tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41991779964977467692024-02-21T01:24:13.708-08:00French RepublicThe Anti-Fashion RevolutionMcGee & B Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388774894129203509noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-29091707920134752762012-06-01T05:19:00.002-07:002012-06-01T07:30:55.179-07:00JuJu<div align="center">
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You must check it out!</div>
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Eclectic, Bright, Original & Fab!!</div>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>A VERY MERRY </strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: #4c1130; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>VINTAGE CHRISTMAS!!</strong></span></div>
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</div>McGee & B Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388774894129203509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-91397471664708597522011-12-08T06:14:00.001-08:002011-12-11T16:18:48.888-08:00All We Are Saying...<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>December 8, 1980</strong></span></div>
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Do you remember what you were doing?</div>
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Do you remember where you were?</div>
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Do you remember how you felt?<br />
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OKAY</div>
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I know this is unrelated to most things I write about</div>
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AND</div>
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I am not normally gaga over famous people</div>
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BUT</div>
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John Lennon was different</div>
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I was very little when I heard the Beatles for the first time.</div>
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Their music was constantly playing<br />
on my Mom's AM radio in the kitchen</div>
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I would sit on the breezeway or play in the yard, <br />
but not so far away from the kitchen door<br />
that I couldn't hear the radio. </div>
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My Mom had the radio tuned to WRKO most of time</div>
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music would be playing everyday<br />
while she did housework</div>
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she would turn it up....</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>LOUD</strong></span><br />
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That wonderful Rickenbacker sound</div>
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would crack through the air straight into my little soul</div>
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& not having any of those insecurities<br />
that I would have as I got older</div>
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I would immediately stand up, <br />
attempting to do the twist, <br />
singing at the top of my lungs.....</div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Oh yeah I</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">Tell ya something...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">I think you'll understand</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">When I say that something...</span></em></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">I wanna hold your hand</span></em></div>
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According to my Parents</div>
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When we would stand to sing in church</div>
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I would sing the same thing.....</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Being born in 1963</span></div>
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my generation started off</div>
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knowing extreme sadness</div>
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by seeing it felt by a Nation...<br />
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By the time I was 10 years old<br />
JFK had been Assasinated<br />
Bobby Kennedy Killed<br />
Martin Luther King Killed<br />
Richard Nixon & Watergate<br />
ruined my family's trust in the presidency.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">AND</span><br />
through a childs mind<br />
the nightly news was just <br />
pictures of young men moving through a jungle,<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the reading of body counts </span><br />
& men with microphones asking these<br />
poor souls about the loss of their youth.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">John Lennon </span><br />
for me had always been<br />
my cool hippy representation of <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Love </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Peace </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>HOPE</strong></span><br />
I did cry when the Beatles broke up<br />
but I knowingly took John's hand as he lead me<br />
into knowing who <em><strong>HE</strong></em> was<br />
without the Beatles.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I was a senior in high school </span><br />
when he was killed in front of his home<br />
I heard about it on my radio the next morning<br />
while I was busy with my curling iron<br />
turning my hair into a Farah Flip.<br />
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The Words Were Spoken,<br />
The Limited Details Given,<br />
as they went to commercial.<br />
I sat motionless.....<br />
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What?<br />
<strong><img src="http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/ldp2/dec2010/0/3/john-lennon-911498025.jpg" /></strong><br />
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What??<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>WHAT??</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The DJ's voice returned</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">repeating the news</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">then adding....</span><br />
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"Someone has just called making a request," he said<br />
"he's asked me to play this song <br />
because today the music has died"<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">eyes burning</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I heard </span><span style="font-size: large;">Don McLean</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><em>"A long long time ago<br />I can still remember how that
music used to make me smile<br />And I knew if I had my chance <br />That I could
make those people dance<br />And maybe they'd be happy for a while<br />But February
made me shiver<br />With every paper I'd deliver<br />Bad news on the doorstep<br />I
couldn't take one more step<br />I can't remember if I cried<br />When I read about
his widowed bride<br />But something touched me deep inside<br />The day the music
died......."</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">inconceivable</span></div>
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It has been said.......<br />
That <em><strong>Mine</strong></em> is the "Cynical Generation"<br />
hmmmmmmm<img height="200" src="http://www.steinway.com/img/imagine/img02.gif" width="166" /></div>
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ya think?<br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-49581192898808803682011-12-02T08:44:00.001-08:002011-12-11T16:23:28.412-08:00Le Perfect Coating<div align="center">
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Even for girls who don't normally dress up,</div>
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who never truly girlify themselves,</div>
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Source: <a href="http://www.avenue.com/clothing/Flared-Jeans.aspx?PfId=238711&DeptId=10297&ProductTypeId=1" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">avenue.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div>
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those girls who <em><strong>don't</strong></em> carry themselves <br />
like a movie star down the red carpet....<br />
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You can see those same girls<br />
dressed <strong>"to the nines"</strong> this time of year.</div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Source: </span><a href="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ls7nqhvGgt1qkc2jso1_400.jpg" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">24.media.tumblr.com</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> via </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Lori</span></a><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> on </span><a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Pinterest</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Almost every girl likes a </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Serious Grown-Up Holiday Party</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Even the ones who wouldn't wear </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">a full on white ballgown as a bride.</span></div>
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<em>(my hand is up)</em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">So as "y'all" are </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">making your plans to <em>look</em> fine..</span><br />
~<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">while you are</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">counting up your cash</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> or</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">shining up your plastic</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">to buy yourself that "Killer Dress"</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">that makes you </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">"Drop Dead Gorgeous"</span></div>
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<em><span style="font-size: large;">(vintage,right?)</span></em><br />
<em></em> ~</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Just don't forget about that soft touch</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">that just finishes this full on</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Glam-o-rama!!</span><br />
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<em><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;"><strong>NOW </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;"><strong>for the blatent </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;"><strong>shameless </strong></span></em><br />
<em><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-size: large;"><strong>self promotion</strong></span></em><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is where the </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>French Republic</strong> comes in.....</span><br />
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As you sashay around the room</div>
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with a glass of champagne in your hand</div>
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The day's name originated in Philadelphia, where it originally was used to describe the<strong> heavy and disruptive pedestrian and vehicle traffic which would occur on the day after Thanksgiving. </strong>Use of the term started before 1966 and began to see broader use outside Philadelphia around 1975. Later an alternative explanation began to be offered: that <strong>"Black Friday"</strong> indicates the point at which retailers begin to turn a profit, or are "in the black".
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<span style="font-size: large;">for today to be called </span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">"Black Friday"</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">other than that whole</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">finishing in the black stuff!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">It had to be something more like</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">"The day that people go completely insane</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">trying to get in the</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> front door of Walmart</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">throwing punches at people </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">who get in front of you because</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> they might get to one of </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">the $2 waffle makers</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> before you do.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> This must be done in front of</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> security cameras which will, </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of course, somehow find it's way</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> on the evening news programs."</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Every Thanksgiving</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> Friends & Relations</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">who share turkey with me</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">inevitably will ask if </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I'm doing any holiday shopping on Friday!</span></div>
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<img height="400" src="http://duplexchick.com/files/2010/04/horror-movie-199x300.jpg" width="265" /></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">DON'T THEY KNOW ME??</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">DON'T THEY KNOW I WOULD RATHER</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">PLUCK OUT MY EYES THAN SHOP</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">ON "BLACK FRIDAY"?</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.babypicturesphotos.com/" target="_blank"><img class="write_image" id="moduleImage149460719" src="http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/250/draft_lens17572183module149460719photo_1302468374funny_baby.jpg" /></a></span></strong> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">They just ask me this</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">so they can see my eyes bug out</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">and food spit out of my mouth....</span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Why???</span></strong></div>
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<img height="240" src="http://sweethubmarketing.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/crowdscene.jpg" width="320" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">After years & years of working in</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">retail at various </span><span style="font-size: large;">shopping malls</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I am <strong><em>SO</em></strong> done with fighting to</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-concentrate on my list</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-get to the things I need</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-keep from whacking anyone in line</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-get to the register</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">-move against the crowds</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-moving from store to store</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-get to a bathroom stall</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-finding my car </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">-get to end of the line out</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">of the never ending parking lot</span></div>
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<img height="185" src="http://www.motherproof.com/images/uploads/roadrage500.jpg" width="320" /></div>
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So if you haven't guessed yet </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>NO</strong></span></div>
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I never go out shopping on </div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Black Friday</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-size: x-large;"><img height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYd2ukzzr8ULdQCI2YiFfoP99XPlgiaE6F19hscoEGbOlcV4WyHbSD5-Qc0e3bihjlXKlH0roprURrGyc10H9kmXCuVQoAhLNPRPE5cGsRPS5wXmfgsnK1Da3zyYUmBEs4KgdjG15tOPrz/s320/target-long-line-black-friday.jpg" width="320" /></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">However:</span></strong></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">I do Shop Main Street Small Businesses </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">after </span><span style="font-size: large;">the Thanksgiving Weekend.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">&</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>I am a Cyber Monday Girl.</strong></span></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">While I would love to do all my </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">Christmas Shopping </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">at </span><span style="font-size: large;">Small Shops & Businesses</span></div>
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<img height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNeHN7ZJqD9KluvTHWVfwwsWxamqWcM4cD8d-ZqkFIPoWV3G09B88EC9hlSee2mfRoNL1ym22pQxbkGZiWpEHo8cKq0Sf5Eln3VxXoSgMVZjtE2LApJvRxRBgnNgzb8jOgh_c86RA_BF8/s320/Christmas+on+Main+Street.jpg" width="320" /></div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: large;">with 2 teenage sons</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">it's impossible to fill their</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> video game requests....</span></div>
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<img height="192" src="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Arts/Arts_/Pictures/2011/5/30/1306768392869/Teenagers-teenage-boys-pl-007.jpg" width="320" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">without shopping Amazon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Yet....</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img height="208" src="http://www.theretailcoach.co.uk/custom/Christmas%20Shop%20Window.jpg" width="320" /></span></div>
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Well dressed windows, </div>
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decked out in their Holiday best,</div>
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glowing their light onto the sidewalk below. </div>
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Neighbors, family & friends </div>
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carrying bags full of purchases</div>
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that will find themselves wrapped</div>
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in bright, jolly papers & ribbons.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><img height="400" id="ibafSlideshowImg" src="http://www.countryliving.com/cm/countryliving/images/Main-street-woodstock-REGFOOD1206-de.jpg" width="313" /></span></div>
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Garlands & Wreaths </div>
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strung from the street lights</div>
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swaying slightly in the </div>
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winter's night breezes </div>
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while Holiday Music leaks </div>
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out onto the streets with the </div>
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opening & closing of shop doors. </div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Main Street is the Romance of the Holiday Season </strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">And the cyber equivalent of "Main Street"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">could very well be</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<img src="http://d1535dk28ea235.cloudfront.net/preset_53/Big_Etsy_Logo_0.jpg" /></div>
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where you can find unique handmade & vintage goods</div>
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for sale by artisans & dealers who have set up their own </div>
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virtual shops by the thousands.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Selling </span></div>
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handmade soaps, lotions, fragrances</div>
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jewelry of all kinds,</div>
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pottery, quilts, glassware, lighting,</div>
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wood crafting, art of all kinds,</div>
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vintage clothing, smalls & furniture</div>
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and other wonderfully creative goods that will</div>
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enchant your Holiday Gift Giving!</div>
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So as you are making your Shopping Lists</div>
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and Checking them twice</div>
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<br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Stroll down your local Main Street</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Visit the friendly shop owners</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">&</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Get on over to Etsy </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Support Small Businesses!! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>BUT</strong></span></div>
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Stay Away From </div>
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shopping on any day of the week with the word</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">These aren't the kind of </span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-9862340452622740862011-11-22T21:33:00.000-08:002011-11-23T10:53:57.394-08:00A Holiday Color Not in My Closet<div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Being that I am</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> Red Headed, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Green Eyed, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Freckled</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> with a Traditional Irish</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> Ruddy Complexion,</span><br />
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</tbody></table></div><span style="font-size: large;">Well NO this isn't me...darn it!</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> There are Some Colors</span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"> I Just Can Not Wear</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">I am perfectly willing to admit</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"> that they look awful on me</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and it's not their fault.....</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Like Yellow:</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">tends to make me look jaundiced</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Pearl or Light Gray:</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">People think I'm the walking dead</span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Tan:</strong></span></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">It's</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Cool</span></div><div align="center">Cool</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Cool</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cool</span></div><div align="center">with me that I can't wear these colors<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong>Sleigh Rides</strong></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <strong>Not to Mention</strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></span><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482748889/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482748889_o86vvAll_c.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><div align="center"><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://zsazsabellagio.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-11-17T07:52:00-08:00&max-results=10" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">zsazsabellagio.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Holiday</strong></span><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482747474/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482747474_x3R4m7PK_c.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.kaboodle.com/slcmommy5/my-shoes.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">kaboodle.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Parties </strong></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482747444/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482747444_4v6TEwWc_c.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.polyvore.com/beaded_sequined_evening_handbag_lovely/thing?id=16904021" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">polyvore.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>Galore</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span style="font-size: large;">This Beautiful Holiday Color </span><span style="font-size: large;">Of </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">This Color of Garnets & Rubys</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Reflecting Light to a Perfect Glow </span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Like a Candy Apple or</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Glass Bulbs on the Tree</span></div><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px; text-align: center;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482749198/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482749198_Ky5puq25_c.jpg" width="280" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.modcloth.com/Modcloth/Womens/Dresses/-Winter-Waltz-Dress-in-Red" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">modcloth.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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</div>McGee & B Henryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10388774894129203509noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-58268873963357594932011-11-19T16:30:00.000-08:002011-11-19T16:37:44.737-08:00My fashion evolution?<div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">So McGee got me thinking about my own clothing beginnings. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I was incredibly shy and the youngest of three girls. Rather than hang around with the neighborhood girls playing with dolls, I opted to climb pine trees behind my house, swipe my Dad's tools and build forts. Needless to say, I had a lot of torn pitch-stained corduroys and jeans. I lived in flip-flops whenever possible.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Growing up, most of what I wore were hand-me-downs. I remember some for the grief they brought me in school: a funky green pair of ultra soft corduroys (way out of style by the time I had to wear them), a pair of brown suede sneakers that were clearly not the Adidas, Puma's or Nike's that "everyone else" had, a pair of purple-ish cowboy boots my freshman year. Yes. Kind of tragic.</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">We didn't have a lot of money growing up and my Mom was in her forties when she had me and so, was born in a day when you had a few good outfits you rotated between. She didn't understand the "clothes-horse" mentality of her daughters until they started steering her away from her "sensible" polyester skirts and slacks which aged her unfairly. Once we had her wearing cotton clothing, cute little flats and a perm instead of a weekly roll and set, she gained an understanding for our clothing passion. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I grew up in a house with only a black and white tv set and no cable. I watched as Kate Heburn pulled off "man pants" and was smart and feminine. I envied how Audrey, in an over-sized mans white shirt paired with flats and Capri pants, was so casually elegant. And later, how actresses, like Ali McGraw, could make the simplest of outfits look sexy in an off-hand, non-contrived way.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eventually I was rescued by my oldest sister and my fascination with her closet. I would be mesmerized as she got ready for dates The menagerie of clothes and shoes was as magical as watching her pull it all together. Clothing closed the eleven year age distance between us and brought us closer. She bought me gauze shirts, showed me how to make cut-off shorts, and eventually started letting me borrow her clothes. Her best friend Suzie would pass things along my way too. I can still ramble off more details about my sisters clothing from that period that I can of my own. Those are happy clothing memories and the beginning of my evolution.<br />
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I've loved aspects from every era: the classic cut of jackets from the forties, The pencil skirts and sweater sets from the fifties, the flair of the pants and breeziness of the Bohemian shirts of the sixties and seventies. I'll even admit to some of the big hair, pumps and padded shoulders of the eighties. But only a little.<br />
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</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then McGee came along and we became fast friends. She talked about being a "North Country" girl, when everything about her said "hip city chick." And her man, a quiet, brooding guy who worked at Strawberry's music, got us into fabulous gigs in and around, our boring little city and Cambridge, Massachusetts. She hooked me on vintage clothing shops, and even put up with me swiping things from her closet. She had me layering, and pairing and taking chances and I loved it. This was the eighties. The Breakfast Club, flipped up collars on over-sized shirts, gloves, hats, spats. You name it. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Eventually, our lives set us on different paths. I headed off to the West coast mid 90's to a little town just north of San Francisco. If I traveled south into the city, there were people dressed "to the nines" the avant garde, the hipsters. In my neck of the woods were celebrities quietly going about being "normal" and beach people, tourists and surfers. And I need only travel a short distance North into Bolinas, to find myself surrounded by the Bohemians, making their own clothes, growing their own needs. It was a relaxed time of fashion experimentation. Softer flowing clothes, a few vintage pieces, the scent of the ocean always close, nearly barefoot. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I eventually moved back to the east coast, found love, had two boys, stayed at home and lived in jeans in the colder months, shorts all the rest and took care of the home front. It took me awhile to realize that I had no idea who I was in clothing anymore. Jeans and sweats can do that to a girl. Evolving again. </div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Then, a few years ago, McGee reached out to me and we began to reconnect. It was uncanny how much we still had in common. While our styles are different in so many ways, we respect the others tastes and opinions. We have a kindred groove in the way things work. She talks about my "eye for color" and I admire her easy way of pulling the funkiest things together for a super feminine and super cool style. We found we still loved vintage, that we each collect little evening bags, and clutches, that clothing was still our common ground of expression.<br />
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Who am I now? I don't think I'll ever completely settle. I love the ever evolving remix of fashion. I trend less, and shoot for comfortable. It has to have a flow, a stretch, a feel. I'm intrigued still by mixing old with new, wearing heels with jeans, knee boots with skinny pants or skirts. </div><br />
<div style="color: #666666;">The revolution? That comes from my age long inner self looking for a way to step aside just enough to feel independent of the norm. Pairing up and down, deconstructing and recycling, revolving, evolving, my own little fashion revolution. </div><div style="color: #666666;"><br />
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</div>Bajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07723207182072429743noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-38815288901318507542011-11-19T11:20:00.000-08:002011-11-19T12:55:12.495-08:00Boot 'er Up...<div align="center"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Everyone </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Has a <strong><span style="color: #741b47;">Fashion</span></strong> Addiction</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Right?</strong></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">I mean come on... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">most of us have more than one </span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">if the whole truth be told.</span></div><div align="center"><em>(cue nervous laughter)</em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">See I thought so......</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Don't hold it in.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Over the years I have had many!</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was and still is one of my faves</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love vintage mostly</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but that doesn't mean I will walk away</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">from anything modern I fall in love with!</span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482724860/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482724860_VlpZTuJc_c.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com/2011/10/city-slicker.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">atlantic-pacific.blogspot.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482687498/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482687498_0xcvgZP6_c.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://oaxacaborn.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/dancing-snow-courtesy-of-toast-uk/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">oaxacaborn.wordpress.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you check out our etsy site</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you'll see what I mean!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Of course I'm a total</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Bag-Aholic!!</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Almost everytime I visit the Goodwill</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I leave with a bag of some sort</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't help myself....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then there are my feet!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">My Poor Feet...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My sweet little toes that in the 80's I would shove into</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">anything I loved whether they were my size or not.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>I mean</strong></span><br />
<strong>Who Cares If They Hurt!! </strong><br />
<strong>As Long as They Were Cute!!</strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;"><em>Right??</em></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Oh Come On Now</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">you completely know what I'm talking about!!</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">OK.... </span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #741b47;">If you won't admit it</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #741b47;"> </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #741b47;">let's ask your feet</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ah Hah!! I knew I was right!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the 90's I started having babies! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Something about being pregnant </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">does strange things to your little tootsies </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and I no longer was into wearing anything </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">that crunched & cramped my feet. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A Shift Happened</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> ever so slightly in a manner</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">that was imperceptable by me</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I heard someone on Oprah one time say that </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">as a person you were your most "authentic self" </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when you were about 12 years old</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">that is where I shifted back to</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At home whether painting furniture, sewing,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> cooking, cleaning, writing etc. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am barefoot almost all of the time</span> <br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Even In The Winter. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(all you North Country girls know what I'm talking about)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">However..... </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when venturing out into the world</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it becomes an entirely different story.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In the summer it's.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">then in the Fall, Winter, Spring.....</span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482745830/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="350" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482745830_MUPgIt1f_c.jpg" width="350" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.crowsnesttrading.com/product/13249/79" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">crowsnesttrading.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482745838/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="319" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482745838_UYxIqSKE_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.sundancecatalog.com/product/womens+clothing/womens+footwear/womens+boots/zarape+razz+boots.do?sortby=ourPicks" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">sundancecatalog.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482742407/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="238" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482742407_BK3r8N6B_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=old+cowgirl+boots&hl=en&client=firefox-a&hs=y6X&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1366&bih=623&tbm=isch&tbnid=DRJAyxQhBcZdPM:&imgrefurl=http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/03-02-10-a-life-in-red-cowgirl-boots/&docid=O2sjO41-wMpU5M&w=800&h=600&ei=WEp5TqISg-exAqG5iaID&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=339&page=1&tbnh=128&tbnw=177&start=0&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:18,s:0&tx=99&ty=69" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">google.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482741160/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482741160_TIVJ6wpg_c.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.allensboots.com/boots/frye/womens-chestnut-harness-77250?id=18105" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">allensboots.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482682721/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482682721_X9RDXwDl_c.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://elsita.typepad.com/thehiddenseed/page/3/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">elsita.typepad.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482678784/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482678784_Osnx6wQw_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.blissfulbblog.com/blog/2011/10/3/i-heart-monday.html" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">blissfulbblog.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/128915608053020256/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/128915608053020256_GHCrISaE_c.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.freepeople.com/shoes-new-shoes/cleary-tall-boat-shoe/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">freepeople.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/harlowt/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Brooke</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/220535712972355820/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/220535712972355820_z9HlFfe5_c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.kohls.com/kohlsStore/landingpages/bootshop/anklebooties/PRD~848084/LC+Lauren+Conrad+Hiker+Boots.jsp" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">kohls.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/anniecjones/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Annie</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/86905467778963416/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="315" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/86905467778963416_F6w4iRzJ_c.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://browneyedfox.squarespace.com/journal/category/creating?currentPage=3" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">browneyedfox.squarespace.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/terri_irvin/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Terri</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>BOOTS?</strong></span><br />
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<div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"></div><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>YES PLEASE!!</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one of each</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to wear with everything</span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My husband says I'm a <em>little obsessed</em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perhaps bordering on</span> <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>addiction!</strong></span> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />
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<a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/35465915785078544/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/35465915785078544_G2Qy5tPK_c.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://www.google.com/imgres?q=girl+combat+boots&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbnid=swYfBI7MEsQxCM:&imgrefurl=http://weheartit.com/entry/11156247&docid=bXy9APukFLA-aM&w=160&h=240&ei=sbh8TqzkE-rniAKzr8iUDg&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=609&vpy=230&dur=2297&hovh=192&hovw=128&tx=98&ty=94&page=1&tbnh=145&tbnw=100&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:10,s:0&biw=1280&bih=603" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">google.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/sarahjsinclair/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Sarah</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well </span></em><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they say the <strong>"first step"</strong> is admitting you have a problem </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mmmmmm problem?</span></div><br />
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<div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><strong>OK </strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">I'll admit to it.... </span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><div style="line-height: 0px; padding-bottom: 2px;"><a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/36099234482741731/" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://media-cdn.pinterest.com/upload/36099234482741731_KapjHJGk_c.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><div style="float: left; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px;">Source: <a href="http://modernhepburn.tumblr.com/post/9414157800" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;">modernhepburn.tumblr.com</a> via <a href="http://pinterest.com/clairedelune/" style="color: #76838b; font-size: 10px; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Lori</a> on <a href="http://pinterest.com/" style="color: #76838b; text-decoration: underline;" target="_blank">Pinterest</a></div></div><div align="center"><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">If I can take that "first step"</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"> in a cool pair of boots.</span></div><br />
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</div><div align="center"><em></em></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-68811009109789458012011-11-15T10:13:00.000-08:002011-11-15T17:09:03.068-08:00TomBoy Fashion?<div align="center"><img height="256" id="il_fi" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLJnjNyzS8WcTOxO-eLYTM3qRYGrIlUqh7LnWLqL8zB58DnNGVAYOu6hfYflg3wF58mKr9Cj-kq9HCUeqnBJ8V_E2Av8_nV447uQpL91DAP2ohBJUlf9KvjU8VKXEWhWOaQg0bkVa4D3Li/s320/tomboy.jpg" style="padding-bottom: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px;" width="320" /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Tomboy???</strong></span></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Well Hell Yes I Am One!</span></strong><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>When I was a kid I hated it when my parents would say..</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is our little tomboy" when they introduced me</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I always thought, " Hey, I'm <strong>NO</strong> boy"</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but it was true that I did play more with boys on my street</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they didn't cry when they got hurt</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or worry about getting dirty or wet & muddy</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">So Yeah They Could Be More Fun Sometimes...</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I definitely was a girl, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>not a girly girl</strong>, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but definitely a girl none the less.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRR8eUGps66vMrCfuAffig4EMbzuudIByg7RGJkhJSMKx1rfol5QUygpEZCt_8AtHUmzzER9h34y3c4lBb1xu7pKruL3u8WtWrudO5KKGzyhKkQLZbN62wlAWRV4aLKQ7dkaIJn_7nPlY/s320/04-01-11-I-Wish-They-Made-This-For-Girls.jpg" /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and <strong>most</strong> of the tomboys I've ever known</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">have ended up getting involved in fashion</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">either personally or professionally</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">I Am One of Them Too!</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://dev-stylegoesstrong.astrology.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/reg/article_media/90934269.jpg" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't there something sexy about a woman</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">wearing men's clothing??</span><br />
<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img height="400" src="http://www.meredy.com/garbo02.jpg" width="282" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I mean....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Can We Talk Here??</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Garbo Made it Work</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">she coaxed the idea into the mainstream</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">NOW....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">there is no question that Greta Garbo </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was a Fiercely Sexy Woman</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is <strong>NO</strong> boy, Tom or otherwise in her picture</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Of Course She Wasn't The Only One.....</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5kbigMz1YRSaAFx_V-b5vBkaMkuQwCQOgJTJ-756aVmUKLoraXOMlaOdxecBayosURzWKAuqrgsA2blFx9250jylciRP3iWGwp2JeJFJH2esc19Yia6OpS9Yab-icGT5gSx04HEO5h_Q/s1600/4523-KatharineHepburnWomanoftheYear.jpg" /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kate Hepburn</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Beautiful and a Huge Star, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">BIG Box Office Draw</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would have to say</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> that she did not fall into </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the <strong>"girly girl"</strong> category</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">AND THEN OF COURSE</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">MY IDOL</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img src="http://thewindow.barneys.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Annie-Hall-e1299865229817.jpg" /></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Diane</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">"Annie Hall"</span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">did it</span></span> for me</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cool permission to dress</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the way I was naturally inclined,</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> definitely cute, stylish and sexy,</span><br />
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<br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>&</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">NOT</span></strong> compared in any way</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to those Girly Girls!</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sbSi8XFj1DWhAiM2LosntXrGza33xymrePAmcaWlmZkoVmCzCYDokrYVnPawlzHO5i5dFogFWWfxHIN-6VxZ6RlgK_srnXZtox5gorhsYxxXWPzzmoMxmsSHDFz2lUEaodKE3APL_s4a/s1600/Up+A+Tree+%25282%2529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5sbSi8XFj1DWhAiM2LosntXrGza33xymrePAmcaWlmZkoVmCzCYDokrYVnPawlzHO5i5dFogFWWfxHIN-6VxZ6RlgK_srnXZtox5gorhsYxxXWPzzmoMxmsSHDFz2lUEaodKE3APL_s4a/s320/Up+A+Tree+%25282%2529.jpg" width="319" /></span></a></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For instance.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Me on the Right</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">my cousin Anne (who I love) on the Left</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">do you see the ladder behind Annie's legs?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">uh yeah..she didn't actually climb the tree</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but how could she</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wearing patent leather shoes with silver buckles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pressed jeans, a stark white shirt with peter pan collar</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and a pale pink windbreaker</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is where I come in... </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Filthy Keds canvas sneakers,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> once white socks bunched down</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with some form of dirt in the creases</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plaid wool boys jacket</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">one pigtail up & one pigtail down.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The thing is...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I can't see myself <strong>"in"</strong> what Annie is wearing</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;">Then or Now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I think that is why I buy & sell a lot of men's vintage clothing</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">for women to wear!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even the vintage I sell that is more traditionally feminine...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to mix in an unconventional way....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">....like this beautiful mink wrap!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bren's not wearing it with a sequined dress</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">"nuh uh"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but over a cabled wool sweater and jeans</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She looks <strong><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">BEAUTIFUL!</span></strong></span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">See......</span></strong><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">Definitely </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>No Boy</strong> in That Picture!!</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-7102300765064637432011-11-14T09:38:00.000-08:002011-11-14T18:54:19.890-08:00A Girls Fedora..<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In 1969 my Dada Bowen</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> passed away suddenly of a heart attack.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> He had been the love of my life at 6 years old</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the loss of him just wrecked me. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't understand why he was gone,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> he just wasn't there to share the recliner with me anymore.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There were only photographs left of his handsome face,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> his stature & a faint memory of his presence,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but they couldn't give me the sound of his laugh,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> the way that he felt when he hugged me</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or the smell of his shirts.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, it's me!</td></tr>
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<div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I don't remember how I got it, who gave it to me or why, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but found that I was left with the most amazing gift from him,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> His Fedora. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>That hat was him!</strong></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Of course it was huge on me but I insisted on wearing it. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was a milk chocolatey brown wool fedora,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with a matching grosgrain ribbon around it. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was well worn so the brim had flattened out </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and it was a wide brim at least 2 1/2 inches. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The crease at the top </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">eventually disappeared the more I wore it. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was so big for me that I was always pulling it down</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and the crown eventually took the shape of my head. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I LOVED IT. </strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wore it until I was about 21 </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">when my then live in boyfriend ended up with it. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When we split I got the vacuum cleaner & he kept the hat.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> That is right up there as one of the biggest regrets of my life. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I tell you all of this....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because at the very moment I was given that wonderful fedora</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-size: large;">I became addicted</span></strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to the feel of wearing other peoples clothing.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Not just hand me downs neccessarily,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but things that had belonged to someone much older than I</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or who was probably not around anymore.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> There was an amazing comfort in that fedora</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and that feeling was recreated for me everytime</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I wore one of my dad's ratty old hoodies to stack wood in,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">or when I would swipe my dad's old pajamas</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> or just the wearing my dad's gloves </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cuz I couldn't find my own. </span><br />
</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I just melted under the soft, worn, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">over sized feeling of the things.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because I grew up in Northern New Hampshire</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> there were limited places to buy</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> what I used to call, "old peoples clothes". </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did manage to find second hand costume jewelry, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">old mens vests or shirts at auctions I attended with my mom.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And before you start asking.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">what's up with all the mens stuff?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: large;"><strong>I don't know...</strong></span></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">alot of what I liked was mens clothing and I don't know why.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Sorry...</strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> When I got to college in 1981 </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was exposed to the world of </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">actual second hand clothing shops.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> But the best by far was when I went home to Wolfeboro, NH</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for the weekend with a friend of mine.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> While I was there she brought me to a wonderful place,</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Arm/Navy Surplus store.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The place was huge,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> like the first floor of an old warehouse or something. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They didn't have just surplus either, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they had tons of previously worn items that were not military. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't have much money of course, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but I spent every last time dime in that place. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My best purchases were by far </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">the deep navy blue wool men's pin striped suit jacket </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with a soft gray lining that matched the thin pin stripes</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and a WWII green wool army jacket. </span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPbXwPyYn9hCplw4ZtioIpfOZa49Od1S6PZNYnyqbVCOPu6JUGTLfEzCgDr8T73WIOnNJaKipzVOvjgDT036IZ1wQHCpWxGNfaB6fHsk5nPoODSs0vN67YtkqMpvTAxK48oBbbOPO-r5p/s1600/Ike+Jacket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPbXwPyYn9hCplw4ZtioIpfOZa49Od1S6PZNYnyqbVCOPu6JUGTLfEzCgDr8T73WIOnNJaKipzVOvjgDT036IZ1wQHCpWxGNfaB6fHsk5nPoODSs0vN67YtkqMpvTAxK48oBbbOPO-r5p/s320/Ike+Jacket.jpg" width="203" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPbXwPyYn9hCplw4ZtioIpfOZa49Od1S6PZNYnyqbVCOPu6JUGTLfEzCgDr8T73WIOnNJaKipzVOvjgDT036IZ1wQHCpWxGNfaB6fHsk5nPoODSs0vN67YtkqMpvTAxK48oBbbOPO-r5p/s1600/Ike+Jacket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div align="center"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This army jacket had 2 pleated breast pockets, epaulets, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and was made obviously to fasten at a man's waist</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but fell some inches below mine. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It had a banded waist</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> rather like an old leather motorcycle jacket. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No zipper, just buttons that were covered </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so the front of the jacket had a clean, simple look when closed.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <strong><span style="font-size: large;">OMG I was in love.</span></strong></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I brought them both home to school and wore them constantly!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The pinstripe jacket with the arms rolled up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> to show the beautiful lining,</span><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The other became my most prized possession.</span><br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPbXwPyYn9hCplw4ZtioIpfOZa49Od1S6PZNYnyqbVCOPu6JUGTLfEzCgDr8T73WIOnNJaKipzVOvjgDT036IZ1wQHCpWxGNfaB6fHsk5nPoODSs0vN67YtkqMpvTAxK48oBbbOPO-r5p/s1600/Ike+Jacket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPbXwPyYn9hCplw4ZtioIpfOZa49Od1S6PZNYnyqbVCOPu6JUGTLfEzCgDr8T73WIOnNJaKipzVOvjgDT036IZ1wQHCpWxGNfaB6fHsk5nPoODSs0vN67YtkqMpvTAxK48oBbbOPO-r5p/s200/Ike+Jacket.jpg" width="126" /></span></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I never wore a traditional winter jacket again, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">only that army jacket. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It sat perfectly atop my best thread bare levi's, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">perfectly matched with my soft brown second hand shit kickers. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was 5'10" and weighed in at about 120 pounds....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My mother would say..</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><em> "you can wear anything, why do you....yada yada yada!"</em></span><br />
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</div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wore it to a concert one night in 1986, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">with my now husband and it was stolen off the back of my seat!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I was angry & sad,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> but it had been well worn & well loved by me </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">& I hoped that it would receive the same from someone else.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This was and is my love affair with second hand clothing....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know that now<strong> "VINTAGE"</strong> is the preferred terminology. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The perfect word or phrase</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> can always change your perception of something </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and for those who are responsible</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for bringing "vintage" clothing into the mainstream</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I understand the need for this business </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">to have the sound & feel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">of a fine wine that has been perfectly aged. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For my business also, it has become part of the vernacular, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">but for me personally they will always be known</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> as second hand shops and old people's clothes, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">because that is where my comfort lies.... </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">something that has been well worn & well loved by another, </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">is now passed on to me to do the same! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yup, me again! oooooooolder, eek</td></tr>
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</span></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS-I finally found a fedora that looks almost the same! </span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to a wonderful seller on etsy!!</span></em></div><div align="center"><em><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I gotta work on the brim a bit though....LOL! </span></em></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">xoxo</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-7203723062685227552011-11-12T04:45:00.000-08:002011-11-12T04:51:55.670-08:00More In Store.....<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJQ9drTa0d_rpIxwjLpd_b9j_c8lBliTGNTHUyLitiJCc2kFTG85PIbQ73DErPKrRmKVGtjKJDeOUoNifOsuJAKW3dcel-xqLBVX7h-NuF1uHKberOcKZFzp94SPP-QFV-nPDswpvlUA/s400/B%2526W+Skirt+Close.JPG" width="215" /></div><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85177881/handsome-1970s-leather-jacketblazer" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEh_cu5AaWFv_isTw9T6-X_cmW5qoGA0GaD4-DN-h-wENZUEaYvtHcK_3ayD6ROlCBtPsG3QIPawCpD6MihKllrAB5GsdLatbPfdl_cuXO7I4H5-g1wSQixilxtCtMj5KcEzSb3b4s8Q/s400/Mens+Leather+Side.JPG" width="206" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">1970's Leather Jacket/Blazer </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Click Pic for More Info</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">50's ZaZa Glam Mink Coat</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85286490/vintage-swiss-wool-double-breasted" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtVRbTHqbQ5WmtNBAPxk-6Z_qKluvzgtxEvWK4xl5hznLriDz5hB9-J7GHcQZM5WXABOz706l_qCw66_prQMBAKWTHpJ4Hr-uQ7M83otj1nRztQAaHD7GKSaBaamrYaJxNJz33s6TtJA/s400/Mens+Gray+Military+Close.JPG" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">40's Double Breasted </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Swiss Wool Military Jacket</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">40's Richman Bros Top Coat</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">60's Mink Stole in a Buff Color</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85042019/adorable-vintage-mid-70s-plaid-jacket" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJwHNTPsmXe4ztjW7FrVwBNibiIp5BiNVQ8Yf8cKTsTAxuhSNKf_D_qgkKgbKEnMjVuIrVyBNX5gB_09h7CL4fUDgfg0PyLs7MeONPK7xwJ1LVIhVjG_kgZTbWCSCa27I6P90p4nEoAw/s400/P1030882.JPG" width="277" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">70's Plaid Wool Coat w/Cool Closures</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/85172143/1960s-womens-coatjacket-with-fur-collar" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApzvX25hKwZ_qm8FeJc5JGTnoScz5d98VbsSCBiU110xoF_JQe8ceAmC4tv64lC9wEQI__03R3KExac5F8C6vbPNgCsYxvFQAbmnwkUWMAiXZBSuZaLaBrTTDKQHNDft1pVqFRd6h-g/s400/P1030877.JPG" width="225" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">60's Wool Coat With Mink Collar</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Chocolate brown stole in wonderful condition. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>From Weiner's Furs in Haverhill, Mass, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>it is made of the softest of mink fur, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>lined with a burgundy jewel tone silk, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>with a raised print of a Hansom cab. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Your hands will be warm in the two front pockets, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>and its tailored shoulders</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> give this stole the fitted look</strong></span><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> of today's shrugs with the </span></span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">classic style of a vintage fur. </span></span></strong><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>The collar on this striking piece can be flipped up</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> for added neck warmth and style appeal. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>It has slit pockets in the front for your hands, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>a matching silk lining with a raised pattern </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>and two hook and eye closures. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>This fur is perfect for sliding over a sweater </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>to make a dazzling casual look, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>pair it up with fancier attire for the holidays, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>or make it a funky new addition </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">to an already unique wardrobe. </span></strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>This beautiful deep brown/black faux fur coat</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> with wide collar and deep front pockets</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> is fully lined and in perfect condition. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>The waist can be cinched inside and out, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>giving it modern appeal. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>With loop and button closures</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> at the waist and collar, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>you'll be warm and stylish deep into winter. <br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>for a walk to the local cafe, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>or paired up with more glamorous attire </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>for an evening date in the big city </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>with your favorite charmer.</strong></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>This beautiful soft suede "boyfriend coat" </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>(vintage men's size 42)</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong> is faux-fur lined throughout </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>including the pocket flaps and collar. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>With top-stitching and wooden buttons, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>this coat would make for a cozy walk </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>through crisp autumn leaves, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>the air sweet with woodsmoke. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>Paired up with jeans and loafers or riding boots, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>this handsome coat is heavy weight, </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>buttons right up through the collar and </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><strong>will keep you warm into the colder months. </strong></span><br />
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</tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-1500416509158187512011-10-02T10:20:00.000-07:002011-10-02T12:25:21.156-07:00Where the story will take us<span style="font-family: inherit;">McGee and I met way back when. She was trying on clothes, I was working the fitting room of the store she was in. We struck up the easy conversation of two girls about to embark on a lifelong friendship, on territory befitting who we were and where we would find ourselves all these long years later. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Time has passed, children born, trials thrown our way. We were a story, book-marked while figuring out our own paths. A couple of years ago we pulled out that book mark. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After briefly reacquainting ourselves, we've found that we'd never lost all that had been the foundation of our friendship from the beginning: synergy that allows us to get excited about the same ideas, finish each others thoughts, work effortlessly side by side, and laugh with abandon. And then of course, vintage clothing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As McGee and I embark on this new adventure, we are sure that our passion for what we do will show through. We invite you along on the trip with us as we find and reinvent vintage, outdated and cast-off items making them fresh and fun and accessible.</span>Bajahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07723207182072429743noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-80430814304930768572011-10-01T22:07:00.000-07:002011-11-18T05:35:28.289-08:00Our Next Collection<div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Of Vintage Women's Jackets, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Furs,</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Wraps, Bags & Skirts..</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Along with Great Mens Jackets</span><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4199177996497746769.post-90199081018259995422011-07-19T13:11:00.000-07:002011-10-13T13:41:33.755-07:00The SALE is over......<div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size: x-large;">Thanks</span></strong> To All Of You Who Stopped By!!</div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">It was a <em>Scorcher</em> of a weekend.....</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">But Lots of Friends Came Out Anyway </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">To Shop For <em>Cool</em> Stuff!! </span></div><div align="center"><br />
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</div><div align="center">Many Thanks to Bren <em>(of Magpie) </em></div><div align="center">& Tammy <em>(of Chat et le Corbeau)</em></div><div align="center">for your </div><div align="center">great company, support,</div><div align="center"> <span style="font-size: x-large;">& wicked sense of humor</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2FphlsPYR5CcCYXDixAxmnB_26o2JPJ6_sokU0ScMD9MK0lncBTIABQTr18c07C-d7BpJTT9U4OKG3FVqOFS9lpmQ_RLPeSZDozIuFKbjbWd0ZWFn9z1hARE9Mqgn-s9KNTraY7dAg/s1600/1ablissgfairy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD2FphlsPYR5CcCYXDixAxmnB_26o2JPJ6_sokU0ScMD9MK0lncBTIABQTr18c07C-d7BpJTT9U4OKG3FVqOFS9lpmQ_RLPeSZDozIuFKbjbWd0ZWFn9z1hARE9Mqgn-s9KNTraY7dAg/s320/1ablissgfairy2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">We Sold Heaps</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><strong>NOW........</strong></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">We're Moving Forward on</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Our </span><span style="font-size: large;">Vintage & Upcycled Clothing Line</span><br />
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