What I like now....

funkomavintage is in an etsy Treasury highlighting VLV vintage goodies...
thanks to carmenandginger....

oh sure some snowflakes showed up this morning...but the sun came out...and well,
Spring is just a few days away!
Here's what I like ...for those days...that aren't
Winter but not quite Spring....

these are all in my etsy shop, and mention VLV and I'll refund 10% of the price before shipping is added !!

First Lady Fashion.........

A slide show of First Ladies....
clicky

Michelle.....Mrs. O...has captivated us... all of us, the whole world over. Her intelligence...and her style. Because I guess, what you wear reveals so much about you on a first impression.
In recent memory Jackie Kennedy had an identifiable style that was copied...it was sleek and uncomplicated.......


Here's a 60s vintage Bridal set or not...paired with all black accessories, it would be stunning at a luncheon date and because it's 2 pieces, it will mix and match and play very very nice with what is already hanging in the closet.
click here to go my etsy shop!










Coral dress for day or evening party........and a LBD for a cocktail or dinner party......











ending soon on ebay...clicky

What I'm Wearing March 5 2009

getting dressed is important to one's outlook on life...I have cute jammies and cute slippers, but I can't go out like that....well, I can.....I choose not to (yet)
Today I'm wearing a pink and purple with orange fringe scarf I think I got from Annie...that I love love love...both Annie and the scarf, a pair of jeans, Levis nothing special, a pinky sweater dress over a stripe shirt, and a pair of wine leather boots...(that look like these for sale on etsy!)....
All thrifted....
the inspiration is SPRING...If I can dream it, I can dress it....
look for more pansy-inspired outfits daily.........
The 2nd bested thing (besides the scarf) is this flower pin I garage-saled last summer (Mark got a cute fat little teapot)...
it's like a Rudbeckia in lime and fuschia with black, and a long acid green stem, made of metal, and its best part is the cluster of black stamens......
This year I shall co-ordinate my collection of flower pins...and my collection of sparkly rhinestone stuff....

so this is how a town is taken and given.......

our customer/wanderer count is down to about 5 people a day ...from about 100 a day on the weekends.......So Tacoma and the City Council Men that wanted pretty yuppie sidewalks and planters and oh so pretty pretty parking...You damn sure got your wish.
Just wanted to give you an update. The work crew has spend 35 days out of 40 in front of my store, with their big holes and bigger work vehicles. Thank GOD I have a Trust Fund check every month. My bldg. is again up for lease.....I suggest you install ....more Tullys, Starbucks, McDonalds, Wendy's, BurgerKing, another Beer and HotDog tavern, another 7-11, & convert 3 more bldgs to empty condo's while you're at it.....
Welcome to Tacoma !

It was 60 degrees......so Spring

into action !
While the shop is closed down because the city of Tacoma has taken my street and my sidewalk....Antique Row is devastated right now....I'm only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the next few weekends....or contact me for an appointment...
Spring is in a few days....the weather is warming up and I am putting the lighter weight things out....to wear and to restyle my home for Spring !
Lovely dresses....now on ebay...
Hawaiian Sun Dress in a L/XL....


Vibrant floral Halter sun dresses....
Impressionist Poppies...



a little something to put underneath....
a strapless 50s style vintage bra....

Hip....Cool....Bon !!! Von !!! Wheelie !!! and January !!!!

I never get tired of mentioning my fabulous children and grandchildren...and Mark of course.....and in this month's issue of Tacoma City Arts is an article about What It Is...... & that is Girl Trouble.....who kicks it old school because they are old school...
It's not easy being cheesy....and knowing the difference between hip and cool, and why that might matter..........
So Bon Von Wheelie......she doesn't know how much I admire her....I didn't get to do (yet) so many things I want to do with my very short life, but I did get to raise the Worlds Best Children........
January was the first....and she really let me know that I had better get up pretty early in the morning to get the jump on her....now January is a mommy...oh Time really is the Best Revenge!!
Thank you City Arts, Emily White, Bon and her boys....and January for being.
too many days it's the words of Mrs. Parker "Oh What fresh hell is this"....but today I feel fine......

son, dil, Mark, gd #1..

more fam ----


There is a reason I keep Girl Trouble right up there on my Myspace page next to 2 of my 3 kids......I'm all about old school Tacoma...there was nothing wrong with Tacoma before, and I don't think it's much improved in the last quarter century...it is a bit cleaner thanks to the EPA, and lower Pacific in dt is permanently fucked up...but I survive....in my rumpled digs on Broadway Baby.......making the day prettier and funkier and well dressed and well accessorized....

Here is a bit from a movie about Dorothy Parker....and then a few of her sayings...she knew what life was is and could...






and then a tribute to the passing of Blossom Dearie...and a most endearing and painfully truthful song about the self-conscious hipster...........

Saddened to learn of the recent death of Blossom Dearie...one of my favorite little jazz singers who was hip and cool because she just did what she wanted to do....which is to sing and sing and sing.........
Blossom... was a delight...and I felt happy just knowing she was on the planet......






one more from Mrs Parker....Bed...my favorite place to be...guess where I am typing this? from my bed in Tacoma.

Pea You See See Eye

What? funkoma is having you on....PUCCI. Pea You See See Eye. That is the art of saying something...under a radar, and with creativity......
and when it comes to describing vintage in trendy terms.....funkoma giggles a bit.....

OK, I like a good story really I do...I like to write...it's fun...I like a good yarn. A buzzword right now in fashion, especially in Vintage That Looks like something right off the runway...is Origami.
Origami. Origami this. Origami that.
Origami dress. Origami skirt....and vintage origami...

So, ok, big funny sleeves from the Gay 90s 2 centuries ago...mmm maybe. 30s sleeves...que wild !!!
.....and can we ever forget...the 80s ?? no. we cannot. we try.
we cannot remove that memory from our mind-bank.
So. origami. when I think of vintage, what is prolly the least likely garment I, funkoma, would ever describe as origami..is.....wait for it....
a Square Dance Crinoline !!!!! yes ! but not just any Square Dance Crinoline....no ...one that is:
... an ORIGAMI POUF DRESS SKIRT ....in disguise.
I am not creative enough, clearly.

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Girls Girls Girls...this is not a vintage designer origami skirt....it is a common square dance crinoline available from....a costume shop...

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or from Sams, for instance.......as they say...a fool and her money are soon parted....
and you can have a new crinoline for about 60 bucks with shipping, since they are 99% air. Air is very cheap to ship.


Here, clicky on this link....to see real origami......

This is a bridal example of origami.....from www.onewed.com/blog/




or more everyday wear.....or at least St Paddy's Day....or I Heart Kermit the Frog Day......
.....from....retrothreads on etsy...(yes, I WOULD too wear this)



do you want to Origami a Real Dress.......in miniature? clicky here....

and funkoma vintage shall next expose the nefarious ebay sellers of shrunken motorcycle jackets..
...I'll attack the MYTH of THE VINTAGE CROPPED SHRUNKEN MOTORCYCLE CELEB JACKET..........

what the flippin' heck happened to all those motorcycle jackets that trendy sellers mysteriously seem to find by the boatload, all while claiming ...Vintage is one of a kind.....so get this shrunken vintage RARE motorcycle cropped celeb favorite !! jacket.........
What super squirrel secret vintage concoction Do they have in their trendy bag of tricks that
KEEPS SHRINKING THE WORLD'S SUPPLY of motorcycle jackets???