Vera Vault -- Sash-ay Away!

I'm presenting you today with a various selection of sash style scarves from Vera's designs.  These long, skinny scarves are so wearable, either just around the neck or tied in the hair.  Enjoy!

Vera Vault - Everything's Coming Up Roses...and Daisies

A Vera floral is about as classic "Vera" as you can get.  It's strange, but even though her flowers weren't always the same, she has a style that is pretty instantly recognizable, once you've seen her portfolio of prints.  At this point, when I'm looking through bins in thrift shops and antique stores, I can pull the Vera out almost blindfolded.  That's not to say she doesn't still surprise me!  Her florals, though, are so signature for her.  And I love every single one of them!

Vera Vault -- Stripe it up!

I'm slowly getting through photographing my collection of Vera scarves.  There are two things that hinder me from working through them faster.  1 -- I am working on our business -- photographing all the goodies for our Etsy shop and our website, and 2 -- I keep getting more scarves!  The first is unavoidable, and the second is, well, never going to stop!  So enjoy these stripes from my last batch photographed.  

Vera Vault -- Watercolor Prints

I read somewhere that Vera Neumann created over 20,000 different designs in her career.  That's an amazing number!  For this Vera Vault, I thought it might be interesting to look at a sampling of her designs that are very different from each other, but use the same watercolor effect.  

Vera is known for her florals: 

 Another floral, but a different type of flower:

Monochromatic floral:

She also designed watercolor-y dreamy landscapes:

Houses in a watercolor world:

 

And finally, stripes:

Vera Vault -- Geometry

I'm slowly, but surely, working through photographing the Vera collection.  It's hard with our Etsy business to make time for personal photography -- I always feel like I need to prioritize the pieces for the shop.  But documenting my passion for Vera Neumann's designs is important, and it's a New Year's resolution for me to work on them more often.  I am constantly amazed that I don't have more duplicate scarves in the collection.  With as many as I find/have, I have less than 10 duplicate designs, and even those are usually different colorways (which I love to find!).

Vera had such a vast array of designs, and we Blackbird girls have a few categories we break them into as our own personal shorthand -- floral, grid or plaid, stripes, figural, abstract, solid, cultural, and geometric.  From there, we break it down by material -- chiffon, silk, acetate, polyester, or wool.  And then by shape -- cowl, square, neck scarf, tie, long, or knitted scarf. 

Although it's my collection, the other Blackbird girl knows just as much as I do about them.  It's just another reason why we're BFFs -- we care about each other's junk!  Well, and it comes in handy when we're buying Christmas and birthday presents!

This installment of the Vera Vault is all about the last style category we have -- geometrics.  Vera loved a bold geometric pattern, and so do I.  It's a great way to make an impact with shape and color.  Although the designs may sometimes look simple, it helps to remember that usually the simplest design is the hardest!

Enjoy the variety of these patterns, and if I actually stick to my resolution (fingers crossed!), you'll have more Veras to look at this year!