How Vintage Captured The Heart Of One Extraordinary Teenager February 23, 2020

It’s not every day you come across someone who makes a statement just by being themselves and having the boldness to pull it off. In this day and age, where technology often replaces real connection and the mass media, churns out its clones, it is utterly needed and refreshing to find people who recognize that being different, is well, essential to being truly human. Enter Our Aficionado He has the kind of photogenic presence that…

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How A Woman Heals: A Journey Back To Oneself February 20, 2020

At first, I closed my eyes because I was afraid of the wounds I may see; maybe the gashes in my heart were too deep to be reached. For so long, I had taken care of everyone but myself. Perhaps, I could tidy things up by placing my own needs in a place no one could reach, not even myself. As I went about my days, I tended to others with the warmth I longed…

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If You Owned Your Fear, What Could You Do? February 13, 2020

Fear is an epidemic. It can either be your best friend or your dreaded foe. It has the power to invoke in you the sense of a foreshortened future with all its twists and turns. Fear can grip your mind and find its way down corridors of the past, that never seem to let go! Your first instinct may be to run the other way or collapse under the weight of your fear and play…

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The Incredible Link: Vintage and Trauma Survivors…

Merriam-Webster dictionary defines Vintage: of old, recognized, and enduring interest, importance, or quality. It also defines Survivor: to continue to exist or live after, to continue to function or prosper in spite. Every person faces trauma in this life, from the loss of loved ones to family homes invaded by Domestic Violence. Just like people, some garments stand the test of time. “Searching For What Is Lost” In the early days of our sourcing, we…

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A Revolutionary Dress Unveiled: The Untold Story Of a Female Rebel February 11, 2020

“A Time Of Controversy” Mayor Fiorello La Guardia had just thrown the Burlesque world into a tailspin. It was the year 1939. New York City’s La Guardia officially banned burlesque from the big apple. Seen as a corrupting moral influence, La Guardia prohibited the use of the words “Striptease” and “Burlesque” from even being used in conjunction with clubs or theaters. His attack on the burlesque world didn’t end there. He ensured that the renowned…