Mary Van Notes

Dress: Hollywoodland Antiques
Shoes: John Fluevog
Belt and socks: somewhere

I bought this dress at Hollywoodland Antiques, a gem of a place I found in Hollywoodland, possibly the most charming place in Los Angeles, period.  Hollywoodland is the little neighborhood directly underneath the Hollywood sign.  You might not know that the Hollywood sign originally said Hollywoodland, but part of the sign was damaged in a fire and never fixed.  At least that’s how I heard the story went.  This antique store was open, and lo and behold there was a rack of vintage clothing.  There was no dressing room, but I tried them on regardless (thanks to the kind owner who watched the door as I changed).  I’m so glad I did because the entire rack of 1940s dresses were from a woman my size. Dream come true.   I picked up two dresses, a beautiful pair of beaded gloves and a hair net in the original packaging from 1946.  (Did you know hair nets back then were made of human hair?!?!?)  Other treasures to be documented at a later date, don’t you worry.

By the way, this is what I wore on Thanksgiving.  I hope y’all had a good one.

Just a short little commemorative video.  Unfortunately I didn’t get footage of hanging out with Susan Alexander, which was by far the highlight of this stop on the tour.  Next video to come–Seattle!

I’ve been clicking on this video to play repeatedly.  I hope Charlyne makes an album so I can listen to it over and over.

Dress: Wasteland, San Francisco.
Jacket: From a 2 piece dress suit bought at Magpie in Portland, OR
Gloves: My step-mother’s aunt
Shoes: MIA from Bunny’s in Santa Cruz, CA
Purse: found on the street

Seriously, I’ve been wanting a 50s shelf bust dress for a long time and when I saw this adorable pink floral printed thing, I fell in love instantly.  It’s pretty tight on me, but whatevs, I’ll sacrifice shortness of breath for a dress like this.

Had to share another video this Friday. Senator Savino makes an awesome speech on Marriage Equality in Albany, NY.

I just found the Vintage Ladies Tumblr full of vintage nudes and pin-ups.  There are so many beautiful shots there, so take a looksee.   Here’s some old-timey porn and sexiness to hold you over:

I’m performing tomorrow with one of my favorite ladies, Uni and Her Ukelele!

Uni is awesome: