top ten vintage winter wedding items on etsy: january 2011

{each photo links to its shop}

ok, an even dozen for the winter wedding ladies.

one-of-a-kind hats: behida dolic

{ simply wine hand-draped hat }

i included one of behida dolic's hand-draped hats in a sampler last week and haven't stopped thinking about them since. see her inspiring story in her profile -- fled war-torn bosnia for florence, fell in love with art (and early-20th-century-american hats), then san francisco -- and her glorious handiwork. all are custom-fitted, most are one-of-a-kind.

these would be stunning for a fall or winter wedding.





more at yellowfield7.etsy.com

snow day! winter wedding gear sampler

{each photo links to its shop}

it snowed all day yesterday here, fat wonderful soft snow. i love it.

happy sunday!

{inspiration: warm winter white}

{image: mackage}

{inspiration: weathering winter beautifully}

{copenhagen street style via the city sage}

englishdept: more pdx dream gear

{ antique ivory silk taffeta ruffle bolero }

ohhh. yes please. until etsy, i never knew i was such a secret girly-girl. (not-so-secret now! wedding blog, natch.)

englishdept is the etsy shop of elizabeth dye, owner/designer of real life brick-and-mortar store the english dept. in portland oregon. the bolero above is handmade and can be ordered in custom sizes, and her other few pieces on etsy are sublime.

was going to end there, but seriously: the one-of-a-kind ivory beaded cashmere bridal shrug below, fashioned from a vintage sweater, is an amazing winter piece.



go now, and compliment this woman!
more at englishdept.etsy.com

{inspiration: winter blues}

{images: 1+3 - denise grunstein; 2 - desire to inspire; 3 - jimmy backius}

{cabin fever}

{cabin fever, vice 2008 via i know what you wore last season}

{guest post: braving the cold}

{written by kjg for this is glamorous:}

Several winters ago, I decided that one way to beat the onset of Seasonal Affectiveness Disorder was to purchase the most beautiful winter coat I could find. Unfortunately, I never found it, so my search continued the following year.

I must have tried on over 70 winter coats over those two years, but the search ended abruptly once I discovered Mackage, the fashion outerwear label by childhood friends Eran Elfassy and Elisa Dohan from Montreal. I chose the quintessential Mackage coat: double-breasted, military-inspired black wool with leather belt and detailing. It fit perfectly and had the kind of attention to detail that makes Mackage stand out from the sea of wool coats.

Mackage makes couture-inspired, body-conscious outerwear with precise tailoring and an artistic, youthful edge. Elfassy and Dohan were only 20 years old when they launched their first collection of chic outerwear to a receptive, international audience. Their success has led to showrooms opening in Toronto, New York and Paris. Season after season, Mackage reinvents itself, experimenting with an array of collars, sleeves, accessories and fabrics. Though wool coats make up the majority of their collection, they have expanded their collection to include leather and nylon and, more recently, a knitwear division featuring oversized cardigans, turtlenecks and tube dresses.

{To see their complete fall/winter 2008 collection, visit www.mackage.com.}

{guest post written by kathryn g.}