Have You Heard Of Amerimark? ( Vintage Looking Shoes!)

I had never heard of this company before today, when I spotted some interesting looking pins on Pinterest and decided to peruse the source. After spending a few moments on the site, I soon understood why I had never heard of the company before. I am approximately 50 years younger than their target audience. The key word here is target. This seems to be a company that markets clothing, shoes, and other such items to the retiree crowd. However, if you happen to be a Gen Y'er, or a Gen X'er for that matter, who likes to wear vintage inspired dress, then you may want to give this site a whirl. While I'd personally stay away from the polyester, perma-pleat  pants they offer, I have a thing for the shoes. Well, not the orthopedic shoes, but there are still lots of goodies too. Take a look here.

I'm sure whomever designs the footwear would never in a million years believe that there would be a market of 20 and 30 somethings to sell the footwear too. While some of the options looks a bit too 80s for my taste, there are tons of cute, and affordable, vintage-esque footwear options available on this site. Just for the record, I am not affiliated with this site, nor have I purchased anything from them yet, so I cannot attest to quality or customer service. If I do decide to purchase something, I will definitely write a blog post on it.

These shoes definitely have a 20's feel to them. The scalloped edges are wonderful and best of all they only cost around $12! I bet I have you're attention now! Even better, medium, wide, and extra wide widths are available, something you're certainly not going to find in authentic 20s shoes.

How about these? I think they have a 50's vibe with the moderate, sensible heel as well as being in a fun shade of pink. It also seems to come up a bit higher, showing no "toe cleavage" that screams modern shoe to me. A tad bit pricier at $30, but not outlandish either.

How darling and 40's are these? I love the hot pink color and the neutral base. If you ask me, these also shoe the perfect amount of toe to evoke thoughts of the 40s. These will set you back less than $15.

A flat shoe like this would be so cute and fun with a great pair of fitted, tapered 60s pants. Perfect for a picnic or out to dinner. The little bow is just icing on the cake.

But wait, there's more! This site sells more than just shoes that would work well with vintage.

They sell long-line bras if you truly want that vintage look under your clothing. This bra certainly isn't most peoples definition of sexy, but I can image this would do wonders under a wiggle dress.

They even sell full length slips! Try finding one of those at the mall. You'll have an easier time just buying a dress that looks like a slip.


Have you ever ordered anything from this website? Is this the company that also sells things by advertising in the coupon section of the Sunday news paper? Do you all like any of the shoe styles they offer, or would I just look goofy sporting any of those kicks? Chime on in!

If It Were March 1962...

Hello lovely readers! I thought that I'd share some images from the March 1962 edition of Ladies Home Journal with you all.

I do have a dress finished, but I currently have a combination of a nasty cold and allergies, and don't want "Rudolph nose" pictures on the internet. Besides, I have to spend my days complaining about the "worst:" cold of my life to any poor soul who dares to come within 15 feet of me. I do not handle sickness well, or quietly. So, I will take a break from my obnoxious whining for a few minutes to show you all some fantastic vintage images.

Vintage advertisements, particularly for clothing, shoes, and accessories, can be very helpful for getting a period correct look if you like dressing vintage. Personally, no matter how correct my look was, my 60s free love hair would mess up the outfit. But my hair is another story for another time.

A cute little baby on the cover. So sweet!

Cute and sensible 60s shoes.

This outfit ( suit, coat, shoes, accessories) cost $72.85 in 1961. According to an inflation calculator, that is $554.69 in modern dollars!

I can't image having to wear a bra without lycra. Ahh, the things we take for granted as modern day women.

I NEED this stove! I am not certain, but I believe Trudy and Pete Campbell have a similar pull out style stove on this season of Mad Men. Does it look similar to anyone else?

A great coat. I believe it is Dior, but the text is hard to identify the correct picture.

What I wouldn't do for this coat. I think this one is a Galanos.

This is made of wool and surah silk. Designer is Norman Norell?

I just had to include this, because, at first glance, you would never guess this is a ....... tampon advertisement! 

That is all for today. I do have some more pics from this issue that I will post. Are magazine speads something you all like seeing? I have a few more 50s and 60s magazines, and my mother has quite a few that I could share here. Just tell me what you think!

Vintage Haul Part 2

Here is the second part of my vintage haul. I am missing one picture of a dress/jacket belt combo, as I had laid it aside to do some research on the designer and forgot to snap a pic. It's from the 60s and still has the original price tag of $190!

There were still hundreds of pairs of shoes left when I, the last person to leave, left the sale. Almost every single pair had it's original box, and some still had the tissue paper in the boxes. Sadly, many of the shoes were "AA" so they were very very narrow, and not very wearable to the modern foot. I did pick up 10 pairs though, all of which will be on Etsy. I'd love to keep them for myself, but I have ginormous feet, sadly. 

Also missing are the vintage bath robe that is a present for my mom for Christmas, and the few things that I used Christmas money for, as I don't actually get them until Christmas.

As I said before, almost everything you see here will be hitting the Etsy shop soon, and a few things are already listed.

These are the perfect holiday party shoe.

Vintage stockings

Whoops, terrible pic

It's velvet!

I'm keeping this little precious!

I think this might be silk.

Skirt, jacket, and dress combo

Pimp shoes!

Vintage Clothing Haul of the Century

Hello dear readers! It's been a long time since we've seen each other. I make no apologies thought, as I spent 12 days in Nebraska seeing my favorite person in the whole wide world. Blogging and sewing have been the last things on my mind recently, that is, until I stumbled across the vintage clothing haul of the century over the weekend.

I had seen this estate sale listed before I left for Nebraska, but wrote it off as I was going to be out of town. When I returned to town, to my delight, they were having the sale for two more days, so my mom and I set off early Friday morning to get some goodies. All the clothing was 50% off, but they has originally been asking $32 for the suits, so nothing was terribly pricey but it wasn't cheap either. I pickled up a dress, jacket, and purse to be part of my Christmas present, as well as 4 pairs of shoes to sell on Etsy.

The lady running the sale said that clothing would be 75% off the next day. Hmm, 75% off I thought. So, you guessed it, I went back, sans mom this time, on Saturday. The sale was supposed to end at 2pm, by I was running late, and didn't arrive until 1:30sih. There was only a small handful of people there and lots of stuff still remained. So, I did was any good bargainer does, I asked if they were willing to make some deals. They were. Score! I nearly fainted when the lady told me she'd sell the suits for $2 and the dresses for 50 cents! I ran back to the clothing room and proceeded to make a pile of clothes as tall as myself. When it was all said and done I bought 45 suits, dresses, tops, and a purse. But, here is the best part....it only cost $46!!!!!!  She ended up giving me a price on the lot, and it averaged out to around $1 a piece!!! I'm still giddy and excited,can't you tell?

Some of it did fit, and some of it didn't, so there will be lots and lots of stuff listed in my Etsy shop soon. ( There are a few pairs of unworn vintage shoes already listed.) I will have tons of adorable 60s suit sets listed soon, and many of them still have the original price tags.

So, I thought I'd share some of my goodies with you dear readers. This will be broken up into two posts as there are so many pictures. ( Please excuse the terrible photos. I still have to iron everything and take better pictures in the natural light before anything even thinks of hitting the Etsy shop.)