Thursday, February 4, 2010
I wore this when I married my husband the second time….in a Catholic church, so I had to look nice!
Wool Boucle Suit
Wool Boucle Suit (saved image)
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
This sale was a Moving Sale in my neighborhood. It was run by a woman in her 50’s. She, too, had one of those faces. I think it took about eight seconds to find out why she’s moving.
She’s joining a nudist camp.
Okay. To be specific: She is “relocating to a clothing-optional environment.”
I’m not kidding. I swear to you I do not kid. She’s been a weekend nudist for years, she said, and now she’s retiring and moving up the coast and “selling everything but my birthday suit.”
Red Rayon Jacket
Red Rayon Jacket (saved image)
I had a dream several months ago (not MLK “I have a dream, ” but “If you build it, they will come Field of Dreams” kind of dream) that I had access to a mansion full of stuff to sell. As long as I could carry the stuff out of the place, I was allowed to sell it. In this dream, I had just picked up a large box of men’s ties when I heard a voice tell me that I was a big success and did not have to worry about money anymore, and then I woke up. Well, shortly after that, in real life, I did indeed gain access to literally millions of products to sell - I did not know I would have such an opportunity at the time I had this dream.
Lot of Ties
Lot of Ties (cached image)
Kim’s mother often accompanied her husband (a prominent doctor in the Pacific NW) when he traveled. Her Mom was a well-educated & multi-talented woman with exceptional taste and an eye for well-made clothing. When her mom realized how much time she’d spend on trains, planes & automobiles, she took up knitting.
Hand knit Suit
Hand knit Suite (cached image)
This sport coat was made for the owner-proprietor of “British Crown Colony Tailors”, a real Philadelphia Anglophile named Roy West. I had my first bespoke clothing experience with Roy, whose tailors made my wedding suit. Roy out-grew this jacket and put it in his store window on 19th and Walnut near Rittenhouse Square. This was before I had discovered the wonders of resale clothing for myself. I admired the hacking coat, as it looked like the ones I had seen on London’s Savile Row. It fit me well and Roy gave me a decent price so I adopted it and proceeded to make it just like the ones on Savile Row.
Bespoke Houndstooth Tweed Coat
Bespoke Houndstooth Tweed Coat (cached image)
There is a funny sort of story associated with this suit. According to the shoe collector, she wore this suit for one meeting in London she said that went so badly, she doesn’t want to ever see the suit again. Upon further prodding, it wasn’t the meeting that went badly so much as the before and after. She wore the suit with a new pair of Ferragamo boots and upon arriving at the meeting, she stepped out of the cab and thought she twisted her ankle - the boots were so hurting her feet. She then went to the meeting. When she left the meeting, she said, she went back to her hotel and couldn’t get the Ferragamos off. She had to call for room service to help her get the boots off. It turned out she didn’t really twist her ankle, she had neglected to take some of the stuffing out of one boot. I was hysterical. Consequently, she told me to take the darn suit and list it. And list it I shall.
Stylishly Long Suit
Stylishly Long Suit (cached image)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
We will be listing fashion related items that were recently deaccessioned from the estate of the John E. & Walter D. Webb Museum of Vintage Fashion in Island Falls, Maine. There antique clothing was displayed in the themed rooms of an 1894, 14-room historic house with rooms ranging from an old-fashioned millinery shop to a men’s haberdashery to a bridal salon.
Wide Necktie
Wide Necktie (cached image)
Monday, December 17, 2007
This signature costume includes a red satin bow tie, a white button down short sleeve dress shirt and a gray suit consisting of a jacket and pants. The gray pair of pants measures 39 in. in length and has a tag reading, “Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.” with “Paul Reubens” handwritten in faded black ink. The gray jacket is fully lined and has a “Warner Bros. Pictures Inc.” tag inside as well. The dress shirt has an oval shape measuring 6 in. cut out of the back; otherwise, fine.
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure
Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (cached image)
