Mary Van Notes

All photos by the super talented Ameen Belbahri. Please see his work at www.flickr.com/photos/meenb/.

1940s sailor dress: vintage from House of Vintage in Portland, OR. I can’t remember the price, but it was a steal.
Gloves: from my step-mom’s aunt.
Purse: found it on the street.
Shoes: ebay
Hat: handmade by yours truly.

Out of all the dresses I bought in Portland on my last trip, this was my favorite, my shining star. It fit me perfectly in the store. But Mary Van Note put her shining star in a washing machine, and gasp, a dryer. What was I thinking!?!?!?! A 1940s vintage sailor dress?!?! IN THE WASHING MACHINE?!?!?!! AND THE DRYER?!?!?! Sadly the dress shrunk. You might be thinking, whatever Mary, it looks super fly on your hot ass. Trust me, it looked better on that hot ass before. Even though it’s snug, I’m still going to rock it because I love it so much. So remember, dry clean that shit.

When I dreamt of taking photos with Ameen, this was the outfit I wanted to capture. But not even in my dreams did the photos come out so amazing. The following two were taken on his 4×5 large format camera. You know, the old-timey camera:

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