Fashion Friday

Dear Reader,

Well once again, it's not Friday. This post is coming to you from San Francisco, California, where I haven't been able to get an internet connection until today. But enough excuses! There is fashion to be written about. Of course, the most exciting thing to report is that the Belindabilly fall collection is now available. Unfortunately, I don't have photos yet! The fashion shoot fell through last week as I found out how hard it is to find a photographer in Wilmington NC. I promise there will be photos soon, though!

In other news, Haight and Ashbury in San Francisco is definitely not the same hippy stuff it was in the 70's, but it is a great place for fashion and music. Yesterday, we stopped in Skunk Funk at 1475 Haight St. The fashion was original if slightly plain, but there was a mix of interesting construction details on solid colors and simple but clever screen prints. We also stopped in a Bettie Page Clothing store, which is even more fun in person than shopping the website. But the greatest fashion gem was a store called Decades Of Fashion‎ at 1740 Haight Street. It is a wonderful vintage boutique that has clothing and accessories from the 1980's back to the 1880's. In my opinion, their best treasures were a collection of beautifully beaded flapper dresses, real 1950s housewife pumps, and a variety of men's suits from Victorian tails to 1950s tuxedos. They also had an incredible collection of costume jewelry, inexpensive when it was made, but now prized for it's excellent (and now rare) craftsmanship, even though the gems are glass.

Don't forget, Belindabilly is giving away a t-shirt to one lucky winner! All you have to do is answer a few quick questions and enter your email address. See you back next week for How-2 2nd Friday and pics of fall fashions!

<3 Belinda