Vintage colour swatch…burgundy beauties

So, I thought I would do something fun and start writing a regular post every 2 weeks that focuses on a particular colour. I will also include pics showing all sorts of vintage fashion items that were produced in varying shades of that colour, hopefully to inspire some new outfit combinations in the future. 🙂

Burgundy. It’s rich, dark, sensual and one of my favourite clothing colours, along with darker greens, browns, rusts, reds, black and navy. I’m not much of ‘bright colour’ girl (much to my father’s disgust…he always comments that I ‘wear too much black’) and I tend to accessorise with brighter pieces or wear a bright shirt with darker skirt/trousers etc. Burgundy usually screams winter and autumn to me but I do have items in cottons and linens in lighter shades and funnily enough; a pair of vintage suede burgundy lace up oxford shoes! Hope you enjoy this collection.

     

      

      

      

  vintage rare 1930s burgundy plume Rag Time swing dancing shoes
    

    

    

 

Fine & Dandy Shop 2009 Lookbook

Just came across this buried in a folder on my desktop. I had set these aside to post a long while ago. The store is fineanddandyshop.com, oh so dandy. Their tag line is “Accessories for Dapper Guys”. Send me a boy that looks like this! I guess I am moving to London in January, maybe my chances will improve…

Men’s Accessories on Etsy

Here are some great accessories I have found! You can find any of these stores on Etsy.

Tux & Tulle- Custom & Awesome

Cotton and Fun!
Liberty of London Bow Ties
Grey Scale Ties
Seersucker in all Colors

BeauxRegard – Handmade from Vintage Fabrics

Striped Bow Tie
Bold Silk Bow Tie
Plaid Silk Bow Tie

CustomFalaviaDesigns- OTIS Bow Ties

Grey Ultra Suede Bow Tie
Triple Bow Tie effect

Comic Firefly – Steampunk Style

Gun Cuff Links
Victorian Zombie Cuff Links
Cigarette Case

JoannaBizu – Classy

Fabric Covered Cuff Links

Mental Embellisher -Vintage & Steampunk

Type Writer Cufflinks
Type Writer Cufflinks “Play & Act”

EstateChicago- Classy

Swank Vintage Cufflinks

Emmetswyfe- Vintage

Vintage Handkerchiefs

John Galliano Spring 2011 Menswear

John Galliano chooses theme after theme for his menswear collections that I love love love! Fall 2006 was aviation, Spring 2006 had New Orleans and jazzmen, and now for Spring 2011 it was epic show themed on silent movie stars like Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd. Look at this!

Watch the full show, it’s a fabulous spectacle:

New Aris Allen oxford wingtips in white

Aris Allen have finally added a new mens shoe to their existing line. As dancers have seen, the white captoe is so very popular with male swing dancers the world over but I know a few guys  who have long wanted to see an all white shoe in a wingtip style  – and now here it is.

You can find them here www.dancestore.com/Aris-Allen-Mens-All-White-Wingtip-Oxford-Swing-Shoes/productinfo/140-WH/