New etsy store, The Betwixt Boutique

So, I decided I wanted to create a more recognizable image for my etsy shop. I made a new one, and this time I named it "The Betwixt Boutique."

Here are some of the lovely vintage items you'll find in my shop:







I've haven't been much of a fashionista lately, if I'm honest. I started a new job in March at an optometry office. This is my first job that I've actually worked full-time. I find it hard to much of anything after work, because I work long hours. There's little reason to put anything nice or exciting on. I'd like to find some less boring work clothes -- especially pants. It's a work in progress.

I promise I will post some personal outfits soon. I swear!

My recent thrift store finds.

I have had some pretty extraordinary luck in thrifting lately. I now have a full time job, so I have been focusing on finding chic things that will fit into the constraints of my work dress code. I shouldn't really say constraints, as it's not that rigid for women, but I have to say withing dressy to business casual. When you think about it 40 hours seems like only a small portion of an entire week, but it really feels like most of my time is spent at work, so when I get home, I have no reason to change and nowhere to go, so I am feeling fashion deficient lately.

Anyways, enough of my blubbering, and on to my treasures!

[caption id="attachment_722" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="Silk/chiffon sheer leopard skirt, Miss Ruth's Time Bomb (vintage boutique), $14."][/caption]

Sadly, as awesome as this skirt is, it doesn't fit me. And it is badly damaged, but I am going to use it for my mannequin (who seems to fit it perfectly) for the purposes of pairing it with other items for etsy photographs. This skirt is definately old. I am thinking at LEAST 1960s era.

[caption id="attachment_723" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="Black denim vest, thrift store, $3. Printed maxi skirt, same thrift store $3."][/caption]

I found this black denim vest at the animal shelter thrift store for just $3. I'm beginning to have quite the vest collection! The maxi skirt buttons up all the way in the front and also cost $3 from the same thrift store. Here is a better shot:



I can wear it to the beach or to work. I like that kind of versatility.

[caption id="attachment_726" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="Lush red velvet skirt, $2, from a vintage boutique's bargain bin."][/caption]

I had hoped this awesome velvet skirt would fit me, but unfortunately it's a little too big. This one is probably going to find its way into my etsy store.



This is a better representation of the skirts color. Reminds me of red wine. (Yum.)

[caption id="attachment_728" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="Crazy tribal print maxi skirt, thrift store, $3."][/caption]

I am madly in love with this skirt. Of course, with my dumb luck, the first time I wore it I popped a button off of it, so I have to sew a new one on, but that's because I am not used to wearing maxi skirts and caught the hem when walking. Here's a closer look at the print:



Well, that's it for now. I have a batch of vintage jewelry to show off next time. Stay tuned, and let me know what you think of my finds with a comment!

I love Kat Von D so much that I almost hate her.

Just check out these disgustingly good outfits:



[caption id="attachment_712" align="alignnone" width="468" caption="See? I have an almost identical lace button-up. We were meant to be."][/caption]



[caption id="attachment_716" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="She has Jeffrey Cambell shoes. Why can't it? (For free? Please?)"][/caption]

Featured Fashion Icon: Vampira (Maila Nurmi)

My all time favorite band The Misfits dedicated a song to this mistress of the dark: "Two inch nails / Micro waist / With a pale white feline face / Inclination eyebrows to there." That snippet of the song's lyrics pretty much sums it up. Vampira was a character developed by the great Finnish beauty Maila Nurmi. Vampira was one of the great horror TV hosts (like Elvira), the first to be exact, making her TV debut in 1954. She starred in Ed Wood's disastrous (but oh-so-good) Plan 9 From Outerspace. Her tradmarks are her tiny cinched waist and her harshly arched eyebrows. She's iconic.

I may have already featured her, but this bears repeating. Her look has been an inpiration to the goth and horror-punk scenes.

Vintage Inspiration: Golden Girls!

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="340" caption="Reminds you of Kiera Knightly, right?"][/caption]

Rue McClanahan (yeah, Blanche on the Golden Girls) looking absolutely gorgeous. You can understand why her GG character was so conceited. She was a true beauty! She is pictured wearing a lacy bustier.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="She rocked those dimples."][/caption]

Betty White, who happens to be very popular right now, in her youth. She really was gorgeous.

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="400" caption="Just a girl here..."][/caption]

Bea Arthur looks great as well! She really was a pretty woman! I love her hair here.

[caption id="attachment_314" align="alignnone" width="490" caption="Posing in a swimsuit."][/caption]

This is Estelle Getty, who portrayed Sophia on the GG. A great vintage swimsuit!

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