I took some behind the scenes photos of the retro fitness shoot I styled for Shoestring Magazine last night. It’s really amazing how many weeks of planning and people it takes to create that perfect photo that gets used in the article.  I’ll let you know when Shoestring is ready to unveil the issue.

For years I have heard that Florida has the best vintage, yet every time I travel there I return empty handed. I thought it was just me, but Rhiannon had mentioned to me that she had the same experience. If any of you have some secret Florida vintage shopping  locations that us nonresidents are not aware of please spill it.

With exception to a few antique shops on Dearborn in  Olde Englewood and this amazing vintage jewelry booth inside the Dome Flea Market. Shopping was a bust.

I did manage to pick up this ring as a little vacation souvenir:

With all the Haberdash opening, new car purchasing, hamster funerals, vacationing and photo shoot styling going on around here, I completely forgot about this event. I hope you don’t already have plans for Saturday.

Sew What?! is a fashion, art, shopping event featuring a Swap-o-rama-rama. The event will include vendors which produce handmade jewelry, accessories, clothing and home goods. Artists will be performing live during the event with an opportunity for the public to receive custom art. This event will also include a Swap-o-rama-rama which is a community clothing swap and do-it-yourself workshop in which attendees explore creative reuse through the recycling of used clothing.

I saw these guys a few months back while they were on tour with Butch Walker. They were adorable, my friends and I planned to kidnap them and keep them in our pockets forever. A few weeks later Kyle gave me there cd and I cant stop listening to them. Check them out here.

I’m still madly in love with flower prints. Last year it was tiny flower prints, this year the bigger the better. Some 80’s puff sleeves never hurt anyone either.

Wearing: Dress $4 at Alexis Grace, Hair clip and belt both from Forever21

I picked up this vintage butterfly shirt at Alexis Grace Consignment today. I wanted to do a quick outfit post with it before I head to Florida. Enjoy the rain New England, I will be thinking of you while sitting on the powder sand of Siesta Key. See you Monday.

The Haberdash Grand Opening at The Dive last night was a success. Despite torrential down pours, the turnout was great. After all the work we did I  just couldn’t wait any longer for people to see the shop. I got some really great feedback, everyone loved the shop and even the guys said it was pretty rad and although they wished I carried more men’s stuff (which I work on).  The Jewelry and bags sold really well I’ll have to do some serious restocking before the next event. Thank you for your support Worcester!

Chickdowntown is letting me give away this sweet distressed  tee to one lucky reader. They carry some pretty rad brands including, Elizabeth and James,  Marc by Marc Jacobs, Free People Clothing and one of my favorites Alice + Olivia.

To enter the contest just leave a comment in this post, (we can only ship within the U.S.). The contest will run till  June 15th and the winner will be picked at random.

Good Luck!!

Thanks to my friend Derek over at Fire Bad. On Friday I had the opportunity to silk screen the Haberdash logo on some reusable shopping bags. Ok, I didn’t really do much except drink coffee, giggle with Nicole, take photos and pretend to be quality control, but still.  There are only 50 of them and I decided to just give them to friends and family as thank you gifts for listening to me blab about this project for months. But, maybe we will give a few away on Twitter. What do you think, do you love them?

If you are in Massachusetts and need anything silk screened check out The Silk Screen Warehouse on 50 Suffolk St. Worcester.

The Canal District Swap went swimmingly. With over 150 attendees and about 20 bags of clothes collected for charity. The swappers took advantage of the great deals the local businesses were offering. I think everyone was pretty pleased with the event. I have to thank Nostalgia Exchange, Worcester Magazine and Derek Ring for helping me host such a lovely day.  Also, my friends that showed up early to help sort though hundreds of bags of clothing. I’m going to make it up to you all one ice cream at a time.

See all the Photos.

This Sunday you will have the chance to scoop up lovely vintage fashions and discover one-of-a-kind creations from over 50 local designers all in one location!

Dress to impress Dreamecho and I will be judging the Vintage Glam Event! Get all the info here.

I’m getting super excited. I hope you can make it the Haberdash Grand Opening party at The Dive Bar on June 11th.

Worcester Magazine did a feature this week on the upcoming Swap and Haberdash. I hope you have a second to check it out. Also, Derek Ring created this rad map that will be handed out to all the swappers to help them navigate the Canal District.

See you all on Saturday!

While I was busy shopping for statement jewelry to fill the Haberdash with (like the beautiful piece below). Kyle (the talented designer behind this blog) took some some photos of fun items the Brimfield Flea Market. View the photos here and don’t miss the next market running July 14th-19th 2009.

The past two weekends have been really successful for antique shopping. I hit up Brimfield last weekend and yesterday Kate and I spent hours at The Cider Mill and Brickyard Antiques. With all the clothes going into Haberdash I now have a empty room in my house. Kyle is trying to take it over and turn it in to “Man Town”. I’m thinking more along the lines of sewing room/craft space. Maybe we can just turn it into a playroom for Emma and Sheldon. Anyway, here are my two most recent purchases.

Nicolé and I have decided to celebrate our new ventures by collaborating on a project and offering up the final results to one lucky reader of Punkystyle.com. We went through the vintage items in Haberdash and chose a item made out of fabric that we thought will make a lovely clutch. Nicolé will be sharing some of the steps along the way, and then when the piece is ready to be revealed we will start the giveaway.

At a clothing swap, a few months ago I was introduced to Nicolé the creator of Frock Handbags. She had recently started her own Eco conscious business (which is instant cool in my book). I knew she was someone I could learn things from and made sure to keep in touch. When I learned she was launching a men’s line I was intrigued, so I invited her to over for a sneak peek at Haberdash and she brought along some products from her line as I had hoped. All Frock bags are made in Massachusetts from vintage and sustainable materials. Take a look at all this loveliness:

After a few hours of over excited talk about the new fashion ventures in our lives, we decided we want to share what we do with the girls that share the same passion for Eco friendly and vintage fashions. Tomorrow’s post will explain just how we plan to do that.

Goodnight ladies!

All most every thing is priced and I’m starting to put the merchandise in The Hab. I cant wait to bring her to the rad events I have booked. The Haberdash Grand Opening Party will be June 11th in the Beer Garden of  The Dive and then will be doing our first Music fest over 4th of July weekend in Vermont at the Tweed River Festival. I hope you will come out and see Haberdash and I.

Project Haberdash is about 90% complete. Kyle designed me some sweet logos and I ordered custom stamps from Bear Rubber Stamps. This week I have to finish up the interior decor projects and get the items priced, and then well be ready to roll!

Since I parked a vintage caravan in my outfit portrait location, I’ll have to share some old photos with you. I picked up this vintage coat at the Boston clothing swap. It’s stunning in person, not a sequin out of place. Every time I wear it little old ladies want to touch it.