Chanel and Poirot

I had a couple questions about the comfort of wearing a bullet bra and girdle in every day life. As I have still not ordered a girdle I can't really say about that, but I'm really loving my bullet bras. They are super comfy, no different from modern bras really, and they make me feel wonderful. So if any of you were wondering I would totally recommend them. 

shirt american apparel
skirt american apparel
belt thrifted
scarf from my trip to italy
shoes gift/anthropologie 
lipstick chanel/rouge allure


My lovely future-sister-in-law got me this wonderful Chanel lipstick for my birthday, and I've been wearing it every day. I really love it because it's nice and matte and doesn't smear all over the place.

Today is our last full day in Mobile, so we're going out for some tasty Thai food and going to see The Help. It'll be the second time seeing it for us, but it's so good we'll enjoy it a second time around. Have any of you seen it yet?

Also! Tyler bought me the first season of Poirot and I can't wait to watch it all! I've loved the show since I was a child :).

xo,
 Em

Traveling and neutrals

I'm in Mobile with Tyler's family, relaxing before the start of student teaching (*gasp*). I've realized my outfits lately are once again composed of almost all neutrals. Maybe it's a traveling thing, but it's always a hard habit to break. I love my neutrals. 

Tyler and I have been running around the past few days registering, it's so much fun! Today we registered at Williams-Sonoma. I drooled over all the lovely things, and I have my fingers crossed that we'll at least get a few goodies from there.

blouse american apparel
pants anthropologie
belt j crew
shoes minnetonka
scarf vintage/the hip zipper

Do not be deceived by the scarf in my last picture, I did not in fact wear it out, I just felt my poor neutral outfit needed a little color to spice things up.

I hope all you darlings are having a fantastic week!

xo,
 Em 

Apartment Hunting

I'm sorry I've been neglecting my blog a bit this week. Tyler and I are once again in Nashville (then headed to Mobile to see his family) and have been apartment hunting like crazy. 

 We found our dream apartment. It's called The Westboro. It looks like it was probably built in the 30's with beautiful wood floors and white and black checkered tiles. Huge windows and french doors that lead in to the kitchen. We walked in and fell in love. The apartment was going to be ready to lease in October which is a little early, but we could manage. However, we went with three other couples to look at it, and before we knew it the other couple was saying they would take it. NOOOO. Our dream apartment was gone...taken from us. We're going to keep checking for apartments there though, the lady seemed hopeful one would become free between now and December. I sure hope so.

blouse anthropologie (old)
skirt vintage/the hip zipper
shoes ross
belt thrifted

Keep your fingers crossed for us and our dream apartment!

xo,
 Em

Unmentionables

When I first started becoming seriously interested in vintage dressing, I realized at some point I would have to get the right vintage/vintage inspired undergarments to make the clothes look right. I've been on the hunt for the past several weeks for the right things and have finally found most things I need and I thought I'd share some of the lovely things I've found.

This vintage slip is perfect for my dresses that are a bit more sheer, plus the lace work is just amazing.

To get the real vintage look a bullet bra is a must. I was happy I found some vintage dead stock bras on etsy.

A garter belt is also a must to hold up those lovely stockings. The one thing I'm lacking right now is a girdle, and I think I'll be purchasing one from What Katie Did. If any of you feel weird about wearing vintage undergarments What Katie Did is a great place to buy vintage inspired new ones.

I was so happy to find fully fashioned stockings still in the box! 

I'm really just in love with the beauty of vintage undergarments and the lovely silhouette they give.

xo,

 Em

Outfit # 2

As I said in my last post I started out my birthday in one outfit, and promptly changed when my sister gave me a super cute vintage dress.

My sister brought this dress for me back from a vintage shop in London. I love the red and polka dots, so great!

I got lots of lovely gifts, and did some vintage shopping while in Nashville, and I can't wait to show you all the things I found! (I've been searching for a late 40's/early 50's suit and finally found TWO...bahhh!)

We're gonna be in Nashville most of this week (after a brief return to Jackson to pack more things) doing wedding planning, searching for apartments, and whatnot. Then it'll be off to Mobile to visit Tyler's family. Then school starts August 23. It seems like this summer has flown, oh my.

I hope all you darlings have had a lovely weekend!

xo,
 Em

Birthday Outfit #1

For my birthday I really wanted to do something different with my hair and I wanted to experiment with the victory roll. So I did! It's not really traditional, but oh well. Also this was the outfit I left the house with but I promptly changed when I received a lovely vintage dress from my sister Sarah. I will do another post of that soon.

These are one of the pairs of shoes Ty got me for my birthday *swoon*. I love them so much, and for-see myself wearing them all the time.

dress vintage/the loved one
belt thrifted
shoes gift/anthropologie
bracelet gift from dad/fire finch

I wanted to say thank you all so much for your sweet sweet comments and well wishings for my birthday. You all are so kind.

xo,
 Em

Birthday!

Today is my birthday, and this morning Tyler made me a super tasty breakfast and then got me way too many presents!

 This is so great, because my favorite food is Indian food and this has 1000 recipes! WOW.

This adorable teddy bear that I promptly named Percy. He's so soft and cuddly.

Yess! I've been wanting some curling irons to try out for vintage hair styling.

Amazing shoes!

He spoiled me rotten, and I'm so excited for this evening as he's taking me to my favorite Indian place in Nashville. Yummm.

Well, I'm off to Nashville to spend the rest of my birthday with my family. I hope you all have a fantastic weekend!

xo,

 Em