Vintage Trends: Two-toned engagement rings

My boyfriend surprised me by proposing with his grandma's engagement ring.  I absolutely adore it.



Wandering around New York last week, I kept noticed that a lot of shops (like In God We Trust)  were carrying similar vintage ones. Which seemed appropriate since his grandparents bought the ring in Brooklyn in the 1930's.  I love yellow gold, and the two-tone ring seems like a great way to ride out the ever changing gold/platinum trends.   

Etsy and ebay have many of these gems to offer, some favorites I spotted include:

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Secret to the Sartorialist

I'm sure you've seen the clever guide on "How to Get Shot by the Sartorialist," but browsing through some of his shots the other day I noticed another easy equation that kept popping up . . .

+ Blazer
+ Oxfords/Ankle Socks
+ Large Leather Satchel
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= Instant Outfit Perfection


(click to enlarge photo in all its outfit glory)

I love how differently all three of these lovely ladies pulls off a similar look, but each manages to make it look so individual.

(all photos by the Sartorialist)

Vintage Inspiration - Fur

The wonky weather here in SF made us cancel this week's photoshoot (curses!), which means we will have to wait until after we get back from the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to make a long-awaited shop update.

In the meantime, I've been looking around at warm jackets to keep the chilly Utah snow at bay next week. The Sundance film fest always brings lots of people dressed in FUR ... often in really amazingly obnoxious ways, like huge Yeti boots and coats that look more like oversized polar bear costumes than anything.

I think there are a lot of ways to wear fur this season that look a little classier ... I always like a good vintage fur collar on coats, and there are lots of good synthetic furs that are being produced these days so that more little animals don't have to die in the name of fashion.

A few ways to wear fur without looking like a caveman:

Vintage fur collar/shawl (shawl with belt = so cute)

calivintage | this time tomorrow

Vintage fur trimmed coats (apparently pants are optional ; )

thriftwares | sally jane vintage

Short fur jackets

lookbook | uggshopstyle