VA-VA-VOOM! *Hey again; it’s Caitlin from Wore Out. I can’t believe Halloween is right around the corner! If you’re like me and still undecided about what you’re going to wear out for a night of mischief this All Hallows’ Eve drop by Downtown Threads. They have a ton of ready to wear costumes for men [...]

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, [...]

I have added so many new accessories recently and of course I’m a champ about uploading pictures to the facebook page but sometimes I do neglect my blog page here. So from owl necklaces, camera necklaces, camera rings, apple and pear shaped watch pendants, coy fish rings, octopus pendants, wrist watches, snap bracelet watches, tons [...]

  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 [...]

Because of the enormous popularity of audacious 80′s sequined sweaters in my store I’ve searched high and low to find some bright, bold and beautiful 80′s sweaters for my store, while there’s still snow on the ground. 80′s sweaters, fashion, vintage, retro – Downtown Threads – 73 Church Street, Burlington, VT

I’ve been looking to start carrying some high quality new USA made accessories. One of the companies that I was immediately drawn to is Randolph Engineering. RE makes their sunglasses down in Randolph MA. Most people don’t know this but they are one of only 2 American sunglass manufacturers. Oakley, Ray Ban, Oliver Peoples, Revo [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

It’s fall and you need a light jacket, but you can get a brown or black or boring ass jacket anywhere. You really want to stand out. Well, you need more neon in your color pallet. At the very least it’ll keep you from getting shot by a hunter. Vintage, Retro, Neon – Downtown Threads [...]

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: [...]