's vintage fashion. Trust me, before working in film, I've always had a strong connection to the past. As a little girl visiting my great grandmother in Florida, me and my cousins would explore, and in our exploration my imagination would often drift to the past and what it must have been like. I can remember running down a dirt road singing the Supremes at the top of my lungs imagining I'm a child in 1960s rural Florida. When I landed my first period film, I had no idea what the job was until I showed up for the interview and with all sincere honesty, I was more elated about the time period and impending costume research than I was about the fact that Denzel Washington was the star...and that's saying a lot!
There was a older woman who would come to the costume shop about twice a week that we would get vintage pieces from. So one day out of curiosity I asked her where she found all that she brought to us for the movie, and she told me that she'd been a collector for years! That her house was overflowing with so many vintage and antique items, and that she rents and sells to films all the time, travels the world to find great pieces and also sells her items at the Chelsea flea market in the summers. Everything she said to me was me...she even looked like me, it was literally like looking in the mirror and seeing myself in 30 years!
And so with American Gangster, Gilded Gypsies Vintage was born. GGV didn't have a name at the time, but she had a place in my heart, mind, body and soul. God shows you your calling in life...it's just up to you to see it.
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