Vintage rhinestones
A lot of people ask me if I have a lot of jewelry. They even ask me if I have a lot of vintage jewelry. I guess I sort of do…. If I would to pile it all up and show someone, it would look like a lot…this is one of my favorite places to go. It is the inside of the second drawer of my jewelry armoire. Every girl really must have one. Even if I don’t put anything on, I like to just look. These are vintage rhinestone pieces dating back to the 30′s and probably all the way up to the 80′s.
Vanity
I have always dreamed of having a dressing table in my bedroom. Of course I’ve also always dreamed of having a dressing room for my dressing table. As it stands, I have a shelf in my bathroom. The walls are black and some of my favorite things like my Helmut Newton, “private property” book or my vintage postcard that I found at lido beach in Venice, Italy, sit on display so I can look at them always. This is one of the very many “worlds” you can find when snooping around my apt.
Inside my closet
So inside of my closet there is a lot going on. First to keep it organized…I create a sort of “ambre” of the colors that are inside of it. This makes it easy to find things…..if you are looking for your grey jacket, well, it will be in the grey section. I begin with vintage khaki and then start with the sharp whites….into the vintage whites and cream whites…into the pale grey, dark grey, lilac and then bam! There is the color. At the very right of the top section are the plaids, neons, prints, denims, and what ever else looks out of place in my land of melancholy tones. On the doors, inside, are my longer necklaces that need to hang. This is a section of black necklaces. My tied up and tangled lives here alongside my 34″ rhinestone necklet, victorian black seed bead necklace and my original victorian mourning fringe necklace.
Evening
Every night when I go to sleep, I “de-robe” of all of my jewels. Sometimes, it takes a while on the days when I really pile it on. This is where they all land and when they are not put away, they sort of lay around and create their own nice little story. There is of course one of my favorite elements from Santa Maria novella.
Laying in the sun
I don’t really do much of laying in the sun but I definitely never hesitate to add another pair of sunglasses to the collection. Vintage, new, found, bought, what have you!
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