Fall Walk

A fall walk in Pacific Grove and Monterey, California.

Inspiration: The Maysles on The Selby

...and there's another fantastic post on The Selby featuring the Maysles in their fabulous surroundings. Lots of color mixed with tons of vintage treasures... (Al Maysles is probably best known for filming the cult classic Grey Gardens.) I'm off to start contructing a reading nook like this.

Vintage Photos: Erwin Blumenfeld

  

Expressionist photography by German-American Erwin Blumenfeld (1897–1969). 

Nothing is new.

The Masters: Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Italy, 1720 –1778) gained fame for his fantastical etchings of atmospheric "prisons" (Carceri d'Invenzione). Looks like he was an early proponent of the steampunk genre...

 

Inspiration

I want to live like this when I get older. Vitality and creativity pure. (Found via The Selby.)

The Masters: Frits Henningsen

Be still, my beating heart. Another god of design has appeared in my starry skies.

Frits Henningsen (Denmark, 189?-1965). Can you believe the designs below are from the 1920s and 30s?

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday, Monsieur Costeau.

Vintage Finds: The Girls

Lovely mugs made in Ireland by Arklow. Each features a well-known cutie from a nursery rhyme. Available in the shop. : )

 

Vintage Music: France Gall

Vintage Photos: Dresden. Germany

 

Erich Kaestner's autobiography When I Was a Little Boy begins with a lament for Dresden: "I was born in the most beautiful city in the world. Even if your father, child, was the richest man in the world, he could not take you to see it, because it does not exist any more. (...) In a thousand years was her beauty built, in one night was it utterly destroyed".

j. chanders

Jette Viby

Not too long ago, I came across the most adorable little bib while thrifting. It features a little toy soldier that can be stored away in his own little guard house...

Turns out it was designed by Jette Viby, a prolific designer from Denmark (1930-1999) who was very active in the 1970s and 1980s and gained recognition for fabric-based educational toys.

Old Love

Old Love Haunts me in the Morning - Marissa Nadler

Vintage photos: New York girls

Glimpses of the past from New York Library's digital collection.

The Witch Girl (cinema 1915)

Contests - Beauty - Television Girl - Winner and Runner-Up

(Two guesses who is who... )

Country Girl

New York World's Fair, 1940

New York World's Fair, 1940

Girl and calf, ca. 1920s

 

Teresa Trull with dog, 1975

Woman with dogs on bridge, ca. 1939

Etsy Artists: Alice

Going to see Alice today, and searched through all the Etsy Alice coolness in honor of this movie. : )

Wanderlust: Himeji Castle

Growing up in Europe, I visited a lot of castles. I love them. But there is something almost otherworldly about Japanese castles.

Himeji

Himeji Castle Garden

Gray skies over Himeji

The Masters: Fiep Westendorp

I recently found a little melamine bowl that opened my eyes to the world of Fiep Westendorp (1916-2004). Besides having a most excellent first name, she was a talented and beloved Dutch illustrator.

 via weewonderfuls

  

via dosomethingpretty

  

via Dutch Jewish Historical Museum

  

via fiskerstudio

Fiep Westendorp, via duvekot

The Fiep Westendorp webshop still has amazingly cute items for sale.