(Shirt - John Varvatos / Trousers - Fred Perry / Shoes Salvatore Ferregamo)
(Jacket - Oscar De La Renta / Polo - Fred Perry / Boots- Vintage)
(New Eames style Bent Plywood lounge chair)
(My FIRST Ferragamo shoes!)
Showing posts with label thrift shopping. Show all posts
Showing posts with label thrift shopping. Show all posts
(Gillette Supermax circa 1978 / Blazer- Unmarked / Shirt-YSL)
The "Super..." in this vintage hair dryer refers to Super-cool-looking, Super-70's, Super-not-useful-but-totally-still-working and in Super-condition... Found in Santa Cruz with Eric.
This vintage teak lamp, with ceramic inlay, was found in El Cerrito, at a charity thrift store for $5.00. I think I upset Eric by finding this first... The Finnish screen printed textiles are also new and have received their own post here. The Danish teak chair was found in Berkeley, on the side of the street, and was reupholstered by me in vintage Marimekko fabric. It looks to me to be manufactured by Farstrup, although the only mark is "Denmark" which I've often found with respects to the labeling of mid-century Danish furnishings.
I have been working for some time now on amassing a whole collection of this set, designed in 1964 by Massimo Vignelli for Heller. This set won the Compasso D'oro upon being released and has retained its cache as a wonderful icon of mid-century plastic design. This set has been acquired and is in permanent collection at the MOMA. I found these 4 white dinner plates this weekend, in a shelf of junky plastics. I felt like I had discovered a diamond! Eric also has had good luck with the Vignelli plates recently, bringing home a lovely purple one last night.
Brock California - Dinner plate, 11", "California Farmhouse" motif. Southern California Pottery Company, Inc. aka B. J. Brock Company was situated in Lawndale, California. Founded in 1947 by Bert Brock, the company closed in the mid 1950s.
This is my favorite design that I have seen on a Thermos. I find these ALL THE TIME, but I almost never find them in such nice condition, and with the plastic interior, as I have definably broken my fair share of the glass lined thermoses. Its just to hard not to accidentally jostle them. Anyways, isn't it sweet? I couldn't resist the clever pattern.
I found this set of six unmarked,1950's, barbecue themed - dinner plates... If anyone knows or has a hunch relating to the manufacturer of these, please drop me a line.
Above design by Anneli Airikka-Lammi. Printed by Erkki Helenius Oy, a company that formed when Erkki , once a Marrimekko textile designer, split from Marimekko to launch an independant manufacturing venture. Helenius Oy specialized in beutifully rendered images of natural phenomina. I think that this is my favorite vintage Scandinavian textile that I have ever come across!
Printed by Tampella, 1977, another wonderful midcentury Finnish textile manufacturer. Designer's name illegible.
I was so lucky when I spotted them, as they hadn't been priced, and I was eying them in the back room, through an open door. I know that this is a big thrift shopping no-no, but I have been having good luck getting great stuff by just noticing that it was about to be put out for sale. Anyways, I mustered up my kindest and most convincing demeanor and asked the sales girl if she would please allow me to have a price on them as I was to be leaving town that afternoon and very much wanted to leave with these textiles. Luckily for me, there was an old "Goodwill" price tag on the back of the Tampella "Gulls" print, indicating $4.00. which I indicated to the Manager- who was called over to price the wall hangings. The Manager quickly agreed that this would be a fine price for each, but it gets better..... It was 50% off day! I got them both for $4.00 total!!!!!! Amazing!!! Goes to show that if you want it bad enough and are willing to wait, the things that we channel will come to us... Sometimes you just have to ask. More to come on my great finds here at the 1/2 off thrift store.
So this afternoon I identified one of my thrifted sets of drinking glasses, by manufacturer and age! I had purchased these vintage clown motif-milk glasses from a favorite thrift store a few months back, and had no idea what the story about them was. While ogling e-bay, I stumbled across a photo of them. I have successfully identified them as being manufactured by Hazel-Atlas Glass Company. They at their peak had fifteen plants, including one right in Oakland, California. They turn out to be quite collectible manufacturer of milk glass. Isn't it nice when that happens? The company was sold in 1964 and with the change of hands, no longer manufactured under the Hazel-Atlas name, indicating that these are earlier. I would guess that they are mid 1950's.
Card #1
Front
The card is dated 85 although I am sure that the post card is older. Just look at that font on the cover above...It looks like the titles for a Hitchcock film!
Back
Postmark Detail
I can not get past this wonderful early computer font on the post mark.
Card # 2
Front
The first time that I came to California, I ate here with my Mother and Sister (and whackadoodle Aunt and Uncle). I picked this post card up because it reminds me of that good memory and also for its Peter Max-like colors and design.
Back
Post Card #3
Front
Back
Notice the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics stamp designed by Otl Aicher (more to come on Otl). I like how they describe the hotel as "...one of the new, modern swanky ones- my room is SUMPTUOUS !!..."
This was my first time making sun tea in my awesome new Pyrex lemon motif pitcher.I think until it starts warming up in the spring, I will have to use it for Kombucha. My days of drinking iced tea may be numbered.
Recipie;
-Place 5 tea black tea bags (flavor of your choosing, I am using a simple black tea) into 1 gallon of fresh filtered water
-Set the tea on a windowsill or somewhere your tea will receive the energizing rays of the sun. This helps brew the tea and I think adds positive energy.
-once the tea has brewed in the sun for 3-5 hours, remove the Tea bags, and serve chilled, with ice and lemon medallions.
Recipie;
-Place 5 tea black tea bags (flavor of your choosing, I am using a simple black tea) into 1 gallon of fresh filtered water
-Set the tea on a windowsill or somewhere your tea will receive the energizing rays of the sun. This helps brew the tea and I think adds positive energy.
-once the tea has brewed in the sun for 3-5 hours, remove the Tea bags, and serve chilled, with ice and lemon medallions.
This weekend I found this fun new broach on an expedition with Danielle Brown from I'm Overdressed . She has the best fashion sense and is one of the very very few people who can thrift circles around me.
This new purple plad YSL tie is indeed my new favorite. I got it in a bag of random ties that were sold bagged for $3.99. Out of this bonanza bag I pulled 5 Dior ties, a Giorgio Armani tie, 2 new YSL ties, and a home made tie with perfume patches and rhinestone applique. This purple check one is the treasure though, for shure. I know that this will be a new lifetime favorite.
Shirt- Dries Van Noten
Blazer-Yves Saint Laurent Homme
Tie- Yves Saint Laurent
Broach- vintage (lavender stolen from a garden in Berkeley, on my way to the office)
There's nothing to lighten a gent's spirits like a fresh Dior wardrobe acquisition! Voilà! I found it with its original $15.00 price tag. I wonder when it was originally bought?
Also at the same thrift store was a wild pair of red leather Christian Lacroix pants. they has huge triangle tabs off the shoulders and chains appliqued onto the surface. Sadly, the asking price was $ 499. Ridiculous.
Also, I found 3 Eames chairs (shell chair with the at Urban Ore, but they wanted $130.00 each for them What is happening to my thrift stores? On the other hand though, If I had $130, I would have bought one... I just do not understand how anyone can break into mid century in the Bay area. If Urban ore is charging that much, this will drive the prices of the dealers trying to make their own profit sky high. Its a shame that all these junk shop retailers are feeling that it is reasonable to charge like new boutique prices.
Thrifters of the Bay Area, I challenge you to NOT pay $130 for an Eames chair at Urban Ore. If we all refuse to pay these ridiculous prices from these places, maybe they will realize that charging that amount for something should include housing it somewhere where there is no possibility of a cat peeing on it... That being said, I did get a beauteous camel and black Vera scarf that day for $0.40! AMAZING.
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