Outfit #4 [Aran]

JULES CAME BACK TO CALI! For the time being that is. So we decided to take some photos, having to go to LA for no apparent reason, we finally ended up in Long Beach, Ca. As we happened to just drive and drive and drive, we saw smashed cans glittering on the freeway (in awe a photo was not captured), traffic, traffic, traffic, mexican sports bar, and million dollar homes with dogs the size of a pony. And we just happened to stumble upon this beautiful wall, doorway, arch as we were driving in Long Beach. 

Outfit: Vintage leather skirt, Gray crop tee, modernized army jacket, vintage clutch. 

(Been in this vintage mood, I am becoming nostalgic. The music, the fashion, the lifestyle, communications, readings, everything from the 1920's-1940's)

Victory Americana

Moschino Spring 2011

Zac Posen Resort 2013

More Moschino here and below

As I sit here in the middle of the night thinking about what to wear for 4th of July (I'm going to a vintage 30s/40s themed event... ideas?), I can only wish our wardrobe could be like some of the images depicted from the 40s. I love fashion with a purpose & that reflects heavily on the time. Victory suits + victory rolls are trends that defined a large chunk of the 1940s because of WWII. So much came out of fashion & the image of women during this time when everything was scarce & rationed.

Fashion that preservers and redefines

(& we see it echoed again & again on current runways - now that's strength & longevity!)

Hope everyone in the States has a Happy & Safe 4th!!!

images via: style.com, geraldine saglio, 1940s-fashion.com, brimblesworld.blogspot, clarabelleblog.com, keepyourpeckerup.wordpress, thingsididntbuythatilove.com, elle.com, schelay.blogspot, swingfashionista.com, weheartvintage.co