material concern

those 1940s pictures of my grandmother made me start thinking about 1940s shoes…these are all swing dance shoes from Aris Allen at Dancestore.com….

My dad sent over some pictures of my grandmother because I’ve asked him to send me pictures of the house he grew up in for our house blog. You can see more of those pictures on our house blog, fifth from the top.

My grandmother was a lawyer with very lady-like style (with a little capsule of 1970s jumpsuits popped in). She got her hair done every saturday and wore heels in the nursing home. She offered me a fur coat every time I left her house, despite my constant refusals. I still regret that past the age of ten I couldn’t fit in her extensive shoe collection.

My aunt looks so much like her but I have to admit i see her everytime I wear red lipstick.

I’m guessing these pictures are from the 1940s…and that my grandmother had a serious penchant for matching big roses on top of her head to her outfit.

Yellow rose with mustard coat (and pin by Jose De Rivera)

red rose and red striped blouse

pink rose with pink blouse with a leaping deer print

red rose to red shoes

no roses in winter I guess…but a great outfit nonetheless.

blows me away…and she just won the British Fashion Council awards, too.

for Downton Abbey

it’s like, 56 here so i’m doubled down on the cashmere and shivering in the studio (all east coast and midwest winters are very distant memories: so I imagine it must be a bit like this, no?).

wouldn’t mind cozy-ing up with a lovely APC quilt…

everyone’s covering our sale, including Refinery29 and Hello Giggles..

i better get extra cocktail supplies!

good dinner…

good friends…

see you soon jennie!

plaid magazine featured the popomomo spring collection too!