The Manhattan Vintage Show

Yesterday and today was the winter Manhattan Vintage Show. There were over 80 vendors packed into the Metropolitan Pavilion...it was heaven! Unfortunaetly, there was no photography allowed of the garments, so hopefully the pictures of my findings will suffice! While I somehow managed to control my spending and only come home with a few pieces, I did find some AMAZING things! First, I bought these two bakelite rings, one a dark green and the other a marbleized black.

Second is a gorgeous 1940s rayon dress with fantastic buttons. I have been compulsively buying 40s and 30s rayon lately, as made evident by the next few purchases...

 

Next is a late 30's rayon dress with a floral print and wonderful pipping detail with covered buttons

The third (and last) rayon item is a 40s blouse with the most amazing bird/swirly print and an ascot tie

I also picked up this deadstock 40's peach silk slip...a lady can never have enough pretty underthings! 

Here is a horrible picture of what I wore to the show yesterday...I look terrible but the dress is one of my absolute favorites!

Just look at the print!!!!!

And lastly, I forgot to take a photo of the dress I wore today, but here is a close up of the adorable flamingo dancer print:

For the longest time I never wanted to wear novelty prints....I'm not sure why, maybe they just felt a little too flashy or silly. But for the past few months they are all I have been wanting to buy! Nothing beats an unusual or hard to find novelty pattern fabric, especially if it happens to be rayon!!


That's all folks,

Ruby