Pete's new song!

Mad Men Screencap-recap, S 6 Ep 10

Your weekly recap of the best set and costume design on television, without further ado

ETSY SALE!

Sale time! Head on over to my Etsy Shop, where you can use the coupon code `FATHERSDAY`for 50% off - with no minimum purchase!

Lots of vintage designer ties for Dads - including this super-retro wide Dior. Give`m a look!

The day in May that was 27 degrees

It is way too beautiful (I have to work most of the peak-niceness hours today) so I took some webcam selfies outside to, uh, prove it?

Summer weather on the last day of May. Almost makes up for all that rain and those single-digit temperatures.

Vintage Swimsuits

Remember this swimsuit I posted about a little while back? It was exciting in part because it's so cute and flattering, but also because I own, like, no bathing suits. I had one bathing suit for years - this half-sexed up, half-frumpy brown Calvin Klein swimdress - before Peter pointed out the chlorine had eaten a giant hole in the side of it. So I had no bathing suit for a short period of time.

Then things kind of turned around this spring: thanks to several bouts of good thrift luck, I came upon these four swimsuits, top one included. All are fun, vintage, and my favourite proportions (high waist, low back, boy cut or slightly skirted). Check out the others!

Polka dotted black and white peplum one-piece, Value Village

  

Nautical striped navy boyshort one-piece, Value Village 

My very first real bikini! From the Garment District.

Looking forward to some beach days in these!

Du Er Ikke Alene (You Are Not Alone) Screencaps

Just watched this 1978 Danish coming-of-age film, Du er ikke alene (You Are Not Alone), and loved the set and costume design. You don't get much more covetable than 1970's Dansk / Scandinavian design these days and this movie is brimming with that authentic minimal / modern style.

(The movie was good-natured and takes many very cool moral stands, but was a little shocking to my North American sensibilities in other ways, which you'll likely understand if you've seen it.)

Mad Men Screencaps, S. 6 Ep. 9

Just a few inspiring scenes from this week's Mad Men, including:



Megan on set...

... Peggy's office decor ...

... Betty's formal wear ... 

Megan & Don's table setting and apartment

Joan and Margaret