Vintage Chester Weinberg sequined dress. The quality is wonderful, and there is a single file row of sequins on each strap. All of the sequins on the dress appear to be sewn on by hand. It's very heavy and moves beautifully.
Vintage Chester Weinberg wool and suede dress. The bottom half is so soft, and I love the skinny sleeves. Unfortunately, I've never been able to fit into this dress, even when I bought it the neck hole was too tight.
This Donald Brooks dress features some very interesting construction, as well as super-skinny sleeves with a zipper at the end. The concentric circles at the collar and chest are made by putting white string underneath the fabric, and sewing them in place. I've never seen this effect elsewhere, but it's a great way of creating texture.
This is a Donald Brooks dress in cotton (top part) and wool jersey (bottom part). Like some of my other favorite dresses, it has concealed pockets. The vest is also reversible. It reminds me of 70s Charlotte Rampling.
Here is a rare 60's YSL safari dress. Notice it has a large label. There are wonderful details such as the little bit of quilting at the bottom of the row of buttons.
vintage YSL peasant skirt with tiers, concealed pockets, and silver lurex threads running throughout. Probably the most decorated of all my skirts.
vintage dress from Joseph Magnin, a store in California that went out of business a long time ago. (thanks, Macy's.) I forgot who the designer is. The material is a beautiful midnight blue satin with crystal buttons.
This is not a dress, but it's a Dior Jeune Homme blazer that is pretty cool. Unfortunately, this pic was taken in front of my old bathroom. Ew.
Chester Weinberg and Donald Brooks are two of my favorite designers. Unfortunately, not many of their dresses are available for sale. I like their clean, sometimes sporty aesthetic, and the fact that there are pockets in their dresses. The craftsmanship is also meticulous.
Soon, I will show some pieces by my other favorite American designers: James Galanos and Norman Norell.
YSL purple crest bag from Spring 06
This is an artificially elongated me holding the bag. Isn't Gimp great?
I was going to sell this on ebay because I never use it, since I prefer crossbody bags and this one's strap was too short. Well, today I used one of the ties from my YSL bow blouses to fix the problem, so with me it stays.
I removed 1 end of the long strap attached to the d-ring and looped a long tie twice around it to make the strap longer.
This is actually a smoked potato and catfish sandwich, an old pic since I didn't take pictures today. It was amazing.
