Spring Clothing Show

The Toronto Vintage Clothing & Textile Show is only weeks away: Saturday March 3rd, 2012 at the CNIB.
www.torontovintageshow.com

and then a month or so later, April 15, 2012, it's Gadsden's Vintage Clothing Show at the Wychwood Barns.
http://antiqueshowscanada.com/gadsdens-toronto-vintage-clothing-show/

We're doing both, so see you then.

I'm not here

Sorry, I've been spending all of my time at my tumblr blog. I will update here from time to time, but...

Vintage Clothing Show

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Toronto Vintage Clothing and Textile Show last Saturday.

If you had to miss it or it just wasn't enough to satisfy that retail therapy urge, there's a another chance with a brand new show: Gadsden's Toronto Vintage Clothing Show being held at the Wychwood Art Barn coming up on Sunday April 10.


Mark your calendar!

This is a brand new venue. We were there snooping around last week during Gadsden's Old Book & Paper Show and we really like the room. The one drawback is the parking. Be warned, there's practically no on street parking so be wise and either use public transport, or car pool and use the two nearby Green P parking lots.

We'll see you there.

And then a week later is the Spring Toronto Vintage Costume Jewellery Club show at Leaside Gardens, Free Parking & Free Admission!

See you there too!

These boots are made for...

While doing some extra thrifting this week looking for fresh merch for the upcoming Vintage Clothing Shows picked up this pair of keepers for PZ. It's getting very hard to find stuff still made in the USA but the Lucchese's are.

The two Vintage Clothing shows are:
Saturday, March 26, 2011 the Toronto Vintage Clothing & Textile Show
Sunday April 10, 2011, Gadsden's Toronto Vintage Clothing Show

 We'll be doing both shows with a different inventory for each. 

Old Original

Found at a church bazaar, today's Catch o' the Day : (I crack me up) An Old Original Bookbinder's Lobster bib. Linen, I think. Just because you can never have too many lobster bibs just kickin' around.

Vintage Compasses now at Yank Azman on line

Looking for someplace to go?

Just launched: the Vintage Compass section of our cufflinks website.

The Borg

Today's Catch o' the Day: a men's winter coat from Winnipeg. Gabardine, double breasted with mouton collar, borg (faux sheepskin) lining and a buttoned half belt in back. Styled "the Stratoliner" presumably to cash in on the name value of the aircraft which went into production at Boeing in 1940.

Stetson also put out a line of hats called the Stratoliner.

90 years ago this fall this was in someone's mailbox

Picked up a ninety year fall winter catalogue today. Almost 600 pages of time travel goodness. The wish books they used to be called. Perhaps they still are.

Happy Birthday Lilly

So very confused, half the blogosphere is wishing Lilly a big old Happy Birthday yesterday but wiki says her B-day is November 10.  Never mind. We thrifted this one on her maybe birthday so file under possible birthday gift to me.

This Lilly will be coming to the CAFTCAD show October 23, 2010. Just in time for, uh, Florida in winter. That's it. Florida in winter.

I know but I just couldn't resist

File under: I know but I couldn't resist. Today's thrift store purchases.

For your consideration
item#1: 1950 Decca top seller Goodnight Irene with B side Tzena Tzena, by (with top billing) Gordon Jenkins and his Orch

and then the folks that did the actual singing: The Weavers

and item #2 sings for itself.