Why have regular epaulets when you can wear a sparkly keyboard? This retro sparkly vest has black & white piano keys across the back and sticking out on the shoulders and, because that would be too subtle, silver beaded music notes down the front. It’s totally 80s!
Images via Spitfire Vintage Clothing.
From Learn To Crochet (Coats & Clark book #210, 1971), a crocheted granny motif poncho — or skirt. My legs itch just looking at it. And good luck finding a slip to go beneath it. (Or maybe you wouldn’t wear a slip, you boho slut.)
But, for you lazy fashion lovers (or recyclers), note that you can get a skirt with a hanky hem just by wearing your poncho around your hips.
Whenever we show you these telephone purses, you always like them — usually about two days after the auction/sale ends. Which is just one more reason you should be stopping at Kitschy Kitschy Coo several times a day.
Retro white telephone handbag, via phantomandchristine.
Start now! You’ll have it ready by Father’s Day.
Yup, just plain “high”; no sky. Me thinketh it’s the fumes off the pink and orange polyester — fumes so strong, the hats have shrunk. Which means they could just be retro Burger King employees. (Via Boogie Children.)
OK, so you’ll have to imagine the round eyes on the girl on the front of this retro sailor dress by Harvey Graham — but then maybe you have the contacts to do that for yourself. Image from JeTaimeVintage.
Amazing Olive Oyl art shoes by Kobi Levi.
Or maybe you don’t like pumps… Perhaps you’d prefer a pair of slides?
I’m pretty sure that’s monkey fur on Evelyn Brent’s hat, shoes, and skirt…
The seller says it’s a penguin on this retro sweatshirt, but I was so certain it was a puffin that I called hubby over for his bird’s eye view and opinion.
“Puffin or penguin?” I asked.
“Puffin,” he replied with nary a pause.
“That’s what I said!” I squealed.
“Although…” he began, pontificating on the origin of the word puffin (or was it penguin?) so before my eyes began to glaze over (I have been up all night, you know) I told him to go post his own blog.
It hardly seems fitting for Latin origins of animal species to be beside jokes about female bust lines.
Then again, there’s probably nothing right about joking about female bust lines.
But that shirt asked for it.
