Upon our first sighting of the vintage brooches turned modern day pendant necklaces, we were instantly smitten with "FRESHY FIG", a vintage inspired jewelry line on Etsy.

A few of our favorites...


1.] Tell us something about yourself and what you do?
My name is Amanda and I have my jewelry business in Portland, Oregon. My boyfriend and I work together in our cute little vintage apartment. - Bonjour Amanda! So excited to have found you and your jewelry line FRESHY FIG on Etsy!

2.] What are 3 things inspiring you right now?
Three things that are inspiring right now are the layering of clothes and jewelry simultaneously, mixing metals, the idea of extracting modern looks from vintage pieces, and lockets...oh wait, that was four. - It's hard for us to limit to just 3 things too! So excited to see where your inspirations take your jewelry line!

3.] What's the best part about what you do?
The best part of what I do is having the opportunity to constantly collect and re-work already beautiful vintage pieces and then resist the urge to keep them all for myself! - We totally have this problem with wanting to keep all of our vintage finds too!

4.] Do you have any new creations in the works? If so, what can we expect from you soon?
I always have new creations in the works! I try to get at least 10 new items up on the site per week. You can expect owls, leaves and new image lockets galore! - We're so excited for the owls, love owls!

5.] When was the last time you had a really good laugh?
Having a creative job keeps the goofy juices flowing daily...and working across the table from my cheesy boyfriend helps too. - YAY, we love cheesy spouses too! And cheesy friends!

SHOP: Freshy Fig
Price Range: Most jewelry is between $28-$45

Absolutely loving the references to the fashions and styles from the late 1920s and 1930s in Sonia Rykiel's Resort 2011 vintage inspired collection. (And love that the hair is a modern take on a 1940s hairstyle) If Clara Bow was around today, I feel like she would wear pieces from this collection, don't you think?

I'm very inspired by the color palette of this collection and the prints/patterns. This collection will definitely influence my choices for Autumn!

Not only are we in love with the dreamy feel of this photo, we also love the oh so soft cozy sweater casually belted over a loose dress. This look is a perfect example of Summer style transitioning to Fall.

Credit: Constance V. via Lookbook.nu

The September 1955 issue of Vogue is filled with advertisement for luxury coats most notably fur coats. I never realized how prevalent fur was in the 1950s!

Dating Vintage Tip: Browsing vintage advertisements is a fantastic way of dating vintage especially if you know the source of the advertisement! For instance, these vintage coat ads were all featured in 1955, therefore you can gather that coats of similar shape and style were probably popular the year before and the year after. And if the ad/editorial is in VOGUE you can pretty much guarantee similar styles made of less luxurious materials were common several years after. (Remember, Vogue was one of the pioneers of forward thinking fashion... therefore it took awhile for the styles to trickle down to the masses...)

This week the shop updates all seem to be in the indigo and violet family...what a happy accident! { Visit the shop }

For chic and affordable artwork for your apartment, opt for vintage movie posters. There's something quite fantastic about the art and style of the 1960s, (mostly French films), but you could also go for campy movie posters or cult classics. The larger the poster, the better, they're perfect for open loft living or boxy white rooms.


Where to Buy: All the posters here are available at Film Art Gallery (for ORIGINAL posters) or you can purchase NEW versions at Movie Goods

Model Marisa Berenson wearing Ungaro and photographed by David Bailey for Vogue UK. August 1968. Would you wear this dress? How about the mega-watt lashes?!?

There's a new trend on Polyvore that I've sort of obsessed with. Can I make paper doll into a verb please? "Paper-dolling" is splicing, cutting, trimming, and pasting different images to create a look on Polyvore.

This brings back so many fond memories of drawing my own paper dolls and designing them little outfits as well as cutting and pasting inspiration collages. There are HUNDREDS of these darling "dolls" on Polyvore, so check the links below for more! Sources: 1.] Hard by calvinivana, 2.] The Marbled Godwit by sugarcrash, 3.] Cupid's Chokehold by DubiousDamsel, 4.] steampunk garden by Tabitha Sue, 5.] Which road? by -Silvia-
More Paper Doll groups: Welcome to the Dollhouse, Paper Doll Lovers, Doll Factory

She was a French pop singer in the 1960s whose musician parents were friends with Serge Gainsbourgh. She released her first record when she was 16 and became part of a musical movement dubbed "Yé-yé" (Yeah Yeah) popular in France, Quebec, and Spain in the early 1960s.