Junk Love: YSL

Today's post is a 1960s time capsule of groovy YSL gear, featuring our favorite new hat, this vintage wool plaid tam:

In our Etsy shop

It was a love-at-first-sight moment for sure, and if I didn't look ridiculous in hats, I would wear it at least every other day. And while I'm on the subject of YSL hat love....

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1stdibs

Of course, sometimes a girl needs a statement dress instead, like these from the Pop Art collection of 1966:

From Here

From Here

With some groovy raincoats to match:

From Here

I LOVE the colors of this scarf:

On Etsy

But here is the best Yves St. Laurent moment you'll ever have. Are you ready? Brace yourself, Bridget. I present to you...the super weird crochet cocoon wedding dress!

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It's Fashion Week!

On this rainy afternoon, I've been treating myself to a Sex and the City marathon, with the newest Vogue in my lap and Dior on my mind. The other Blackbird is soon to be listing our newest batch of scarves on Etsy, and since we are currently in the season called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, I've decided to round up my favorite designer scarves on Etsy for those of us who are too financially challenged to fly to New York for a bit of shopping. Cue techno music and heavy traffic!

Silk Diane Von Furstenberg, Here

 

1970s silk Chanel, Here

1970s silk Courreges, Here

Polyester Schiaparelli, Here

 

1959 silk Christian Dior (designed by YSL), Here

Silk Emilio Pucci, Here

1974 silk Hermes, Here

And here are a couple from our shop!

1960s silk Gucci, Our Shop

1985 silk Yves St. Laurent, Our Shop

Junk Love: Dior Drama

When the Blackbird girls go shopping for junk, we like to start out the day with a little fantasy element: In a perfect world, what would we find today? The answers usually involve fantastic mid-century furniture (signed of course), really good costume jewelry, and Robert Downey Jr. (oh please, like you didn't know this about us already). And then we close our eyes and chant vintage Dior, vintage Dior. Someday, there will probably be a rain dance of sorts, but our chances are still pretty terrible of actually finding any. But while we keep the dream alive, we like to spend a ridiculous percentage of our free time looking at photos of Dior dresses. Today's collection features dramatic skirts, starting with Dior's iconic scalloped ladies: Junon and Venus, both of which are in the collection of The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Dior "Venus" dress, Costume Institute

Richard Avedon's photo of "Junon"

"Junon" dress, Costume Institute

And a few variations on the scallop theme:

For drama of a different length:

A bit of basket weave:

And...her.