the clothes 2011

It had been too long since I had spent a day visiting antique malls. The prices are always exorbitant in those places compared to secondhand shops or estate sales, but it's fun to wander from one cluttered building full of vintage treasures to another similarly crowded edifice. One can also occasionally find the well-priced keepsake worth walking away with.

I wasn't lying when I said I wanted to make more videos this spring and luckily I've got a few plots in mind to make some silly little films. This one is quite plotless and pointless, just a peak inside antique mall shopping. Sadly, the only item I walked away with on this particular trip is this video, which my father helped with by shooting a couple of the clips. The song in the background is Janglin by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros.

Antique malls aren't the ideal location to find vintage clothes, but hidden between odd chairs fashioned from horns and utensils you can't even begin to identify, you might just find an amazing vintage shoe with a spring for a heel or a sequined cap with antanae-like attachements. They truly put the "hunt" in vintage clothes hunting, but it is an enjoyable way to spend the day when the weather's nice and you've got a willing companion. Despite my recent adventures into half a dozen antique malls in a single day I have only aquired two vintage hats and neither are pictured below. What I really would like to discover is a vintage globe at a reasonable price, but those are few and far between...

I'm wearing OPI matte white nail polish which was a gift from The Style Rider in honor of my birthday a few weeks ago. She sent me this and an awesome black matte nail polish that I am equally eager to try out. The white nail polish takes me back to my senior year of high school when I was obsessed with white polish, but I like this varnish even better. It looks like I'm wearing white-out on my fingers.

Outfit details:

UO jacket and purse

H&M dress and tights

Thank You Mart socks

Jeffrey Campbell heels

Village Idiot necklace

OPI matte white gift from The Style Rider

I am now back in the rural Pennsylvania for classes, cashiering, and cafeteria food. These are some of my last pictures snapped while I was in Pennsylvania.
My sister in Georgia snapped this picture for me in the parking lot behind her apartment building--isn't it gorgeous there?
I picked up this dress from Urban Outfitters in the sale section while I was in Georgia.
A detail shot because I love the print.
My vintage headband.
The back stairwell up to my sister's apartment.
This finger points to more antiques in a little shop.
We had beautiful weather while I was visiting.
Old photograph in a used bookstore.
This Alexander McQueen dress at Target apparently inspired me to make strange faces in the mirror...
I love the print on this piece, but I didn't end up buying anything.
We ate gelato three days in a row...I will miss that.