Wednesday, January 25, 2012

TWEED & BLACK


Wouldn't you know it, the day I decide to wear this tweed coat the sun comes out! It's just like Southern California to have such unpredictable weather by mid-morning. 

I like the slight a-line cut of the coat although it has more of a masculine feel; very mens wear inspired. It also has a pretty tonal weave of black and pink tweed.


The asymmetrical pockets are nice and deep just how I like my pockets to be; we wouldn't want anything falling out. I paired it with vintage high waist slacks and a plain slinky black button up shirt. I really like the simplicity of the overall underneath look for the reason that it all looks very chic and a very easy outfit to pull together.



I finished the look off with vintage 1980s black heeled oxford shoes and a big rounded ring. I would love to have worn bracelets but with tiny wrist such as mine it is very hard to find bracelets that fit.




vintage 1970s slinky button up, thrift
vintage 1970s high-waist slacks, thrift
vintage 1980s oxfords, thrift
black & gold ring, F21
vintage 1980s pink & black tweed coat, for sale at giselaandzoe


Wishing you all a lovely Wednesday!

Gisela


Tuesday, January 24, 2012

THE COLORFUL WORLD OF TARA JARMON

It was seriously hard to keep my favorites from Tara Jarmon winter 2011 collection down to a minimum. I know I'm a bit late on the band wagon but I felt led to share my favorites in view of the fact that I'm totally smitten over her whole collection. She is a Parisian designer with an eye for color and a knack for making retro inspired designs just right! The little details are terrific, bows, shoulder buttons, pleated side waist on that gorgeous cream dress; in rich, lustrous, flowing fabrics and the perfect pair of high waist wool pants you can't wait to get your hands on. I can not wait to see what Spring 12 brings in Tara Jarmon's world....


All pictures from tarajarmon.com.


Which looks are your favorites?


XOXO,


Gisela

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

SHOP NEWS: SALE!!

Happy Tuesday all! We are starting this week right with a SHOP sale! Hop on over to le shop and check out 20 smacking cute vintage items in our sale section. Get it while it's hot, most items have been discounted to 25% off + more. We will continue to drop the prices next week as well as add new items, so keep checking in to grab a great deal!

SHOP SALE

Gisela

Thursday, January 12, 2012

I ♥ POLYESTER SHIRTS


I share a big love of vintage printed polyester shirts along with my friend Karen of Misha LuLu. I know very few people that care for them, so I don't feel too odd liking them as much as I do, being that my lovely creative friend loves them too! As of matter of fact, if you look to your right at my live photograph feed you can see the new one I have just acquired as a gift from Karen this Christmas. It has such a lovely 1920's flapper girl print in different hues of blue, and I just can't wait to wear it.

Most of these shirts are overlooked at the thrift, I assume because they are just to "poly" and/or "tacky". That's better for me, since I find them a dime a dozen for pretty much a $1.00. My eye is attracted to them because of the colors and retro toss print which I find quite charming, and have so since the age of 14 when I first began shopping for vintage at the thrift. Because of this I have built quite the collection and I suspect I'm gonna be that little old lady still sporting printed polyester shirts...


I drooled when I spotted these high-waist vintage Levi's, they are the perfect fit, and have that just perfect flared leg. High-waist is my ultimate favorite fit, especially now that I'm more curvier, which really flatters that body type.



vintage 70's polyester fall leaves shirt, thrift
vintage 70's high-waist bell bottom Levi's jeans, flea market
vintage 70's round beaded wooden necklace, thrift
gold mushroom pendant necklace, Flea Market Girl
criss-cross platform sandal, Target
antique over-sized round ring, gift


Do any of you like vintage polyester shirts?

Before I go, just wanted to mention to follow our live photo feed of vintage items and all around fun stuff check us out @giselaandzoe on instagram and/or at our twitter.

Gisela

Monday, January 9, 2012

MY PERUVIAN PONCHO


My mother just came back from our home country of Honduras. She brought me allot of goodies, some which you will see in our own web store once it launches hopefully by April. This particular poncho was meant for Zoe, but she is not much for vintage looking poncho's, so I snagged it for myself. Although my mother bought it in Honduras the poncho was actually crafted and brought over from Peru. Their are also street vendors from Guatemala selling the most amazing woven bags there (hint, hint web store). 

Cultural clothing is one of my fashion favorites. I appreciate all the design, textiles and techniques which are unique to each culture. I also enjoy the history and story behind the clothing, as well as they way in which it is made. Honduras shares many similarities with the other Central American countries when comes to style of clothing. Most of these countries use similar design elements such as, woven yarns, cotton, natural dyes and laces; these design characteristics are indigenous to the culture. We are also known for our use of tooled leather. I especially love the fact that our culture uses rich vibrant colors and that most items are still hand crafted till this day. My very first upcoming line is very heavily influenced by these ethnic cultures.


Within the last week we have experienced a rise in temperature. Just when we thought it was getting colder it's actually gone the opposite way and it has warmed up allot. The poncho wearing was very temporary, but it's a nice added layer on chilly mornings; you can slip so easily out of it and throw it in your bag.

I also dug out some of my old costume jewelry which had gone forgotten for about a year. In there I found my precious rock necklace which was given to me by my grandmother when I was a teenager. At that time I did not care much for the necklace since I was rocking out vintage baby doll dresses and combat boots, but now it is just my style and it has allot of sentimental value attached to it.

 

Underneath I wore a grey heather tank top with my vintage high-waist Levi's and I tied it all together with a Mexican tooled leather belt. It was that hot, that I needed a tank top!

chevron knit Peruvian Poncho, gift from mom
grey heather BDG tank top, Urban Outfitters
Vintage 70s wide leg high-waist Levi's pants, thrift
Mexican tooled leather belt, thrift
precious rock necklace, gift from grandma
Vintage silver stone ring, thrift
ecote Southwestern tote, Urban Outfitters

Hope you are all having a great start of the year!

Gisela

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

SHOP UPDATE

Happy New Year guys! I wanted to do a first day of the year post but after all the celebrations I'm working on just catching up with work. I will start it off with a lovely shop update, having posted a few coats and jackets in the SHOP today. It's actually very warm here in Southern California, so it felt wrong posting them but it served as a reminder that many still experience winter well into April. I remember this fact from my Atlanta days. These last two days I've been in tank tops and shorts..not to rub it in, hehe. I am a warm blooded human though, being that I was raised in hot and humid Miami Florida, so naturally hot weather suits me.

Click on the pictures to get the full details:


Click to got to shop HERE.

Gisela

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