Category: Vintage

Hollywood

Anna-Maria11 Comments
On Friday I attended a Hollywood themed company Xmas party. Instantly I knew I wanted to wear something in the vintage spirit, to catch the “old Hollywood” vibe. Having searched eBay for 2 months prior to the event, I came into the conclusion that there was no point of buying a dress for just one day, especially when you have friends like Ranna with a closet full of vintage party dresses. As I was modeling for our Etsy store’s lookbook, I got to try on this amazing cobalt blue dress of hers. It was love at first sight; this was THE dress for the party. This amazing piece will be for sale at Tell Me A Story Vintage, as soon as the fall/winter stuff is up.

The dress definitely demanded a hair updo, so now I am fulfilling one reader’s request to having my hair tied to the back. I also wanted to give the dress a modern twist with the double layer belt and studded platform sandals. I was pretty pleased with the outcome, especially when so many people gave me compliments on my outfit during the night. Thank you Ranna so much for letting me borrow the dress!



Dress and cape: Tell Me A Story Vintage
Gloves: L’acessor
Belt: Second hand
Bag: Bianco
Shoes: Urban Originals
Cigarette holder: Naamiohuvit

Writers block

Anna-Maria13 Comments
It really seems like ages since I last posted, and as I logged on today, I noticed it’s been exactly a week. They say a blogger shouldn’t apologize to their readers for not updating but what about when you truly feel bad about neglecting the blog and your readers? Believe me, I really wanted to update so many times but this lack of daylight has been making it impossible to take decent pictures and my beloved photographer has been suffering from a cold for the past week. I must admit that this darkness has made me feel a bit under the weather, so writing in general has been hard for me. Damn this darkness!To bring you back to happier subjects, the new fall/winter stuff should come to our Etsy store any moment now. The studio photos are getting finalized and Ranna and I are hoping to open the store asap. So if you are quick enough, you might be able to get some filling to your Xmas stockings right in time.

Here are a few tastings of what’s coming up…Photos by Satu Kemppainen.




© Satu Kemppainen
Blue tunic: Tell Me A Story Vintage
Long cardigan: Tell Me A Story Vintage
Floral dress: Tell Me A Story Vintage
White dress: Tell Me A Story Vintage
Hat: Uniformal Warehouse
OTK boots: Bronx

P.S. I pinky promise to update tomorrow again as I finally will have some outfits to share!

Constructivism

Anna-Maria20 Comments
Since my b-day happened to be in the middle of the week, I decided to host the actual party yesterday night. We had some food and drinks at my place and later on headed to a local indie club to dance and a see a band called Juvelen. I had heard that they are Sweden’s own Prince (the artist not the royalty) and as a huge Prince fan it was definately worth checking out. Since I was such a busy host, I had no time to take an outfit picture when there was still daylight. Therefore Ranna and I had a photoshoot at the club and to my surprise the pictures came out pretty nice! Thanks Ranna for these photos below, my photographer work and her lovely and very similar shape (we did not plan this!) outfit can be seen here.







Dress: Saints & Mortals
Net top: Martin Margiela
Oddly cut top: Fifth Avenue Shoe Repair
Bag: Bianco Accessories
Shoes: Skopunkten

I constructed the outfit of a pleather dress I bought recently as an impulse buy and added the see through oddly-cut top, a Margiela net top, laceup shoes and all the gold jewellery I could find. The inspiration for my outfit came from Givenchy’s fall/winter 08/09 colleciton, it’s my absolute favourite collection of this fall from all the designers. I just can’t say no to leather, bunch of jewellery and platform shoes.


Source: Style.com

From my perspective the latter had to stay at home and wasn’t included in my outfit because I wanted to ensure a pleasant dancing experience all night long. Also, tomorrow we are having a photoshoot for our Etsy store and there is going to be a lot of standing outside so my feet have to be in good shape. So keep your eyes open for our new fall/winter stuff, it’s coming up soon!

Tell Me a Story Vintage is now on Etsy

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We decided to move our business from eBay to Etsy due to the difficulties that eBay brings to a seller (slow listing, fees, competition etc.). The best part is that you don’t have to bid anymore, you just have to be fast! We are listing new items every week, so make sure to visit our store very often.

You can still find the latest news from our store’s blog and Myspace (though the latter is under construction at the moment).

Happy shopping at Etsy!


Get the denim skirt from here.