September 27, 2011
One of my favorite fashion trends this fall is 70’s inspired Sophisticated Bohemian. This look is a balance between free-spirited style and classic separates. If you’re the kind of chic who loves wearing sheer or light flirty blouses in the summer, don’t give them up this fall! Pair them with a cute neutral blazer, cardigan, [...]
March 19, 2011
Check out the facebook event page here: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106943536054111 I’ve been wanting to have an 80′s movie night at our local theater here in Burlington, Merrill’s Roxy, but Merrill can’t be bothered to get back to me, so I’ve been working with the UVM film club to do an 80′s movie night. It’s gonna be April [...]
March 9, 2011
One of my most favorite customers has just started a fashion blog, so I can’t help but put up a link here to her blog: Wore Out | A Burlingtonian Style Blog woreout.wordpress.com Tonight is all about prep for tomorrow’s Mardi Gras festivities! I came home from work kicked off my minnetonka mocs, [...]
February 10, 2011
I had to put this link up here to a French Show Shine Show blog in Paris. Thanks to my buddy Dev. There are some really amazing examples of breathing new life into some mens dress shoes, boots, perforated leather womens boots and even suede. I find this really inspiring. Vintage clothing, thrift prices – Downtown Threads [...]
November 5, 2010
I had and still have quite a few used scarves but they weren’t quite as awesome as I had hoped. Same deal with vintage hats and scarves it’s hard to come up with really utilitarian stuff like that because it gets beat up. So I got in some fun new hats, scarves and gloves in [...]
October 8, 2010
Huloooooooooo! I just brought in a bunch of new jewelery today for your jewelery wearing pleasure. Earrings and pendants/necklaces mostly. They’re only $14 for the pendants and $9 for the earrings. The earring clasps are sterling silver plated and they’re from a Vermont company. Jewelery, Accessories, Vintage, Thrift, Retro – Downtown Threads – 73 Church [...]
September 17, 2010
So, I run a small vintage clothing store with a small advertising budget and have to choose my advertising outlets carefully to get maximum return on investment. One of the places I advertise is Facebook because I can target my audience pretty precisely. One of the ads I was running had this image in it: [...]
August 4, 2010
Thanks D-balls for this. It looks like Brooks Brothers has collaborated with Levis Strauss & Co to get some honest to goodness “Made in the USA” Levis for the Brooks Brothers stores. They all appear to be $148.00. I read not too long ago that Levis closed their last USA factory in 2004, so I am not [...]
August 3, 2010
I saw this link on the Battery Street Jeans facebook wall. Thank you Jezebel for this gem of a quote “American Apparel is probably f***ed.” Well, this all came about because American Apparel’s auditing firm resigned due to problems it discovered with American Apparels reporting, but Jezebel is quick to point out a host of [...]
July 30, 2010
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