Right Side of the Tracks

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Top- Stop Staring via ModCloth

Jeans- Freddies of Pinewood via Top Stitch Vintage

Heels- Los Angeles Fashion District (the alleys)

These are my first ever pair of Freddies Jeans and boy are they worth every penny. I have always wanted to add a pair to my wardrobe, swooning over the brand since they had about 8 styles to offer and mainly mens at that time. Now they make all sorts of beautiful pieces including shorts, red denim, tops and now dresses. But I was worried about ordering from overseas incase I needed to exchange sizes.

Luckily, my friend Scott of Top Stitch Vintage stocks and sells Freddies of Pinewood jeans. He has quite a selection and I was able to try on a few different styles and sizes he had in stock. Good thing I stuck with my gut and tried on a pair before ordering online because the size I intended on ordering would have been to large. I had heard the brand ran small but this was not the case for myself. The jeans I am wearing here are the Indigo Button Jean and can be found here and I have worn them so many times already, I adore these jeans.

The Texas Wedding in Summer Outfit

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Top- H&M

Circle Skirt- Handmade (by yours truly using a vintage pattern)

Heels- Steve Madden

1950s Straw Purse- Buffalo Exchange

This outfit actually came together at the last second. My hair is naturally very straight, the complete opposite of what I prefer and combined with the humidity in San Antonio, Texas I did not have a fighting chance this day. Yet I still tried to curl my hair with an iron and wasted the time I should have spent getting an outfit on. On a whim I grabbed this skirt I had just made the day or two before and a top from H&M I've had for some time but never wore. Luckily it came together and I this is what I wore for the summer wedding of my two beautiful friends Valerie & George. (Photos of the wedding to come shortly.) 

The skirt is the first circle skirt I had ever attempted, I used a vintage pattern from the 1950s, some gingham fabric I had just picked up at a theater prop store near my work days before. I did not have any interfacing at the time for the waistband so I used muslin fabric, which I do not recommend, the band on this skirt folds and wrinkles after sitting. But the skirt is definitely not a loss even with the soft waistband and is one of my new favorite skirts. You can hardly see it but I also have a nude cardigan draped over my right arm that I wore later as the night got chilly.

Today Was a Good Day

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Glasses- Busseys Flea Market

Top- Torrid (altered by yours truly)

Belt- Thrifted

Pants- Thrifted

Heels- Melrose

This day was such a lovely day, my friend Nicole had her baby shower so I got a chance to see all of my beautiful San Antonio girls as well as Nicole and her little bun in the oven Sophia. 

This top from Torrid originally had lace inserts and was way to large in the waist but fit perfect in the bust, so I altered it to be tighter in the right spots, removed the lace knowing I would wear it more often and so I could enjoy it more. Voila!

After the Premiere

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1950s Pendleton Cape- Thrifted

1960s sweater dress- Thrifted

Stockings- What Katie Did

Heels- Steve Madden


One thing I have always wished for in my wardrobe, was a cape. Some winters I would scroll ModCloth or ebay looking for the perfect one, but never did anything grand enough appear. Especially since it is kind of a big leap of faith ordering online at times.

Then one lucky day in a Texas Thrift Store I found this beaut, and its funny because I almost did not browse the coats section that day. I believe it was summer and also when I thrift I usually have a mental image of what I am looking for so I start in that section (usually dresses or skirts) and then if I have time I will browse all sections. You never know where your gem is hidden, I also like to browse past the mens section because sometimes things get misplaced. Back to the cape, well I thumb through the jackets and skip over this one (can you believe that I skipped over this beauty) and then after thumbing through a few more jackets something told me to go back and take a closer look at the last 5 or 6 coats. That is when I realized this was a cape not a jacket or a coat, a Pendleton to be exact, and dead stock too. I nearly screamed out loud and forked over the 14.99 with a huge smile on my face. Its one of my favorite pieces I own.