"Fashion fades, only style remains the same."

                                                                                      -Coco Chanel

On the streets of Milano

While waiting for the bus, I have come across a couple of girls that are sporting some awesome vintage inspired shoes. The first girl with some oxfords that I wanted to rip off her feet and the second girl's wedges are absolutely eye catching. Her whole outfit from the scarf on her head to her chef-like pants to of course her amazing shoes. She definitely looked like she was from a different era, I loved it!

Some great oxfords

A little bit of modern retro, the shoes are amazing and the pants she was wearing looked like the traditional chef pants!


The three photos below I found on Refinery29.com, they embody Milan street fashion and they all happen to be wearing some vintage or vintage inspired garments and accessories. 

Dam Style

I couldn't resist not writing another post on the style of Amsterdam, Dam style. I love looking at the Dam Style blog and I found a a few more awesome vintage inspired outfits that were captured on the streets of Amsterdam that were recently posted on the blog. Amsterdam is one place that I would love to live, I loved everything about it when I visited a few weeks ago and the style really blew me away. It is definitely my kind of style and I think I could get used to sporting some awesome vintage outfits while riding my bicycle around the city. 

My favorite outfit, trendy, chic and very vintage!

"You have a much better life if you wear impressive clothing!"

                                           - Vivienne Westwood

Antique Furniture

This past weekend, I had the chance to go to Luzern, Switzerland to visit with my family friend, Phil. While there, he introduced me to his friends who own an antique furniture business, Werner Kammermann Antique Restoration. They have a couple of shops around the town as well as a restoration shop that is located right next door to Phil's home. 


They sell the nicest antique furniture and take care of their merchandise very well, which is why they are so successful at what they do. Just by looking through the window at their products in the restoration store, I could tell they had some very nice pieces and most of them looked new, because of how well they are able to restore the old into the new.


 I love antique furniture, it has so much character and a certain elegance about it. Once I own my own home, I will definitely be very interested in buying some antique furniture, perhaps from the wonderful owners of this antique shop.

Photo from Werner Kammermann website

My favorite thing that they had in the restoration store

Awesome antique white chairs

A mix of vintage and antique goods

Check it out

antikemoebel

Ralph Lauren Blue Label

I love Ralph Lauren's Blue Label. Here in Milan, the label is available at La Rinascente, a luxurious department store right next to the Duomo. While visiting there a few weeks ago, this display caught my eye right away. The fringe bag pulled me in for I have an obsession with everything leather fringe. I loved everything on this mannequin, it was so effortless chic and of course looked vintage to me!

The two images below I took off of the Ralph Lauren Blue Label website. They are my favorite pieces from the winter collection and are entirely retro and a flashback from previous eras. 

Poet blouse

                                                                

Long, full skirt

Long, full skirts

While being in Europe, I have noticed that the stores have been carrying clothes that reflect the fashion from the 50s, 60s, and 70s. One item that I have seen a lot of are long, full skirts in many colors and types of fabric. I absolutely love them, they can be so chic with the right outfit. Yesterday, I received a trend report from Who What Wear, which coincidentally enough was on full skirts. It was perfect timing, since I have been searching for the perfect long skirt over the past few weeks, but so far have been unsuccessful. 

Merci

While in Paris, we were able to visit this very interesting concept store, Merci. The store stemmed from the idea of how to generate funds for a sustainable matter without receiving any donations. 

The store changes out their entire inventory monthly, which makes the store completely new each month when customers return. This concept I thought was a really great business idea, because dedicated customers will keep coming back again and again to see what else is new within the store.

Merci carries home goods, furniture, clothing, and really anything you can think of. Much of what they had when we visited was vintage inspired, the clothing, the furniture and some of the decorations. The clothing especially was inspired by previous decades, the accessories looked straight out of the 50s and 60s, long gloves, eccentric hats and great scarfs. 

A classic chandelier

Vintage inspired sling bag

    

                                          

         

Merci