Storyland Vintage http://storylandvintage.com Vintage clothing for gals who play dress-up everyday! Fri, 10 May 2013 01:10:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 StorylandVintagehttp://feedburner.google.comSubscribe with BloglinesSubscribe with Google “Can’t repeat the past?…why of course you can!” http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StorylandVintage/~3/4LAZr8IZl9M/cant-repeat-the-pastwhy-of-course-you-can.html http://storylandvintage.com/2013/05/cant-repeat-the-pastwhy-of-course-you-can.html#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 02:33:20 +0000 Storyland Vintage http://storylandvintage.com/?p=1318


This week I checked out The Great Gatsby movie costume exhibit set up at the Prada store in Soho. As a vintage clothing lover and costume fan, I am interested in the roaring twenties and the opulence of 1920′s fashion. I also recall enjoying reading The Great Gatsby in high school, so I was excited to check out the costumes from the new movie starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan.


The costumes were certainly made to be modern, bright and look well on the screen and not to be exactly historically accurate. From far away the garments looked very untouchable and beautiful to me, like beautiful porcelain dolls on the mannequins, but the set up of the exhibit actually allowed you to get up surprisingly close to them. Many of the dresses were beautiful and look beautiful in the film trailers but they kind of lost their beauty in person to me. Maybe because I was going over them with a critical eye and was disappointed in the craftsmanship I was expecting of Prada even for background party guests. On the other hand, I realize they are meant to be costumes but from such an exquisite looking and I’m sure expensive to produce film, I was expecting more. I get that they skimp and expose seams and have hastily sewn garments for the production because you won’t see it on film anyway, but the fabric and detailing often looked very cheap to me with almost thrown on looking tassels and charms that looked like they could have been picked up from a garment district shop(like on the dark green dress pictured below). Regardless, it was a fun trip to the store and it was cool to see the costumes up close and personal and I’m still interested in seeing the film that comes out in theaters May 10th.

Daisy Buchanan’s opulent “chandelier” dress..





This reminds me of a striped sequin dress I designed for one of my fashion classes a year ago..


There was photos of the garment on a model and a funny tidbit about the character that goes with the dress..




Reminds me of my pink, vintage feather hat..


Cool vintage looking earrings..






Love the personality and shape of this dress but hate the detail work..




hearts, meg

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If there’s one thing I’ve learned its to follow your gut instinct in life. Whether its to take a different route home or to go down that aisle at the thrift store. I experienced the latter this past week when I eyed a great, turquoise, vintage hair curler set at an antique store that I ended up not purchasing. Soon after I ended up at a thrift store I wasn’t planning on going to and something told me to go down a certain aisle. Low an behold what was on that aisle….the same exact set of curlers I had spotted earlier that day! Crazyness! I also found that day some goofy “massagers” that I had to take photos with and do my best Price is Right model impression ;) And to top it all off a stranger told me I looked like a movie star so all in all it was a great day!


I also stumbled upon this iGallop at a thrift store and had to take a photo with it. Of course! If only it was plugged in I could join the likes of Ellen, Anderson Live and The View ;p

Wardrobe: Top – Vintage ♥ Sweater – Vintage ♥ Pants – Urban Outfitters ♥ Shoes – Madewell

hearts, meg

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I’ve always been a fan of music(who isn’t?) but I try to keep up with whats new and going on with the industry in my spare time. So, I am going to do a new little feature on the blog where I show some music I am currently into. Right now, I am digging this new tune from MGMT called “Alien Days.”

hearts, meg

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Next Thursday 4/18, I’ll be tossing my college textbooks aside and ditching the vintage clothes to host the RCN morning show from 6-10am! I am so excited to play host for a day!! Listen live on Long Island by tuning to 103.9 on your radio dial, tune in to the stream at WRCN’s website or download the WRCN app on your iPhone! Let’s rock and roll and chit chat!

Wardrobe: Dress – Vintage ♥ Necklace – Vintage ♥ Hat – Vintage (available in the Storyland Vintage Etsy shop!)

hearts, meg

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The past few months have been so exciting and fun! Unfortunately that meant a lack of updates on the blog. Luckily the Storyland Vintage Instagram account is updated on the regular with funny snippets and snapshots of my daily vintage life and peeks into the shop! Here’s a few of my favorites from the past few months which include: family and friends, trips to the thrifts, pink hair highlights, antiques, trips, green hair highlights, tacos and first dates.





















hearts, meg

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I tend to revolve my daily outfits around a vintage dress, top or skirt. I just love wearing vintage! And to be honest, I guess my love of vintage can also be attached to the utter disdain I experienced of having friends copy things I wore as a wee-lass(I was a very dramatic child;p). That’s not to say I haven’t done my fair share of mimicking styles, I went through that phase a few times in my adolescence. But whenever I tried my own thing then and was copied, I didn’t take the “imitation is the sincerest form of flattery” to heart. Depending on what that imitation is today, I wouldn’t be too keen on being copied today which is maybe a teeny percentage of why I lean towards wearing vintage. Occasionally however, I put away the vintage and switch it up and wear something newer and mass produced like in the case of this beautiful knit, black and white dress which came from a very unlikely source.

Wardrobe: Dress – Victoria’s Secret (on sale) ♥ Mint Sweater – Forever 21

hearts, meg

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New vintage hats just added to the Storyland Vintage Etsy Shop!

hearts, meg

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Happy New Year!!

hearts, meg

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It was a solemn October 31st this year with Hurricane Sandy invading New York state 2 days before Halloween. Luckily my family and friends on Long Island didn’t suffer the catastrophic damage that sadly many went through losing their homes and tragically family members. The aftermath of Sandy is something we all in the Long Island area will be experiencing and dealing with for weeks to come(my power conked out once just writing this post). But on the evening of All Hallows Eve I was determined to make the most of my favorite holiday, get dolled up and put on my costume and became Lana Del Rey in the H&M commercials. I’ve been a fan of Lana for a few years now for her unique talent, stage presence and her remarkable blend of style which is like a 1960′s actress with urban and modern influences. Although she has been only in the public eye for a little while, I was amazed that she landed a campaign with H&M and how much the line reflects her original style. I fell in love with the commercial, Lana’s cover of Bobby Vinton and wanted to live inside of the video…which inspired me to make it my Halloween costume this year!


” She wore Blue Velvet
Bluer than velvet was the night
Softer than satin was the light
From the stars

She wore blue velvet
Bluer than velvet were her eyes
Warmer than May her tender sighs
Love was ours

Ours a love I held tightly
Feeling the rapture grow
Like a flame burning brightly.. “

Having fun playing around…











And my gnome jack-o-lantern pumpkin this year:


Wardrobe: Angora Sweater/pants/heels/ring – H&M ♥ Earrings – H&M, with clips I glued on to match the music video and some of the print ads ♥ Nail polish – Essie ♥ Wig – MyCostumeWigs.com

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween, got dressed up and gorged yourselves with candy!

hearts, meg
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When I laid eyes on this vintage mushroom print dress in an antique store I immediately swooned. Meg Darling(referring to myself in the third person) is a sucker for novelty prints but mushrooms?! Me oh my! But there was a fear inside of me that a cotton, housedress like this one would surely have sufficient stains of dinners past which made me fearful to even touch it to learn the truth and break my heart. Luckily it was one of those rare instances where I was wrong;p This dress is in great shape and I couldn’t appreciate all the details in it until I put it on, from the buttons at the shoulders, the detailed seaming at the bodice and the pointed triangles on the puff sleeves…she’s a beauty!



The little point just couldn’t hold up in the wind!

Wardrobe: Dress – vintage ♥ Shoes – Madewell

hearts, meg

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It’s certainly beginning to feel like fall and the start of the fall season means bringing back the knee-hi’s and boots!

Wardrobe: Dress – 60′s vintage ♥ Sweater – H&M ♥ Socks – Forever 21 ♥ Boots – Century 21, Italian made ♥ Pearls – faux of course! Forever 21

hearts, meg

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Recently one weekend I took a little buying trip to the Adirondacks, before the winter cold sets in. And while it was cold and rainy the entire trip I managed to have fun and pick up a few things for the shop….and myself!


On the road again…

Chicken and waffles..

I love playing with those little toothpicks they have at diners…

Adventures in antique stores which meant me taking photos of everything E.T. I found one weekend…





Keeping warm by the fire…

Funs..




And a little glimpse into the haul…


hearts, meg

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Halloween is coming soon! Yay!

hearts, meg

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Meg Darling, breaking fashion rules.

Wardrobe: Dress – vintage ♥ Shoes – Urban Outfitters

hearts, meg

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This summer I ventured away from my usual activities I do upstate and went to a ski resort. Yes I went to a ski resort in the summertime which is just about the only time I would really want to be at a ski resort with my not being a fan of winter. Instead of hitting the slopes I took a beautiful yet somewhat frightening gondola ride with my sister and her family.










Wardrobe: Dress – vintage ♥ Shoes – Urban Outfitters 7hearts; Denim Jacket – Lulu’s
hearts, meg

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The Storyland Vintage Flea Market is packet with almost 200 vintage clothing items, accessories and housewares for you to peruse and enjoy all $30 or under! Right now, all items in this section only are BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! For a added vintage shopping thrill:)

hearts, meg

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As a dark ride enthusiast(AKA nerd) I think about dark rides a lot…even in my sleep. Dark rides and the ones I design in my dreams at night are some of the most vivid dreams I have ever had. So its no surprise that when I visited the Buffalo, NY area this summer that I decided to hop on the highway to Pennsylvania to once again ride one of my favorite ones, The Whacky Shack in Erie at Waldameer. I hadn’t been there since 2009 so I was due for a trip to escape reality for a fun filled 2 minute ride. Which really amounted to 2 minutes x10 because I rode it a bunch of times and it was worth every Waldameer point to be reunited with this slice of vintage, Bill Tracy ride heaven.

Whacky Shack







Around the park..



Of course I had to go through Pirates Cove again as well..















This time around I also snapped some video on Pirates Cove and did a point-of-view video on the Whacky Shack so check them out on Youtube here and here.

Blog title is from a line you will hear while waiting to ride the Whacky Shack:)

hearts, meg

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I had an adventurous travel heavy summer spending over a week in California and over 2 weeks in various place in upstate New York. Recently I took a trip up to Niagara County to visit my sister and had some fun at a fair and antiquing while I was there.






View from the ferris wheel:


Riding a kiddie train with my niece and nephew:




Brought home this vintage Schwinn:


Green furry couch anyone?


Antiquing…






Found a Beaver in someones yard..

hearts, meg

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The day of the opening ceremony of the Olympics I decided to be patriotic and wear this blue and red striped vintage dress. This sweet dress is now available in the shop here. Go USA!

Wardrobe: Dress – vintage, ♥ Flats – Urban Outfitters

hearts, meg

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It was a rainy July afternoon when these photos were taken but I womaned up and ripped my denim jacket off to stand in the drizzling rain to snap some quick photos. Unintentionally there was also umbrellas on my vintage novelty skirt. Okay so its a patio set print but whatever!



Wardrobe: Top – 1940′s vintage, CA flea market ♥ Skirt – vintage, Etsy ♥ Flats – Urban Outfitters

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hearts, meg

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