Denim. Levis. Love.

When I was little, er, a young child..I loved my jeans. I would whine and cry and pout if I was forced to wear a dress. If I had to wear a dress, it had better be plaid or a sailor dress. I would wear my jeans under a dress....Now I can wear jeans...lovely lovely denim all day and all night if I want to....
San Francisco California was the center of the universe for the proliferation of Denim....from Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis and their waist overalls...the Levi riveted jeans.... to the Gap company with their high waist jeans in the late 60s, to the Gunne Sax Jessica McClintock dress company that used chambray, muslin, calico and denim to make some of the most pretty and beloved dresses ever! 

Jeans made from blue denim were just work pants...now they are high fashion!
The fabric has a twill weave that makes the characteristic diagonal ribs.Indigo is the blue dye that blue denim is dyed with...back in the day before the 1920s, it was natural indigo, plant based, but now it's all chemical. Some indigo dye used for commercial denim has better color than others, in my humble opinion!  Denim warp threads are dyed indigo blue (or another color), but the weft threads always are white.

Things I made for the first child, Jan....
yeah.
a jacket I made from lots of jean patches, sewn to a lining of red and blue check flannel, with a ladybug braid trim on the edges....little brass buttons, and pockets too!  There's Big E indigo denim, and a lot of selvedge!

...and I made a skirt for her too....more Big E denim and some Lee to go with the vintage Levi's...all the clothes I made back then, used a lot of worn out Big E Levi jeans....oy vey.

and a pair of 60s Big E kids jeans, a Levis zip front, with the Talon 42 zipper, a pair of 505's for the kiddies.
All the kids wore this pair except Robbie since he was 9 when I met him.

Here's a poster of  Vintage Jeans  with LEVI 501xx Buckle back & LEE from ebay seller toysandjeans.




1969 Wrangler Jean ad from ebay seller scottalbertson




 What else is made from denim? mmmm a Vintage 70s denim Gunne Sax dress with calico and lace ! 




 a little kids dress....70s vintage denim and tartan plaid dress...aww so cute. 





 amazing wear patterns on this pair of vintage blue denim Levis jeans





and what to wear with Levis, denim and jeans....moccasins and Converse, of course!

High top red cotton, white laces, rubber and logo. High tops, these are Made in the USA, classic Converse All Stars.






Vintage MINNETONKA Moccasins from Paramount Vintage. Cute!






Inspirational ! big thick sweater, denim shorts, socks, leather sandals....big mans watch, long hair...Of course I like this picture...this is how I dress most of the time!
this whole blog, beauandaero is full of images in a genre I call, Drunk Teenager. Vacuous girls with no life history beyond the trauma of 11th grade PE class. Gawky. Vain. and trying way too hard to be sophisticated and worldly.


 


Make a rug from lots of blue denim jeans ! 
 

around the garden....

a surprise of loving carrots...awwww!

while I was planting and weeding, and harvesting potatoes, carrots, strawberries, and a few small turnips....I saw this Western swallowtail resting...on the lobelia....
(Papilio rutulus)

I think he had a bit of a run -  in with a bird who bit his tails off.....

and I doubt he'll fly again.
Rudbeckia....

the ladybug population could not keep up with the aphids this summer, so I sprayed a mixture of kitchen dish soap with a lot of water...and that did the trick (aphid death)...with no damage to my sunflowers and nasturtiums....which are notorious for being aphidmagnets...

the evening sun shines on the houses across the street....

and the clouding sky.....

Grape Wine Burgundy Berry Raspberry Blackberry oxblood

that color....a little bit purple *a little bit pink *a little bit blue *a little bit brown....it always feels so autumn, and that is just a few weeks away....it's also...Back To School.
I don't go back to school in the late summer just about Labor Day, but I still buy new yellow pencils, some pads of paper and sniff pink erasers...just for old times sake...

Pink, fuschia, rust stripe vintage 60s scarf  

Vintage riding Boots, fringe loafers, Bass tassel shoes, Suede ghillies.....
Riding boots in shiny dark oxblood burgundy leather with small wood stack heels.
 Soft burgundy wine suede menswear wingtip shoes that tie on the top.
 Tassel loafers, all the typical stuff, with a fringe in Burgundy Oxblood leather.
Bass Weejuns penny loafers, the burgundy Beefroll style is it, and has been since 1936.







 

 

Separates....
Raspberry wine boucle Cardigan 70s vintage Sweater V neck, 
Berry Pink Plaid Skirt pleated black burgundy wool check, 
Harley Davidson vintage thermal shirt Tacoma harley vintage 1970s, 
Vintage pleated Blouse 1970s Miss Magnin purple pink roses boho party top 

Purple floral corduroy vintage dress, wine corduroy jumper, purple gunne Sax, berry 70s knit shirtdress...for fall dressing.
Vintage 70s soft textured knit vegan boucle knit dress has a cute bodice and adorable puffed sleeves.
Crochet lace and sheer voile create an enchanted romantic vintage 1970s dress...pale lilac with purple floral sheer voile.
A long empire with a strappy neckline, this vintage 70s dress has a sexy top that gets even better....with perma pleats.
Simple slim vintage dress is purple with a faux wrap deep back neckline. In the front, it's a gentle curve and has little cap sleeves.
























 



Pretty cool !

Late summer August is dry

...with the light becoming slowly weaker......the sun has dropped from High Summer....the colors are brighter....and have more of a purply hue...since the hot bright sun doesn't wash them out...
Sugar Daddy petunias, purple alyssum, and pansies from last fall.......with water and a shot of weak fertilizer once a week....color stays around...

wow...Look at the crazy tall nasturtium........it just keeps growing taller and taller.......will it bloom?

My neighbor gave me a bouquet of dahlias that match my orange color scheme.....

I love that old wicker rocker.....
I only bring it out in the summer....maybe this year I'll take in the house for winter....

I took the uprights from my patio shade thingie (after November winds destroyed it....) and made a cage around my basement steps so I won't fall in and down !!

A big hydrangea in  a galvanized vintage boiler....and a big squirt gun to annoy the feral cats that want to eat my birds....

What have I listed lately? Lots more fresh Fall lovelies coming in a few days.....boots, plaid skirts, vintage blazers, and the men folks....a vintage suit, a Fedora...and other goodies......

Autumn vintage shoes.....wingips, mary janes, ..and preppy fringe loafers.