I finally got around to taking photos of the shoes I wore to my nephew’s wedding two weeks ago. I’ve had these for years, bought for $3.75 at a local Goodwill. Gosh, just looking at them makes me want to go thrift shopping.
* Here is an amazing video showing the hand intarsia process in making knit cashmere. Caerlee is now the only remaining cashmere mill in the UK that still uses the process.
* The next clothing and textile auction from Karen Augusta will be held in NYC on November 14th.
* And if you are in London on November 29, 2012, I’m sure you’ll take in the Vintage Couture auction at Christie’s.
* By now I’m sure you’ve read that Nicolas Ghesquière is leaving Balenciaga. Cathy Horyn analyzes the break-up.
* CNN did a segment on people who are searching out clothing and goods that are made in the USA.
* Do you have “fast-fashion fatigue“? Some retails are beginning to think so and are looking into returning to higher quality products.
* The Pragmatic Costumer posted an interesting piece on shattering silk. (from Lorna McKenzie)
* Sad, but oh so interesting, Collector’s Weekly has an article on the abandoned suitcases at the Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane.
* This blog, Swimming in Pictures, posts nothing but vintage photos of people in their bathing suits. (from Jayne Shrimpton)
* Amazon is now taking pre-orders for the reprint of the Claire McCardell book, What Shall I Wear? It will be released November 21 and is nicely priced at about $19. Thanks to Michelle Braverman, I’ve had a chance to read it, and it was so much fun.
thanks as usual for the sunday vintage posts – and those shoes! i said it before, but they are real beauties.
I think I should change everything about my life so I can have an occasion to wear shoes that fabulous.
I understand. I’d like to thank my nephew for getting married just so I’d have an occasion to wear them!
What wonderful shoes! Even more wonderful, though, is the piece on the asylum suitcases. Fascinating!
Always enjoy your miscellaneous round-ups, Lizzie!
The shoes make me think Dolce and Gabbana. Oh, the luxury of the shoe dept. at Saks! For less.