Still have traveling 'Vintage Style' on my mind

So my last post was about weekend traveling, using vintage bags. The photo to the left here shows the vintage straw bag that I had chosen to use for weekends at the Jersey Shore this Summer. Then I pulled out two round suitcases that I have to sell, but just haven't gotten listed on the website yet. Either of those would be good weekend choices for me too. I'm leaning towards the grey one because it has a pretty pale lavender quilted lining. The inside of the black leather one is cool too - brown printed paper.

I finished hanging the rest of my vintage purses this week too, after buying more tacks. Most are on one wall, with a few on the other wall. Yes, that is an exercise bike. It gets minimal use and yes I occasionally hang my clothing on it! Now that the purses are all easy to see, let's see if I use more than the same 4-5 all the time!

Here's a closer peek at a few pairs of my shoes. I wore my first open toed shoes of the season the other day. It was a happy feeling. Also went out in a dress with no stockings for the first time this season too. It was way too hot to worry about how pale my legs were!

One last peek at some of my stuff. This is how I hang my sweaters. I have two over the door hooks, and I just hang them tiered so that I can see them better. 2 are new, all of the others are vintage.

Traveling in style

Usually in the Summer, I carry my stuff to the Shore in a large vintage straw bag. Fun, festive, and fits the season. But they get beat up, and I have to buy another bag every season. One of my vintage friends Carolina was telling me that she was looking for train cases. So I thought, hmm, one of those would be good for the Shore. I don't know what it is about small train cases, but they make you want to pack up some little things and go! I'm just concerned a case would be bulky carrying, a straw bag is so much easier to toss around - which is why mine get beat up so easily!
I already have a straw bag set aside for this Summer, but I did a little search on etsy for bags and cases anyway, I can always browse. I also have two round zippered cases that I could use, one is lined in peach satin. I'll have to take a photo of it.

Some from Etsy. Click the image to check out these bags in my favorites.

This Sunday was the 'Annual Spring Unvailing of the Pastey Whitey-White Winter Legs'! You know, you're ready to wear Spring clothing, but the legs are still stuck in Winter mode. I've been out in dresses with stockings a few times this Spring, but this is the first bare legs day - shaved and moisturized!
I don't know why I felt compelled to photograph the Unvailing outfit, but here it is, pale legs and all.
Pants, shoes and purse are vintage. The top is new. Actually it was a dress that was too short for me, so I cut it down a little. The loafer shoes are my most frequently worn pair of shoes. They're the go-to shoes, the ones that go with everything, the ones you throw on when you can't decide which shoes to wear. Bought them a few months ago on ebay.

I'm in the process of clearing junk out of the tiny catch-all spare bedroom. I'm going to hang all my purses in there and spread out all my shoes. I have a nice variety of vintage shoes and purses, but if I can't see them, I end up wearing the same shoes and carrying the same purse all the time! So hopefully having accessories on view will remind me of the cute things that I have and enable me to put them to good use. Below is what I have done so far (I ran out of tacks to hang the purses) Winter shoes are packed up and Summer slingbacks on display.




Also did some rearranging in the stock room. I used to use the round rack in another room to hang unwashed clothing. But my Dad hung some long racks in the other room for those clothes, and the round rack came in here to loosen up the racks that hold the website stock.
Boxes are piling up with backstock. I bought 200 vintage hats this week (!) and they are taking up alot of space here now.