compare and contrast: silk gathers

above: a sweet little black silk taffeta number from jcrew priced at $295.

below: a dark as night silk shantung vintage 1950s cocktail dress currently in the shop for $128.

a bit of a no-brainer this time, right?

baby's first.

we hit our first drive by estate sale in our new home base city over the weekend. the girls were along for the ride, so we loaded them (still sleeping) into their ergos and went in, more to peep into the strange, sloping baroque wooden house than for whatever was left inside.

instead, a lonely, early 1940s cotton dress was waiting for me in a downstairs closet. I also took home this white cotton gauze hankie. I'd dream about that handstitched border at night, otherwise.

found.

this candid from the early 1940s has been in my found photo pile for longer than I can remember. there's just something about it.

roseville.

oh, swoon! it's all about making your morning coffee as glamorously vintage as possible, I guess.

winter ticking.

this bobbie brooks striped dress is a perfect winter-to-spring look. and it buttons up the back! love!

via.

alaïa.

   it's true. it's been a month. but we've got house on the brain. and for this house, there are no words.

via yatzer.

artichoke vase.

definitely the coolest piece of mid century cast ceramic I've seen in awhile.

60s hutschenreuther artichoke vase for sale here.