SassySisterVintage in Paris

......a piece of vintage clothing from SassySisterVintage that is.

This past May I was visiting Buffalo, NY and happened upon a fabulous estate sale packed with some really great vintage clothing. I was one of the first people into the estate and was packing the vintage clothing high! One lady asked me why I was taking all of the clothing without trying it on first. Uh, none of your business lady ;-) I'm just kidding, I didn't say that. Just told her I collected vintage clothing.

Karia, who has been a regular customer of mine sent me a picture of her in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, at least that's what it looks like to me. She's wearing one of the dresses that I bought at the estate sale. One of my favorite dresses ever I might add. And she looks awesome in it!

And here's some of the newer items in the shop:

Early 70s abstract naked trees top 

1960s Cocktail Dress

1960s Beaded and Woven Purse

A really great 1950s Fitted Suit by Butte Knit

An early 70s dress with the best Asian inspired fabric

A late 60s yellow drop waist dress

Have a great week and thanks for looking!

L'Aiglon Dresses

L'Aiglon dresses have always been some of my favorite vintage dresses.  At times I've been able to spot one without looking at the tag.  Currently I have two in my shop.

Both of them can be found right here.

Here's one I had in my shop earlier this year that my mom found for me while visiting my sister in Illinois.  She fought for this one and some more at an auction (she did good!):

Here's a history:


L’Aiglon was founded in 1919 in Philadelphia as part of Biberman Brothers, Inc. The company’s original label read “Biberman Make” but changed in 1919 to “L’Aiglon”. On those early labels you will find “Biberman Make” in small letters. Biberman Make dresses were “wash dresses”, or washable. “Tubable” was the word of the era. Biberman also made bathrobes and uniforms for maids and nurses.

Its founder, Joseph Biberman, committed suicide in 1933 as a result of financial difficulties during the Great Depression. The company, however, survived, and continued to make inexpensive but stylish and attractive dresses for women and juniors. During the 1950s, L’Aiglon dresses were used as costumes on the soap opera, The Edge of Night. The company produced dresses until about 1968.


~~~~I would *Love* to find a piece with the "Biberman Make" tag!~~~~


To date your L'Aiglon dress look to the Vintage Fashion Guild that lists the various L'Aiglon tags by decade.

Sofa Revival

I decided to check out craiglist last week just because you never know what you're gonna find. Posted in the garage sale section was this amazing sofa from the 1920s. It was sitting inside an old brick building that was previously a train depot station. It's now on schedule to be torn down. And, it was only several miles from my house so I thought that it wouldn't hurt to go down and take a look at it.

So, I'm really not into stuffy old grandma antiques and I have visions of funk-i-fying this gem. I've been drooling over several sofas on Anthropologie.com but they're well out of my price range.

My plans are to paint this sofa a glossy black and cover it in gray linen fabric.  Many people may think it's  crazy to paint the wood, however, I believe this gives it a more modern appeal that I'm looking for.  I've chose a neutral fabric because I don't want anything too trendy and it's gotta match a lot of different stuff.  I haven't decided if my mother and I are going to upholster it or if I'm going to find someone.

Okay, here's the best part.  I got this couch for $45!  It's structurally in fine shape (including the springs that are still strong).  The only issue being one leg needs to be put back on.   I had to keep the sofa at the train depot for several days before picking it up and someone offered him $500 for it!  Okay, so I'm glad I went and got it before he changed his mind and gave me my money back!  I know he's kicking his self.

I will give updates on the progress of this project so check back soon!

Vintage 1950s Wedding Dress

Here's  a wedding dress (from 1952 to be exact) that is in my Etsy shop at www.sassysistervintage.etsy.com.  The number of pictures I can show of the dress is limited in my shop so I'm going to post some more right here.

The bust area of the dress is just a tad too small for the manni so I was unable to zip it all the way up.

The dress comes with this beautiful little lacey bolero jacket.

It also comes with these finger-less gloves and matching veil.

On the very bottom layer of netting (there's 3 layers) and at the bottom of the skirt there are some random holes.  The holes cannot be seen because the other 2 layers of netting are on top of it.  However, so that there is no worry about the holes, trimming several inches off of this netting should take care of this issue, and like I mentioned, you won't be able to notice that it's shorter because it's the last layer.  I believe that I may go ahead and do this so that everyone can see how it will look (still just as beautiful) and feel confident about purchasing the dress.

If you have any questions at all about this lovely dress, please send me an email in my Etsy shop at www.sassysistervintage.etsy.com.  Thanks for looking!

1920s Art Deco Dress

The newest and most amazing addition to my shop!  Here's some more info about this dress: I found it at an estate sale in Buffalo, NY.  I bought it from the daughter who's mother wore it.  I bought quite a bit of vintage clothing from this lady and she said that this dress was the hardest piece to let go.  Here are some more pics:

Made of a velvet fabric in a reddish pink color.  Lots of rhinestones and glass beads at the upper chest/bodice area.  If you have any other questions, please contact me at www.sassysistervintage.etsy.com.

Water Frolicing

This past weekend my daughter Regan had a friend over.  They popped out of bed around 7am and ventured outside to the trampoline.  My 2 1/2 year old London followed them out.  Of course they were still in their p.j.'s and began jumping on the trampoline.  Regan came back in and asked if they could keep their p.j.'s on and get wet.  My first thought was to tell them to change but instead I said sure go ahead........

and they had a great time.

Why is it that most adults don't have fun like this anymore?  Why not just go for it and get wet in your p.j.'s or laugh until you pee in your pants (like I used to do).  Try to take time to enjoy life!  I'm going to try and take my own advice.

Scenes from Wyoming

I mentioned from my last blog post that we would be in Utah and Wyoming for a good part of July.  One of my main goals was to have family pics made. Thankfully, I achieved this goal!  They were taken just outside of Lyman, WY where my husband, Duane is from.

I have to mention that it was *Not* easy standing there due to the awful yellow flies (like horse flies) and mosquitoes.  I had never encountered such awful bugs in Wyoming in my life.  People said that the large (and unuusual) amount of rain brought more bugs out than usual.  They were definitely feasting on us!

Here's two taken at Ft. Bridger, WY, not far from Lyman.  London, 2 1/2 years old was not cooperating at all.  It was 6pm, she was tired and wanted nothing to do with posing for pictures.

My sweet girls.

I captured the most beautiful rainbow one day after a rain just outside of Duane's brother's house.  It was a full rainbow, I went in the house to get my camera and by the time I came out it had turned to just half of one.

One day we went with my parent's (from Florida) fossil hunting.  They were vacationing in the same area.  Coincidentally, my mom's brother lives in the same small town in Wyoming as Duane's family.  I know, weird!

It was nice to go and visit but also very nice to come home to our own beds.  The weather this time of year in Wyoming and Utah is fab-u-lous!  Trust me, you people living out there may think you're sweating hot but compared to south Alabama, you're not!

Thanks for looking!